Paul McCartney interview By Simon Barber on September 3, 2018 — 1 min read I am delighted to announce that my guest on the Sodajerker podcast this Friday will be Paul McCartney. My co-presenter Brian and I recently sat down with Paul at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) for a conversation about his new album Egypt Station, which is also available from 7th September. Here’s a feature... More
Book chapter on Bruceploitation published By Simon Barber on December 10, 2017 — 1 min read In November 2017, a book entitled Cult Media: Re-packaged, Re-released and Restored, edited by Jonathan Wroot and Andy Willis, was published by Palgrave Macmillan. The book features a chapter that I wrote with Oliver Carter entitled ‘The Dragon Lives Again: Distributing ‘Bruceploitation’ via Home Entertainment’. Abstract for the chapter The focus of this research is an exploitation film industry... More
Fantastic Fest 2017 By Simon Barber on October 17, 2017 — 1 min read In September 2017, I was able to attend Fantastic Fest, the genre film festival which takes place at the South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. I hadn’t been able to visit since 2013, so it was great to be back with my compadre Dale Lloyd taking in extraordinary films from around the world and... More
Conceptualising Creativity article published By Simon Barber on August 22, 2017 — 1 min read The August 2017 edition of Popular Music and Society, published by Routledge, features an article that I wrote with Professor Paul Long entitled ‘Conceptualising Creativity and Strategy in the Work of Professional Songwriters’. Abstract Drawing upon interviews conducted as part of the Sodajerker on Songwriting podcast this paper explores professional songwriting as musical labor. It explores how songwriters conceptualize... More
Sodajerker reaches 100 podcasts By Simon Barber on June 23, 2017 — 1 min read My longtime pal Brian and I (collectively known as Sodajerker) recently hit a major milestone with our podcast, Sodajerker On Songwriting, when we released our 100th episode, a conversation with the brilliant Nashville singer-songwriter Jason Isbell. You can hear the episode at our website, or subscribe in Apple Podcasts to get the entire archive. As part of the... More
