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April 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

I Am A Carpenters Fan: To Be Born Again

The Carpenters were brother and sister duo, Richard and Karen. She would turn down any kind of drumstick other than the kind used to play music. He was a piano teacher interested in jazz and classical music; interested in arranging and composition. It took me a while to understand the appeal of The Carpenters – […]

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August 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1305

Burt Bacharach, In Concert (1974) I’m getting (so) old. On Wednesday night Katy was off out and I was home with the baby. At the end of a day with him I always look forward to that time when he says, “night, my dada”. That shit is melt-your-heart-cool anyway. But after a full day of […]