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December 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The TED.Nugent Talks

* The first I knew of Ted Nugent was ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ – it seemed to be the first thing anyone knew of Nugent then. Now, the way most people know Ted Nugent is through the awful things he says, like: “What’s a feminist anyways? A fat pig who doesn’t get it often enough? (Don’t […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cat Scratch Fever, Guns, Poem, Poem: The TED.Nugent Talks, Poetry, Politics, Rock Music, Ted Nugent, The TED.Nugent Talks ·

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December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Talk Back: When Musicians Take Fire At The Critics

A while back I was given a very nice gift – the May issue of Creem magazine. From 1977. There’s an almost unintelligible review of Leon Redbone by R. Meltzer. And there’s a review of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours that singles out Dreams as the only decent song, suggests that Christine McVie has really let her […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Creem, Critics, Interviewing, Music Journalism, Musicians, R. Meltzer, Reviewing, Rock Music, Talk Back, Talk Back: When Musicians Take Fire At The Critics, When Musicians Take Fire At The Critics, Writing ·

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February 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Definitive

If rock music is music that rocks then progressive rock or ‘Prog-Rock’, as it’s known, might be defined thus: Prog Rock: – n. Music that rocks on. (And on. And on. And on…)
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Definitive, Poem, prog-rock, Progressive Rock, Rock Music ·

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