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May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts

Well, he’s a cricket fan, so he’ll enjoy the mention of a “double century” – but one thing I learned a while back is that you have to pick your moments and celebrate your own milestones in this writing-online caper. You have to turn up. And turn up. And turn up again. And if you […]

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November 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 86 Peter McLeavey

He never seemed to age. From the first moment I met him in 1980 to the last time I saw him. He was always a constant yet always so obtuse with his deeply held views and his love of art. Whenever I went to see him in his gallery we always talked about something I […]

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September 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 27 The Strange Angels

Around the time I turned forty something changed – I wanted some answers and I went looking. I always had scalpels lying around and one day just started whittling a 4×4 block of Totara. I got really into it and wound up carving a little head – I was hooked. It was like the opposite […]

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July 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 18 The Brain

At the end of the eighties Ross and Wendy had gone off to do other things. For a while the Spines was Neill and me and any ex-bass player or drummer who was in town. My partner Michelle Tayler, Linzy Forbes and I decided it was time for a full colour NZ arts magazine that […]