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December 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman’s score for the film The Piano was my introduction to the music of Michael Nyman – amazing composer. I had in fact, as is so often the way, actually heard some of his music previously (having seen some of the earlier films he’d scored – but I didn’t know that at the time). […]Archive
November 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: R & R
I strike a match to light a candle, I sit down to enjoy the crackle of a new record telling me all the old stories.Archive
October 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Bottle To Battle To Death Album Cover In The Frame Above The Stereo
The picture of Sam Hunt leaning against an old Valiant with a can of Leopard beer is not a haiku. But it comes close, in my mind. A New Zealand from 40 years ago but it might as well be 60 or 70 or 100 years now, the way we’re speeding. The Valiant wouldn’t cope […]Archive
August 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Scores
I like to live life on the edge but I take precisely no risks. So my idea of the correct level of surface tension is to soundtrack my life with the scores from horror films and thrillers, big stabs of sound. It provides the right jolt – or the very wrong one sometimes. Which is […]Archive
June 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48 – Boris Gardiner, “Everything To Me”
Boris Gardiner, Everything To Me, 1986 Nostalgia works in funny ways – it pulls you in at the weirdest times. I knew Boris Gardiner by fluke. One day in the library I saw a CD called Every Nigger Is A Star. It is the soundtrack to a film I haven’t seen. I took the CD […]Archive
May 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Olivia Jean & April March: Palladium (ep)
Olivia Jean & April March Palladium (ep) Third Man Records I haven’t loved everything Jack White has done but I have always been in support of the aesthetic and business model of his Third Man Records – classic, old-fashioned record-making for people that love music. Novelty jukebox singles, quirky fan projects and an overall quality-control […]Archive
February 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
William Stuckey: Love Of Mine
William Stuckey Love Of Mine Athens Of The North Scottish reissue label Athens of The North has your back when it comes to rare boogie, outsider funk, Northern Soul, those rare jams…things you hear and love straight away without always knowing the story behind them. Like Light In The Attic and other reissue labels their […]Archive
January 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: “It’s Been Five Years” David Bowie Tribute
I’ve done a few Bowie tribute DJ sets over the years, including when he was alive. But last weekend marked the fifth year since his passing – so I rolled out another five-hour DJ set. I’ve already shared the setlist but figured you might want to have a listen to these tunes in this order. Someone said […]Archive
January 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: “It’s Been Five Years” – Tribute To David Bowie, San Fran, Saturday, January 9, 2021
In honour of it being five years since the release of Blackstar and David Bowie’s birthday and the weekend we mark five years since his death I decided to roll out some of my favourite Bowie songs again in a DJ set tribute. It’s Been Five Years… Always a bit of fun – and pressure […]Archive
December 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1
Noel Crombie, My Voice Keeps Changing On Me [Single] (1983) I wonder if maybe Noel Crombie is the most underrated/under-valued member of Split Enz. By virtue of his role, or various roles, he helped them achieve such weirdness and within that or around that the stagecraft. You could argue that by costuming the band he […]Archive
December 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman