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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Ten Cents Well Spent

We used to listen to these CDs from the library. In the car. Fucking ring-a-ring-a-rosies. The fucking Wiggles. Bloody Peter Combe. All this shit. You have a car stereo. You have a wee kid. We tried audio-books with stories and for a while it was just fine to listen to The Beatles. Something for the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Car, CDs, Money, Music, Radio, Short Story, Short Story: Ten Cents Well Spent, Stereo, Ten Cents Well Spent ·

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April 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The State of Play: Fame Goes, Music Remains…

“We live in an age of music for people who don’t like music. The record industry discovered some time ago that there aren’t that many people who actually like music. For a lot of people, music’s annoying, or at the very least they don’t need it. They discovered if they could sell music to a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Fame Goes, Kanye West, Money, Music, Music Industry, Music Remains…, T-Bone Burnett, The State of Play, The State of Play: Fame Goes ·

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February 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 151 Good Sunday

We almost always have our Spines practice on a Sunday although over the last few weeks it’s been for recording this album we’ve been working on. Today however everyone was busy with other things and I found myself with a day off – always dangerous. I got up early and did some chores then thought […]
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February 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

What’s The Most You’ve Spent On A Record?

What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a single album? I ask this because I had a flashback to a garage sale we had – the one and only garage sale I’ve hosted/been to. My parents were moving to a new house oh, nearly 20 years ago now. And they wanted to get rid […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged box-set, CD, Collection, Disc, Garage Sale, LP, Money, Rare, Record, Second-Hand, Tape, Vinyl, What’s the most money you’ve spent on a record?, What’s The Most You’ve Spent On A Record? ·

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June 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

No Money, Only Petrol Vouchers – But It’s Great For Your Brand!

The other day I received a message inviting me to speak at a literary event. It’s a small thing – but they had a couple of great guests. They needed one more. I was pretty chuffed to be considered for the bronze medal… Until I read on. “We have a really small budget – so […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Brand, Journalism, Lecture, Money, No Money, No Money Only Petrol Vouchers - But It's Great For Your Brand!, Only Petrol Vouchers - But It's Great For Your Brand!, Petrol, Rant, Talk, Writing ·

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February 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Trickle-Down Clown

He woke up shouting, “I won $20,000 in my dream!” He was still dreaming. His dream-wife nodded and mumbled, “that’s so great – finally…” She was still sleeping. Both kept dreaming. He wanted it so bad – he didn’t want to wake up, wanted only to dream about waking up. Carpe diem – but only […]
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July 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1082

V/A, Arthur – The Album [OST] (1981) I remember when the film was a bit of a big deal – remember watching it as a kid. And the big song from it was everywhere. I do like a bit of Christopher Cross, can’t deny that. Wouldn’t want to. And then this soundtrack also features Nicolette […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1981, Arthur, Arthur's Theme, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, Dudley Moore, LP, Money, Movie Soundtrack, Nicolette Larson, Stephen Bishop, The Best That You Can Do, Vinyl ·

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