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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom

It was on Victoria Street near Edward and up a couple of flights of stairs. I think it was called the Club before it became the Electric Ballroom. It was a big space and an excellent venue and even though it was unlicensed to me it had a similar feel to Christchurch’s Gladstone. The first […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Cross, Art, Bailterspace, David Cohen, Electric Ballroom, Fetus Productions, Gary Steel, Gigs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guests, Janet Gudmun, John Cale, Jon Mcleary, Live, Music, Nick Sampson, Painting, Snakefinger, Spines, Stu Brown, The Electric Ballroom, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom, The Go-Betweens, The Gordons, The Residents, The Skeptics, The Spines, Townes Van Zandt, War Stories, War Stories # 163, War Stories by Jon McLeary, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163, Wellington, Writing ·

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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
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October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant

I first met Brent McLachlan when the Spines were playing in Christchurch and he was doing our sound – we hit it off immediately.  When The Gordons broke up and he moved to Wellington he became our regular live sound guy and was great – he recorded everything on cassette and got a terrific drum […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anything We Make, Brent McLachlan, Caroline Easther, Flying Nun, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Rob Mahoney, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Beatles, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 2 Nambassa, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant, The Gordons, The Miscreant, The Skeptics, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 28, Weighed Down With Words, Writing ·

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October 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mountaineater: Mountaineater

Mountaineater Mountaineater Banished From The Universe Dunedin’s Mountaineater has a weight of expectation behind it, on top of it, all around it, some two years in the making – and finally we have the band’s debut self-titled full-length album. But Mountaineater arrived as a known quantity essentially, because this is the post-HDU project for singer […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bailterspace, Debut Album, Dunedin, Flying Nun, HDU, Jakob, Maggot Brain, Mountaineater, NZ, Pornography, Post-Rock, The Cure, The Gordons, The Skeptics, Tool, Tristan Dingemans ·

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August 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Skeptics: Sheen of Gold

The Skeptics: Sheen of Gold Director: Simon Ogston Bellbird Pictures There are a lot of reasons for a documentary about The Skeptics and director Simon Ogston manages to tick them off in logical, matter of fact fashion. You see The Skeptics came from Palmerston North – that’s interesting. Interesting to know that there was, actually, […]
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