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July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: All This Trouble In The World
Adolf Hitler just wanted to be a painter – someone should have given him an exhibition. Take a chance! Charles Manson wanted to make records – why do you think he befriended the one Beach Boy that could surf? he wanted to soak up the sound… he wrote some songs. certainly managed to get plenty of […]Archive
May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier Henry Holt and Co. Jaron Lanier was there for the building of the internet, an early chat-room visitor (and developer), a guy with major tech credentials. He’s become an internet philosopher, a fierce critic of Silicon Valley; he’s like any writer with a troubled history and […]Archive
April 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Completing the 1001 Albums Challenge
I had the 2005 version of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – I’d owned it for years and had a flip through the pages, but never really studied it. And then someone asked me how many of the albums I had heard – was it half? Was it all? I figured the […]Archive
August 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 26 – Chet Baker
I can’t remember when I first heard Chet Baker but I’ve been a fan for a while. A long time. Feels like he’s just been there forever. My whole life. But I would have been a teenager before I first heard him knowingly. And then it was all in. And it’s still the way. Currently […]Archive
March 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 108 – James Buttery
Welcome to episode 108 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with a guy called James Buttery. He’s a record collector. He’s the co-host of a brand new podcast called The Good, The Bad & The LP. He’s also the host of a YouTube channel where he […]Archive
November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
How Do You Find Music? How Does Music Find You? How Has That Changed?
Do you ever stop to consider the changes that have been made to the way you find music? Is your approach still the same? Surely it’s changed, you’ve changed formats, the formats have changed – in terms of delivery approach, in terms of regularity, in terms of how and when you receive them – as […]Archive
May 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
This Is Everything – Gigi Gorgeous: Film
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Director: Barbara Kopple SelectNext Gregory Lazzarato was any young Canadian boy – a gifted diver on track for Olympic Games consideration. He also loved make-up and growing up in the age of YouTube found himself as a beauty and fashion vlogger with a growing fanbase connected to a YouTube channel. […]Archive
March 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 8 – Recent Finds and Reminders; Things I’ve Been Appreciating…
So it’s a Five For Friday with no real theme – if there is one it’s there in the title, these songs – old and new – have all been on my mind and on the turntable over the last couple of weeks. Songs that standout on new releases, or old records I’ve just picked […]Archive
October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
What Matters Most Is The Music: It’s Not How You Listen – It’s That You Listen
Audio streaming has now beaten video streaming – or put simply, Spotify means more to people than YouTube. Okay, that’s putting it very simply but that’s – basically – the news. Record companies are only just cottoning on to YouTube, thinking video might help them sell audio. But audio is being taken for free – […]Archive
March 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
NZ Festival Writers Week: Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg – Life Online
Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg: Life Online Embassy Theatre Thursday, March 10 For this Writers Week event it was a mismatched session with Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg discussing life online. Mismatched, because Curry – star of her own YouTube videos, Jamie’s World –seemed to have nothing to say, beyond being presumably sponsored by the […]Archive
December 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman