December 2012 archives
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December 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Maria Savva
Maria Savva is a lawyer and novelist/short story writer from London, UK. Her latest novel is a psychological thriller, Haunted. She can be found on the writers’ forum BestsellerBound.com, as well as the blog BestsellerBound Recommends, and she reviews books for Bookpleasures.com. You can find out more about her writing at her official website. Here are [...]Archive
December 28, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Maarten Holl
Maarten Holl, aka DJ Manray, is a record collector and former Evening Post music reviewer. He is the founder and operator of the Vital Sounds Hi Fi, a custom-built vinyl only reggae soundsystem in the style and tradition of Jamaican sounds. It features hand built ‘scoop’ style bass cabinets and custom pre-amps. Catch him out [...]Archive
December 28, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Katy Perry: The Movie – Part Of Me
Katy Perry The Movie: Part Of Me Paramount I went to a Katy Perry concert once. She sang a song about wanting to see “your peacock-cock-cock” and mock-felated the microphone, turning her head side on as is to show that to be the reason she’d choked on the second syllable of this very active/interactive, fully [...]Archive
December 28, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1441
Billy Idol, Rebel Yell (1983) Well the title track’s in advertising purgatory now – thanks Rebel Sports! – but I can still listen to this album – only now and then of course. In that way that we do with old records; putting them on and thumbing about with the cover, searching for clues of [...]Archive
December 27, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Susan Brettingen
Susan Brettingen, a Wisconsinite, is working on a master’s degree in education while student teaching English, journalism, and film courses at a high school in Milwaukee. She has been an avid fan of New Zealand music since the ‘80s, starting with Split Enz and continuing on with the Chills and The Clean. She’s a fairly [...]Archive
December 27, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Nick Cave: Sinner Saint – The True Confessions
Nick Cave: Sinner Saint – The True Confessions Thirty Years of Essential Interviews edited by Mat Snow Plexus Publishing There is one obvious problem with collections of interviews that feature just one subject – there will be repetition. And there is here. A lot. Cave is generous in discussing his work as literature to those [...]Archive
December 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Mark Rogers
Mark Rogers of Masterton-based music promoters Up With People is one of the founders of the UK’s Loose Music – a label responsible for releases from the likes of The Handsome Family, Neko Case, M.Ward and Giant Sand. As well as promoting concerts in Wairarapa he continues to look after UK pr for the likes [...]Archive
December 23, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Alan Stuart
Alan Stuart is now an occasional writer, critic and musician. Having more or less retired from the lists, he amuses himself by observing other combatants being unhorsed and occasionally decapitated – and recording his observations of such conceits in his blog, Wise Blood. Alan’s principal concern is material comfort but he admits a life-long affair [...]Archive
December 22, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Michael Ross
Michael Ross grew up on 80s hair-metal and yet still manages to hold down a job and function in society (more or less). His personal contribution to the world of music consists of inescapably sensible Facebook comments and discussion forum posts, his blog Radio Nowhere, and a commitment to singing in public as little as [...]Archive
December 22, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1442
Genesis, Invisible Touch (1986) My aunty had the tape. And I thought it was so cool. Not just this tape – my aunty’s entire tape collection; we’re only talking about 25-30 tapes. But I was just so into them because it was everything that was on the radio – that sounds like a nightmare now [...]Archive
December 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman