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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn (October 28, Paraparaumu)
Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast Wednesday, October 28 It’s been quite a few years since I’ve seen Dave Dobbyn play a live set – but there was a time when I was at every gig. It’s never been a case of not needing to see him, as far as […]Archive
February 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Mutton Birds (February 7, Wellington)
The Mutton Birds San Fran, Wellington Friday, February 7 Two sold out Mutton Birds shows in Wellington! And I was lucky to get to one. Luckier still, it seems, to get to the second one. How do I know that? Well there were murmurs of the band playing one big song earlier on and then […]Archive
August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford
Welcome to episode 79 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat a few months back with Jonathan Crayford. He’s a pianist, bassist – multi-instrumentalist in fact. He works as a solo act, as part of a duo with Ross Burge (Spanner), in trios and other small […]Archive
May 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 164 Me and the Don
The first time I saw Don McGlashan, well it might have been in the Plague or the Whizz Kids. I saw the Plague several times in the late 70s as they played some of the same gigs as Negative Theatre – Nambassa, Christchurch students’ art fest and I saw them in Hamilton and Wellington too. […]Archive
October 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain
I woke up this morning and Facebook reminded me that a year ago I was very nearly killed by a runaway car – I was lucky to survive. Just like the time I nearly fell to my death at McLaren Falls when I was eighteen or almost drowned at Ocean Beach at the turn of […]Archive
May 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records
It was Jim Moss and his Wellington answer to the South Island’s Flying Nun and Auckland’s Ripper or Propeller Records and yet it was totally different. Those other labels had their own style or ethos whereas Jayrem would release any type of music in any given genre – from the Upper Hutt Posse to the […]Archive
April 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 107 Mr Inch/JPSE
When the second wave of Flying Nun bands (Straitjacket Fits, Snapper, JPS Experience…) hit in the latter half of the eighties, I would often do solo support when they passed through Wellington. It made sense; I was on the label with the Spines and could offer up a strong set on my own with no […]Archive
January 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 43 A Snakelike Life – Part One
At the beginning of the nineties most of the various Spines had left town – Ross, Wendy, Caroline, Tim and Rob. I had just got my telecaster back and was writing lots of new songs in Holloway Road on it – I really needed a rhythm section. Neill Duncan – the last remaining Spine in […]Archive
November 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 35 Pulsing With Punch: Part One -The South Island
The Spines had just released Punch/Your Body Stays on Ripper Records. I had a connection with the guys from The Body Electric – I had been in Bricks Theatre with Gary and both Alan and Andy had become good friends. I used to go to their early rehearsals and writing sessions. They released Pulsing and […]Archive
October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant
I first met Brent McLachlan when the Spines were playing in Christchurch and he was doing our sound – we hit it off immediately. When The Gordons broke up and he moved to Wellington he became our regular live sound guy and was great – he recorded everything on cassette and got a terrific drum […]Archive
September 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman