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September 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
I Did A Talk About Blogging Now Here’s A Blog About That Talk
This year I was invited to be part of the Manawatu Writers Festival. It’s been a tough year for many things and literary festivals are certainly among the events that have taken a hammering; how hard it must be to organise them anyway. And then the ones that have gone ahead (or are now in […]Archive
September 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 229: Rachel Doré Interviews Me About Blogging
Welcome to episode 229 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys 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 […]Archive
August 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Manawatu Writers Festival 2020: My Chat About Blogging
This year the Manawatu Writers Festival takes place across September 11-14. I’m honoured to be involved – I’ll be presenting a talk at the Feilding Public Library on Sunday September 13 from 10.45am-12.30pm about blogging. It’s about my journey through blogging and tips for building a blogging routine. Here’s the Facebook page for further details. There’s a great […]Archive
April 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
From The Archives: I Pinch Myself That I Shared Time On This Planet – Albeit Via A Phone Call – With Cassandra Wilson…But I Called Her A Little Earlier Than Planned, Oops!
Cassandra Wilson performed one of the best gigs I’ll ever see – it was back in 2013, part of Wellington’s Jazz Festival. And I’ve just remembered that I spoke to her on the phone ahead of that trip. So there might be a few dated references here and there – but with that knowledge, that […]Archive
April 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Hardest I’ve Ever Not Worked
People tell you not to read the comments – but you can really learn a lot about yourself. For example: Did you know that I used to earn enough to pay my mortgage by trolling music fans on Stuff? Neither did I. That was definitely news to me. I must have been stuck in that dreary day-job […]Archive
April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes
I own Rick Astley’s Whenever You Need Somebody on tape. I bought it when it was released. I found that old tape just recently. (I have it on vinyl as well – nutcase!) Buying tapes – it dates you. I mowed lawns to earn money to buy tapes. Then I’d listen to the new tape […]Archive
January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview
Sometimes the interview goes better than you could have planned – you’re into it, you want it to go well but the person on the other end of the line is a total pro, more than they they seem real – even if it’s the Staged-Interview Version of Real. So it was for me with […]Archive
November 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 472
Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks (1975) For nearly nine years I wrote a daily blog called Blog On The Tracks – it wasn’t always about Bob Dylan but then again – it was. He was always on my mind. I mentioned him now and then, wrote specifically about him a few times – but […]Archive
June 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
From The Archives: The Tony Joe White Interview
Earlier this year Tony Joe White played a show in Auckland – he’s a regular visitor to our shores, I’ve seen him a bunch of times. I was offered an interview – and agreed – because I’d spoken to him one other time and really enjoyed it. I mean here’s a guy who wrote Rainy […]Archive
October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Finding Hate Mail: Old Friends…
Hate mail is fan mail in this game – a thought that’s probably kept me blogging for seven years… Over the weekend we moved our big three-year-old son into his new big-boy room. That meant listening to a lot of Beastie Boys (fantastic moving/packing/unpacking music) and it meant swapping the home-office and the kid’s bedroom. This […]Archive
October 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman