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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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, […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
April 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman