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May 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Being Wooed by The Nature Boy: My Chat with Ric Flair
For a few years I wrote for a pro-wrestling website, NZPWI, mostly I reviewed DVDs and books, I wrote a nostalgia-based column – and I interviewed two of my favourite wrestlers the first being Bret “The Hitman” Hart and then – it was on to The Nature Boy, Ric Flair… Ladies and gentlemen, his name […]Archive
May 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Old Interview Haunts: Old Interviews Haunt
These days I do most of my interviews, face to face, in long form, for the podcast. And I love doing that. But I have a lot of time – too – for the old phoner. I’m always saying, on the podcast, that I hate/d the “15 minute phoner” and that’s true. I did. And […]Archive
April 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
That Time I Interviewed Carl Barat: When A 10-Minute Phoner Turns Into An Hour of Gold, You Fall Through A Window While Talking to Roadies, Other Band Members, The Manager, and On More Than One Occasion Barat…Then Your Editor Fires You For Handing In ‘A Piece of Junk’
I interviewed Carl Barat at the time of the debut album by his band Dirty Pretty Things. We talked Libertines and junk and he passed me around to other band members and roadies. I submitted this article to Real Groove. They printed some version of it – no this one – and then fired me […]Archive
November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman