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February 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Beatles Theory

A lot of people seem to think that Paul McCartney and John Lennon hated each other – were competitive, and the band broke up, and that Yoko was a pesky nuisance as well.  The Yoko thing? That’s mostly racism. And sexism too. Paul and John are on the record as having had a bit of […]

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August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford

Welcome to episode 79 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat a few months back with Jonathan Crayford. He’s a pianist, bassist – multi-instrumentalist in fact. He works as a solo act, as part of a duo with Ross Burge (Spanner), in trios and other small […]

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December 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Room 237: DVD

Room 237 Director: Rodney Ascher IFC Films/IFC Midnight Room 237 – and fans of The Shining will spot that reference right away – pulls together a handful of disparate conspiracy theories around Kubrick’s film of the Stephen King novel. The Shining, one of Kubrick’s great films – panned on release, and then a video classic […]