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July 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 123 – Ali Harper

Welcome to episode 123 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Ali Harper is someone I met for the first time earlier this year. I told her I wanted to podcast her – because I knew her work. I had heard some of her albums, seen her on the TV […]
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August 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

DVD Review: SING – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)

SING Director: Garth Jennings Illumination Entertainment Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5) The title of the movie is called SING – Miss Crawley has a big eye that can fall off. It bumps on the zero two times on the computer and she meant to type in ‘$1000’ but it came to be $100,000. 
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 5, Animated, Cartoon, Children, DVD, DVD Review, DVD Review: SING! – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5), Film, Five, Kids, Kids Movie, Oscar Sweetmabn, Oscar Sweetman, Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman, Sing ·

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July 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Clown Day # 2

We missed the first Clown Day. But we heard all about it. We dumped Oscar with his grandparents and had a few days away – went to Melbourne, saw a Patti Smith concert, walked miles each day, drank on rooftop bars, reminded each other that we did things like this only before we had a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Buster, Buttercup, Clown, Clown Day, Clown Day # 2, Dancing, Everything Is Awesome, Family, Friends, Grandparents, In The Air Tonight, Jokes, Oscar, Phil Collins, Poppa Tony, Sing, Singing, Tegan and Sara, The LEGO Movie ·

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July 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Frank Sinatra: Baby Blue Eyes

Frank Sinatra Baby Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra Enterprises LLC/Universal Music Enterprises/UMG Recordings, Inc./Capitol Records It’s entirely your call whether you need this – you might cringe, the purists can be as disgusted at they like, or you might really dig the ‘novelty’ of it…a compilation of Sinatra songs that are suitable for children; fun for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Baby Blue Eyes, Children, Compilation, Crooner, Family, Frank Sinatra, Kids, May The First Voice You Hear Be Mine, Sing, Tina Sinatra ·

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September 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 77 Vocals

It’s the best time.  When you go into record the vocals over the tracks with the headphones on or when you open your lips to sing that first line at a live gig to a big crowd – there is nothing quite like it. I wasn’t blessed with any great voice and so I had […]
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