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October 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Daniel Bryan: YES – My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of Wrestlemania
Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of Wrestlemania Daniel Bryan w/ Craig Tello St. Martin’s Press The big problem with this book is the ghost-writer’s voice. He does a fine enough job when inside Daniel Bryan’s voice but ruins any of that good work by starting each chapter in his own voice, as […]Archive
July 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 69 Virgin Records – Part Three “Veedon Fleece”
The year after Christine was taken out of school we lost touch completely. We’d lost our virginity together but only just, before her parents caught us at it and separated us (see The Ghost of Electricity #47). I met Susan that following year and it was like we were made for each other – she […]Archive
June 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Chris Squire
Chris Squire bassist for Yes has died. He was the only member of the band to appear on every album, treating the work and band like a business – almost unemotional towards the end. I had the chance to interview Chris a couple of years ago, deeply unrewarding it was, one of the worst interviews […]Archive
January 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 37 – Rick Wakeman, Wellington, 2012
Well, he sure gave good interview – but the gig itself was a little silly, a little sad. I loved hearing a bit of his solo piano playing – dude can fucking play! – but the jokes. Oof. Suddenly it wasn’t Rick Wakeman it was nearly Roy “Chubby” Brown. But hey, that’s his legacy and […]Archive
August 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Yes, Alan White’s Alright With Yes (Still)
When Yes plays an Auckland show on its current tour in November of this year it will be just the second time the band has played to a New Zealand audience. But Alan White, the band’s drummer since 1972, says they’re “well aware” of a New Zealand audience, of “huge support” for the band from […]Archive
July 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1344
David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) Last year I interviewed Rick Wakeman and that was the catalyst for digging out this record. I don’t listen to it often – the LP that is. I have Hunky Dory on an iPod (along with pretty much everything that David Bowie has released). And so I give it a […]Archive
January 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman