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April 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

X: Film

X Director: Ti West A24 / Little Lamb / Mad Solar Productions Once in a while a film comes along, and you have very high expectations indeed. Almost so much so that it is a bit of a worry. But then, it’s movie night – and not only no worries, your high expectations are shot […]
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November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: After An Email In 1999

I once signed off an email to an editor with a ‘x’ I didn’t mean to. It just slipped out. It was the early days of emailing and that little ‘x’ was a fucking boomerang, if you know what I mean. If you don’t, I’ll tell you what I mean, it came right back. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1999, After An Email In 1999, Email, Poem, Poem: After An Email In 1999, X ·

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September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89: X – “Wild Gift”

I absolutely expected to hear a few more duds doing this challenge. But shit it’s been good. A lot of great albums I knew about and therefore kinda knew I’d missed and a lot of things I genuinely didn’t know about or certainly didn’t know just how great they would be. I guess there’ll be […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #89, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980s, 1981, Eighties, Exene, John Doe, Pop, Punk, Rockabilly, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89: X – “Wild Gift”, Wild Gift, X, X – “Wild Gift” ·

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August 18, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1890

INXS, Kick [Picture Disc] (1987) Fuck I loved this album! Loved it! It was one of the first tapes I bought, the first I knew of INXS too. I bought it because I loved New Sensation and Devil Inside and Need You Tonight and there they were, all in a row – and what’s more, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [Picture Disc], Devil Inside, Guns In The Sky, INXS, Kick, Mediate, Michael Huthence, Need You Tonight, New Sensation, Vinyl, X ·

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