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January 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 194 Lucy in the Sky
“It’s very strong and there are two of them on there. I’d only take it in quarters if I were you but you will have a good Easter” He looked down to the tiny rectangle of paper in his hand then put it away carefully. Ron was going to a three-day festival and he hadn’t […]Archive
September 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 81 – Taimi Allan (CEO, Changing Minds)
Welcome to episode 81 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. A friend suggested I talk to the CEO of Changing Minds – and I was up for that. I like conversations, I want to learn about people and share stories. I didn’t even know what Changing Minds was. But […]Archive
August 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Being Charlie: DVD
Being Charlie Director: Rob Reiner Castle Rock Entertainment/Defiant! Part of the reason this movie works – is down to the father/son combo behind it; a very personal project, a mirroring of some of the hurt and heartbreak in their lives…but that’s not the only reason Being Charlie works. It’s strong enough, even if only just, […]Archive
August 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 – Tamzin Beazley
Welcome to episode 76 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one arrives a day or two early – timing it with the film’s current run around the country as part of the Festival – a conversation with Tamzin Beazley; she is the wife of Booga Beazley from Head […]Archive
July 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 173 Legal Highs and Lows – Part Two
After my bizarre experience with the legal “party pills” in the mid-2000s it’s fair to say I was highly sceptical about the synthetic cannabis that came on sale earlier this decade. I had a few friends who tried and said it was pretty good but I wasn’t convinced it even worked – the first time […]Archive
July 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Swagger of Thieves: Film
Swagger of Thieves Director: Julian Boshier Niche Cameras Ltd. “Head Like A Hole is the sweaty beast of NZ rock’n’roll music…” – that comes from a quote I wrote for a poster of the band; I look at that poster every day, it’s above my desk – it’s there because I had to create the […]Archive
December 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 89 Panic in the Supermarket
Mystery Creek is a Field Day site and in the late seventies, while I was working there we hosted two big events. The first was an agricultural field day – where we rode around on tractors, got shouted a whole lot of beer and got to meet John Hore Grenell. The second one was a […]Archive
October 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Lookalike: DVD
The Lookalike Director: Richard Gray Emedia Films/Yellow Brick Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment For the longest time – about two third of the film – The Lookalike is a gaggle of sub-plots all crowded around, standing with their hands in their pockets and looking at their shoes, their job – apparently – to cover for the fact […]Archive
June 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
James Rhodes: Instrumental
Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music James Rhodes Canongate Books James Rhodes has, in his professional career, never hidden the fact that there’s baggage, that his music, writing and documentary work is an outlet, a motivating force, a way of making sense of the world and of keeping him focussed yet with the […]Archive
May 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 20
The bloke in the photograph (below) with me is Terry, an old style hillbilly from Tennessee. Me and Terry shared a single-wide in a trailer park off the Calfkiller Road in Cookeville, Tennessee during the winter and spring of 1991. I was struggling to get ‘clean’ from narcotics at the time and going to lots […]Archive
June 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman