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November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 136 Weathered Lines

I feel the sun on a gentle breeze I watch it come I watch it leave But I never thought that I could ever get old Now the things my youth could buy me have already been sold I was working at Mystery Creek, just signwriting and doing some farm work. It was a fairly […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Cafe Reader, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jim Wilson, John McLeary, Jon Mcleary, Music, Mystery Creek, Negative Theatre, Ohaupo, Painting, Phantom Billstickers, Song Lyric, Songwriting, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 136 Weathered Lines, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 136, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Weathered Lines, Writing ·

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May 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 20 – Jim Wilson

We have made it to episode 20 of the podcast. An achievement – as far as I’m concerned. And a great chat this round, my conversation with Jim Wilson of Phantom Billstickers. I first met Jim online – as is the way of the modern and Meta worlds. We got chatting about music and one […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, America, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, ep # 20, Episode Twenty, Flying Nun, Gladstone, Interview, iTunes, Jim Wilson, L'affare, Music, NZ, Phantom, Phantom Billstickers, Podcast, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Posters, Poster, Postering, Posters, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 20 – Jim Wilson, The Dance Exponents, Travel, Writing, Yeastie Boys ·

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May 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 20

The bloke in the photograph (below) with me is Terry, an old style hillbilly from Tennessee. Me and Terry shared a single-wide in a trailer park off the Calfkiller Road in Cookeville, Tennessee during the winter and spring of 1991. I was struggling to get ‘clean’ from narcotics at the time and going to lots […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 20, Addiction, Drugs, Guest Blog, Jim Wilson, Jim Wilson: A Tinker's Cuss # 20, Memoir, Phantom Billstickers, Writing ·

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March 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 19

I wanted to say a little bit about the French person here on Koh Samui in Thailand. The French person gets about the place with an innate sense of superiority and casts around sneering at the whole human race and exfoliating socialist fumes on everyone. They believe that everyone would be fine if they only […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 19, Facebook, Guest Blog, Jim Wilson, Jim Wilson: A Tinker's Cuss # 19, Kiwi Music, Mike Jones, Phantom Billstickers ·

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March 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 18

It has been a long time since I have written a blog but make no bones about it, I have had plenty to say all along the way. I am in Thailand as I write this. I am taking a break from the pressure of running a small business (approximately fifty or sixty employees) in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 18, Arts, Guest Blog, Jim Wilson, Jim Wilson: A Tinker's Cuss # 18, Phantom Billstickers, Thailand, Travel, Writing ·

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October 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 17

Me and Kelly leave for Burma tomorrow to put up poetry posters and I am really looking forward to having a good break from mine own self. The mere act of placing poetry in public spaces makes me feel mighty fine and helps me to ignore the drones of this life. I often place these […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 17, Books, Dunedin, Guest Blog, Jim Wilson, Music, Phantom Billstickers, Poetry, Posters, Travel, Writing ·

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September 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 16

It is a very sad day in New Zealand music as this is the day Peter Gutteridge died. At the end of this week we are going to have an election and to me this is meaningless. The news is dominated by this paltry and underhanded matter and I try not to take too much notice, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 16, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jim Wilson, Jim Wilson's Blog, Music, Peter Gutteridge, Phantom Billstickers, Writing ·

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July 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 17 The Gladstone

After the Spines had recorded our album, the Moon, we went about playing the songs live. That line up with Ross Burge, Wendy Calder, Neill Duncan and me became very forceful and rhythmic and could play to big crowds. We got some great support slots – Hunters and Collectors, the Go-Betweens, The Violent Femmes and […]
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June 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 15

I have been back from Thailand for about a week now and I thought I should write something about it. I spent a month near a beach in Koh Samui and it was certainly good to exit New Zealand during the political season. Thailand, like the rest of the world these days, is an officially […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 15, Drugs, Guest Blog, Jim Wilson, Phantom Billstickers, Thailand, Travel, Writing ·

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May 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader: Issue # 3

The crew from Phantom Billstickers have sent issue number three of the Café Reader out to the streets. You’ll find it in music stores, cafés, bars and restaurants around your town. If you can’t find it let them know I reckon they’ll find a way to get a copy to you. It’s a FREE magazine […]
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April 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 14

Yesterday morning at 6:30am I arrived to walk Mt Eden Hill in Auckland City. It was dark and misty and there was dew on the ground. These are ideal circumstances for me as Auckland can get mighty hot and I miss the cool and damp mornings of Christchurch and Dunedin. In the car park there […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 14, George Saunders, Jim Wilson, No Regrets, Phantom Billstickers, Scott Walker, The Walker Brothers, Writing ·

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April 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 13

I’ve been back in New Zealand now from New Jersey for about six weeks. The Air New Zealand flight out of San Francisco was cancelled and in the end I had to take a plane out of Los Angeles. This process meant that I had to call Air New Zealand six times over the course […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tinker's Cuss, A Tinker's Cuss # 12, A Tinker's Cuss # 13, Drug Addiction, Jim Wilson, Morrissey, Phantom Billstickers, Travel, USA, Writing ·
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