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February 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Robert Forster and Quiet Heartbreak

Robert Forster from The Go-Betweens wears a suit all day. I cannot prove this but I bet he sleeps in it. (Maybe takes off the jacket). I chatted with him once in a café in Wellington. Bought him his coffee and a bite to eat. He signed my record, “Thanks for the sugar-free slice!” His […]
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November 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 37 – Robert Forster

Welcome to episode 37 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) is a hero. I wasn’t going to let a chance to record him for the podcast slip by. We ended up in a café – where I bought him a coffee and a sugar-free cake (and later he […]
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November 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Robert Forster (November 10, Wgtn)

Robert Forster San Francisco Bath House Thursday, November 10 Every now and then you’re lucky enough to see a gig that is all about the music – about the art and craft (and then conveyance) of songwriting. It was always hopeful, likely that an evening with Robert Forster might result in such a gig; twice […]
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November 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 2 – The ‘We’ve Been Trumped!’ Edition

My first Friday in a while without Oscar – his first Friday at school. Strange week this week, very strange…lots of cool things happening (I met Robert Forster, new podcast up with Charlotte Yates, got a bit of reading done – tomorrow I’m the MC at one of the LitCrawl events, one showcasing some of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aimee Mann, Drive-By Truckers, Five Songs For Friday: # 2, Five Songs For Friday: # 2 – The 'We've Been Trumped!' Edition, R.E.M., Randy Newman, Robert Forster, The 'We've Been Trumped!' Edition ·

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November 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Samuel Scott to open Robert Forster’s Wellington Show: Thurs Nov 10 (2016)

To add to the excitement of what will surely be a great show – Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens playing a cabaret-styled set at Wellington’s San Fran next Thursday, November 10 – it’s just been announced that the opening act is Sam Scott of The Phoenix Foundation and Bunnies on Ponies. Samuel Scott has been […]
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October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering The Go-Betweens: Such A Band

I always say that the very best thing about reviewing music is the discovery – the joy in that discovery; it’s wonderful to get to share that too. You kiss a lot of frogs though. So it’s always special when something really sticks. When something arrives to you – it really does feel like a […]
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October 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens: Two NZ Shows (November, 2016)

Robert Forster, co-founder of legendary Brisbane band The Go-Betweens will play two New Zealand shows in November, at Wellington’s San Fran on Thursday, November 10 and Auckland’s Tuning Fork, Friday, November 11. Bringing with him his latest solo album, Songs to Play and his recent memoir Grant and I, the show promises to be full of stories and songs […]
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August 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Robert Forster: Songs To Play

Robert Forster Songs To Play Tapete Records An archetypal Robert Forster album? Yes please! Here you go then – Songs To Play, his latest, his sixth – just his second since the passing of his Go-Betweens co-chief, pal and competing songwriter, Grant McLennan. With seven years between his last two albums and a book on […]
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September 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 819

Luna, Bewitched (1994) This was the Luna album I knew the best – so when I heard they were reforming and visiting Wellington this was the one I returned to. Played what was left of the CD a bit – scratched/fingerprints, one of very few CDs I have held on to for far too long and […]
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July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 851

The Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane (1988) The Go-Betweens – that most perfect, and maybe un-Australian of Australian bands. I got hooked on The Go-Betweens near the end of their career; the reunion. I loved the last few records they released, and went back through their solo albums too – and then got to see them […]
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