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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.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), A Ghost Is Born, Album, Album Review, Anatomy, Art, Blog, Epidural, Ghost, Gig, Gigs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hannah, Herman Manslaughter, Hospital, Jesse Mulligan, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Leg, Manslaughter, Music, Nick Bollinger, Painting, Philosophy, Podcast, Review, RNZ, San Fran, South Island, Spines, Subdural, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192 2017, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 192, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192, Write, Writing, Year in Review ·

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December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road

We rented it for a start – a small house on Holloway Road and a piece of history. Old George, who lived a few houses down and whose father had famously lived well past a hundred, told me that Winston McCarthy had grown up in our house and it had also been a shop at […]
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November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 188 Go To New York

Whatever I write Won’t necessarily make any sense I wouldn’t lie to you And I didn’t make it last week For whatever reason No one really noticed and I couldn’t explain There wasn’t anyone else there to blame Since then we travelled south and back And had our little adventures I found myself playing the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 188, Art, Canterbury, Christchurch, Epidural, Ghost Stories, Gig, Go To New York, Guest Post, Hannah, Health, Island, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Les, Lyttelton, Malky, Music, Painting, Phantom Billstickers, SI, South, South Island, Spines, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 188, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 188 Go To New York, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing, Wunderbar ·

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November 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 187 The Things That Stay (Bloodmonster Part Two)

I think like most songwriters – I have my favourites amongst my own songs. In my case they are the ones I feel will still be around after my band and I have shuffled off. They tend to be the songs that other people take to their hearts – almost like I’m out of the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bloodmonster, Bloodmonster Part Two, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hannah, Hannah Fraser, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Les, Les Knight, Malky, Riki Gooch, Spines, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 187, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 187 The Things That Stay, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 187 The Things That Stay (Bloodmonster Part Two), The Spines, The Things That Stay, War Stories, War Stories # 176, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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November 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186 Bloodmonster

We’ve been thinking about finally releasing the Bloodmonster album on CD. We recorded it about ten years ago when the band was a very different animal. For the previous few years Les and I had played with a spate of different drummers who all brought their own touch to the band. The latest was Jorden […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bloodmonster, Buzzcocks, demos, Drummers, Drumming, Drums, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Jorden Tredray, Les, Les Knight, Long Lost Album, Love Songs, Riki Gooch, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186 Bloodmonster, The Spines, Trio, War Stories # 186, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington ·

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October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 183 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Two

Day One: Sunday I’d been sick for a couple of weeks and was shit-scared of what might actually be wrong with me. In the end it was Malky and Truda that made the difference and they helped me over the road to the A&E at Wellington Hospital. There were a lot of questions from the […]
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October 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #182 In Your Wound

It hurts to laugh and hurts to cry Nearly sixty years on the planet and this is the first time I’ve ever needed to be in hospital for my own health I did spend months in Dunedin Central at my son’s bedside when he was in a halo so I am quite familiar with the […]
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September 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 80 – Hannah Fraser & Jon McLeary (Spines)

Welcome to episode 80 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a little different – it’s a chat with Hannah and Jon from the Spines, specifically, a track-by-track walk-through of their new album, Epidural. It’s the first album released by the Spines for 30 years, Hannah is […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Little Shuteye, Backing Vocals, Chat, Conversation, End In Tears, Ep.80, Epidural, Episode 80, Explore, For The Vulture's Sake, Guest Column, Hannah, Hannah Fraser, Jennifer, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Keyboards, Le Petit Chocolat, Les, New Album, On A Need To Know Basis, Podcast, Rachel, Sex Can Be Sad, Simon Sweetman, Spines, St June, Sweetman Podcast, T Leaf T, The Ghost of Electricity, The Spines, The Supersane, There Goes The View, Track-by-Track, Violin, War Stories, Yeastie Boys ·

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August 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 175 Epidural

It was John’s idea initially. He’s an old friend and drinking buddy and an excellent sound engineer and musician in his own right. He came to a Spines practice with his laptop and some good mics and tried to record us rehearsing. It was like a dry run. Our time in the practice space is […]
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