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February 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Voice Is Gone, Man: When Singers Can No Longer Sing

There’s a demo version of Bob Dylan singing Like A Rolling Stone, just Bob at the piano, it’s just over a minute long. I like it more than the original. It’s part of the original Bootleg series and that’s easily one of the most important collections of music I ever heard in my life. It opened doors, and worlds […]

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October 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

One Meat – Two Interviews: Interviewing Meat Loaf Twice in One Month

Interview 1: It was going to be so easy. I was chatting with Meat Loaf. He had a new album to talk about, sure, and we would do that. But surely we’d also get to Bat Out Of Hell – love it or hate it, the album is huge. And then there’s the acting work, […]

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August 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #128 – Bonnie Tyler, Wellington, 2010

Maybe it was because it was a Sunday night (and I was there alone) rather than a Friday night (and rocking out with my best girl). Or maybe it was because The Local Jerkulele Orchestra had done their faux-po-faced cover of one of Bonnie’s big hits…and that was spinning in my mind…ruining shit…who knows…most likely, […]

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August 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #122 – Meat Loaf, Wellington, 2011

Quite the character ol’ Meat Loaf. I did a phone interview with him one time and HE SPOKE IN CAPS LOCK THE ENTIRE TIME!! He read my write-up and requested a follow-up interview. He called me at my house one night – and we spoke for nearly two hours (he was charming, happy to look back […]