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July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism
I’ve been trying to connect all the dots in my head around this gig It was just before the riots and I wrote Lily and I Steve Hanify was organizing protests against the Springbok tour and the concert was part of it I wore my granddad’s leather jacket There was a large swarm of people […]Archive
May 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records
It was Jim Moss and his Wellington answer to the South Island’s Flying Nun and Auckland’s Ripper or Propeller Records and yet it was totally different. Those other labels had their own style or ethos whereas Jayrem would release any type of music in any given genre – from the Upper Hutt Posse to the […]Archive
March 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 49 Lily and I
Lily and I went down to the riot – chopped around but we couldn’t get in First of all there was no Lily Got quite warm as we got to the fire and the heat exchange was biting in I was single at that time and went down to Molesworth Street on my own And […]Archive
May 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman