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July 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Grace Jones – Bloodlight and Bami: DVD
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Director: Sophie Fiennes Umbrella Entertainment As with her recent/ish memoir (a mostly great read) here Grace Jones is self-mythologising. And rightly. Wisely. More than fair enough. She’s singular – her impact felt across fashion and music and (to a lesser degree) both the big and small screen. She’s a visual […]Archive
June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
James Rhodes: Fire On All Sides
Fire On All Sides James Rhodes Quercus James Rhodes, the classical pianist with rock’n’roll swagger, is a prodigy-level player that’s not there to please the purists but is – in his love of the music and his ability as conduit for it – far closer to being a purist than any of the snobs he […]Archive
April 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Brett Anderson: Coal Black Mornings
Coal Black Mornings Brett Anderson Little, Brown [This review originally appeared at The Spinoff] We are drawn, so often, to music memoirs for the clichés of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. The very best ones, however, ignore these tenets. Think Patti Smith’s Just Kids or Bob Dylan’s Chronicles. They also exist for both the mouth-breathing, moisty-palmed […]Archive
March 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gabrielle Union: We’re Going To Need More Wine
We’re Going To Need More Wine: Stories Gabrielle Union Dey Street Books A memoir – in stories, We’re Going To Need More Wine is candid, well written. It’s both funny and heart-breaking. You know Gabrielle Union from so many movies and TV shows – but she was the ugly duckling at school, or so she […]Archive
February 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Art Garfunkel: What Is It All But Luminous
What Is It All But Luminous: Notes From An Underground Man Art Garfunkel Knopf; First Edition edition Something like starting from the beginning feels like the right thing to do… Do you remember that clip of Art Garfunkel talking absolute-fucking-balderdash between takes in the studio? For his memoir he’s essentially done the same thing. Why […]Archive
February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 104 – Megan Dunn
Welcome to episode 104 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Megan Dunn – she’s an artist, art-critic and writer. She’s recently released the book Tinderbox – which I loved. I contacted Megan for a chat because I’d enjoyed some of the press and interviews around Tinderbox […]Archive
February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – Live from The Chicago Theatre
John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – Live from The Chicago Theatre Enliven Entertainment/Eagle Rock Netflix Bruce Springsteen is the boss. And John Mellencamp is, at best, 2IC. Which is plain to see. Even more obvious to hear. And here he takes his Plain Spoken album – the 20-something-th of his career and places it in the live context, a […]Archive
January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Tex Perkins (w/ Stuart Coupe): TEX
TEX Tex Perkins (w/ Stuart Coupe) Macmllan Australia Tex Perkins’ version of hard work involves a hell of a lot of partying and good times. And his memoir, scratched into place in perfectly digestible bite-sized pieces, has a hell of a lot of great stories.Archive
January 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Tex Perkins’ Soundtrack For His Book “TEX”
I’m mid-way through Tex Perkins’ Autobiography – a terrific read so far. Lots of fun, great yarns, and some reminders of brilliant music – not just the music Tex has been part of under various band guises either. The music fan comes through page after page. And a quick skip to the final pages shows […]Archive
November 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Truly Bizarre: The Story of ‘How Bizarre’
How Bizarre is 20 years old. In fact a little older now even. When I was asked to write a book about important/favourite songs I was encouraged to make it a personal selection but there was a list supplied of obvious contenders. Top of that list was How Bizarre.Archive
October 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman