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July 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Hart and Soul
Out back in the yard with my book of poems by Hart Crane and reading it is hard – but good things don’t come easy. Or if they do it’s with some confusion too – like the sun shining in the middle of winter, the new puppy is out and off; exploring… and there’s music – […]Archive
March 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie’s Most Underrated Album: 1. Outside
People talk about David Bowie’s phenomenal run of albums across the 1970s – and it really is (almost all) great. So much of it is wonderful, sublime, so near to perfect. And depending where you stop on the scale you have the absolute cut-off of Scary Monsters or tolerance/appreciation for Let’s Dance. From there it’s […]Archive
November 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 37 – Robert Forster
Welcome to episode 37 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) is a hero. I wasn’t going to let a chance to record him for the podcast slip by. We ended up in a café – where I bought him a coffee and a sugar-free cake (and later he […]Archive
July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dylan Howe: Subterranean – New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin
Dylan Howe Subterranean – New Designs on Bowie’s Berlin Motorik Recordings British drummer Dylan Howe leads his own small ensemble, plays drums in his father’s trio (dad is guitarist Steve Howe) and has worked with Wilko Johnson and Ian Dury among others here covers Bowie’s Berlin-era instrumentals; reinterprets them, shifts their context. The electronic elements […]Archive
September 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman