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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.Archive
April 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 156 Three Years of Weeks
156 divided by 52 equals 3 It’s the longest I’ve ever held a job I did have a week off when my computer went bung about six months ago Each week I seem to be able to come up with something or it presents itself But every now and then I’ll just want to throw […]Archive
March 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 155 Linz
I first met Linzy when Louise brought him to a Spines practice It would have been 1981 and we were rehearsing in Rob’s front room in Mt.Victoria Louise was a postie and she just dropped him off there with us I was pretty sure I’d seen him at gigs – the whirling dervish guy dancing […]Archive
November 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 138 Love, Pt. 1
I became obsessed with her Every little bit I knew or thought I could trust Is it even possible to fall in love in this way For a moment there I really thought I had fallen in again A friend on social media and I couldn’t get her out of my head It was sudden […]Archive
October 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 130 The Podcast
Simon, Katy and Oscar made me very welcome in their home – like family It can be very difficult to hear oneself back When you listen to yourself on tape I mean My singing voice is part of what I do and I have no bones with it It took a lot of years But […]Archive
September 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 33 – Jon McLeary
Welcome to episode 33 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. This is a conversation with Jon McLeary, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the band Spines. Regular readers of this site – and/or Jon’s Facebook pages will know him for his weekly contributions here as the writer of The Ghost of Electricity: […]Archive
February 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 100 Birth
It was meant to be a home-birth. 1984 and Michelle was pregnant – we moved into the top floor of this huge old warehouse space on Wakefield Street that was impossible to heat. They were strange days – the Spines was on hold while Wendy and Ross went off to other bands for a time […]Archive
November 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Jon McLeary
Jon Mcleary is the creator of The Spines, check them out on Bandcamp. They will be playing two shows this coming weekend with Vorn and The Julie Lamb band as part of The Bungee Tour. He is also an artist, author of the novel Manslaughter and you can read his weekly War Stories here at Off The Tracks […]Archive
November 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 83 Punch
It’s kind of the forbidden song – about domestic violence and eating your family and it’s set in that post-apocalyptic world that Russell Hoban created in his novel Riddley Walker. That book and the strange degraded English language he used to tell its story had a deep effect on me in the early 80s. There […]Archive
June 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 63 The Pixel Art
When I came to rewrite my 80s manuscript Manslaughter early this millennium, I scored an old IBM pc that was being biffed out by my partner, Michelle’s work. It was so much easier than the typewriter I had drafted it on. I had a painting in mind for the cover and I bought a scanner […]Archive
May 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman