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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: $29.00

When I heard ‘Blue Valentine’ by Tom Waits it blew my mind and I wanted to be a version of him. Not the kind that sat and created a character to live inside. Not the kind that shared great music. I just visited bars, often with a copy of the album (also ‘The Heart of […]
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March 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 424

Tom Waits, The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) I come and go with Tom Waits but in some ways this is my favourite albums of his, the most special to me might be the better way to put it. I discovered it as a CD – and it needed to be that way. You see […]
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March 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Songs Sung Blue: Everybody Knows One…

People love Johnny Cash’s version of the Nine Inch Nails song, Hurt because of the timing; that video, his wife had died – then Johnny died shortly after. Complications resulting from a broken heart. It’s a good song, a good version. But the original is better. I know I’m not alone in thinking that – […]
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