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June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents
I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]Archive
January 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Cream of Eric Clapton
EC has a new documentary out – and is front-footing by addressing the terrible footage where he screams at “blacks” to get out of England. he endorsed Enoch Powell, which, pre-Trump, was the worst you could do. the man who used to be “God” describes these actions with embarrassment. (some people might even believe it’s […]Archive
December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black
Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black Anti/Epitaph What a decade it’s been for Mavis Staples – riding on a high note ever since 2007’s We’ll Never Turn Back with a constant victory-lap of touring and this now deep collaboration with Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. It hasn’t all been amazing, I couldn’t get too excited […]Archive
June 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
I Am Not Your Negro: DVD
I Am Not Your Negro Director: Raoul Peck Magnolia Home Entertainment What Raoul Peck achieves with I Am Not Your Negro is stunning – a manifesto for today (sadly) that was born forty+ years ago; that was born nearly 400 years ago…Archive
July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism
I’ve been trying to connect all the dots in my head around this gig It was just before the riots and I wrote Lily and I Steve Hanify was organizing protests against the Springbok tour and the concert was part of it I wore my granddad’s leather jacket There was a large swarm of people […]Archive
October 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman