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April 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 254: Steve Braunias

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 254 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]
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April 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Santa: The Threat is Real 

A Facebook friend posts that she’s angry and upset, some punk-ass little kid has killed the magic of Christmas for her child. Told him, presumably, that Santa is not real. Another day and another Facebook friend is boasting of their child’s pragmatism: “How does Santa deliver presents to every child in the world?” the kid […]
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September 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

No Holiday: On The Decision Around Having “Another”

This piece first appeared on The Spinoff and is also included as one of the pieces in the book “Is It Bedtime Yet?” by Emily Writes & Friends I always wanted a daughter named Billie. Simple really. As soon as I heard Billie Holiday’s voice I was sold. Her voice, that sound, and the idea of her […]
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August 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 131 – Emily Writes (About Her Life!)

Welcome to episode 131 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. And it’s welcome back to the podcast the first third-time guest, Emily Writes. She was first on in the very early days of the pod, back at episode # 14. And her first repeat-turn was for episode # 52, […]
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July 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Book Preview: Is It Bedtime Yet? – by Emily Writes and Friends

Arriving later this week Is It Bedtime Yet? is the brand new book by Emily Writes. She of Rants In The Dark. This time however Emily has some friends along. I’m even one of them! Is It Bedtime Yet’s subtitle is Parenting…the hilarious, the hair-raising, the heart-breaking – it’s a collection of stories, taken in […]
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April 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Brett Anderson: Coal Black Mornings

Coal Black Mornings Brett Anderson Little, Brown [This review originally appeared at The Spinoff] We are drawn, so often, to music memoirs for the clichés of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. The very best ones, however, ignore these tenets. Think Patti Smith’s Just Kids or Bob Dylan’s Chronicles. They also exist for both the mouth-breathing, moisty-palmed […]
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July 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 72 – Holly Walker

Welcome to episode 72 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with former Greens MP, book reviewer, mother, blogger, occasional podcaster and the author of The Whole Intimate Mess (a mini memoir), Holly Walker. You can keep up to […]
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February 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Emily Writes: Rants In The Dark

Rants In The Dark:  From One Tired Mama To Another Emily Writes Penguin/Random House Under the name “Emily Writes” and via her own blog, and more recently as editor of the Spinoff’s Parents section – with stints for The New Zealand Herald and Women’s Weekly along the way – Emily has found her voice as […]
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February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #199 – Robbie Williams, Wellington, 2015

It was going to be so easy…just a quick stroll down the road from my home, to a venue I was looking forward to experiencing; Robbie Williams wasn’t someone I was ever a fan of – but just from working music-retail (and reviewing) I knew his material, most of it anyway. Maybe he’d be the […]
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October 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Du Noyer: Conversations with McCartney

Conversations with McCartney Paul Du Noyer Hodder & Stoughton Ltd./Hachette I was tempted to just link to Steve Braunias’ spot-on assessment of this book – just leave you with that review; it does essentially sum it up. Here, collected in one place, are many of Paul McCartney’s dullest interviews, most of them commissioned, scripted damn-near, […]
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