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August 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Kelly: Forty Days

Paul Kelly Forty Days Cooking Vinyl Limited I keep thinking this is a very prolific period for Australia’s greatest songwriter. But actually it’s just a purple patch – within a purple patch. He’s always been regular and often prolific with his output but the last decade has seen a combination of ends-tying compilations and themed-shows […]

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December 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 141 The King of France

I turned down the chance To be the King of France It was one of those strange things that can suddenly happen I got offered the part of the king in a Shakespeare comedy It had been a hectic week leading up to Xmas trying to organise various duties ahead Work over the festive season […]

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November 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: George Henderson

George Henderson was born in Scotland many years ago and has been creating music in New Zealand since the mid-1970s and releasing it fitfully since the mid-80s, mainly as The Puddle. In this our 21st Century he has taken a renewed interest in his so-called art and released a string of Puddle albums on his brother/drummer Ian’s […]

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November 26, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Ian Doescher: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Ian Doescher Quirk Books The problem with Star Wars – to try to narrow it down to just one thing – is the extremists; that is to say people who take it far too seriously (Ronald Reagan) and those who don’t take it seriously enough (my stoned friends attended the premiere […]