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May 3, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Best New Zealand Music Drives Me Home

Drive along any coast of this country and listen to Pink Frost by The Chills or Anything Can Happen by The Clean or Hanging In The Wire by Dave Dobbyn or Clockhouse Shuffle by Waves, or, well, I’m obviously just naming songs. New Zealand songs. New Zealand artists. Some well-known, some less obvious, but from […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Kiwi, Music, NZ Herald, NZ Music, NZ Music Month, The Best New Zealand Music Drives Me Home, The Blessing The Curse And The Craving Of Local Music, Time Out ·

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June 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 216: David Cormack

Welcome to episode 216 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 […]
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March 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 161 – Graham Reid

Welcome to episode 161 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. Here’s a conversation I recorded back at […]
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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Auckland, Author, Book, Book Review, Columns, Eateries, Food, Food Reviews, Journalist, Kiwi, Luncheon Sausage Books, NZ, NZ Herald, Steve Braunias, Steve Braunias: The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road, The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road, Writer ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Auckland, Auckland Writers Festival, Journalism, Journalist, Ken Auletta, MEDIA, NZ Herald, Public, Shayne Currie, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #125 – Ken Auletta, Talk, The Media Revolution ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Broods, Evergreen, Lydia Jenkin, NZ Herald ·

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November 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

SJD’s New Album: Streaming Now

The new SJD album, Elastic Wasteland, is streaming now over at the NZ Herald’s site. Do check it out. I think it’s the best thing Sean has done. I really believe he gets better with each album – and I’ve been very lucky to have this album for a couple of weeks already. I’ve been playing it every […]
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