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January 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 279 – Queen Elizabeth Park: Miniature Train, Masterton, 2021
I’ve long thought of Masterton as something of a shithole. Based almost entirely on the evidence gathered from walking around that dump. But that was then. Now, it’s okay. Visit the place – as I’ve done this year and last – with a kid or two in tow and you have the excellent Queen Elizabeth […]Archive
July 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 87
Pablo Casals, The Art of Pablo Casals (1964) “What is that beautiful cello?” Someone visiting said recently. “Who is playing that? Where did you get it?” And the answer of course is Pablo Casals. And the other answer is: This fantastic fucking junk shop in Masterton for $2! (Well, alright, they’re all junk shops in […]Archive
August 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 178: Steve Francis (Bulletbelt)
Welcome to episode 178 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. 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 library. Steve Francis is the drummer and driving force behind […]Archive
July 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 669
The Shower-Room Squad, Sinful Rugby Songs (1970) Oh, as if there were any other kind! You know people talk about right place/right time – the melding of a person, place, situation, an object or occupation (and/or preoccupation) too sometimes…well, that’s me having to spend a couple of hours in Masterton and needing the cheapest, dirtiest […]Archive
January 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Three NZ Shows (Feb, 2016)
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band will play three shows in New Zealand in February – Wellington’s Bodega on Wednesday, February 24, Masterton’s King Street Live on Thursday, February 25 and Auckland’s Tuning Fork, Friday, February 2016. Peyton’s Big Damn Band bends and blends Americana county blues idioms into rousing pub-performance fodder thanks to the Reverend’s […]Archive
January 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 770
Alison Moyet, Alf (1984) I loved this album back when I knew it as a cassette tape. Alison Moyet was a big deal, and Paul Young; those sorts of things…all from my aunty’s tape collection (which I later inherited). I forgot about Moyet for some time, then listened to a bit of a Best Of […]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 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 780
The Academy of Ancient Music, Handel: Water Music (1978) Lovely stuff Water Music – had a few different versions on CD, like a bit of Handel. You know, no experience, but I’ll have a look at it/er, listen to it…but just recently I was in Masterton (cunt of a joint) and making the best of […]Archive
December 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 88 A Tour of Two Cities Part Two: Napier
There were never really any groupies that followed the Spines – or not that I knew of. I put it down to the fact that we were pretty intense and through the times in the eighties that I was single we always had women in the band itself. There was one period there though, after […]Archive
November 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 87 A Tour of Two Cities Part One: Masterton
Fishing In our first year of existence, the Spines travelled and played around the lower North Island a fair bit and one of those early gigs was in Masterton. It started out as a holiday but it soon got bigger than that You know you’re fishing know your bait but you don’t know what you’ll […]Archive
November 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman