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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)
I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]Archive
February 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154 – Peter Wells
Welcome to episode 154 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 in your Spotify library. Here I have a conversation with Peter Wells.Archive
August 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter: Anthology – Movie Themes 1974-1998
John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 Scared Bones Records John Carpenter – like John Waters – finds himself at 70 years of age and with one of the sideline aspects of his filmmaking career now being the new main revenue stream. For Waters it’s writing and delivering his one-man-show, for Carpenter it’s music. They’re both […]Archive
August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 75 – Gaylene Preston
Welcome to episode 75 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was lucky to have a chat with legendary Kiwi film director Gaylene Preston. We talked about her career, her work, many of her films but in particular the focus was on her brilliant new film, My Year With […]Archive
July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston
Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator. Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands. These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]Archive
March 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: DJ T-Rock
Travis Lee Eller a.k.a. DJ T-Rock is an Actor, Writer, Director Turntablist and Music Producer and is also half of the duo DJ T-Rock and Squashy Nice. Born in the mountains of North Carolina, he arrived in LA over fifteen years ago, having toured the world as a professional DJ and appearing on over thirty […]Archive
November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 38 – Costa Botes
Welcome to episode 38 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Wellington filmmaker Costa Botes. I first met Costa Botes about 10 years ago, I was writing a profile on him for a magazine. I visited his house for a couple of hours over a couple of days and came […]Archive
October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Musical Worlds of John Waters: Filmmaker, Author, Icon
It’s one thing to like music, to follow it, to read about it, absorb it – but music is just a part of the larger pop-culture wheel. Usually you scratch a music fan and find someone obsessed with movies, TV, books, comics…all or any of them as well. And so it is with our favourite […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The John Waters Interview: From The Archives
I have John Waters on the line, cult film-maker, writer, visual artist, collector and curator, journalist, raconteur and lifelong music fan. His voice, that unmistakable purr, camp but measured, a highbrow hick so happy to talk. The subject/s? Anything. Everything. He’s back in his home. Baltimore. The only place John Waters could come from. We […]Archive
August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: I Lost It At The Video Store – A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era
I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press This well-intentioned, slim volume aims to bring together a range of voices around the idea of the local video store being the birth place of modern independent cinema and indie-filmmaking; most famously Quentin Tarantino and […]Archive
June 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman