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November 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert Legacy Every second week there’s a new Springsteen live album from the vaults. And I long ago got sick of his grinning, gurning clown face. The pantomime of his huge-energy shows feeling a bit like a drunk, rasping uncle hacking out his, […]Archive
October 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Love Thy Neighbour – The Complete Series: DVD
Love Thy Neighbour: The Complete Series Creators: Vince Powell / Harry Driver ITV / Madman The convenient excuse is to suggest that something happened when times were different, but time is an abstract concept – the times themselves were not different, we have been stretching time and having it constrict on us since long before […]Archive
October 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Seems Telling, No?
I’ve mushed my brain with the things I watch – too much of this and a lot of that, and I am desensitised to violence and I don’t get scared and I have no scars from the things I’ve watched. None of this is good, by the way, it’s just honesty. None of this was […]Archive
September 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 24: Uncut Gems
When I first watched Uncut Gems it stayed with me. That first viewing stays with me still. But I’ve recently watched it a few more times. And I’ve bought the soundtrack on vinyl. And I’ve realised this modern classic is a big part of my life. I think about it often. It might be going […]Archive
August 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Ditching Your Record Collection
So many people with collections can’t bear even the thought of parting with their books or records or vintage toys or sneakers or whatever it is that makes up their fixation… But sometimes it’s a necessity. I trade records all the time. I’ve done swaps, I’ve taken crates of records to the secondhand stores and […]Archive
July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach
The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach Mercury Studios Another month, another live Rolling Stones album. It got a bit boring a while ago. And then very boring some time shortly after that. I say this as a card-carrying Stones fan for some 35 years of my life. But I called time […]Archive
June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Willy’s Wonderland: DVD
Willy’s Wonderland (Blu-Ray) Director: Kevin Lewis Madman / Screen Media Films Here’s how it works now: Someone tells you about a film where a quiet drifter-type is conned into a gig being a janitor at a now condemned theme park-styled restaurant. Chuck E. Cheese with broken-down animatronics. A clown show with no show today, tomorrow […]Archive
June 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Elimination Chamber 2021: DVD
Elimination Chamber 2021 WWE Madman February’s Elimination Chamber event is now on DVD and if you’re a fan of these sorts of events – the big Elimination Chamber contests are of course epic by design – then you won’t be disappointed. Both Chamber bouts are great – the first one particularly. Great spots, excellent execution, […]Archive
June 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
My New EBook: Wrestling Is Fake. That’s What Makes It So Real – Selected Grapplings (2005-2015)
I’ve just published my new e-book, my third. This is the first one that’s not about music at all. This is a selection of my various writings about pro-wrestling. I’ve fallen in and out with the “sport” over the last three decades, but I can’t quite shake my fandom, certainly don’t want to ignore my early […]Archive
June 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 19: The Apostle
I sat in a theatre alone watching The Apostle. Late 1990s. I’ve always loved going to movies by myself – are you there to talk to other people? I started going to movies by myself when I was in high school. I’ll happily go with a friend or in a group – but having no […]Archive
May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman