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October 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 85 – Stu McKinlay (Yeastie Boys)
Welcome to episode 85 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. And this one is a conversation with one of those sponsors – Stu McKinlay of Yeastie Boys. We talk about his life and the creation and development of the Yeastie Boys beer and brand. Based in the UK now, […]Archive
August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Beer With Me: The Ongoing Disaster of Drinking Being Matched With Gigs
Beer and music – we’re told, so often, they go together. The craft beer fellas have all aligned themselves with music, sponsoring gigs, even naming beers after bands. And anyone with a rock’n’roll story of a gig from 20 or 30 years ago often adds in some yarn about being boozed, sozzled, tipsy…or if they […]Archive
August 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 17 – (New and Old) Favourite Instrumentals
It’s been a big week of podcast-edits for me, and as well as layering in loads of music (often instrumentals) I’ve been listening to lots of instrumental music even when not editing. There are some new and old favourites here. Something for everyone, hopefully. Five things that I dig at any rate.Archive
June 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 167 Alcohol
Being a teenager in Hamilton in the seventies involved quite a bit of drinking. There wasn’t a lot to do and it seemed like one of the ways to get out at the time though it was really only a path further into itself.Archive
February 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 – James Robinson
Welcome to episode 48 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Kiwi-born, American-based writer James Robinson. He had a blog on Stuff.co.nz – which he turned into a book. The blog – and then the book – looked at life in America and perceptions of America; the way we, as […]Archive
May 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Beer Honesty
“Not a lot to hide”, he says, as he hides not a lot. And then she turns to meet his eye and sees he’s not hiding a lot. Well after all at least he was honest, she thinks as she moves over and towards any- one elseArchive
March 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman