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January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview

Sometimes the interview goes better than you could have planned – you’re into it, you want it to go well but the person on the other end of the line is a total pro, more than they they seem real – even if it’s the Staged-Interview Version of Real. So it was for me with […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Archives, Blog On The Tracks, Count Basie, Fred Wesley, From The Archives, From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview, Funk, Funkadelic, George Clnton, Interview, James Brown, Jazz, Parliament, Soul, The Fred Wesley Interview, Trombone ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged and Women’s Writing, Book, Book Review, BWB Texts, Depression, Greens MP, Holly Walker: The Whole Intimate Mess, Motherhood, NZ, Parliament, Politics, Post-Natal Depression, Self-Harm, The Whole Intimate Mess: Motherhood, Work ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bernie Worrell, Eulogy, Funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Keyboards, Parliament, Parliament Funkadelic, R.I.P., R.I.P. Bernie Worrell, Synth, Talking Heads, Tribute ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged (Not Just) Knee Deep, 1979, Funkadelic, George Clinton, LP, P-Funk, Parliament, Parliament Funkadelic, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 940, Uncle Jam Wants You, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Special Guests · Tagged Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Grant Robertson, Guest Post, Labour, MP, NZ, Parliament, Special Guest ·

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April 26, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1516

Parliament, Greatest Hits (1984) I’ll buy more Parliament on vinyl – but this is a handy thing to have in the collection. I’ve got plenty of George Clinton–fronted material on my iPod, in my CD collection but this has already been handy during DJ sets – and it’s a good starter-kit/sampler. My nearly six-month-old son […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1984, Bootsy Collins, Funk, George Clinton, Greatest Hits, LP, Parliament, Up For The Down Stroke, Vinyl ·

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