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June 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Laura Dern

I’m watching the movie Wilson – and I’m digging it. Because I loved the book so much and I’m always curious to see how graphic novels translate to the screen. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they really do not. This is going okay. And this gets bonus points because it features Laura Dern. I didn’t know […]
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March 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 6: “Wilson” by Daniel Clowes

Wilson by Daniel Clowes I guess my introduction to Daniel Clowes was the movie Ghost World – and then much later I read the collected strips of it when published as a single-volume graphic.  There was probably the movie Art School Confidential in there too before I ever got to the comics. But in the […]
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November 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 15 – Murry Wilson, “The Many Moods of Murry Wilson”

Murry Wilson, The Many Moods of Murry Wilson, 1967 Murry Wilson. Not a nice guy. Bitter hack – who was sure he was “a genius too”. Murry Wilson. Pretty sure he was the manager of The Beach Boys for a lot longer than he ever was – and written up as a bad guy who […]
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June 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 171: Sugar Magnolia Wilson 

Welcome to episode 171 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 in your Spotify library. This week it’s a chat with poet Sugar Magnolia […]
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