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January 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 201: Mary Macpherson
Welcome to episode 201 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 […]Archive
December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 199: Dominic Hoey
Welcome to episode 199 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 […]Archive
December 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Broken Computer Screen Lamentations
when you see the spiderweb in the corner of the screen – it’s time to fly there is a crack in everything, said Leonard. He reckoned that’s how the light gets in – I had enough light in my computer already screen-time is a concern in this house. Or was until just recently. My screen […]Archive
November 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 195: Linda Burgess
Welcome to episode 195 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 […]Archive
November 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 194: Fergus Barrowman
Welcome to episode 194 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 […]Archive
November 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Chasing A Dying Breeze
There I am with my pen in my hand, with my ear to the ground, with my heart on my sleeve, with my phone at the ready, with my computer always on, with my words lining up in little rows, with my list piling up and up and spilling over and then over and again, […]Archive
November 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Hope
You just have to push on through it’s not pretty, it doesn’t always feel good, but you just have to. You put some new words down and hope. Is it possible you’ll come back to them and feel better about them at some other stage than is currently the case? Maybe not given how clunky […]Archive
November 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Dylan Jones: The Wichita Lineman – Searching In The Sun For The World’s Greatest Unfinished Song
The Wichita Lineman: Searching In The Sun For The World’s Greatest Unfinished Song Dylan Jones Faber & Faber Social It’s anyone’s guess what the “greatest” song of all time is – but a clever choice might be Wichita Lineman as recorded by Glen Campbell and written by Jimmy Webb. You could certainly do a lot […]Archive
October 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 236 – Demolition of the Century, Wellington, 2015
This was a good show – it was a spoken-word/theatre show by the writer Duncan Sarkies. And it featured live music (covers, originals and score) by Joe Blossom. I went along to review it – not sure quite how that happened, must have been asked along by Joe Blossom perhaps, or by Circa. But I […]Archive
October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 188: Simon Leary
Welcome to episode 188 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 […]Archive
September 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman