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May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 170: Gregg Bissonette
Welcome to episode 170 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Here’s a 35-minute conversation I nabbed with […]Archive
December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 600
The Police, Every Breath You Take – The Singles (1986) I have this thing where a pang of nostalgia sometimes hits when I see a key compilation from my childhood. That was the case when I walked into the record store last week and saw this offering by The Police. My bro had the CD, […]Archive
November 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 14 – Vinnie Colaiuta
I first met him (in a musical sense) with the Sting album Ten Summoner’s Tales. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – the sharp cymbal sound, the crisp snare; the fact that Colaiuta had his head around 5/4 and 7/4 time signatures – playing in 7/8 here on St Augustine In Hell. I think […]Archive
June 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 872
Stewart Copeland, The Equalizer and Other Cliff Hangers (1988) I had that boxset of The Police’s music, all of it, Message In A Box – and I loved that. Played it over and again. But I was obsessed with finding out as much about the outside music from Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, I knew […]Archive
June 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 878
Klark Kent, Klark Kent (1980) The Klark Kent pseudonym is for the (solo) work of Stewart Copeland. He made this record when he was still in The Police but obvious had a hankering to record himself on other instruments (he plays everything here, one-man-bands it in a McCartney II kinda way) and, presumably, was keen […]Archive
August 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman