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November 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 238: Alec Bathgate

Welcome to episode 238 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 […]
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September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Homespun and Headpsun And Heartwon By Tall Dwarfs

all I know is when I first heard Tall Dwarfs I’d never really heard anything like it. And maybe that’s not actually quite 100% true but we’re talking feelings, not facts. And there’s an important difference. I wasn’t in on the ground floor either. I arrived late, parasailed in through an open window halfway up […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alec Bathgate, Chris Knox, Homespun and Headpsun And Heartwon By Tall Dwarfs, Homespun and Headpsun And Heartwon By The Tall Dwarfs, Poem, Poem: Homespun and Headpsun And Heartwon By Tall Dwarfs, Poem: Homespun and Headpsun And Heartwon By The Tall Dwarfs, Tall Dwarfs ·

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May 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 29 – Dunedin 

A big week for Dunedin – for various reasons happy and sad. Shayne Carter’s excellent memoir is on the shelves. The Martin Phillipps and The Chills doco is out and about and worth seeing – but sadly it’s R.I.P Malcolm Black. So some tribute posts to some of my favourite Dunedin songs – or at least songs from artists connected to that city. 
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5, A.P.S., Chris Knox, David Kilgour, Dimmer, Dunedin, Five, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday:  29 – Dunedin, Five Songs For Friday: 29, For Today, Friday, Liberal Backlash Angst, Malcolm Black, Netherworld Dancing Toys, Oncoming Day, Shayne Carter, Straitjacket Fits, The Chills, The Clean, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You Forget ·

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May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts

Well, he’s a cricket fan, so he’ll enjoy the mention of a “double century” – but one thing I learned a while back is that you have to pick your moments and celebrate your own milestones in this writing-online caper. You have to turn up. And turn up. And turn up again. And if you […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Band, Blog, Bob Dylan, Bruno Lawrence, Chris Knox, Cricket, Family, Films, Ghost, Ghost posts, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Heart, Jon Mcleary, Manslaughter, Movies, Music, Novel, On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts, Painting, Peter McLeavey, Spines, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight, The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts, The Spines, War Stories, Wellington, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Songwriter Profile: Chris Knox

From his time with The Enemy and Toy Love through to Tall Dwarfs and his solo career, Chris Knox has been a hero to many, domestically and abroad, for his passionate performances, his writing and his ethos: a DIY song-craftsman. The image of Knox as the man in the stubbies and jandals is a crucial […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", Alec Bathgate, Beat, Boodle, Chris Knox, DIY, Essay, Flying Nun, On Song, Seizure, Singer/Songwriter, Songs, Songwriter, Songwriter Profile, Songwriter Profile: Chris Knox, Songwriting, Tall Dwarfs, The Enemy, Toy Love ·

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May 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

That Time I Decided To Email Alec Bathgate Because I Loved The Tall Dwarfs And His Solo Albums Too: The Alec Bathgate Interview

I have often felt that Alec Bathgate is one of New Zealand music’s unsung heroes. I know that people appreciate his work with Chris Knox – in The Enemy, Toy Love and Tall Dwarfs. But when I heard The Indifferent Velvet Void I thought it was a gem; a lo-fi masterpiece. I felt privileged to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alec Bathgate, Chris Knox, Flying Nun, Gold Lame, Interview, Madcap Laughs, NZ, Pet Hates, Tall Dwarfs, That Time I Decided To Email Alec Bathgate Because I Loved The Tall Dwarfs And His Solo Albums Too, That Time I Decided To Email Alec Bathgate Because I Loved The Tall Dwarfs And His Solo Albums Too: The Alec Bathgate Interview, The Alec Bathgate Interview, The Enemy, The Indifferent Velvet Void ·

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June 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 25 – Roger Shepherd

Welcome to episode 25 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by our brand new sponsor, Phantom Billstickers. This episode features a chat with Roger Shepherd, the guy that started Flying Nun Records, the guy who has written the fantastic memoir, In Love With These Times – My Life With Flying Nun Records.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 0800phantom.co.nz, Auckland, Autobiography, Book, Chris Knox, Christchurch, Converation, David Kilgour, Doug Hood, Dunedin Sound, Ep.25, Episode 25, Flying Nun, FNR, HarperCollins, HDU, In Love With These Times, In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records, Interview, L'affare, London, Memoir, Music, My Life With Flying Nun Records, NZ Music, Phantom Billstickers, Podcast, Roger Shepherd, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 25 – Roger Shepherd, The Bats, The Chills, The Clean, Verlaines, Wellington, Writing, Yeastie Boys ·

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June 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Roger Shepherd: In Love With These Times – My Life With Flying Nun Records

In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records Roger Shepherd HarperCollins The “inside story” of Flying Nun, the Little Record Label That Could (and did…and sorta still is…) is this year’s must-read New Zealand music book. In the way that Simon Grigg’s book about OMC was last year’s must-read, this should appeal […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Bob Scott, Book, Book Review, Chris Knox, David Kilgour, Dunedin, Dunedin Sound, Flying Nun, Flying Nun Records, HarperCollins, In Love With These Times, In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records, Martin Phillipps, Memoir, My Life With Flying Nun Records, NZ, Record Label, Robert Scott, Roger Shepherd, Roger Shepherd: In Love With These Times - My Life With Flying Nun Records, The Chills, The Clean ·

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May 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 9 Chris

One of the few typos in my novel Manslaughter was on the back cover. Inkweed had got Chris Knox to write a nice review but the printer missed out his surname – “…a real page-turner – Chris…” Later that year I was out and about with Jane Bowron and we ran into him after seeing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bodega, Chris, Chris Knox, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Manslaughter, Ovation, Tall Dwarfs, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon Mcleary # 9 Chris, The Spines, Toy Love, War Stories, War Stories # 8, War Stories # 9 ·

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October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #12 The Indifferent Velvet Void

You should know by now if you’ve been reading these posts that the series is called Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit – but it’s actually about me revisiting them. And it’s about me as much as it’s about the album. It’s about how the album has impacted my life. I’m trying to tell the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 12", Alec Bathgate, Chris Knox, Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit, Phantom Billstickers, Tall Dwarfs, The Enemy, Toy Love ·

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February 7, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1633

The Tall Dwarfs, Throw A Sickie (1986) I love The Tall Dwarfs. Not really much more that needs saying. And any time that I miss them – or the solo albums by Chris Knox or Alec Bathgate – I put on a record and they’re there. This lo-fi/DIY/kitchen-sink stuff creates a feeling they are in […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", 1986, Alec Bathgate, Chris Knox, EP, Flying Nun, LP, The Big Dive, The Tall Dwarfs, Throw A Sickie, Toy Love, Vinyl ·

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January 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1677

Chris Knox, Songs From 1990 [EP] (1990) The first day of my second year at university – one of the few that I made it up the hill that year (little to no exaggeration). I was lured by the pull of (finally) seeing Chris Knox live. I had heard a lot about him, from friends, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Bodega, Chris Knox, EP, Flying Nun, Madonna, Michael, Not Given Lightly, Song From 1990, Songs From 1990, University, Vinyl ·
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