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November 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Lit-Sync For Your Life: LitCrawl 2018
This Saturday (November 10) I’ll be part of Lit-Sync For Your Life – which is part of LitCrawl 2018. LitCrawl is a series of literary events in Wellington across November 8-11 (you can check out my recent podcast with the event’s co-creators to get the full run-through of this year’s program). Lit-Sync For Your Life […]Archive
April 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 220 – A Musical Menagerie, Wellington, 2018
I wonder why they continue on with these shows…I mean, it can’t be fun for the performers, it’s not fun for the audience – it’s a fucking ordeal. I’m talking, in this instance of A Musical Menagerie – a show featuring our NZSO with Chris Lam Sam as the narrator/MC. The aim was to present […]Archive
December 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Good Gig, Bad Conversation After…
I used to play in an Irish band – we’d tour around the central North Island (and one time we went to the top of the South Island). We went where the gigs were. It was a working band. Some weeks were hard slog; others were easy. Sometimes there was no work. Many times the […]Archive
January 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Setting Up The Story Within The Song: What Is Your Favourite Opening Line?
Did you ever wonder what Mick Jagger was on about when he talked about being born in a crossfire hurricane; about howling and such? Or did you just sing along, hum along with Keef’s riff and then next thing it’s alright (“in fact it’s a gas”). I reckon a lot is riding on the way […]Archive
October 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Secret Behind Mr Dompling’s Secret: My First Music Book
Mr Dompling’s Secret was one of my favourite books when I was young. It told the story of a classical cellist, keen on Mozart. It had themes of overcoming fears, of being comfortable in your own skin – and of course there was music. Lots of music. It was my introduction to classical music – […]Archive
April 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 714
The Story of Susie, The Little Blue Coupe [Readlong Book/Record] (1970) Well, The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met was (and still is) such a hit with Oscar that I jumped at the chance of collecting another in that series when I found it. Here’s The Story of Suzie, The Little Blue Coupe […]Archive
August 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 835
The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met [Readalong Book/Record] (1970) This has been my most-listened-to record of late; bought it for Oscar – he chose it as much as I did – and at first he didn’t quite have the patience to sit with it, but now he’s hooked. He thinks it’s funny […]Archive
April 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: Achieving Sophie
He had been over it again and again in his head. In fact, now, at this time, he felt indeed the reason he was struggling to deal with the information was due to the goings over that seemed still to be going over and over in his mind. This is the way it had been […]Archive
December 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: Conceiving Michelle
Johnny was stoked. This latest girl – he said latest, but all concerned knew he meant ‘first’ – was entirely the one for him. Beautifully buxom and buxomly beautiful; she was clever in ways that couldn’t be measured through classroom attendance and her fond appreciation of classic rock music spoke in high decibel volumes. Thanks […]Archive
August 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman