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January 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: A Happy Memory of Working Hard and Being Paid Accordingly

This one time, back with the Irish band, we played at at the anniversary of some bike gang. They paid us in rolls of twenties. They said lewd things to the violin player. One time she was sawing away, and a beer-gut biker-guy, his helmet on, his chin strap swaying, his tummy wobbling out from […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Happy Memory of Working Hard and Being Paid Accordingly, Finn McCool, Irish band, Poem, Poem: A Happy Memory of Working Hard and Being Paid Accordingly, Sinn Fein, Upper Hutt ·

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July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Dirty Old Clown 

Some old guy in a carpark in Levin, (and this is going back 15 years ago, or so) started talking to us as  we were loading our gear from the car. We were due to play a set at the workingman’s club. And he was telling us, out of nowhere, and for  no reason – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carpark, Dirty Old Clown, Irish band, Levin, Music, Poem, Poem: Dirty Old Clown ·

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December 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Good Gig, Bad Conversation After…

I used to play in an Irish band – we’d tour around the central North Island (and one time we went to the top of the South Island). We went where the gigs were. It was a working band. Some weeks were hard slog; others were easy. Sometimes there was no work. Many times the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bad Conversation, Bad Conversation After, Bar, Blog, Conversation in Levin, Good Gig, Good Gig Bad Conversation After, Irish band, Levin, Music, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Pub, Story ·

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March 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Wedding Music: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Having played in bands at weddings you see some pretty interesting sights – it’s fascinating peeking in on people’s most important day; people you don’t really know at all. And as a musician you can be treated as close to a guest of honour, but more likely worse than the (rest of the) hired-help. I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 500 Miles, All Through The Night, Bermuda Triangle, Faure, Fuzzy, God Only Knows, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Irish band, Let's Stay Together, Marie's Wedding, Married, Requiem, Someone To Watch Over Me, The Bad and The Ugly, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Good The Bad and The Ugyl, This Guy's In Love With You, Wedding, Wedding Music, Wedding Music: The Good ·

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February 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Hating The Pogues: An Appreciation of The Pogues

I used to hate The Pogues. There’s only two reasons why you would hate The Pogues. Firstly, you’ve not really ever listened to any of their music – beyond Fairytale Of New York (aka “that Christmas song”), Dirty Old Town (aka “that I met my love song!”) and The Irish Rover (aka “that Irish Rover […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Drink With Shane MacGowan, Dirty Old Town, Fairytale of New York, hane MacGowan & The Popes, Hating The Pogues, Hating The Pogues: An Appreciation of The Pogues, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story, Irish band, Irish Rover, Peace and Love, Pogues, Punk, Red Roses For Me, Rum Sodomy and The Lash, Shane MacGowan, The Best of The Pogues, The Pogues ·

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December 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 775

The Pogues, If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988) It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank… Tonight I’ll be playing that song from this record down at Turks Bar in Havelock North as part of an all-80s DJ set. I won’t be doing much in the way of Christmas songs but […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 80s, 80s DJ Set, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fairy tale of New York, Havelock North, Iris Music, Irish band, LP, Pogues, Record, The Pogues, The Vinyl Countdown # 775, Thousands Are Sailing, Turks, Vinyl, Xmas, Xmas Eve ·

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April 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1139

Bobbie Gentry, Bobbie Gentry’s Greatest! (1969) Used to play in this Irish band, up and down the North Island we’d go – weekends were spent away usually, and for a time there we were busy, really busy. And it was pretty good fun. I liked it because it was my job too – it gave […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, Bobbie Gentry, Bobby Gentry's Greatest!, Finn McCool, Greatest Hits, Irish band, LP, Ode To Billie Joe, Sweet Peony, Vinyl ·

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August 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Conversation in Levin

So you Write poetry Do you? I couldn’t lie – I had to say “Yes” You see I was in Levin! They know the truth In Levin, When you live in The most boring town In New Zealand; That’s a quote, from The Listener, December, 1998, You get pretty good At spotting a lie And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Conversation in Levin, Irish band, Levin, Levin Working Man's Club, Poem ·

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December 2, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1732

The Waterboys, The Best Of The Waterboys ’81-’90 (1991) I always used to see this album cover about, saw the album in stores – remember print and TV ads from the time – and I didn’t really know what The Waterboys sounded like. I didn’t really care either. But then – a decade on (or […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Bob Dylan, Don't Bang The Drum, Fisherman's Blues, Irish band, Mike Scott, Strange Boat, The Best Of The Waterboys '81-'90, The Waterboys, The Whole Of The Moon ·

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