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August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: With You, Shortly – Little fictions

I’ve just published my new e-book. My first of pure creative writing rather than any journalism. It’s called With You, Shortly – Little fictions and is a set of short stories, some very short, flash fiction, micro-fiction, prose poems, call them what you will. Just don’t call them late for dinner. Etc. I’ve been writing my short […]
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March 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 133: Drive Like Jehu – “Yank Crime”

Elsewhere you might read all about how Drive Like Jehu was this classic, underrated or seminal band and that their second and final album Yank Crime was just absolutely the one – a forgotten or lost classic, a gem, a must-have, a must-hear. Etc…  But you will not hear that hear. This is landfill-hardcore of a time and place. That time […]
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December 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 352

Phil Judd, The Swinger (1983) I just recently found this mini-LP, or EP – a 12”er that collects half of the Private Lives album and one extra track; a US release, as I understand it. It’s worth it for the cover alone really. And because it’s Phil Judd. I already have the Rendezvous single (which […]
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October 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 16: Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Midnight Ride”

We should all take time out in – and of – our busy lives to listen to Paul Revere & The Raiders, particularly this album. That’s the take-home from finally sitting down to hear this. Oh, I knew a few of the hits, and a lot of the stuff on here, had a couple of […]
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April 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Gabriel: Live Blood

Peter Gabriel Live Blood Eagle Rock Entertainment It’s funny, Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back project is making more sense to me the longer it continues. I found the studio album a tad underwhelming, misguided even, at times. There were one or two rather gorgeous moments, it was – on the whole – well intentioned. But […]
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