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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 […]Archive
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.Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
March 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman