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July 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jon Ronson: The Last Days of August
Jon Ronson The Last Days of August Audible Originals Of the many forms Ronson has arguably mastered (columns and book-length essays, TV and radio documentaries) it seems his great strength, now, is in the narrative investigative podcast. Working with Audible to serve them up as seven-episode podcasts that double as, essentially, an audiobook (they can be devoured in a […]Archive
May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Brodsky Quartet (May 20, Wgtn)
Brodsky Quartet MFC Monday, May 20 Britain’s long-running Brodsky Quartet (formed in 1972 and still with two original members) are known for their regular touring (including at least four visits to New Zealand) and their crossover pop collaborations (Elvis Costello, Bjork, Paul McCartney) as well as their refined chamber work – including a fondness for the string-quartet […]Archive
May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier Henry Holt and Co. Jaron Lanier was there for the building of the internet, an early chat-room visitor (and developer), a guy with major tech credentials. He’s become an internet philosopher, a fierce critic of Silicon Valley; he’s like any writer with a troubled history and […]Archive
April 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: April 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… This […]Archive
April 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: March 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]Archive
March 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 223 – Alejandro Escovedo, Wellington, 2019
I don’t usually write about a show for Stubs the same year that it happens – but I’m doing this here now with Alejandro Escovedo in place of an actual review. I didn’t review the show – but I did love it. I chose not to review it because I didn’t make it there at the start, didn’t see the whole […]Archive
March 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Children: Theatre
The Children Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Lucy Kirkwood) Circa Theatre; Circa One (March 30-April 27) In Lucy Kirkwood’s script and in Susan Wilson’s staging and pacing The Children is a triumph. This is an example of every part of the puzzle fitting, of every piece needing to be there – for this production is elegantly and […]Archive
March 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: January 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… For […]Archive
February 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 222 – Foo Fighters, Sydney, 2018
It wasn’t that I was desperate to see the Foo Fighters again – although I was curious (call it a perverse ‘professional curiosity’ if you like…) I saw the Foos when they had only just formed and were rather good. I saw them again, two albums later, as part of a Big Day Out. And they were quite shit. […]Archive
February 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Rants In The Dark: Theatre
Rants In The Dark Directed by Lyndee-Jane Rutherford (based on the book by Emily Writes adapted for the stage by Mel Dodge, Lyndee-Jane Rutherford and Bevin Linkhorn) Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 19 – February 16) [Good Times Company] Yes, due to bad holiday-planning I am very late to Rants In The Dark – but I saw the opening night […]Archive
February 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman