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June 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Life, Animated: DVD
Life, Animated Director: Roger Ross Williams A&E Television Networks, LLC/Madman Entertainment Owen Suskind was a normal, happy kid. Until he was three. Almost overnight he seemed locked in, his development halted. A profound autism the diagnosis. He was bullied at school and became further locked in a world of his own; his sanctuary – Disney’s […]Archive
October 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Keef’s Life: That Horrible Keith Richards Memoir
The hype surrounding Keith Richards’ memoir (Life) has been bubbling away for a year or so, ever since the announcement of the mega-advance he received. From there it was all about how this would be the “best music book since Dylan’s Chronicles“ and so on. And I believed (a lot of) it, too. Unfortunately, Richards […]Archive
October 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 130 The Podcast
Simon, Katy and Oscar made me very welcome in their home – like family It can be very difficult to hear oneself back When you listen to yourself on tape I mean My singing voice is part of what I do and I have no bones with it It took a lot of years But […]Archive
September 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Keith Richards – Under The Influence: Film
Keith Richards: Under The Influence Director: Morgan Neville Tremolo Productions/Radical Media/Netflix Premiering on Netflix this film about Keith Richards was conceived as a promotional video to accompany his new solo album, his first in over two decades. And for the first half of its feature-length running time Keith Richards: Under The Influence still feels like […]Archive
August 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Mohsin Hamid: Discontent and Its Civilizations – Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London
Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Mohsin Hamid has three novels to his name – most significant is his The Reluctant Fundamentalist. That same calm, measured voice marks his journalism as distinct in this collection of essays where the personal becomes the geopolitical, where defence of […]Archive
March 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman