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May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone?
My fascination with film scores – listening to them, collecting them – began with a New Zealand movie. But you wouldn’t have such luck now. When I was a kid the Footrot Flats movie, A Dog’s Tail Tale, was a local blockbuster. It was at the cinemas, at a time when not every Kiwi film […]Archive
April 15, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: The Gladstone, 1982
The Gladstone, 1982. It was better than anything you ever saw, and most things you’ve gone on to do I can tell you that right now. For free. We were up front and the microphone hit me in the face and when I tasted the sweat of the singer it went down like the coldest […]Archive
April 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Noelle McCarthy: Grand
Grand: Becoming My Mother’s Daughter Noelle McCarthy Penguin It’s quite possible that Grand by Noelle McCarthy is the best memoir of 2022. One of the best books. It is brand new. Out this week. There has been much hype. All of it justified. There will be more hype. And so there should.Archive
March 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Braunias: Cover Story
Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers Steve Braunias Oratia Books Designed to show replica-sized prints of the album covers, and therefore itself the size of a 12” record (or boxset of them) and ready to be shelved alongside your record collection, Cover Story is, like many of the very […]Archive
March 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: After A Month Of Cosplay-Protest Some Shitty-Fucks Set Fire To A Slide On Our Parliament’s Front Lawn
The battle is still raging, though the war of stupidity might seem to be at a temporary end – all endings are temporary, apart from one. They gave it their all – it’s so sad to say. And their all was so small and so careless and dressed up as carefree. But there’s a difference. […]Archive
February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 290 – Come Together: Abbey Road, Wellington, 2020
I wrote a review of this gig – and it was a nice surprise. I wasn’t sure they could pull it off. The world doesn’t really need any more Beatles tributes – but I say that, and I’ve been to several, so I was probably always going to go to this… And anyway, a good […]Archive
February 21, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
How I Feel About Tall Dwarfs
When I first heard Tall Dwarfs I hadn’t heard very much like it (apart from The Beatles). And if that’s not entirely true it’s because we’re talking feelings, not facts. And that is an important distinction – and actually it’s the important truth when it comes to music. I wasn’t in on the ground floor […]Archive
October 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Great Kiwi Love Song
I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life. E Ipo by Prince Tui Teka is The Great New Zealand Love Song. E Ipo was written by Tui with the help of Ngoi Pewhairangi, a Maori educator, translator, teacher, custodian for the culture. She also wrote the lyrics for Poi-E for The Patea Maori Club. But Pewhairangi wrote […]Archive
September 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: There’s No Name Suppression In New Zealand
There’s no name suppression in New Zealand There are no privileged without charms There’s no name suppression in New Zealand We all know who you are But everybody’s talking about Covid-19 Cause everybody’s talking about Covid-19 But we’re as safe as can be so move us to level three! We have no restrictions We have […]Archive
May 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: It’s Sunday Morning.
A bath, read some poems (Jim Harrison) listened to Enya (Dark Sky Island) alright, so it’s not “Did you watch the game last night?” And just as bloody well. I have middle NZ to thank for that. I’ll never host the BBQ.Archive
May 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman