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April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Radio on the TV: My Top 10 All-Time Favourite TV Themes
The other day I was listening to Carl Stalling for the first time in a while – his bonkers-brilliant cartoon music puts you right there. You no longer need the images. The same is true of any great soundtrack composer, for film or TV. I regularly give Danny Elfman’s Music For A Darkened Theatre a spin […]Archive
April 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Trading: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I often see posts on Facebook complaining/warning people to be careful when buying records from TradeMe auctions. The warning/complaint usually suggests that – essentially – things aren’t always what they seem. This is part of buying goods when you can’t see/test them first. You can view pictures, sure, but with something as tactile as vinyl […]Archive
February 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 577
Bob James, All Around The Town (1981) I’ve been collecting up Bob James records ever since I reconnected with the TV show Taxi and of course Bob James’ Theme (aka ‘Angela’) – from there it’s been to whatever versions of the Taxi theme I can get – the original album, Touchdown, the compilation of the […]Archive
August 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 641
Bob James, The Genie: Themes & Variations from The TV Series “Taxi” (1983) If you’ve read almost any of my posts you’ll know I’m obsessed with Angela – The Theme From Taxi by Bob James. I set off to someone’s house to pick-up my first ever TradeMe vinyl purchase just so I could get a […]Archive
April 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
CeeLo Green: TV on the Radio
CeeLo Green TV on the Radio Soundcloud A wee novelty project, not quite and album and a wee bit more than just an EP, but mostly this serves as a reminder that before he sold/souled out and took the easy-easy money CeeLo Green had passion and vibrancy and was innovative and interesting and could rap […]Archive
March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 1 – Taxi
Taxi was an American sitcom – it ran from 1978-1982. I was just a kid – but it was one of those Friday night fish’n’chips family-sits-in-front-of-the-TV shows. The characters were colourful – well Louie De Palma (Danny DeVito’s breakout role) and later “the Reverend” Jim (Christopher Lloyd) were colourful and wonderful. They shouted a lot. […]Archive
December 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Bryan Ferry: Avonmore
Bryan Ferry Avonmore BMG Rights Management Straight away this is that trademark Bryan Ferry sound – it is everything you should expect from a Bryan Ferry album in 2014, including the fact that it could never replace any of his absolutely vital work, nor even challenge it. That would be an unfair expectation obviously and […]Archive
November 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Bob Zmuda/Lynne Margulies: Andy Kaufman – The Truth, Finally
Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally Bob Zmuda/Lynne Margulies BenBella Books Bob Zmuda was Andy Kaufman’s writing partner and they took turns playing Tony Clifton, giving life to a grotesque. Zmuda has worked hard to keep the spirit of Andy Kaufman alive and here, in a book co-written with Kaufman’s partner Lynne Margulies, Zmuda does his […]Archive
October 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: San Fran, Thursday, October 16, 2014
My third time playing records after a Bikini Roulette show this year up at the San Fran – the band did a top job, great set. And I had a bit of fun playing some of my favourite old rock’n’rollers – and a few other things too. Good crowd – but I blew it, the […]Archive
April 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1385
Johnny Mandel, M*A*S*H [OST] (1973) We used to sing Suicide Is Painless at primary school. That’s pretty fucked up when I think about it now. This is worth having for the Ahmad Jamal version of the theme – where he got all Bob James Taxi about a half-decade before Bob James got all Taxi. I […]Archive
June 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman