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January 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Todd Rundgren: A Wizard A True Star…Live!
Todd Rundgren A Wizard A True Star…Live! Purple Pyramid Music / Cleopatra Records Todd Rundgren – the maverick. Producer and one-man-band wunderkind! There’s so much to admire, from songwriter and singer to multi-instrumentalist, he goes above and beyond mere musicianship to being some sort of spiritual conduit for the full gamut of power-pop. But one […]Archive
December 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Self Pitying Hindsight IS 2020
The god-awful small affair that Bowie mentioned seems to have lasted a lifetime – this year I turned older than Billie Holiday ever did. I’ll never make as many records as Todd Rundgren could in one year. I’d never dare to try. I wrote a book and no one really had a look – or […]Archive
October 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 32
Todd Rundgren, Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) It’s my first place when returning toTodd Rundgren. He’s never far from my mind (a genius, yes, yes, wizard and truly a star…) but if I haven’t listened to anything by him in a while then this is the one that pulls me straight back in. Because, I […]Archive
August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)
I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]Archive
February 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 179
Todd Rundgren, Todd (1974) I learned the hard way: Always check the sleeves when buying second-hand records. I picked up a copy of this only to find that record two was not “Todd” at all – it was some easy listening compilation. But record one is the real deal. So I have half of this […]Archive
August 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Drugdealer: Raw Honey
Drugdealer Raw Honey Mexican Summer/Southbound This, the second album by Drugdealer – a name given to a project helmed by late-blooming wunderkind Michael Collins – is another clever selection of Record Collection Pop; songs you could fool yourself into thinking you’re sure you’ve heard before. A trace of Beach Boys here, some summer 70s feel-good daze there. But actually it’s […]Archive
May 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Todd Rundgren: The Individualist – Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations
The Individualist – Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations Todd Rundgren CLEOPATRA; First edition When I first heard Something/Anything? it blew my mind. It still does actually. Regularly. I knew about Todd Rundgren the guitarist and producer – with credits ranging from Meat Loaf and XTC through to creating the score for the movie Dumb and Dumber…but I had never heard any […]Archive
April 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
XTC – This Is Pop: Film
XTC: This Is Pop Directors: Roger Penny, Charlie Thomas Special Treats Distribution We open with Andy Partridge giving us one of those I’m not gonna give you a quote-quotes: “Rockumentaries, I really dislike them. They always have that lugubrious keyboard player from that prog rock group…” Cue interview snippet from Rick Wakeman.Archive
March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Todd Rundgren: White Knight
Todd Rundgren White Knight Cleopatra Todd Rundgren knows a thing or two about making mixed-bag albums – but he also knows that if you keep experimenting and collaborating you find magic. And there’s plenty of good stuff here on White Knight, an album of profound and perplexing collaborations that very much vacillates from the sublime […]Archive
February 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 36: Chicago – “Chicago Transit Authority”
I know the key songs already – singles, a few of the album tracks too, sixties compilations… And I know plenty of other stuff by Chicago – but I’d never heard this, their debut album right through. Until just recently. It’s a curio, as anything from the past is – ultimately. But there’s a lot in this. So […]Archive
December 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman