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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 […]Archive
July 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Poems
I never knew if my mum ever read my poems. last weekend we caught up briefly. she couldn’t remember the name of the book she’d been reading, nor the author – but she definitely had it – somewhere – on her kindle. “you’d like her”, she said. “she writes all her stories a bit like […]Archive
May 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Fred Stoller: Five Minutes To Kill
Five Minutes To Kill: How The HBO Young Comedians Special Changed The Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics [Kindle Single] Fred Stoller Amazon Digital Services LLC Fred Stoller returns to the Kindle Single format once again with winning results. Stoller, a character-actor and occasional stand-up is a guy you’ve seen and heard in so many films […]Archive
March 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: Lily Tomlin – The Kindle Singles Interview
Lily Tomlin: The Kindle Singles Interview Tom Roston Amazon Digital Services, Inc. A timely interview, this – for me at least, I’ve been enjoying checking out the start of Grace and Frankie and I loved Grandma, Tomlin’s first lead movie role in over a quarter-century. So here, with another interview for his Kindle Singles series […]Archive
January 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: Ken Burns – The Kindle Singles Interview
Ken Burns: The Kindle Singles Interview Tom Roston Amazon Digital Services, Inc. In this Kindle Single Tom Roston sits down with Ken Burns to get some insight into his career, his approach, his life. Burns’ great skill as long-form documentary-maker is as storyteller and he’s in fine storytelling form here divulging trade secrets, his approach […]Archive
November 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Brian Abrams: AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, 1982-1993
AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, 1982-1993 Brian Abrams Amazon Digital Services, Inc. This Kindle Single looks at David Letterman’s first late night TV show – the pioneering Late Night With David Letterman which aired on NBC from 1982-1993. Brian Abrams is a skilled journalist and here he weaves together the […]Archive
September 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 2 Stephen King
I don’t know why people mention Stephen King as if some guilty pleasure, or worse – just straight out don’t rate him, consider him a hack, some below-literature grade of fluke-artist who sold his soul to the movies and got lucky. That’s nuts. That dude can write! In fact he was probably my first writing […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dan Camarda: How To Podcast – Your Guide to Audio Podcasting
How To Podcast: Your Guide to Audio Podcasting Dan Camarda Amazon Digital Services, Inc. You’ll find books on almost anything and pretty close to everything and now with Kindle services there are short, swift guides being written daily; search for a manual or a Wikipedia-styled career précis of a rock-star or film celebrity – you’ll […]Archive
October 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Jim O’Donnell: John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death
John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death: Dislodging An Urban Legend About A Legend (And 9 Other Stories) Jim O’Donnell CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Jim O’Donnell is a music writer and he seems to think he has some great scoop here with this matter-of-factly titled, trim and prosaic book. I wasn’t aware that it […]Archive
October 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman