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April 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 252: Mike McKeon aka Mike Dr. Blue

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 252 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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March 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 250: Greg Smith

A milestone of sorts –  this is episode 250 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 now get to Sweetman Podcast on […]
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October 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 15: Happiness

When Happiness arrived – late 1990s – I was already a Todd Solondz fan. Welcome To The Dollhouse had convinced me I needed to watch whatever else he put out into the world – and I did. I have. I’ve seen them all now – pretty much in order, as they’ve arrived. And though I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ben Gazzara, Camryn Manheim, Cynthia Stevenson, DVD, Dylan Baker, Film, Happiness, Jane Adams, Jarred Harris, Jon Lovitz, Lara Flynn Boyle, Life During Wartime, Louise Lasser, Molly Shannon, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 15, Movies of My Life # 15: Happiness, Palindromes, Phantom Billstickers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Storytelling, Todd Solondz, VHS, Welcome To The Dollhouse ·

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September 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Litcrawl 2017: Program Announced

Litcrawl is the little Wellington writing festival that could. In fact it did. And still is. Here we are now nearing its fourth iteration – Litcrawl 2017 will run across November 10-12 and will feature local, national and international names in literature. As with previous years the festival seeks to create boutique events, to place […]
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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 62 – Sarah Jane Barnett

Welcome to episode 62 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a conversation with writer Sarah Jane Barnett. I met Sarah through mutual friends, but before that I had written about how much I loved her first book. She’s since released a second book of poems which […]
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September 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 32 – Jan Hellriegel

Welcome to episode 32 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. This is a conversation with Jan Hellriegel. We’re in a hotel foyer – so there’s some crash-banging going on as the hotel staff were setting up for a function in one of the rooms near us but you can hear Jan and […]
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March 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tourettes and Will Wood: NZ Tour (March/April 2016)

At the very end of this month and then across April there’ll be a double-troubadour tour from Will Wood and Tourettes. Poetry, storytelling and song – worked-up on behalf of the working class…Wood’s new album Magpie Brain & Other Stories, due in the coming days, is a gem. And Tourettes will draw on old and […]
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January 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 93 Facebook

In 2013 a couple of things happened that changed the focus of my life – I started painting again and traded one of those pictures for this laptop and joined Facebook. Like many, I was cynical and quite ignorant about it until I actually gave it a try. There’s something in my nature that baulks […]
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