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March 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Peter Rabbit – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Peter Rabbit Director: Will Gluck Sony Pictures Animation Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)Archive
January 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Paddington 2 – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Paddington 2 Director: Paul King Heyday Films/Studio Canal/Canal+ Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)Archive
November 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Pan – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Peter Pan – The Pantomime Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Pinky Agnew & Lorae Parry) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Nov 18 – Dec 23/Jan 2-13) Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)Archive
November 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Oscar & Neneh: Flashback!
I’ve had a few jobs in my life – I usually do more than one at any time. Some of them pay me a wage, others don’t – or barely do. Some of my jobs/tasks just feel like homework, the most relentless kind, self-imposed too, I guess. But the best job I’ve ever had is […]Archive
September 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Captain Underpants, The First Epic Movie– Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Director: David Soren DreamWorks Animation Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5) Captain Underpants had good songs in it and he got splashed with water and there was a telephone going ‘ring-ring-ring-ring/hello/I am Captain Underpants/what is going on/tra-la-la/tra-tra-tra-tra-la-la/why am I soaking wet’. There was whoopie cushions in it. And Mr Krupp, the mean […]Archive
September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Big O/little o
Only in dreams will I hear a voice like The Big O. I wake up to my own little o telling me it’s time to make his lunch. It’s a far cry – so blue.Archive
September 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 504
Ian Stewart, Piano for Dancing [EP] (1958) The world of second-hand stores is full of these sorts of things – wee curios – old EPs and singles and 78s and 45s and things…and it’s dime a dozen (and often it’s pretty much exactly that, price-wise). Dashed hopes, daunted dreams, forgotten magic. Or just junk. One […]Archive
August 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Not Just Greasy Kids Stuff*: Music For Kids That Adults Dig – and Adult Music That’s Suitable For Children
I have a son. His name is Oscar. He is awesome. I might be (slightly) biased there – but his smiles can make a Gin Wigmore album seem okay. Actually, his mother is quite sure that he likes Gin Wigmore. One of Oscar’s early skills was that he could – silently – back up an […]Archive
July 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Clown Day # 2
We missed the first Clown Day. But we heard all about it. We dumped Oscar with his grandparents and had a few days away – went to Melbourne, saw a Patti Smith concert, walked miles each day, drank on rooftop bars, reminded each other that we did things like this only before we had a […]Archive
July 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #205 – Roald Dahl’s Dirty Beasts & Other Stories, Wellington, 2015
It’s always been fun taking Oscar to shows – well, in theory…now of course he writes his own reviews – but a couple of years ago he wasn’t quite ready, but still keen, in theory… I wrote a few words about this show – because it didn’t quite work, but best intentions…. Was thinking, just […]Archive
December 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman