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January 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ: The Panel – Suffering Through Q and A’s

Usually when I’m on RNZ it’s to review albums – sometimes a concert or a feature. But last week I got to have a wee crack on the Panel (w/ Wallace Chapman). Seems my review of Nick Cave’s recent Q & A show struck either chords or nerves or both. And so I was asked on for a brief […]

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October 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Music-related novels

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. This topic was Music-related novels – books written about music and musicians that are not biographies, not non-fiction. We played some songs and talked about […]

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January 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Wallace Chapman: Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There Wallace Chapman Penguin A charismatic presence across TV (Back Benches) and radio (most recently on RadioLIVE, about to move to Radio New Zealand National), Wallace Chapman now turns his hand to a book that is one part slow-living manifesto, one-part memoir. Well of course the two have to be […]

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December 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Wallace Chapman

Wallace Chapman is host of pub politics show Back Benches coming back on Prime next year, and host of Sunday Mornings with Wallace Chapman on Radio Live. His first book is out on Penguin in May 2013. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – The Verlaines, Pot Boiler: I don’t proclaim to […]