crazy what you thought you knew, but in fact you never do the right thing at the right time, that’s not smart at all you know – but then I guess you wouldn’t know; sorry – not sorry – to rub that right in
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Weird Flex, But Ok…
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Stubs: # 286 Misery, Roxy Cinema, Wellington, 2021
I was pumped for this one! Just the other week we checked out The Big Lebowski at The Roxy cinema. I was stoked to see that – and even more stoked to see they were doing something else pretty cool so soon after. This time a whole mid-winter Christmas mini film-festival. And as part of […]
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Poem: For Anyone
She paints gut punches from memory, he draws a lot of water in towns that are drowning; they met and life was never the same again. For anyone.
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Monica Heldal: Ravensdale
Monica Heldal Ravensdale Drabant Music Norwegian guitarist and singer/songwriter Monica Heldal released her debut record in her early 20s, and swiftly followed that 2013 release up with a record in 2016. But then tinnitus – extreme sound sensitivity and damage from that to her psyche. She shut herself down, locked herself in – spent five […]
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Poem: No Jump
We would run through town trying to leap to touch the signs that were hanging under the shops. Saturday night, but not too late, the shops all closed for the weekend. And my brother could sometimes touch the bottom of a sign. And my cousin would sometimes get close. But I never got very close […]
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David Crosby: For Free
David Crosby For Free Three Blind Mice, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC The Crosby comeback has been a subtly remarkable feat. I trace it to 2014’s CROZ, a lovely surprise. Rich, gentle songs, gorgeously held by his voice, caressed further by the production. Given the two decades of headlines and […]
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Poem: Diegesis
it’s a lucky person that gets to go to work, that has a job and is paid money into an account at the end of each week or month or whatever the pay-cycle is; a lucky person indeed. After the grunt-work for the day is done the rest is gravy, you take your fancy clothes […]
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Stubs: # 285 – Things I Know To Be True, Wellington, 2021
This whole stubs things really started because I kept bunches of old – but not that old – ticket stubs to save for bookmarks. I’m a bit obsessed with bookmarks. I have lots of books on the go, non-fiction, poetry, I might not finish reading these sorts of titles for a year or more, or […]
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Sweetman Podcast # 267: Sam Duckor-Jones
Hi and welcome to episode 267 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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Poem: Not For Any Book
Where are the big poems now? They’ve all gone away. Been collected up in a book, and a few people had a look, and some were kind enough to say they liked them. Now I can get back to just saying any old thing. No desperate writing through the night and gripping on tight too […]
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Molly Lewis: The Forgotten Edge (ep)
Molly Lewis The Forgotten Edge (ep) Jagjaguwar Molly Lewis – born in Australia, living in L.A. and raised between Aussie and America – is a whistler. She watched a documentary about the fine, nearly lost art of musical whistling and wanting to try her hand at it. When that didn’t work, she put her lips […]
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Poem: Bad Shortcuts
Joyce Carol Oates says you must read in order to write. She says to read with focus and reckons if you chose a short novel, like Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea, you could read it in one gulp and the next day you’d be ready to spit out some better writing than previously; I’ve not […]