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June 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 537
Johnny Mathis, You Light Up My Life (1978) If it’s good enough for John Waters, it’s good enough for me. That should be my mantra or a motto – it’s neither, but I’ll see if I can get some funding and put it in place. I knew about Johnny Mathis growing up, but it wasn’t […]Archive
October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Musical Worlds of John Waters: Filmmaker, Author, Icon
It’s one thing to like music, to follow it, to read about it, absorb it – but music is just a part of the larger pop-culture wheel. Usually you scratch a music fan and find someone obsessed with movies, TV, books, comics…all or any of them as well. And so it is with our favourite […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The John Waters Interview: From The Archives
I have John Waters on the line, cult film-maker, writer, visual artist, collector and curator, journalist, raconteur and lifelong music fan. His voice, that unmistakable purr, camp but measured, a highbrow hick so happy to talk. The subject/s? Anything. Everything. He’s back in his home. Baltimore. The only place John Waters could come from. We […]Archive
February 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Jimmy Jones
Jimmy Jones is a landscape gardener, constructor, designer etc. He arrived in Sydney 17 years ago via Dunedin, Nelson, Motueka and well NZ in general. He’s never written about music or played in a band but has been surrounded by music, musicians, engineers, producers, writers et al since he was a teenager. His brother Damian […]Archive
November 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson is a Wellington office worker who makes a lot of music and watches a lot of movies in his spare time. Chris is one third of Wellington electropop band, Gold Medal Famous. Chris is also one half of experimental duo Selective Yellow along with James Noble. Gold Medal Famous are playing two shows this […]Archive
May 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 75 – John Waters, Wellington, 2011
I’m not sure I’ve ever paid money to hear someone speak. (A spoken-word show or lecture I mean, not counting Writers Festival panels, stand-up comedy and theatre). But if there was ever anyone I would pay money to see talk it’s John Waters. (Actually it’s probably Henry Rollins too). But I’ve been lucky to see […]Archive
July 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
In John Waters’ latest book he imagines hitchhiking across America via a couple of novellas – then he documents his actual journey. In the book’s back page he offers the following playlist: 1. Marvin Gaye, Hitch Hike 2. Nervous Norvus, Transfusion 3. Del Reeves, Looking At The World Through A Windshield 4. Pat and The […]Archive
September 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman