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August 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Lockdown 2 – Electric Avenue (Poems)

I’ve just published my new e-book. It’s called Lockdown 2: Electric Avenue – a set of poems. (There is no previous volume called Lockdown 1 by the way). My previous poetry collection is a softcover book available here. The poems in this new e-collection are all from the last year/18 months – all 2020/2021, some of them are lockdown/Covid-related […]
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August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: With You, Shortly – Little fictions

I’ve just published my new e-book. My first of pure creative writing rather than any journalism. It’s called With You, Shortly – Little fictions and is a set of short stories, some very short, flash fiction, micro-fiction, prose poems, call them what you will. Just don’t call them late for dinner. Etc. I’ve been writing my short […]
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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 […]
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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)

I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]
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June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can’t Beat

I’ve just made and published my first e-book. It’s available now at that link over at Amazon for a couple of bucks ($3.44 is the NZ rate). It’s comprised of the articles I wrote here under the banner Drummers You Just Can’t Beat and includes some new and edited pieces as well as many of the eulogies […]
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July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Ronson: Frank – The True Story That Inspired The Movie

Frank: The True Story That Inspired The Movie Jon Ronson Picador There’s two audiences for this – likely there was crossover anyway, but this will please Ronson fans anyway and it’s also an explanation/preview/behind-the-scenes of the movie, Frank, co-written by Ronson, based on the true story of the character Frank Sidebottom, created by comedian Chris […]
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October 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Point Close All Quotes: A Quietus Music Anthology

Point Close All Quotes: A Quietus Music Anthology Charles Ubaghs (ed) The Quietus Lithographic Corporation/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. If you’ve ever wondered how The Quietus is able to keep serving up great music-writing – for free – then you’ll want to purchase this. It’s a fifth-birthday celebration e-book; an anthology. The 28 essays here celebrate […]
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