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June 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Holly Walker: The Whole Intimate Mess
The Whole Intimate Mess: Motherhood, Politics, and Women’s Writing Holly Walker BWB Texts Holly Walker was a Rhodes Scholar, a Green MP and she wanted to be a mother. In this short volume of memoir she tells of how leaning in too far caused her to topple over. She picks up the pieces of herself […]Archive
June 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell has died. He was 72. The keyboardist and synth pioneer, also an occasional singer, and crucial arranger/composer/collaborator had been battling stage-four lung cancer. His wife had issued a statement, just a week ago, that he was near death. Worrell was an important right-hand-man to George Clinton and his contributions to the Parliament/Funkadelic music […]Archive
February 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 940
Funkadelic, Uncle Jam Wants You (1979) I recently had a chat with George Clinton – my second time talking with him. The first time was pretty funny – this time though he was far more with it, onto it – a reminder of the genius, not only the madness that fuelled that wonderful music. Ahead […]Archive
March 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Grant Robertson
Grant Robertson grew up in Dunedin in the 1980s as a tone deaf but committed music fan. With the Dunedin Sound in full flight many weekends were spent sneaking in and out of the Empire Tavern to hear his heroes on stage. Somewhere along the line he discovered politics and is now the Labour MP […]Archive
April 26, 2012 by Simon Sweetman