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November 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 606
V/A, Wheedle’s Groove Volume II: Seattle Funk, Modern Soul and Boogie 1972-1987 (2014) Here’s a great compilation – and I reviewed it here, when it was released a couple of years ago. I bought the double LP just recently – eager to hear these sounds again, knowing they’d be great as part of DJ sets […]Archive
July 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Sting & Peter Gabriel (July 21, Seattle)
Sting & Peter Gabriel: Rock Paper Scissors Key Arena, Seattle; WA Thursday, July 21 Billed as Rock Paper Scissors – this show wasn’t quite like when Sting shared the road with Paul Simon recently. For those gigs it was a bunch of mini-sets, with some get-togethers too. But this was a super-band, two sets of […]Archive
July 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: A Road Song For Oscar
You wouldn’t listen to me today. You couldn’t hear anything I said. Caught up in your own world, we walked the distance that was more than enough for you. I could tell you were through even before you could. That’s never your job and always a part of mine. It’s also my job to pick […]Archive
July 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tour Diary: # 3 – Past The Mission – I Don’t Believe I Went Too Far…
Chinatown lured us back with its promise of cheap shit. Even some Lip Shit. Passed on that. But we did buy some of the I HEART SAN FRANCISCO-type memorabilia; you can justify it when you’re disguising it as a kid’s t-shirt purchase. We also went to the Eastern Bakery for something called a butter and […]Archive
January 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman