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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Billie Holiday, Bowie, Coronavirus, Covid-19, David Bowie, Hindsight, Poem, Poem: Self Pitying Hindsight In 2020, Poem: Self Pitying Hindsight IS 2020, R.E.M., Reflection, Self Pity, Self Pitying Hindsight, Self Pitying Hindsight In 2020, Self Pitying Hindsight IS 2020, Todd Rundgren ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, All The Children Sing, Can We Still Be Friends, Hermit of Mink Hollow, LP, Record, Rundgren, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 32, Todd, Todd Rundgren, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, double-album, LP, Mismatch, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 179, Todd, Todd Rundgren, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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December 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 191 Something/Anything?

I Saw The Light was the first song I heard and I remember it was at one of those new-fangled Jeans Stores that were cropping up in Hamilton when I was in high school. I was there with my girlfriend and we were having a crafty pash in a dressing booth and the song came […]
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September 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 181 On The Air – Part Two

When I got the call to be interviewed on the national radio station on a music subject that I knew well it was always going to be about Wellington. I did toy briefly with the idea of talking about Todd Rundgren for half an hour but got talked out of it. I really loved the […]
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