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August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 262
Serge Gainsbourg, La chanson de prevet (2019) It’s not that I was in the market for a Serge Gainsbourg tote bag, but I’m always in the market for some of Serge Gainsbourg’s music and this compilation (of material from 1958-1961) just happened to come with a free tote bag. Which is just fine. I haven’t used it much […]Archive
September 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Mustang (October 1)
The Wellington Film Society hits into October, meaning the end of the year is on its way…last week it was Lewat Djam Malam – shown internationally as “After The Curfew” – this week it’s Deniz Gamze Ergüven‘s Oscar-nominated first feature, Mustang. “Its emotions are universally recognizable, as is the powerful yearning of its young, female […]Archive
August 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Baden Baden (August 20)
The Wellington Film Society’s program is back after an amazing run of Film Festival movies to keep everyone busy – and (for the most part) happy. Now we’re back to regular weekly Film Society offerings. And first up after the winter break is Baden Baden by Rachel Lang. A coming-of-age comedy about a ditzy French […]Archive
July 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – L’Inhumaine [The Inhuman Woman] (July 23)
The Wellington Film Society’s program will take a break for the next couple of weeks to welcome The International Film Festival but there’s one last picture to go. Last week’s it was Fidelio: Alice’s Journey, this week we have the oldest film in the program: L’Inhumaine. Though active into the 1970s Marcel L’Herbier is best […]Archive
July 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 124 – Bill Direen
Welcome to episode 124 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was chuffed to finally get to have a good long yarn with Bill Direen; to meet him even. We’d never met though we had corresponded. I had reached out to him a while back to podcast – and […]Archive
April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Lie: Theatre
The Lie Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Florian Zeller; translated by Christopher Hampton) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 7 – May 5) The Lie is the latest by the brilliant French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller. Here, again, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed for Circa by Ross Jolly – as was the case, last […]Archive
January 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Limiñanas: Shadow People
The Limiñanas Shadow People Because Music The French duo The Limiñanas comprised of Lionel (multi-instrumentalist/vocals) and Marie (drummer/vocalist) create swirling worlds of cinematic-hued “reference” music; the great Record Collection Pop – where you can hear the Morricone and Serge and T-Rex and Motown and the blur of garage and psychedelic rocks with new wave and […]Archive
October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Father: Theatre
The Father Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Florian Zeller; translated by Christopher Hampton) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Oct 14 – Nov 11) The Father manages that rare feat: to be profoundly moving and deeply, often darkly, hilarious. Florian Zeller’s script is a masterpiece, the writing just about perfect, an examination of the cruelty of aging […]Archive
September 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 12: Jacques Brel – “Olympia 64”
It was the Infiniment compilation that gave me the wider story around Jacques Brel, until then he was just a guy that was an influence on Scott Walker, Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie, Tom Waits and many other musicians that I dug. I knew a few of the songs, but that double-disc and its notes provided […]Archive
August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford
Welcome to episode 79 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat a few months back with Jonathan Crayford. He’s a pianist, bassist – multi-instrumentalist in fact. He works as a solo act, as part of a duo with Ross Burge (Spanner), in trios and other small […]Archive
June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman