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April 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 162 – Paul Crowther

Welcome to episode 162 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. I recorded this conversation back in January in Auckland. […]
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May 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 61 – Phil Judd

Welcome to episode 61 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a conversation with Phil Judd. Founding member of Split Enz, creator of the mighty Mental Notes album, and its wonderful cover image too, Judd should need no introduction. But I’ve given him […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Australia, Chat, Conversation, Counting The Beat, Crowded House, Enz, Ep.61, Episode 61, Film Scores, Interview, Kiwi, L'affare, Love Is A Moron, Melbourne, Mental Notes, Neil Finn, New Zealand, NZ, Phil Judd, Play It Strange, Podcast, Schnell-Fenster, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, Split Enz, Suburban Reptiles, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 61 – Phil Judd, Swingers, T Leaf T, The Enz, Tim Finn, Unique, Yeastie Boys ·

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January 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Split Enz: Our Greatest Band

I love Split Enz. When I think about it (which I’m only just doing now in order to create a subject to blog about) they are probably the band I have liked the longest – equal with The Beatles. I have been aware of the music of the Enz as long as I can remember, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dizrhythmia, Eddie Rayner, Enz Of An Era, Mental Notes, Neil Finn, Our Greatest Band, Phil Judd, Second Thoughts, Spellbound, Split Enz, Split Enz: Our Greatest Band, Tim Finn, True Colours ·

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October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Phil Judd Interview: From The Archives

This time last week I spent about 100 minutes on the phone with Phil Judd. The longest interview I have ever done. And it was probably the longest time coming, in the sense that I first thought I would like to interview Judd in the early 1990s. I loved (and still love) the two albums […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Australia, Blog, Blog On The Tracks, From The Archives, Interview, Kiwi, Mental Notes, Music, Painting, Phil Judd, Schnell-Fenster, Split Enz, Swingers, The Phil Judd Interview, The Phil Judd Interview: From The Archives, The Swingers ·

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October 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1812

Split Enz, The Beginning Of The Enz (1979) It was a treat to find this LP not all that long ago. The album was a highlight of the two Split Enz CD box-sets I used to own; remember those? The gold one of all the seventies material and the silver one that collected the 1980s […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Judd/T.Finn, Mental Notes, Neil Finn, Persuasion, Phil Judd, Richard Thompson, Spellbound, Split Ends, Split Enz, The Beginning Of The Enz, Tim Finn, Vinyl ·

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September 2, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1871

Split Enz, Mental Notes (1975) I was born and raised a Split Enz fan – it’s something I think of as one of the great cultural gifts my parents passed down; gave willingly to me. I still remember the night my parents went to the Napier show on the Enz With A Bang tour and […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Mental Notes, Phil Judd, Spellbound, Split Enz, Stranger Than Fiction, Tim Finn, under The Wheel, Vinyl, Walking Down A Road ·

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