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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Party: Film
The Party Director: Sally Potter Adventure Pictures/Great Point Media At just 71 minutes – and it rips by too – there’s no room for spoilers. Sally Potter’s latest, The Party, features the titular event; straight into it. You see, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been announced shadow minister for health. So we’re at her […]Archive
July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two
Fante Bukowski Two Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition I was a huge fan of Noah Van Sciver’s first iteration of Fante Bukowski; so much so I swiftly studied up on some of his other comics – but I loved this despicable character of Fante Bukowski, a self-appointed literary hero; self-assured but also clueless – […]Archive
May 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: The 7 Highly Effective Essays I Meant To Write But Decided, Instead, To Simply Turn In As Clickbait-Styled Headlines:
1 – “Somebody Has Written Something With A Capital Letter To Start Each And Every Word…And We Are, Like Grace Jones Before Us, Slaves To The Rhythm, Except We Are Not Forced To Do Icky Manual Labour Without Pay, We Are Simply Loving It And We Want More And Then Even More And More!” 2 […]Archive
April 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. John Clarke
John Clarke has died. He was 68. There will be many mentions of ‘Trev’ and ‘Good on ya’ and the need for gumboots today and tomorrow and into next week. His 40 year old catchphrases were taken from the farms of New Zealand and placed into the mainstream of TV and radio and his frequently […]Archive
January 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
TISM: This Is Serious (Mum)
I have always admired TISM. In fact, I liked them before I’d even heard them. Which is not something I normally admit, but then, it’s not something that normally happens. This cult Australian band formed in 1982, and released their first album in 1988. So I can remember hearing about their albums Great Truckin’ Songs […]Archive
June 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski
Fante Bukowski Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition Noah Van Sciver’s graphic novella about a talentless/struggling writer is brutal in its satire – take for example this scene where at a reading given by Dave Eggers a trio of desperate and hopeful writers gather, one says “I brought my new story. I’m gonna give it […]Archive
May 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 690
Fred Dagg, Fred Dagg’s Greatest Hits (1975) I reckon Fred Dagg was an incredible comic creation and of course not the only one from one of the most brilliant of comic minds. Growing up with a bit of Fred Dagg and other works from the mind of John Clarke had me reading and watching anything […]Archive
August 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #126 – Off-Key: Concert For Artistic Freedom, Wellington, 2014
Last year Darren Watson released a satirical song called Planet Key (with a video by Jeremy Jones). It was banned. And so a bunch of Wellington bands got together and put on the Off-Key: Concert for Artistic Freedom show. It was great to be in a pub on a Sunday afternoon with like-minded people; people […]Archive
June 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Maps To The Stars: DVD
Maps To The Stars Director: David Cronenberg Prospero Pictures/Sentient Entertainment/SBS Productions Cronenberg finally helms the movie that started life as a script, became a novel when the first plans to film it were shelved and then turned back into a script and is now – finally – a film. In a way it could have […]Archive
May 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Auckland Writers Festival: Satirists at Large – Steve Braunias and David Slack
Satirists at Large: Steve Braunias and David Slack w/ Stephen Stratford Lower NZI Room/Aotea Centre Saturday, March 16 (3.00pm) For this Auckland Writers Festival event Stephen Stratford was the chair, or at least the man in the chair facilitating – flicking questions over in his quirky way to Steve Braunias (NZ Herald writer, ex columnist […]Archive
April 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman