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May 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Bono’s Book

This is absolutely no lie: I’m pumped to read Bono’s memoir. Out in November.  Here’s a wee extract. Bono is perhaps best known of course for being the “There’s Wally!” of rock-docs. But when he’s not being memed, when he’s not promising change, when he’s not getting right in under the goat(ee) of post-punkers, he’s […]
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March 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, May 14, 2022

Things are coming back. Well, it’s all still fingers crossed very much. But we can start to make plans again. One of the things that’s coming back is Wellington’s Record Fair: A Vinyl Affair. A chance for sellers to sell, for buyers to buy, for vinyl fans to hear great music (DJs all day) and get bargains, […]
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October 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Preview: Guest Poet For This Month’s Poetry At The Fringe (Sun, Oct 18)

One Sunday a month there’s an event called Poetry at The Fringe. Almost everything you need to know is in the title there – it features poetry, at a venue called The Fringe Bar. It’s usually the third Sunday of each month and it is free to watch – or participate. Well everyone there is participating…. […]
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December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 197: Marnie Karmelita Previews the 2020 NZ Festival

Welcome to episode 197 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 […]
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July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Album Preview: New Music Coming by Brisa Roché + Single ‘Can’t Stand’ Out Now!

At the start of this year the Brisa Roché album Father consumed me. The first best album I heard in 2019 – my first rave review for the year. And it’s been in my ears, and I’ve been carrying it in my heart, ever since.   When you fall so heavily for something the very best news is that new music […]
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May 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Preview: Jane Goodall in Wellington Sunday May 19, 2019

Jane Goodall will speak in Wellington this Sunday night, May 19. The Jane Goodall Institute New Zealand & Loop are proud to welcome the incomparable Dr. Jane Goodall back to New Zealand in 2019 to help us Rewind The Future. Discover how Dr. Goodall and her Institute are helping to rewind the future for planet earth […]
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May 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Luke Wright – Poet: Reading at Meow, Wellington, Monday, May 13, 2019

Verb Wellington is bringing poet Luke Wright to the capital city this coming Monday, May 13. I’ve just recently finished reading Luke Wright’s volume The Toll – and it contains six or seven of the very best poems I’ve ever read. Which is a phenomenal strike-rate. He has aspects of Stewart Lee and Roger McGough to his […]
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April 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Preview: Lōemis 2019

Pirate & Queen, the people behind Wellington’s wondrous Litcrawl bring back the Lōemis festival. It’s happening in, around and right through the heart of Wellington from 14 – 22 June, 2019.  The festival brings 18 beautifully crafted events spread over nine days at venues across Wellington, leading up to Maruaroa o Takurua, the winter solstice. Lōemis 2019 contains an entirely new […]
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January 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Laneway 2019: Timetable + Site Map (Monday, January 28)

For me it’s a case of “Laneway…here we come!” for the first time since the first ever NZ edition of the Laneway Festival. So I’m really looking forward to catching some quality acts and taking a punt on a few lesser known (to me) musical gems. I won’t love it all I’m sure, but I’m going in […]
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December 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Cover Girl (December 3)

Well, we made it – this week is the final screening for 2018 of The Wellington Film Society. What a year. A huge range of amazing films, all shown on one of the biggest screens in one of the greatest movie venues in this part of the world. It has been a year of transition […]
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November 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – After The Storm (November 26)

It’s nearly wrap up time for the 2018 Wellington Film Society program – just two weeks to go, and two films to go after last week’s hiatus. This week the society brings us After The Storm, a modern classic by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. It sounds like a must-see – check out the full notes here and […]
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October 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Daughters of Darkness (October 29)

The Wellington Film Society is back tonight – after last weekend’s pause for Labour Weekend. Here we are now with Halloween almost at the doorstep, as it were. And so…to Daughters of Darkness. Re-released more than a decade after its 1971 debut, Daughters of Darkness has lost none of the eerie, subterranean fascination it held for its […]
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