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December 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 243: Murray Cammick

Welcome to episode 243 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys 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 […]
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May 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Death of Music Journalism

the death of music journalism happened one day while I was still writing someone pronounced it dead – despite the various typos a quick fact-check revealed it was never actually alive – despite the claims from many that a pulse was charging through it right from when Gay Talese caught Frank Sinatra’s light sneeze in […]
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January 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 149: Simon and Nick at the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival

Welcome to episode 149 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here’s something different. Last year I was invited along to speak with Nick Bollinger at the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival. It was a lot of fun. Part of a magic weekend in fact. And with the permission of Nick […]
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August 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 128 – Chris Familton

Welcome to episode 128 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Chris Familton is a Sydney-based, Kiwi-born writer, DJ and musician. He has the music sites Doubtful Sounds and Post to Wire where he reviews, interviews, blogs, makes suggestions and recommendations, creates playlists – you know, all the things…
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August 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival 2018

This October, The Harcourts Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival takes place in Napier, Hastings and Havelock North at a variety of locations – check out the program. Also, as part of the festival there is a series of Writers & Readers talks and events. Join me on Saturday October 20, at the Cabana in Napier – I’ll be in […]
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December 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 96 – Andrew Johnstone from Rip It Up Radio Talks To Me

Welcome to episode 96 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. It’s the summer holidays – I hope you’re enjoying your break. The podcast will continue weekly but for this episode it’s a dip into the archives, in a way. This is a conversation where I was interviewed- a couple […]
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November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

How Do You Find Music? How Does Music Find You? How Has That Changed?

Do you ever stop to consider the changes that have been made to the way you find music? Is your approach still the same? Surely it’s changed, you’ve changed formats, the formats have changed – in terms of delivery approach, in terms of regularity, in terms of how and when you receive them – as […]
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May 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Write On: Aiming To Keep Going

I can remember the very first thing that made me want to write about music, the very first experience. It was a school assignment. Sixth Form Journalism – and we’d get these weekend assignments. One time we’d have to do a lifestyle feature on a living grandparent, or interview a pet or whatever. A mate […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aiming To Keep Going, Almost Famous, Journalism, Lou Reed, Music Journalism, Santana, School, Write On, Write On: Aiming To Keep Going, Writing ·

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May 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Beginning of Music Writing*

They had said, “Never met your heroes”. He had found a way around that. Taking a tape-recorder made (all) the difference. *for Lester Bangs on the anniversary of his death
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December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Talk Back: When Musicians Take Fire At The Critics

A while back I was given a very nice gift – the May issue of Creem magazine. From 1977. There’s an almost unintelligible review of Leon Redbone by R. Meltzer. And there’s a review of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours that singles out Dreams as the only decent song, suggests that Christine McVie has really let her […]
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November 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Coming Up with Up & Coming: The Musical Styles of the Rich and Imaginary…

I used to write some CD reviews for the student-rag. It’s a good way to start in this caper. When students ask me how to get in to this kind of writing I still recommend that. (Well, first up I tell them to go do anything else – not for fear of competition, but because […]
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October 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Album Review is Dead? Long Live Album Reviews!

There’s always the urge to tell a critic they’re irrelevant – and yet if you’re answering back, if you’ve stooped to battling with the critic you’re really only playing (into) their game; helping to prove their (continued) relevancy. This social media age suggests that everyone is a critic – we can now publish directly to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Reviews, Blog, CD, Long Live Album Reviews, Mp3, Music Journalism, Record Review, The Album Review is Dead, The Album Review is Dead? Long Live Album Reviews!, Vinyl ·
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