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May 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Ascending Inertia
Oh, Dixon St Steps! all one-hundred-and-fuck-off of you! you don’t scare me… now we haven’t dealt with each other in years. and there’s baggage, of course. you were the reason my degree came so late. (it had to be you – couldn’t possibly be my fault). an old woman slipped at the top, fell almost […]Archive
September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Dr. Tennant’s Verbal Highs Podcast: Episode 37 – I’m a guest on a podcast; Lewis Tennant is the host
Dr. Tennant’s Verbal Highs is a podcast that comes from a kitchen bench in Kingsland, Auckland. It’s podcasted weekly and the host is Lewis Tennant. The latest episode, # 37 features…Me! I’m the guest. I was up in Auckland for the weekend and Lewis and I had been in touch about it – we are […]Archive
June 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 67 – Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
Welcome to episode 67 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with the poet, historian and academic Jeffrey Paparoa Holman.Archive
May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
A Salient Point: Gig-Going Is (Or Should Be) A Rush
I still remember my first gig. DD Smash. Napier. Marine Parade Soundshell. 1984. I was at primary school. I loved DD Smash. Well, I liked them. Well, I knew that one song ‘Outlook For Thursday’. But more importantly my brother liked DD Smash. And mum and dad did too. They didn’t like them enough to […]Archive
February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home
In 1995 I moved to Wellington, ostensibly for university, but in reality it was to start an enormous CD collection. Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s. That’s because 1995 is closer is more than 20 years ago now. But at the time I was buying up music, having […]Archive
December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 44 – Blink (Ian Jorgensen)
Welcome to episode 44 of Sweetman Podcast – my conversation with Ian Jorgensen (aka Blink) – you can find out about his various pursuits under the A Low Hum banner at his website. He started out as a photographer, from there to making magazines, creating a record label, organising tours and promoting shows and then […]Archive
June 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
50FOOTWAVE: Bath White (ep)
50FOOTWAVE Bath White ThrowingMusic One of the sad things in life is that we can’t have a new Throwing Muses album every year or so. Making up for that though is that there are Kristin Hersh solo albums (and books – and tours, sometimes combining readings/spoken-word and songs) and there are EPs by her other […]Archive
February 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 15 – Leila Adu
For the 15th episode of Sweetman Podcast I got to talk to Leila Adu. Leila’s a friend, I’ve known her for a while, always been proud of her achievements – singing her own commissioned composition for Orchestra Wellington, her solo albums, and knowing she’s out there in the world making music across so many different […]Archive
March 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 67 – The James Hardway Quartet, Wellington, 1998
I guess it must have been a University Orientation gig – judging by the date. I wasn’t a big James Hardway fan ever – but I was aware of him. Perhaps the peak of my James Hardway fandom was going to this gig. I had one of the albums – if you don’t remember what […]Archive
January 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman