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December 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Parker Posey: You’re On An Airplane

You’re On An Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir Parker Posey Blue Rider Press In the 1990s Parker Posey started appearing in movies; quirky films, funny films. She was savage or sexy or cheeky or some combination of those things – she was weird and wonderful, a little odd and a lot of wonderful. She was a […]

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August 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #127 – David O’Doherty, Wellington, 2012

I’ve seen David O’Doherty a few times – he’s funny. I like his comedy. I like his angle. His silly-simple songs are a crucial part of the act but his fun with language and his faux-anger and his examination of (his) neurosis and everything else that he does works around (and outside of) his musical […]

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April 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 6 – Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live – or SNL – meant the world to me before I’d even seen it. It never screened on New Zealand TV when I was growing up, in fact it’s only been the last few years. And these are lean years in the history of the show. Though I still – and always […]