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July 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: No Jump

We would run through town trying to leap to touch the signs that were hanging under the shops. Saturday night, but not too late, the shops all closed for the weekend. And my brother could sometimes touch the bottom of a sign. And my cousin would sometimes get close. But I never got very close […]
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April 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: It’s Weird How A Random Memory Will Just Pop Up Like This

She stepped on the bus and there were no seats left. She said, loudly, “why are there no fucking seats left eh?” And the driver clarified that the bus had been oversold. He suggested she wait and take a refund or sit on the engine-cover. “I should sit on the engine cover and get a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1989, Bus, Gisborne, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, It’s Weird How A Random Memory Will Just Pop Up Like This, Poem, Poem: It’s Weird How A Random Memory Will Just Pop Up Like This ·

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March 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 105 – Ebony Lamb (Eb & Sparrow)

Welcome to episode 105 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with Ebony Lamb, singer/songwriter, frontperson for Eb & Sparrow. We talked about the band’s upcoming tour and new album and in fact talked through all of their music – from early success as the opening act […]
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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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January 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 98 – Yvonne Lorkin

Welcome to episode 98 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a conversation with Yvonne Lorkin, she’s a Hawke’s Bay-based wine-writer, taster, judge, critic and enthusiast. She’s also behind WineFriend, a subscription service that lets you present preferences allowing Sweetman Podcast: Episode 98 – Yvonne Lorkin to hand-select the […]
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January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 771

Phil Collins, …But Seriously (1989) I had to have this – I saw it in a shop in Hastings (natch) and I had to get it. The last Phil Collins album that it’s okay to listen to/own (well, there’s the live album from the tour in support of this record, but I have that already); […]
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May 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 885

Sonny Day and The All Stars, Saving Up (1985) I got hooked on Sonny Day when I heard a posthumous collection. I knew quite a few of the songs already, as it turned out. And the rest I just dug straight away. Old r’n’b jams, blues and rock’n’roll covers and of course this big 1980s […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", 1985, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, EP, Hastings, LP, Record, Savin' Up, Saving Up, Sonny Day, Sonny Day and The All Stars, Take It Easy, The E Street Band, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown 885, Vinyl ·

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