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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 101 – Ant Donaldson

Welcome to episode 101 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with legendary Wellington drummer Ant Donaldson. I met Ant a few years back – having been an admirer of his playing across so many bands. The Razorblade, The Mantarays, The Six Volts/Front Lawn, The Labcoats, The […]
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July 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 27 – Fraser Agnew

Welcome to episode 27 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. This episode is a little different – a wee chat (a short one, the shortest episode thus far) with my good friend Fraser Agnew. Fraser works in the wine industry and despite knowing him for over 20 years we hadn’t ever really […]
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May 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 690

Fred Dagg, Fred Dagg’s Greatest Hits (1975) I reckon Fred Dagg was an incredible comic creation and of course not the only one from one of the most brilliant of comic minds. Growing up with a bit of Fred Dagg and other works from the mind of John Clarke had me reading and watching anything […]
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September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Authors I Admire: # 3 Barry Crump

I didn’t know he was an author, nor that he was any sort of “real” bushman. I thought he was an actor, a guy from the TV, those ads. That’s how I first knew Barry Crump. That’s who he was to me. And my dad had a job selling Toyotas so he had met Barry […]
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