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January 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sofa’s First Gig: It Was 25 Years Ago Today…

The band was called Sofa. It was a placeholder name. It was because a name was needed. For a gig. The band’s first gig. And the name would be changed straight after. Instead the name stayed for the three and a half years that the band played gigs around Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. Sofa was […]
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December 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Have You Ever Been Experienced?

Some 20 years ago I got a friend to drive me out towards Porirua to rehearse for a Jimi Hendrix tribute act. My car had been stolen, my drums too (they were in the car). The local guy we hired our PA from let me rent a kit for the weekend for $20. Amazing eh? […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged blackface, Covers Band, Have You Ever Been Experienced?, Jimi Hendrix, Poem, Poem: Have You Ever Been Experienced?, Tribute ·

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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Tribute

nearly ended up in a Nirvana covers band, dodged a bullet
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Covers Band, dodged a bullet, Kurt Cobain, nearly ended up in a Nirvana covers band, Nirvana, Poem, Poem: Tribute, Tribute ·

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February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club)

Welcome to episode 206 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 […]
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April 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Overblown, Overbooked, Terrible Ideas: The 19Graties

I want to be the creator of a band called The 19Graties. We will do covers of songs from the 1980s. They will be great, but we want to give the impression – in a cool, detached, ironic-but-chic way that they might actually grate. And there will be 19 of us in the band. So […]
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August 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Aptly Ironic

No end to ironies as the band in the empty bar strike up their attempt at a rousing rendition of Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’. They were there, up on the stage. And they played on. And on…staying strong. Singing “How I wish/how I wish you were here…” And no one was there.
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December 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Win Tickets To See The Boomshack Band This Saturday Night

This Saturday, December 14 the Boomshack Band will play Wellington’s San Francisco Bath House. These guys always put on a great show. Drummer Ricky Boyd runs a tight band through some three dozen rock’n’roll classics with hints of rockabilly and jazz, surf-rock and twist and shake dance tunes. There are a handful of vocalists to […]
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August 5, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Wendy From Feilding

I was playing a gig in Feilding. Nothing wrong with that, though nothing great about it either. When, a woman, a regular whenever we play, comes over for a chat. She seems to know most of the band – and now – apparently, knows me (I’ve never talked to her before). “Simon”, she says, “I […]
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August 5, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Upper Hutt Soccer Clubrooms

They had these fucked up tables Shaped like this:  /___\ Technical term; trapezium I think Americans call it A snaperzoid? Anyway, they sort’ve slotted Together to make a long Rectangle –          so they should’ve just been this shape…[     ] To begin with Point is That was the Best thing About a dull, thin Hall.    At […]
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March 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1597

Paul McCartney & Wings, Band On The Run (1973) I still have my folks’ copy of this album – I’ve had CD reissues but the original LP still sounds fine to me. And it’s got Helen Wheels (which the CD version didn’t have). Helen Wheels might not be the greatest song but it was my […]
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