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December 12, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
Paul Kelly: Stories Of Me
Paul Kelly Stories of Me Madman This documentary portrait manages to be the sort of love letter that Paul Kelly himself would write – meaning there’s a lot more in it than first glimpse might suggest. And though there’s plenty to unpack it’s instantly accessible, interesting, exciting even. Kelly isn’t all that much of an [...]Archive
December 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1720
Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing (1987) This was the first Suzanne Vega album I heard – and then the first I bought on vinyl. It’s something of a favourite – although I like all of her albums. This was the introduction though – with those two big songs; still the biggest two songs of her career, [...]Archive
November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1742
The Johnnys, Highlights Of A Dangerous Life (1986) My good friend Matthew Couper gave me a dubbed cassette of The Johnnys when we were at high school. Man, I thrashed that album. It was this weird hybrid of tongue-in-cheek country and tongue-in-pint pub-rock and I loved it. Instantly. All it once it was like nothing I’d [...]Archive
October 21, 2011 by Simon Sweetman