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November 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Lit-Sync For Your Life: LitCrawl 2018
This Saturday (November 10) I’ll be part of Lit-Sync For Your Life – which is part of LitCrawl 2018. LitCrawl is a series of literary events in Wellington across November 8-11 (you can check out my recent podcast with the event’s co-creators to get the full run-through of this year’s program). Lit-Sync For Your Life […]Archive
October 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Daughters of Darkness (October 29)
The Wellington Film Society is back tonight – after last weekend’s pause for Labour Weekend. Here we are now with Halloween almost at the doorstep, as it were. And so…to Daughters of Darkness. Re-released more than a decade after its 1971 debut, Daughters of Darkness has lost none of the eerie, subterranean fascination it held for its […]Archive
October 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Eminem to play Wellington: One NZ Show Only
Eminem will grace our shores for a massive stadium show in New Zealand, performing for the very first time in Wellington at Westpac Stadium, on Saturday 2 March 2019, presented by TEG DAINTY. Eminem’s Rapture 2019 New Zealand: Saturday 2 March, Westpac Stadium, Wellington Tickets to Eminem’s Rapture Tour go on sale 10am on Tuesday […]Archive
October 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 137 – Mary McCallum
Welcome to episode 137 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Mary McCallum. She’s just published her first book of poems, the excellent XYZ of Happiness. But Mary was playing the long-game, she’s a known, established poet – having studied under Bill Manhire when his […]Archive
October 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 221 – Faith No More, Wellington, 1995
When I first saw Faith No More in Wellington (1993) it was (and still is) one of the greatest gigs I’ve seen. And when Faith No More released its new album in 1995, King For A Day – Fool For A Lifetime, I was amped; anticipating the album and very excited to find they’d be […]Archive
October 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – China’s Van Goghs (October 8)
The Wellington Film Society rolls on. Last week it was Mustang. This week it’s back to documentary, with China’s Van Goghs. One of the most affecting moments in China’s Van Goghs unfolds in a small art gallery, where the documentary’s protagonists and their friends eagerly gather to watch the 1956 Vincent van Gogh biopic Lust for Life. Their […]Archive
September 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Litcrawl 2018: Program Announced
Litcrawl is back for 2018 – Wellington’s coolest little literary festival is now five. This year there’ll be the classic Saturday night crawl and the full program is extended out to included events over four days rather than the usual two-to-three… Journalists, poets, songwriters, novelists, memoirists, essayists, cartoonists, storytellers…almost any and all type of writer and writing […]Archive
September 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – After The Curfew/Lewat Djam Malam (September 24)
The Wellington Film Society showed Paris, Texas last week and record numbers turned out for that screening. This week it’s to Usmar Ismail, a pioneer of Indonesia cinema for Lewat Djam Malam – shown internationally as “After The Curfew”. Released in 1954, restored in 2012 this will be a must-see for fans of rare, rewarding […]Archive
September 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Flat On The Terrace
i walk along the terrace, see the flat i lived in for years and years i had no cares, back then, beyond knowing where the next CD was going to come from. my flatmates thought i was mad. and these were people that cheated on their girlfriends, took carving knives with them for late night […]Archive
September 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Paris, Texas (September 17)
The Wellington Film Society showed Santi-Vina last week. This week it’s Paris, Texas. I’ve seen a lot of Wim Wenders films. I’ll watch almost anything that is scored by Ry Cooder. I love Harry Dean Stanton, and Dean Stockwell too for that matter. I’ve read plenty of Sam Shepard including his Motel Chronicles which was […]Archive
September 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman