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July 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Grace Jones – Bloodlight and Bami: DVD

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Director: Sophie Fiennes Umbrella Entertainment As with her recent/ish memoir (a mostly great read) here Grace Jones is self-mythologising. And rightly. Wisely. More than fair enough. She’s singular – her impact felt across fashion and music and (to a lesser degree) both the big and small screen. She’s a visual […]

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June 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 122 – Pip Adam

Welcome to episode 122 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Given her proximity to where the podcast takes place – she lives four or five houses down the road from me – it feels like it’s taken forever to get Pip Adam on the podcast. It didn’t take winning […]

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May 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

This Is Everything – Gigi Gorgeous: Film

This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Director: Barbara Kopple SelectNext Gregory Lazzarato was any young Canadian boy – a gifted diver on track for Olympic Games consideration. He also loved make-up and growing up in the age of YouTube found himself as a beauty and fashion vlogger with a growing fanbase connected to a YouTube channel. […]

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November 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Grace Jones: I’ll Never Write My Memoirs

I’ll Never Write My Memoirs Grace Jones with Paul Morley Gallery Books On the one hand Grace Jones’ memoir (the title taken from one of her songs – but also hinting at her wilful way with disobedience and contradiction) is rather annoying, a bit of a bore, a bit too full of itself; too sure […]

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January 22, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1656

David Bowie, Scary Monsters (1980) A friend bought Ziggy Stardust and shortly after made the leap straight to this. At the time all I had was the Changesbowie compilation – and I was happy with that. I knew the Let’s Dance album too – and then I started to delve (back) in to the world […]