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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
February 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 148 The Album
We have been recording it in our downtime since late last year and it is something I’ve been wanting to do or a long while. Back in the eighties we recorded in some wonderful studios – EMI, Marmalade, Last Laugh, Writhe but there were nearly always time and budget constraints. Our album The Moon was […]Archive
January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 144 Spines Practice
The absent-minded maestro was racing up New York’s Seventh Avenue to a rehearsal, when a stranger stopped him. “Pardon me,” he said, “can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” “Yes,” answered the maestro breathlessly. “Practice!” It happens every week for us these days on a Sunday almost religiously Back in the eighties […]Archive
December 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 90 The Spines 2015
We had a pretty good year as it unfolded. It started with a big profile on the band’s first decade in Audioculture – the NZ music online archive. Strongly written by Gary Steel with interesting insight into those early line-ups and the records we made. Great to be officially represented in an historical and cultural […]Archive
December 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman