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September 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 181 On The Air – Part Two

When I got the call to be interviewed on the national radio station on a music subject that I knew well it was always going to be about Wellington. I did toy briefly with the idea of talking about Todd Rundgren for half an hour but got talked out of it. I really loved the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, Chat, Conversation, Duncan Smith, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hamilton, Hillcrest, Interview, Jesse Mulligan, Kim Hill, Lily and I, Music, On The Air, On The Air - Part Two, Part 2, Podcast, Radio, Radio NZ National, RNZ, 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 # 181, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 181 On The Air - Part Two, The Spine, The Spines, Todd Rundgren, War Stories, War Stories # 181, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Caroline Easther, Erin Hanify, Gig, Gordons, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, John Halvorsen, Jon Mcleary, Lily and I, Mark Crawford, Music, Racism, Rock Against Racism, Spines, Springbok Tour, Stephen Norris, Steve Hanify, Susan Forbes, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism, The Gordons, The Spines, Thistle Hall, Ukiah, War Stories, War Stories # 118, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Act Your Age, Art, Body Electric, Brian Kassler, EP, Flesh D-Vice, Flying Nun, Greg Bryce, Guest Blog, Guest Post, James Moss, Jayrem, Jayrem Records, Jon Mcleary, Last Laugh, Lily and I, Lions, Maurice Priestly, Music, Neill Duncan, Propeller Records, Punch/Your Body Stays, Ripper, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records, The Moon, The Spines, Upper Hutt Posse, War Stories, War Stories # 112, Wellington, Writing ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Lily and I, Music, Protest, Rugby, Song, Songwriting, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 49 Lily and I, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 49, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Writing ·

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May 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1131

Spines, The Moon (1985) It’s funny how it all falls into place, it all gets tied together – some things make more sense as you get older, you realise you live with bits and pieces and then they take on whole new meanings. I had this album by The Spines, felt like I discovered it […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Jayrem, Jon Mcleary, Lily and I, LP, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Moon, The Spines, Vinyl ·

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