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June 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast Turns Three: Thank You To All!

Sweetman Podcast, my weekly interview/chat podcast (new episodes up every Friday) has just turned three years old. I learned, long ago, in the blogging world you must celebrate your own birthdays or wins or whatever. So, well done me. Well done and thanks to the guests! Well done and thank you to anyone that has […]
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October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Always Starting, Never Ending

jesus, FUCK! – Alan Bennett is 83. I better get watching – and reading – his books, his TV, his films, scripts… Shit! There’s too much for me. (I’ve read some, seen some – but there’s much to revisit, and so much to try, to find, to hunt, to line up). A name gets mentioned, […]
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December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Talk Back: When Musicians Take Fire At The Critics

A while back I was given a very nice gift – the May issue of Creem magazine. From 1977. There’s an almost unintelligible review of Leon Redbone by R. Meltzer. And there’s a review of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours that singles out Dreams as the only decent song, suggests that Christine McVie has really let her […]
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April 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

PRINCE – A Tribute Night: DJ Set

Well, we’re all feeling it – and if you’re not you at least know someone who is (and you’re possibly not human). So, in the wake of that sad, sad news it’s time to celebrate – to do what the man would have wanted, share that incredible music. This Friday, April 29, PRINCE – A […]
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April 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 105 Tora Tora Tora 2016

It started badly. It was raining as we drove over there on Good Friday and I had forgotten to buy beer the night before, the tent I’d brought turned out to have no poles or pegs and I didn’t have my shades. The rain cleared as we put up the rest of the Spines camp […]
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