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February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 104 – Megan Dunn

Welcome to episode 104 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Megan Dunn – she’s an artist, art-critic and writer. She’s recently released the book Tinderbox – which I loved. I contacted Megan for a chat because I’d enjoyed some of the press and interviews around Tinderbox […]

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April 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Do I Sound Gay?: DVD

Do I Sound Gay? Director: David Thorpe Impact Partners/Little Punk/Madman An interesting idea stretched a little thin perhaps – Do I Sound Gay? attempts to discuss “internalized homophobia” around the gay voice. So director David Thorpe – in his debut feature-length film – goes to a variety of talking heads, some as funny as you […]

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August 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Luke Haines: Rock and Roll Animals

Luke Haines Rock and Roll Animals Cherry Red/Southbound Only a cunt like Luke Haines would make an album like Rock and Roll Animals. Notice I said would rather than could. Almost anyone could give it a go – most wouldn’t allow it out in public; too scared they’d be laughed out of town if they […]

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July 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

David Sedaris: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls: Essays, etc… David Sedaris Little, Brown In terms of creative non-fiction, personal essays and cataloguing folly and foibles it’s David Sedaris. He’s top of the list. It used to be Woody Allen – and you get the feeling that Allen’s still (pretty much) top of Sedaris’ own list – but […]