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August 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

An Evening of Poetry and Music: National Poetry Day at Schrödinger’s Books (Aug 27, 2021)

Schrödinger’s Books in Petone is hosting a special event for National Poetry Day, Friday, August 27. Kicking off at 6pm their evening of Poetry and Music will feature seven poets reading from their work. And live music from local legend, Jeremy Taylor. I’m honoured to be one of the poets involved – reading new works, and […]

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July 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock Volume 2

Various Artists: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock Volume 2 NOW As with the first volume this is more a compilation of acceptable cheese than it is ‘Yacht Rock’. Yacht Rock’s dead anyway, it sunk – but not without traces. The wind changed. Maybe as soon as people started making compilations with the words […]

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February 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1612

Daft Punk, Discovery (2001) I’m not sure why I have this – or why I have retained this because it was the death of Daft Punk for me. For a long time. They eventually redeemed themselves with the Tron: Legacy soundtrack but this was a sad album as a follow-up to Homework. Man, I loved […]