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September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 231: Geoff Stahl

Welcome to episode 231 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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July 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 220: Ruby Solly

Welcome to episode 220 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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June 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 215: Karen O’Leary

Welcome to episode 215 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
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May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 168: Roy Dunningham

Welcome to episode 168 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This is a conversation with Roy Dunningham – he was […]
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August 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 130 – Bill Manhire

Welcome to episode 130 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. It’s Poetry Day! So I had a chat with Bill Manhire. We had in fact planned this for last year’s Poetry Day but I dropped the ball I guess, got behind, I can’t quite remember…but I do know I’ve […]
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July 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 123 – Ali Harper

Welcome to episode 123 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Ali Harper is someone I met for the first time earlier this year. I told her I wanted to podcast her – because I knew her work. I had heard some of her albums, seen her on the TV […]
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June 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 122 – Pip Adam

Welcome to episode 122 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Given her proximity to where the podcast takes place – she lives four or five houses down the road from me – it feels like it’s taken forever to get Pip Adam on the podcast. It didn’t take winning […]
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August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford

Welcome to episode 79 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat a few months back with Jonathan Crayford. He’s a pianist, bassist – multi-instrumentalist in fact. He works as a solo act, as part of a duo with Ross Burge (Spanner), in trios and other small […]
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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 71 – Norman Meehan

Welcome to episode 71 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with musician, author, critic and educator Norman Meehan. I’ve been a fan of Norman Meehan’s writing and music for some time – I loved his album, Modigliani and […]
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June 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 70 – Rodger Fox

Welcome to episode 70 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with musician, bandleader, arranger, promoter and educator Rodger Fox. Dr. Rodger Fox is now a full time senior lecturer at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria […]
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October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 35 – Mike Nock

Welcome to episode 35 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. Here we have my conversation with Mike Nock. He’s an Australian-based, Kiwi-born pianist and composer. Nock has recorded over 100 albums – across jazz and classical, with film soundtracks and sessions as a sideman. He left New Zealand when he was a […]
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August 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Can’t Be Taught

Just what is poetry? And what – or how – does it work? “Not this!” Said, the teacher. “And it doesn’t – nor could it”. That total fuck- ing jerk!
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Can't Be Taught, Poem, Poem: Can't Be Taught, Poetry, Teacher ·
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