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June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents

I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Danny Elfman, Dead Presidents, Funk, Heist, Hughes Brothers, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 18, Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, R'n'B, Racism, Requiem For A Dream, Soul, Soundtrack, The Spinners, Vietnam War ·

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June 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Michael Herr

Michael Herr has died. He was 76. He wrote the greatest book about war, one of the greatest non-fiction books you might ever read. I first came across Herr’s name – and extracts of his work – in the extra reading around the very best university class I took; perhaps the only one that stuck. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anthony Loyd, Apocalypse Now, Author, Dispatches, Eulogy, Full Metal Jacket, Journalism, Journalist, Michael Herr, Non-FIction, R.I.P., R.I.P. Michael Herr, Soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, War Reporter, War Reporting, Writer, Writing ·

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January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 762

Paul Hardcastle, 19 [Single] (1985) I was such a fan of this song as a kid – it was so weird, unlike almost anything else I’d heard on the pop charts, its video too, the backstory about the war became intense when married up with images; well, I was only about nine or so…And then […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", 19, 19 [Single] (1985), 1985, 80s, Dance, DJ, Fly By Night, LP, Paul Hardcastle, Pop, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 762, Vietnam War, Vinyl ·

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June 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 883

V/A, Tour of Duty 4 [OST] (1989) I had the first four of the Tour of Duty soundtracks on tape. A huge education – formative stuff. I was young, fascinated by all this music. And to this day the first volume remains a favourite for me, handy for DJ sets, good to play at home […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1960s, 1989, American Woman, Canned Heat, Chicago, Compilation, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, Guess Who, Laura Nyro, LP, On The Road Again, Record, Roy Orbison, Save The Country, Skating, Soundtrack, Tape, The Vinyl Countdown # 883, There Won't Be Many Coming Home, To Love Somebody, Tour Of Duty, Tour Of Duty 4, Tour of Duty series, TV, V/A, Various Artists, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vinyl ·

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February 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1185

V/A, Tour of Duty III [OST] (1989) I loved the Tour of Duty soundtracks so much – and the TV show too; maybe I watched the show because of the music. It got me hooked on all the Vietnam films, the great glut of them – many of them worth watching – and the music […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1989, Go Now, LP, Soundtrack, The Moody Blues, Tour Of Duty, Tour of Duty III, TV, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vinyl ·

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