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July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Caroline Easther: Lucky

Caroline Easther Lucky Good World Music   The winning combo is having something to say – and the right way to say it; having songs and having a voice that push those songs into (the right) place. So it is with Caroline Easther’s solo debut; a long-time-coming project that collects up songs from a musician who has been steadily writing and singing […]
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March 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 158 – Caroline Easther

Welcome to episode 158 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 I have a chat with […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Barry Saunders, Beat Rhythm Fashion, Caroline Easther, Chat, Conversation, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, ep 158, Hobnail Boots, Interview, La Petite Chocolat, Let's Planet, Music, Musician, Simon Sweetman, Songwriter, Spines, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 158, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 158 – Caroline Easther, T Leaf T, The Chills, The Warratahs, Throw, Verlaines, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain

I woke up this morning and Facebook reminded me that a year ago I was very nearly killed by a runaway car – I was lucky to survive. Just like the time I nearly fell to my death at McLaren Falls when I was eighteen or almost drowned at Ocean Beach at the turn of […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Anniversary, Aro Valley, Art, Caroline Easther, DD Smash, Electricity On Stage In The Rain, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guitar, Guitar Solo, Jon Mcleary, Lead Guitar, McLaren Falls, Music, Near-Death, Neill Duncan, Ocean Beach, Rob Mahoney, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 131, Wellington, Writing ·

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July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism

I’ve been trying to connect all the dots in my head around this gig It was just before the riots and I wrote Lily and I Steve Hanify was organizing protests against the Springbok tour and the concert was part of it I wore my granddad’s leather jacket There was a large swarm of people […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Caroline Easther, Erin Hanify, Gig, Gordons, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, John Halvorsen, Jon Mcleary, Lily and I, Mark Crawford, Music, Racism, Rock Against Racism, Spines, Springbok Tour, Stephen Norris, Steve Hanify, Susan Forbes, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism, The Gordons, The Spines, Thistle Hall, Ukiah, War Stories, War Stories # 118, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·

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April 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 54 Tora Tora Tora – Part Two

2015 Day One We arrived for the festival early on Good Friday and as we drove in there were already far more people and tents than in the previous years. We put together Spines camp in our usual northeast corner then went down to the stage to set up and sound check – we were […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Barry Saunders, Caroline Easther, Chris O'Connor, Gig, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Review, Riki Gooch, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 54 Tora Tora Tora - Part Two, Tora, Tora Tora Tora, War Stories, War Stories # 54, Writing ·

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October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant

I first met Brent McLachlan when the Spines were playing in Christchurch and he was doing our sound – we hit it off immediately.  When The Gordons broke up and he moved to Wellington he became our regular live sound guy and was great – he recorded everything on cassette and got a terrific drum […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anything We Make, Brent McLachlan, Caroline Easther, Flying Nun, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Rob Mahoney, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Beatles, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 2 Nambassa, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant, The Gordons, The Miscreant, The Skeptics, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 28, Weighed Down With Words, Writing ·

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September 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 24 The Drummers

I’ve always had great drummers in the Spines – they like my songs and the fact that I’m crap on drums and can’t tell them what to play. Barton Price was to be the first but before we got to do a gig he was headhunted by the Crocodiles then the Models. He was a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Cross, Anthony Donaldson, Barton Price, Caroline Easther, Colin McNamara, Drummer, Drums, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Jordan Ratray, Malky Taylor, Mike Niland, Music, Neill Duncan, Phil Roundtree, Riki Gooch, Ross Burge, Spines, The Drummers, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 24 The Drummers, The Spines, Tim Robinson, War Stories, War Stories # 24, Writing ·

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May 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 7 Your Body Stays

I wrote this song. .. 1982. All this stuff was going down – a close friend of mine was in an abusive relationship – I was in a relationship with a strange girl that turned to pus when this other boyfriend of hers emerged out of nowhere. So I had a wild one night stand […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry Jenkins, Caroline Easther, Ian Morris, John Campbell, Jon Mcleary, Karen Hay, Marmalade Studio, Neill Duncan, Peter Robinson, Punch, Riki Gooch, Rob Mahoney, Ross Burge, Simon Morris, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Spines, Tim Robinson, War Stories, War Stories # 7, War Stories by Jon McLearly # 7, Wendy Calder, Your Body Stays ·

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