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August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 508
V/A, Pulp Fiction [OST] (1994) I saw the film six times on the big screen. I went to it three days in a row. Final year of school. Friday afternoon. So good we could only talk about it all night after, on the piss, already quoting lines. So back the next day with a new […]Archive
November 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Gregory O’Brien
Wellington-based, Gregory O’Brien is a full-time poet, artist, essayist, curator and cultural odd-jobs-man. Recent books include a monograph on Pat Hanly and a collection of poems, Beauties of the Octagonal Pool. His book length essay News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore (2007) was propelled into being by a strict diet of Fred Frith, The Necks, Olivier […]Archive
August 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
David Woodcock: The Adventures of You and Me EP
David Woodcock The Adventures of You and Me EP Blow Up Records Southend-on-Sea songwriter David Woodcock comes off all Albarn-meets-Jarvis, a bit of Elvis Costello, a touch of Stiff Records here, reminders of the golden age of Britpop there. And we’re talking just the opening, title track of this EP. Song-craft in spades here, Woodcock […]Archive
July 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Life, Death, Supermarkets, Wedding Photography: Florian Habicht’s Film About Pulp
Berlin-based Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht isn’t even a fan of music docos or concert films. He’s not well-versed in them at any rate, whereas you might assume going in to his latest movie, Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets that he was a fan of the genre. Well, he didn’t grow up with […]Archive
July 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman