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April 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 203 Visions of JoHannah
“But Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles” Bob Dylan I’ve said it before – It’s hard to talk about the act of painting without appearing pretentiousArchive
April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 202 The Spicks and the Specks
They weren’t actually steel caps but they looked like they were Originally they were tramping boots I got at an op shop I wore them for the two years I was working with urethanes and fiberglass on the Hobbit So they were covered with different coloured substances, dripped over a long period At the end […]Archive
March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 200 The Last Cigarette In The World
I watch another boat in the harbour sail out Sitting on my own in the bay By the time you get to China on that slow ship I’ll have bitten all my nails and crumbled into the carpet You had no clear idea of what you’re looking for You only knew you couldn’t stay […]Archive
March 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 199 The Show Must Go On
It was a stinking hot day We were lined up to play At 4.20 My legs seemed to be healing up But still tender and sore Post opArchive
February 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 198 You Will Walk
I have had this problem with my left leg for some time It makes it difficult to walk very far And it started just after we finished mastering Epidural I’ve got the operation on it tomorrow To free the flow of blood…Archive
January 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 196 Ska
I think it was the killer basslines that hooked me in and the attitude as much as anything. When I first moved to Wellington in 1980 I guess I was still writing folk songs. Louise and I had found work at the Art Centre and I felt under pressure to write. That first Specials album […]Archive
January 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 194 Lucy in the Sky
“It’s very strong and there are two of them on there. I’d only take it in quarters if I were you but you will have a good Easter” He looked down to the tiny rectangle of paper in his hand then put it away carefully. Ron was going to a three-day festival and he hadn’t […]Archive
January 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 193 Sixty/Thirty
I was thinking back to myself and what I was like at a certain stage in my life – as you do. Wondering – would I even like that person I was then or would he be able to see himself in me. Take when I was thirty… 1988 A young dad – his kids […]Archive
December 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192 2017
epidural ˌɛpɪˈdjʊər(ə)l/Submit Adjective – ANATOMY on or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anaesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.Archive
December 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 191 Something/Anything?
I Saw The Light was the first song I heard and I remember it was at one of those new-fangled Jeans Stores that were cropping up in Hamilton when I was in high school. I was there with my girlfriend and we were having a crafty pash in a dressing booth and the song came […]Archive
December 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman