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June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Howard Stern: Howard Stern Comes Again

Howard Stern Comes Again  Howard Stern  Simon & Schuster The shorthand that follows Howard Stern around is “shock jock”. He is at pains to let you know he’s moved on from that phase. When he was a shock-jock he ruled the airwaves – and people, famously, wanted to see what he would say next. One of […]
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November 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Marc Maron & Brendan McDonald: Waiting For The Punch – Words To Live By From The WTF Podcast

Waiting For The Punch: Words To Live By From The WTF Podcast Marc Maron & Brendan McDonald Flatiron Books The book of the podcast – it seems an odd notion, but there’s gold in them there hills, clearly. And why not…
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October 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

On Song: Five Years Old/Five Years On

Five years ago I released a book. On Song looked at 30 of the best New Zealand songs, 30 of my favourites. We started with a long list of at least 100 songs and whittled and whittled. I say ‘we’ – I am referring to the publisher, Penguin. And me. I was commissioned to write […]
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September 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Litcrawl 2017: Program Announced

Litcrawl is the little Wellington writing festival that could. In fact it did. And still is. Here we are now nearing its fourth iteration – Litcrawl 2017 will run across November 10-12 and will feature local, national and international names in literature. As with previous years the festival seeks to create boutique events, to place […]
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May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Virginia Hanlon Grohl: From Cradle To Stage

From Cradle to Stage: Stories From The Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars Virginia Hanlon Grohl Seal Press Nepotism meets meta-prank – or something? – as Dave Grohl’s mother rolls out a book just in time for Mother’s Day…
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April 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. John Clarke

John Clarke has died. He was 68. There will be many mentions of ‘Trev’ and ‘Good on ya’ and the need for gumboots today and tomorrow and into next week. His 40 year old catchphrases were taken from the farms of New Zealand and placed into the mainstream of TV and radio and his frequently […]
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November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Interview: What It’s Really Like To Talk To The Famous Person On The Other End Of The Line

I always think, no matter how bad an interview goes at least I have never done this. And really, these days, with this thing you’re on – the internet – there is no excuse for that. It’s a funny thing, the music interview. Whenever I tell someone that I’ve scored an interview I get some […]
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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 […]
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August 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

WWE Eric Bischoff – Sports Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure: DVD

Eric Bischoff: Sports Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure WWE Madman Here – sprawling over three discs – we have the story of Eric Bischoff, dubbed “Sports Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure” and if that’s a big call, then it’s also a pretty large call thinking he’s worth a feature-length DVD with bonus matches and ephemera. But, the […]
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February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #187 – Diana Krall, Wellington, 2010

I had seen Diana Krall one other time – and it was very good. I’m no huge fan of her but she was a great interviewee, really great. And seeing her play with a kick-ass wee combo was thoroughly decent. But this was a triple bill – or appearing as something resembling that…and Krall was […]
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January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Warren Zanes: Petty – The Biography

Petty: The Biography Warren Zanes Henry Holt & Co/First Edition edition Tom Petty – class act. Magnificent run of albums and singles, kick-ass live band, a bit of time out on his own, but a fantastic bandleader, also a member of music’s first serious attempt at a living Mount Rushmore of Rock band, The Traveling […]
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October 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Du Noyer: Conversations with McCartney

Conversations with McCartney Paul Du Noyer Hodder & Stoughton Ltd./Hachette I was tempted to just link to Steve Braunias’ spot-on assessment of this book – just leave you with that review; it does essentially sum it up. Here, collected in one place, are many of Paul McCartney’s dullest interviews, most of them commissioned, scripted damn-near, […]
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