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March 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Deep Water: DVD

Deep Water Directors: Harry Wootliff, A Mackay, Jim Loach Kudos / ITV / Beyond Unfairly reported as being “The British Big Little Lies”, Deep Water is a six-episode series based on two books by author Paula Daly. Yes, there are some similarities to Big Little Lies, but, if you’ll pardon the pun, this is just […]

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October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE”

Underworld DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE” Smith Hyde Productions The bangers and mind-bending delights continue from Underworld on this, the fourth installment of the band’s Drift Project. The first song, Listen To Their No, doesn’t quite do it for me, but there’s a sonic joyousness on display, it’s a bright – lovely – production. Just […]

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March 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 740

V/A, Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 9 – Canciones de Ayer Part 4 (1977) I guess it was Ry Cooder that hipped me to this sort of stuff, him and one or two others (Los Lobos too I guess)…I love this Border music. Huge sing-songs, such wonderful singing. And these Latino folk standards (I guess we […]

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April 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 9 – 24

Okay, slight exaggeration with this one, there’s no way that the TV show 24 ever meant anything close to the world to me – but for one day, or just over (fitting, given the way the show’s premise has it) it was my world. Almost my entire world. A few years ago we took a […]