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September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 248

Peter Fonda, Peter Fonda (2018) I have a very kind friend based in Australia who has hooked me up with some interesting vinyl from talented, if lesser known players. His philosophy is simple: connecting people with music, sharing his tastes, helping out his mates – his mates in bands and his mates that like music. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Art, Artwork, Aussie, Australia, Australian, Band, Fonda, Friend, Indie, Inner Sleever, LP, Ltd Ed, Painting, Peter, Peter Fonda, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 248, Vinyl, You'd Know Best ·

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February 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 102 – Marie Le Lievre

Welcome to episode 102 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a chat with visual artist Marie Le Lievre. She’s a Christchurch-based artist. A painter, primarily. Though her current show at Bartley & Company in Wellington features drawings and paintings.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Art, Artist, Artwork, Bartley & Company, Chat, ChCh, Christchurch, Converation, Cousin, Drawing, Ep.102, Episode 102, Exhibition, Family, Gallery, Interview, Katy, Le Petite Chocolat, Marie Le Lievre, Painting, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 102, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 102 - Marie Le Lievre, T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176 The Record Covers

I started buying albums in the 70s and it was a great time for the cover artwork. I have to admit that was part of the attraction for me – those Hipgnosis and Roger Dean images grabbed my imagination. It was an essential aspect to enjoying an album for me. By the time the Spines […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Act Your Age, Album Cover, Album Cover Artwork, Album Covers, Albums, Art, Artwork, Design, Drawing, Epidural, Fishing, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hipgnosis, Idiot Sun, Jon Mcleary, LPs, Music, Painting, Photographs, Photography, photos, Punch, Record Covers, Roger Dean, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176 The Record Covers, The Moon, The Record Covers, The Spines, Wellington, Your Body Stays ·

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August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 519

Grayson Gilmour, Otherness (2017) I’m a fan of Grayson Gilmour – though I had let that slip over the last couple of year; he’s been a prolific force as singer/songwriter, band-member/collaborator, composer – and I’ve kept up with some, but not all of what he’s done…I’d forgotten, in that way that happens, about some of […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2017), Artwork, Blow Back, Coloured Vinyl, Grayson Gilmour, Henrietta Harris, LP, Otherness, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 519, Vinyl ·

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June 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes

Growing up in the 60s I think I probably first discovered them through black and white reproductions in English weekly comics like Smash or Whizzer and Chips. They reprinted early Fantastic Four, Thor and Daredevil issues and I really took to them – particularly the Jack Kirby artwork with the strange anatomy and alien landscapes.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #166, Art, Artist, Artwork, Batman, Captain America, Cartoon, Comic Books, Comics, Daredevil, DC, Doctor Strange, Excelsior, Fabulous Four, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Graphic Novels, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hulk, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Jon Mcleary, Keigh Griffen, Legion of Superheroes, Love and Rockets, M-Men, Music, Neal Adams, Nick Fury, NME, Painting, Revengerss, Smash, Spiderman, Spines, Stan Lee, Teenager, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes, The Spines, Thor, War Stories, Wellington, Wgtn, Wizzer and Chips, Writing, X-Men ·

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April 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Framing Vinyl: The LP Cover as Artwork

One of the things that vinyl has in its favour – and you’ll always hear a vinyl enthusiast trot it out as one of the virtues of the format – is the cover artwork; it actually works, it actually is (or can become) art. The CD has a lot of faults and though it seemed […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Artwork, Cover, Frame, Framing Vinyl, Framing Vinyl: The LP Cover as Artwork, LP, Music, Picture, Record, The LP Cover as Artwork, Vinyl, Vinyl Revival, Wall ·

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July 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Scott McClanahan/Ricardo Cavolo: The Incantations of Daniel Johnston

The Incantations of Daniel Johnston Scott McClanahan (Text) Ricardo Cavolo (Artist) Two Dollar Radio Here Daniel Johnston’s life has been lovingly paid tribute to in a rather exquisitely made graphic novel/biography. The non-fiction graphic novel can at times get bogged down when trying to find room for text but still have something to say, image-wise, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Artwork, Bio, Biography, Book, Book Review, Daniel Johnston, Drawings, Graphic Novel, Jeff Tartakov, Music, Non-FIction, Ricardo Cavolo, Scott McClanahan, Scott McClanahan (Text) Ricardo Cavolo (Artist), The Incantations of Daniel Johnston, Two Dollar Radio ·

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May 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Adrian Tomine: Killing and Dying – Stories

Killing and Dying: Stories Adrian Tomine Drawn and Quarterly Adrian Tomine has published single-story graphic novels, ongoing strips and dozens of award-winning single panels, including many of the great covers for The New Yorker but Killing and Dying is a standalone set of short stories, connected by their themes of ennui, loss of hope, modern-day […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Tomine, American Dream, Art, Artist, Artwork, Book, Book Review, Cartoon, Comic, Drawn and Quarterly, Graphic Novel, Illustrator, Killing and Dying, Killing and Dying: Stories, Short Stories, Strip, The New Yorker, Writer ·

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May 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Ohope Beach School Choir: Bird Song

Ohope Beach School Choir Bird Song Ohope Beach School The Ohope Beach School Choir – an open choir featuring years 0-6 (ages 5-10) – was asked to perform at the celebration for the 200th Brown Kiwi Release in the Mahy Reserve at Ohope Beach. Seeing the opportunity to turn this into a project, teacher Jenny […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Art, Artwork, Bird Song, Birds, Book, Children, Choir, Conservation, Greg Malcolm, Jenny Ward, Kids, Kiwi, Native, NZ, Ohope Beach School Choir, School, Singing, Spoken Word, Stories, Wildlife ·

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December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

My (New) Favourite Piece of Work

We haven’t been able to buy a lot of art recently – is there a more First World Problem sentence than that? – you don’t buy art when you have a wee kid, but you do get lots of new art anyway, fridge paintings galore… Anyway, my Christmas present was a new painting – the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Art, Artwork, Ghost of Electricity, Jon Mcleary, Matthew Couper, Painting, Spines, The Spines, War Stories, Wellington, Writing, Youth ·

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October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper

Here’s episode nine of Sweetman Podcast now – my chat with Matthew Couper. Matt’s an artist, Hawke’s Bay born, now Las Vegas based. Matt’s also my oldest friend, in that we’ve known each other since we were three. We went through kindergarten, primary, intermediate and high school along the same strip in Havelock North.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Art, Artist, Artwork, Billy Corgan, Chat, Criticism, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, http://mattcouper.com/index2.html, Interview, JK Russ, Las Vegas, Lou Reed, Matt Couper, Matthew Couper, Painting, Paul Nache, Simon Sweetman, Songs For Drella, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper ·

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June 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

My painting by Youth

It was a really great gig by Killing Joke on Friday. The original line-up, well most of them – the drummer was a sub for the last few shows. Wellington’s gig at Bodega was a ripper, the final show of the tour. Over at the merch table they were selling DVDs and CDs and posters […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Artwork, Bodega, Killing Joke, Live Gig, Martin Glover, Merchandise, Painting, Paul McCartney, The Fireman, Youth ·

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