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August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Braunias: The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road
The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road Steve Braunias Luncheon Sausage Books Any time I review a new book by Steve Braunias I end up gushing like some rotten little suck-up about how he’s the country’s best, most engaging, funniest writer – about how he knows the seed of a story and how to cultivate it, […]Archive
August 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #125 – Ken Auletta, Auckland, 2015
Ken Auletta spoke as part of this year’s Auckland Writers Festival – the subject was The Media Revolution, so it was a wide-ranging chat really, touching a bit on music and downloading and the collapse/rebuild of that industry, but mostly around TV and print-journalism platforms and the changes there. And on, via the questions, to […]Archive
May 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Auckland Writers Festival: The Media Revolution – Ken Auletta
The Media Revolution: Ken Auletta ASB Theatre/Aotea Centre Saturday, March 16 (4.30pm) For this Auckland Writers Festival event Shayne Currie, editor of The New Zealand Herald was the chair/interviewer – though he never introduced himself. I assume people do that out of modesty, thinking they’re not the important person on stage, but it smacks of […]Archive
August 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Broods: Evergreen
Broods Evergreen Island/Universal Less an album and more a Feelings Chart or sonic Tumblr – the predominant feeling: mum, is dinner ready? – Broods’ debut full-length album, Evergreen follows on from an earlier EP and, taking a page out of Lorde’s playbook includes the best songs from the EP on the album again. Not to […]Archive
November 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman