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July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 229 – Nick Cave, Wellington, 2019
I’ve now seen Nick Cave four times – in four different spaces with different line-ups. That’s as it should be – different shows, reflecting different times. But also the first show made me realise I liked him a lot more than I had realised. The second show was ho-hum really, even though it was not at all […]Archive
January 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ: The Panel – Suffering Through Q and A’s
Usually when I’m on RNZ it’s to review albums – sometimes a concert or a feature. But last week I got to have a wee crack on the Panel (w/ Wallace Chapman). Seems my review of Nick Cave’s recent Q & A show struck either chords or nerves or both. And so I was asked on for a brief […]Archive
January 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Nick Cave (January 15, Wgtn)
Conversations with Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk & Music MFC Tuesday, January 15 It was almost to the day two years ago that Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds played in Wellington as part of the Skeleton Tree tour. It’s always a different show when you see Cave, he’s played in Wellington with truncated […]Archive
January 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 149: Simon and Nick at the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival
Welcome to episode 149 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here’s something different. Last year I was invited along to speak with Nick Bollinger at the Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival. It was a lot of fun. Part of a magic weekend in fact. And with the permission of Nick […]Archive
October 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Even More Talking about Dancing about Architecture
This weekend just been, Saturday, October 20, I was invited to speak at the Cabana in Napier with Nick Bollinger and Jamie Macphail was our chairperson – part of the Hawke’s Bay Art Festival. The talk was music-writing, music-journalism, blogging, our histories, the role of criticism, how we went about it – and so on. […]Archive
May 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
An Evening with Sam Cutler: Film Screening and Q&A
UPDATE: The Wellington show has now been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during the tumultuous Altamont show that capped the 1969 tour. He was left to clean up the mess – and eventually wrote about it, along with so many other stories from his life […]Archive
March 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
NZ Festival Writers & Readers: Teju Cole – Blind Spot
Teju Cole: Blind Spot Circa One; Circa Theatre Saturday, March 10 This Writers & Readers session was Teju Cole in conversation with Paula Morris. Chiefly the discussion was about his excellent new book Blind Spot but from there Cole found his way to talking about his work in a more general sense, his motivations, his […]Archive
May 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
My Tony Levin Interview: Q&A
Tony Levin is perhaps best known for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson but he has appeared on over 500 albums. He has worked with Lou Reed and our own Tim Finn; with James Taylor and Carly Simon. He even appears in Paul Simon’s cult film, One Trick Pony. Over a series of emails I asked Levin some questions ahead of his 2010 visit to New […]Archive
November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Interview: What It’s Really Like To Talk To The Famous Person On The Other End Of The Line
I always think, no matter how bad an interview goes at least I have never done this. And really, these days, with this thing you’re on – the internet – there is no excuse for that. It’s a funny thing, the music interview. Whenever I tell someone that I’ve scored an interview I get some […]Archive
March 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Auckland Writers Festival: 10-15 May, 2016
It’s the return of the Auckland Writers Festival and what a line-up, see the full list of events here. Over 100 events across a handful of days and featuring “the mother of feminism” Gloria Steinem, author Jeanette Winterson, comedian, writer and bird-watcher, Bill Oddie, and ex-politician, former Midnight Oil frontperson and environmentalist, Peter Garrett. Well, […]Archive
March 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman