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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 241: John Newton

Welcome to episode 241 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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March 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17: The Cult, Wellington 1995

I still think about this show – a lot. It was great. It was The Cult. I love The Cult. I loved them about the most I ever did at the start of 1995. And more on that in a bit. But most of all this was an important gig because it was the first […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, BDO, Big Day Out, Billy Duffy, First Year, Ian Astbury, It Was The Best Gig Ever, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17 The Cult, Pure Cult, The Cult, The Cult Live, Town Hall, University, Wellington, Wellington 1995, Wgtn ·

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February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club)

Welcome to episode 206 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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ascending Inertia, Dixon St Steps, Dixon St., Poem, Poem: Ascending Inertia, University, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aldous Harding, Angry Fans, Auckland, Chat, Conversation, Dr. Tennant's Verbal Highs, Dr. Tennant’s Verbal Highs Podcast: Episode 37 – I’m a guest on a podcast; Lewis Tennant is the host, Episode 37, Guest, Interview, Journalism, Lewis Tennant, MC Tali, Podcast, Reaction, Reviews, Robbie Williams, University, Verbal Highs ·

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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.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Academic, Blood Ties, Bob Dylan, Canterbury, Chat, Conversation, Dylan, Dylan Junkie, England, ep.67, Episode Sixty-Seven, Folk Music, Historian, Interview, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Lyrics, Podcast, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Simon Sweetman, Songs, South Island, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 67 – Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, University, West Coast, Writer ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Salient Point, A Salient Point: Gig-Going Is (Or Should Be) A Rush, Dave Dobbyn, DD Smash, Gig, Gig Going, Gig-Going Is (Or Should Be) A Rush, Live Gig, Live Music, Throwing Muses, University ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, Albums, Around The Next Dream, BBM, Carnival, CD, Five albums from 1995, Five albums from 1995: The Year I Left Home, Formative, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker Trio, Going Home Again, Kristin Hersh, Leaving Home, Limbo, Maxinquaye, Natalie Merchant, Nostalgia, Prince, Records, Sam Hunt, The Gold Experience, The Year I Left Home, Throwing Muses, Tigerlilly, Tricky, University, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Low Hum, Author, Blink, Books, Brian Eno, Camp, Camp A Low Hum, Chat, Conversation, Deluge, DJ, ep.44, Episode Forty-Four, Festival, Gigs, Ian Jorgensen, Interview, Lecturer, Magazine, Massey, Photography, photos, Promoter, Puppies, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 44 – Blink (Ian Jorgensen), Synth, Touring, U2, University ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Suck It, 50 Foot Wave, 50FOOTWAVE, Album Review, Bath White (ep), Bernard Georges, EP, Kristin Hersh, Rob Ahlers, Sky Motel, Throwing Muses, ThrowingMusic, University ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1998, Acid-Jazz, Gig, James Hardway, James Hardway Quartet, Live, Orientation, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 67, The James Hardway Quartet, University, Victoria University, Wellington ·
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