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March 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 102 The New Bodge

…So we piped the horseshoe bar down to Ghuznee Street and then Fraser put a big shout on at the old Malthouse and we had wonderful night  – met Sally the new bar manager. The next day I helped him and big Al in the demolition of what had been a large Chinese restaurant – […]

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March 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 101 The Old Bodge

It wasn’t huge but it had a lot of soul and some great bands played there – the original Bar Bodega on Willis Street. Fraser created a monster in 1991 and I was lucky enough to become a small part of it. The larger pub venues of the 80s like the Terminus or Cricketers were […]

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April 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 55 Svarama

In 1979, after Negative Theatre played at the big Nambassa , Louise and I were invited to play at the Nile River festival on the West Coast of the South Island. We hitchhiked down from Hamilton with our guitars. It was a wonderful down home sort of hippy affair and it rained a lot of […]