Richard Langston

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February 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 103 – Richard Langston

Welcome to episode 103 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I sat down for a chat with Richard Langston. We’ve met and talked a few times over the years but this was the first time I’d attempted to get his full story – journalist, poet, broadcaster, music enthusiast, television […]

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May 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader: Issue # 3

The crew from Phantom Billstickers have sent issue number three of the Café Reader out to the streets. You’ll find it in music stores, cafés, bars and restaurants around your town. If you can’t find it let them know I reckon they’ll find a way to get a copy to you. It’s a FREE magazine […]

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January 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1204

Verlaines, Juvenalia (1987) I’m stoked to have the newly reissued Verlaines albums on vinyl – and I must tell you I wasn’t an instant convert to Juvenalia. I liked the Verlaines but I just had dubbed tapes, songs that were on compilations and a band best-of, You’re Just Too Obscure For Me. That was doing […]

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December 10, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Richard Langston

Richard Langston is a broadcaster, journalist, former TV3 reporter, and poet who in the 1980s edited the Dunedin music fanzine, Garage. Copies of ‘Garage’ can be read and heard (there’s podcasts) here. His latest poetry book, Things Lay in Pieces, can be bought here. Some of his poems can be read here. And here are five […]