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October 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Death of Music Journalism: Book Launch Speech
Last week we launched my book of poems – The Death of Music Journalism. This week I’ve just found out it’s the # 1 best-selling title at Unity Books for the current week (thanks of course to that wonderful launch). So here I share the speech I gave at the launch… I’m rather overwhelmed by […]Archive
September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Story Behind The Cover of My New Book
Next month I will release my first book of poems. It’s called The Death of Music Journalism – it’s available to pre-order from now and yesterday I shared the cover image on my Facebook page. I mentioned that it was by my good friend the artist Matthew Couper. But what I didn’t get to say […]Archive
May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 168: Roy Dunningham
Welcome to episode 168 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. This is a conversation with Roy Dunningham – he was […]Archive
December 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 145: Freeman White
Welcome to episode 145 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – 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 to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FM you can get […]Archive
December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
My (New) Favourite Piece of Work
We haven’t been able to buy a lot of art recently – is there a more First World Problem sentence than that? – you don’t buy art when you have a wee kid, but you do get lots of new art anyway, fridge paintings galore… Anyway, my Christmas present was a new painting – the […]Archive
October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper
Here’s episode nine of Sweetman Podcast now – my chat with Matthew Couper. Matt’s an artist, Hawke’s Bay born, now Las Vegas based. Matt’s also my oldest friend, in that we’ve known each other since we were three. We went through kindergarten, primary, intermediate and high school along the same strip in Havelock North.Archive
October 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 816
Lou Reed and John Cale, Songs For Drella (1990) Okay, here’s an album I owned on tape and then CD and now vinyl…there are a few like that, where it’s never enough…it’s always gotta be there. But also, with this one, check it out: A good friend buys me a copy of this as a […]Archive
August 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Matthew Couper
Matthew Couper is a New Zealand-born artist, now based in Las Vegas, USA. He is back in NZ for a fortnight to attend the Auckland Art Fair with his gallery representative, PAULNACHE before returning back to the USA for solo exhibitions in Riverside, California and Houston, Texas before the end of the year. His work […]Archive
June 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
My Favourite Piece of Work
I love Songs For Drella – what an album. It’s one of my all-time favourites; you sit down with it and it’s like a movie, a book; you take it in. Lou Reed had suggested audiences do that with his New York album – and that works too, sure; but for me it’s always seemed […]Archive
November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman