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December 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Why Didn’t You Write About My Experience When You Were Writing About Your Experience?
This band is overrated, didn’t you know that when you wrote about how much you rated them? That album sucks actually – not that I’ve heard it but I’m disappointed you didn’t hate it on my behalf. Why would you even bother saying that book was good? I mean, I wouldn’t know, but I’m not […]Archive
July 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Many More
The books are piling up and there’s no plan beyond trying to get through them as fast as I can, but with too many started now like open web browsers – strange too to be comparing the old-fashioned word with the world that was supposed to kill it. Weirder to know there’s now two forces […]Archive
October 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Hall Monitors Roaming The Corridors of The Internet
Hall monitors roaming the corridors of the internet. In the gloaming of a bright, white web they strike. Their spidey-sense tingles wherever bad jokes linger. You want a place to just mingle? No! Not when there’s work to be done! We’re here separating the wheat from the chaff, you’re just sitting there on your fat […]Archive
May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier Henry Holt and Co. Jaron Lanier was there for the building of the internet, an early chat-room visitor (and developer), a guy with major tech credentials. He’s become an internet philosopher, a fierce critic of Silicon Valley; he’s like any writer with a troubled history and […]Archive
May 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 116 – Mark Cubey
Welcome to episode 116 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one’s a conversation I had with Mark Cubey. His most recent job was managing Writers & Readers as part of the NZ Festival. Before that, for more than a decade, he was the producer of Saturday Mornings on […]Archive
January 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 99 – Adam Page
Welcome to episode 99 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a conversation with Adam Page, he’s an Australian musician – based in Adelaide. He runs Wizard Tone Studios and the label Wizard Tone Records is home to not only his own recordings but a great range […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Lo and Behold
“The internet is the spirit of evil, manifestation of the antichrist. Running through everybody on this earth, claiming its victories through those that are evil, turning us all to a darker side than ever imagined”, she said. But, he had to ask, is there a down side too?Archive
February 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 14 – Emily Writes
Episode 14 of Sweetman Podcast is my chat with Emily Writes. She’s a “mummy blogger” – though she’s reclaiming that; people say blogger like it’s a dirty word or you’re less of a writer; people say Mummy Blogger to perhaps further invalidate… Emily Writes writes. Funnily enough. She’s been a journalist. She’s moved into blogging […]Archive
May 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman