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October 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My Poems on YouTube: Making Poetry Videos
Like most of the things I do – from providing commentary on radio, to my own Vinyl Countdown posts here, indeed to any of my blogging, it happened by accident. It started randomly and has continued in much the same fashion. But I now have a YouTube channel where I share my poems. Someone sent me some footage of […]Archive
October 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 18 October 2020
It’s been a tough year for Poetry at The Fringe, as it’s been a tough year for everyone and everything. Events. Tough to sort and plan and adapt – and just as you’re going again you’re not. Poetry at The Fringe started. Then stopped. Then started again. And then stopped. The Fringe Bar was cautious […]Archive
October 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Death of Music Journalism: Book Launch Speech
Last week we launched my book of poems – The Death of Music Journalism. This week I’ve just found out it’s the # 1 best-selling title at Unity Books for the current week (thanks of course to that wonderful launch). So here I share the speech I gave at the launch… I’m rather overwhelmed by […]Archive
October 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 234: A Tribute To Eddie Van Halen (with Ben Fulton)
Welcome to episode 234 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
October 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Preview: Guest Poet For This Month’s Poetry At The Fringe (Sun, Oct 18)
One Sunday a month there’s an event called Poetry at The Fringe. Almost everything you need to know is in the title there – it features poetry, at a venue called The Fringe Bar. It’s usually the third Sunday of each month and it is free to watch – or participate. Well everyone there is participating…. […]Archive
October 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
We Launched The Book: Long Live The Death of Music Journalism!
Last Sunday (October 11) we launched my debut collection of poems, The Death of Music Journalism. We were there at Meow for a 4pm start. Dr. Blue kicked things off with some guitar and singing – a little blues and some soulful tunes to guide us in. Dr. Blue is also a poet so he […]Archive
October 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 233: The Death of Music Journalism
Welcome to episode 233 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
September 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Sitting Room Sessions: Margot Pierard & Wil Sargisson
This guy in Hawke’s Bay started this thing a while back called The Sitting Room Sessions – follow the page on Facebook. Check it out. House concerts, basically. Small gigs. Acoustic, primarily. A sitting audience. Waiting to be entertained, open to hearing anything, sure of quality due to the curation by their host. He’s trusted. […]Archive
September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: The Death Of Music Journalism – Songtrack
I’m releasing my debut collection of poetry on October 12. It’s called The Death of Music Journalism – and unsurprisingly features a lot of references to music. When I published my first book, On Song, back in 2012, the number one question/complaint was Where’s the accompanying CD? (We still had CDs back in 2012). It was way too expensive to […]Archive
September 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 230: Anna Dean
Welcome to episode 230 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman