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July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism

I’ve been trying to connect all the dots in my head around this gig It was just before the riots and I wrote Lily and I Steve Hanify was organizing protests against the Springbok tour and the concert was part of it I wore my granddad’s leather jacket There was a large swarm of people […]

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March 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 104 Cuba Street

It was the first place we played when we moved to Wellington in 1980 – Negative Theatre had a regular Friday night gig at Rawa House, a restaurant up the very top of Cuba Street. It was an Ananda Marga operation and vegetarian, they were a little strange but they treated us well and it […]