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October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper

Here’s episode nine of Sweetman Podcast now – my chat with Matthew Couper. Matt’s an artist, Hawke’s Bay born, now Las Vegas based. Matt’s also my oldest friend, in that we’ve known each other since we were three. We went through kindergarten, primary, intermediate and high school along the same strip in Havelock North.

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October 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 816

Lou Reed and John Cale, Songs For Drella (1990) Okay, here’s an album I owned on tape and then CD and now vinyl…there are a few like that, where it’s never enough…it’s always gotta be there. But also, with this one, check it out: A good friend buys me a copy of this as a […]

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June 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

My Favourite Piece of Work

I love Songs For Drella – what an album. It’s one of my all-time favourites; you sit down with it and it’s like a movie, a book; you take it in. Lou Reed had suggested audiences do that with his New York album – and that works too, sure; but for me it’s always seemed […]