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September 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

I Did A Talk About Blogging Now Here’s A Blog About That Talk

This year I was invited to be part of the Manawatu Writers Festival. It’s been a tough year for many things and literary festivals are certainly among the events that have taken a hammering; how hard it must be to organise them anyway. And then the ones that have gone ahead (or are now in […]

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September 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 229: Rachel Doré Interviews Me About Blogging

Welcome to episode 229 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]

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April 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Completing the 1001 Albums Challenge

I had the 2005 version of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – I’d owned it for years and had a flip through the pages, but never really studied it. And then someone asked me how many of the albums I had heard – was it half? Was it all? I figured the […]

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October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington City Library Returns to Records: They Spin Us Round, Right Round…

Wellington City Library has recently introduced – or should I say re-introduced – a vinyl lending service. Yes, many years ago, and before my time in Wellington, you could borrow records. They even had special cardboard carriers – big record-sleeve envelopes. They’re back too. Many people were chuckling about the library’s decision to bring back […]

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June 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 879

The Beatles, Hey Jude (1971) I love checking out a compilation, or alternate version of an album, or a special release – not the album you grew up with – when it’s a band (like The Beatles) where I know a lot of the music already. It’s fun to hear things where the context has […]