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July 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 176: Carl Shuker

Welcome to episode 176 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.  I first met Carl Shuker close to 20 years ago. He […]
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June 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 171: Sugar Magnolia Wilson 

Welcome to episode 171 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors –T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This week it’s a chat with poet Sugar Magnolia […]
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October 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 137 – Mary McCallum

Welcome to episode 137 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Mary McCallum. She’s just published her first book of poems, the excellent XYZ of Happiness. But Mary was playing the long-game, she’s a known, established poet – having studied under Bill Manhire when his […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged #137, Bill Manhire, Children's Book, Eastbourne, IIML, Into Orbit, Journalism, Journalist, La Petite Chocolat, Makaro Press, Mary McCallum, Music, Musician, Novel, Poems, Poetry, Publisher, Simon Sweetman, Songwriter, Submarine, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 137, Sweetman Podcast # 137: Mary McCallum, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 137 – Mary McCallum, T Leaf T, The Brooklyns, The Cuba Press, TV, TV3, Victoria University, Wellington, Wgtn, Words, Writer, Writing, XYZ of Happiness, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 130 – Bill Manhire

Welcome to episode 130 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. It’s Poetry Day! So I had a chat with Bill Manhire. We had in fact planned this for last year’s Poetry Day but I dropped the ball I guess, got behind, I can’t quite remember…but I do know I’ve […]
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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 71 – Norman Meehan

Welcome to episode 71 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with musician, author, critic and educator Norman Meehan. I’ve been a fan of Norman Meehan’s writing and music for some time – I loved his album, Modigliani and […]
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April 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Being There: My Liner Notes for ‘Making Baby Float’

I was there. Watching the concert. And I couldn’t believe how good it was – now in some sense I had a tip-off. I knew Hannah Griffin was a great singer, I knew Norman Meehan was a thoughtful and gifted musician/arranger/composer and I knew the source material was top-shelf. The other names in the band […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Being There, Being There: My Liner Notes for 'Making Baby Float', Bill Manhire, Classical, Concert, Hannah Griffin, Jazz, Liner Notes, Live, Making Baby Float, My Liner Notes for 'Making Baby Float', Norman Meehan, Notes, Poetry, Songs, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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December 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 40 – Sean James Donnelly (SJD)

Welcome to episode 40 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Auckland-based musician/producer/soundtrack composer Sean James Donnelly – better known, in band and solo-musician guise as SJD. I’m a huge fan of Sean’s music – all of his albums, I think he’s one of the great talents in New Zealand […]
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November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #173 – Meehan and Manhire, Wellington, 2011

The collaboration between Norman Meehan and Bill Manhire has been important, fruitful – but it’s as much been about a collaboration, a deep connection between Meehan and his chosen vocalist, Hannah Griffin. I worked with Hannah years ago so hearing her on the recordings and watching her perform these poems-made-into-music has something of that Proud, […]
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October 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Meehan/Griffin/Chisholm: Small Holes In The Silence

Norman Meehan/Hannah Griffin/Hayden Chisholm Small Holes In The Silence Rattle/VUP Norman Meehan’s framing of Bill Manhire poems – taking them from the page to the stage with the assistance of the pure-voiced Hannah Griffin – resulted in a winning project across the Buddhist Rain and Making Baby Float albums, across the multimedia project, These Rough […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alistair Campbell, Bill Manhire, Buddhist Rain, David Mitchell, Eileen Duggan, Hannah Griffin, Hayden Chisholm, Hone Tuwhare, James K. Baxter, Kiwi, Making Baby Float, Meehan/Griffin/Chisholm, New Zealand, Norman Meehan, Norman Meehan/Hannah Griffin/Hayden Chisholm, NZ, Poems, Poetry, Rattle, Small Holes In The Silence, These Rough Notes, Victoria University, VUP ·

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January 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Close Readers: The Lines Are Open

The Close Readers The Lines Are Open (Independent) The Close Readers is essentially Damien Wilkins; it’s his words, his work, his world – the line-up is flexible, he builds a band to give shape to his songs. Previously Craig Terris all but one-man-banded his way through a couple of Close Readers albums, creating the frame […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andrew Bain, Bandcamp, Bill Manhire, Craig Terris, Damien Wilkins, Group Hug, Luke Buda, New Spirit, R.E.M., The Close Readers, The Go-Betweens, The Lines Are Open, The Phoenix Foundation, Tom Callwood, Writing ·

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September 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Jealousy at 6am

watch the sun come up again after another night awake waste no time dropping the word down the line it’s really not working would be better if I slept more any editor might tell you that too Bill Manhire sleeps eight hours a night. Trust him to get everything right!
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bill Manhire, Jealousy at 6am, Poem ·

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December 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Reclining (On) The Naked Horse

(after Bill Manhire) The naked horse came in to the room. What is it doing here? Who invited this naked horse in? More to the point, what am I going to do about it? Certainly won’t be caught repeating and repeating and repeating myself. Damn! The naked horse has taken me for a ride again
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bill Manhire, Poem, Reclining (On) The Naked Horse ·
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