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May 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

How to Write About Music: Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers

How to Write About Music: Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers Marc Woodworth/Ally-Jane Grossan (eds). Bloomsbury Academic The always worth checking out, usually excellent 33 1/3 series (pocket-sized loved letters to classic/interesting albums, usually by authors of note and/or excellent music writers) is something of an […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 33 1/3, 33 1/3 Series, Ally-Jane Grossan, Anthology, Authors, Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Book, Book Review, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers, Chuck Klosterman, Compilation, How to Write About Music, How to Write About Music: Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Jonathan Lethem, Journalism, Lester Bangs, Magazines, Marc Woodworth, Marc Woodworth/Ally-Jane Grossan (eds)., Music, Music Blog, Music Journalism, Music Writing, Rick Moody, Writer, Writing ·

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May 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dan Crowe (ed): Dead Interviews

Dead Interviews: Living Writers Meet Dead Icons Dan Crowe (ed) Granta Books I once wrote about Billy Corgan taking up an artist’s residency in Havelock North. Actually that’s not true (well of course it’s not true) – I wrote about it twice. Bit of harmless fun, right? I enjoyed myself. Probably shouldn’t have shared those […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged AM Homes, Billy Corgan, Book Review, Dan Crowe, Dan Crowe (ed), Dead Interviews, Douglas Coupland, Granta, Rick Moody, ZZ Packer ·

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April 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1151

The Wingdale Community Singers, Night, Sleep, Death (2013) Alright, I’ve already reviewed this album – so you can click here to read about it – but I found it, almost by accident, in the record store recently. Doing that thing, flipping through the LPs and sometimes you study a cover looking for the name, then […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2013, Jolie Holland, LP, Night Sleep Death, On Celestial Music, Record, Rick Moody, Tanya Donnelly, The Wingdale Community Singers, Vinyl ·

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March 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Wingdale Community Singers: Night, Sleep, Death

The Wingdale Community Singers Night, Sleep, Death Grow Your Own Music The Wingdale Community Singers is a band formed around the writing and singing of author Rick Moody – in fact I first heard about the group through his excellent book of music writings. The group features David Grubbs, working across guitars, harmonium, bass and a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, David Grubbs, Hannah Marie Marcus, Jolie Holland, Night Sleep Death, On Celestial Music, Rick Moody, Tanya Donnelly, The Wingdale Community Singers ·

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May 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Rick Moody: On Celestial Music

On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening Rick Moody Back Bay Books Rick Moody is a heck of a writer and though I’ve followed his career I’ve found it hard to appreciate some of his novels because of the density/intensity – he’ll make an observation in three pages, rather than three lines. It’s spellbinding, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Author, Book Review, Fiction, Music Journalism, On Celestial Music, On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening, Rick Moody, The Ice Storm ·

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