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June 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: On Twitter
Bill Cosby is free because a lawyer was paid a heap of money to prove they’re the best at lawyering. Justice has been severed. Elvis Costello said he was fine with Olivia Rodrigo making a song that sounded like his – because his song sounded like Bob Dylan’s and Bob Dylan’s song sounded like Chuck […]Archive
June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Several Twitter Users.
We are worried about billionaires and the anti-vaxxers and the pandemic they are currently anti getting vaxxed from. We are worried about tax-dodging companies and white-collar crime and gentrification’s winning streak. We are worried about climate change but never enough. We are worried about the climate-change deniers. We are worried they might be a bigger […]Archive
March 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
James Blunt: How To Be A Complete and Utter Blunt – Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation
How To Be A Complete and Utter Blunt: Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation James Blunt Constable I don’t know who first alerted me but I probably had the same reaction as many: James Blunt IS FUNNY! He was savage even. Just the right type of wit. It was wonderful to read his comebacks […]Archive
April 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 128
Pam Ayers, Some Of Me Poems and Songs (1976) I’ve long been a fan of Pam Ayers – as a kid I would crack up at her voice; as much as the things she said it was the way she said them. And then those rhymes. Endless and fascinating and funny. She was one of […]Archive
November 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 193: Sean Plunket
Welcome to episode 193 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
August 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Problem With Twitter…Is That It Exists
the high coup of the day lets secret clubs throw imaginary stones you get 160 characters and never have to show a hint of your own “don’t @-me!” is the saddest, dumbest thing I’ve seen an adult write a “talk to the hand” for dullards, with not even that much conviction everyone in constant audit-mode go fuck off!!Archive
July 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jon Ronson: The Last Days of August
Jon Ronson The Last Days of August Audible Originals Of the many forms Ronson has arguably mastered (columns and book-length essays, TV and radio documentaries) it seems his great strength, now, is in the narrative investigative podcast. Working with Audible to serve them up as seven-episode podcasts that double as, essentially, an audiobook (they can be devoured in a […]Archive
May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier Henry Holt and Co. Jaron Lanier was there for the building of the internet, an early chat-room visitor (and developer), a guy with major tech credentials. He’s become an internet philosopher, a fierce critic of Silicon Valley; he’s like any writer with a troubled history and […]Archive
April 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
That Time Robbie Williams Shared A Lovely Picture to Only Summon Hate
I attended a Robbie Williams concert. That alone should have just been the bizarre thing – as a music fan with a hunger to write I’ve stooped fairly low previously. I once interviewed Shaznay of The All Saints. I attended a Wing “concert” in a tiny function room in a budget hotel. They served tea and coffee […]Archive
December 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Let Me Entertain You
I got an email from Robbie Williams once. It was to apologise for the time he shared a picture of me and my kid to his 2.59m followers on Twitter.Archive
August 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman