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October 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 184 Matinee Idle

They got me in to play a track and talk about the album and it meant a lot to me. I’ve been listening to Matinee Idle ever since I found out it was on all those years ago – every public holiday in New Zealand in the afternoon. Phil O’Brien and Simon Morris have this […]
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September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 179 On the Radio

It must have been Fishing – either the song itself or maybe Gillian. The first time I heard myself on the radio. Bryan Staff our producer was also a DJ and he played it on a late night slot on commercial radio It was a strange feeling – like hearing your speaking voice back on […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #179, Act Your Age, Art, Bryan Staff, Fishing, Gillian, Guest, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Idiot Sun, Jesse Mulligan, Jon Mcleary, Live On Air, Matinee Idol, mention, Music, Nick Bollinger, On The Radio, Painting, Phil O'Brien, Radio, Radio Active, Radio New Zealand, Redbird, Review, Simon Morris, Simon Sweetman, Spines, Steve Braunias, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 179, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 179 On the Radio, The Spines, War Stories, Wellington, Writing, Your Body Stays ·

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August 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176 The Record Covers

I started buying albums in the 70s and it was a great time for the cover artwork. I have to admit that was part of the attraction for me – those Hipgnosis and Roger Dean images grabbed my imagination. It was an essential aspect to enjoying an album for me. By the time the Spines […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Act Your Age, Album Cover, Album Cover Artwork, Album Covers, Albums, Art, Artwork, Design, Drawing, Epidural, Fishing, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hipgnosis, Idiot Sun, Jon Mcleary, LPs, Music, Painting, Photographs, Photography, photos, Punch, Record Covers, Roger Dean, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176 The Record Covers, The Moon, The Record Covers, The Spines, Wellington, Your Body Stays ·

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May 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 160 The Rodent Guys

There was a big group of them and I think they all went to Onslow College together. This was 1980 and, as half of Negative Theatre, I was working at the art centre as a songwriter/performer. Jonathan Zwartz was there as well as a bass player and we became friends. He was part of the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 80s, 90s, Art, Bands, Eelman Records, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hulamen, Jon Mcleary, Music, Negative Theatre, Punch, Rough Justice, Spines, Sweet Lovers, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity # 160, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 160 The Rodent Guys, The Holidaymakers, The Primitive Art Group, The Rodent Guys, The Rodents, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 160, War Stories by Jon McLeary, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 160, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing, Your Body Stays ·

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May 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 111 Ripper Records

Caroline, Rob and I formed the Spines in early 1981 and we started getting gigs straight away. We rehearsed a lot too and were searching out our own sound – they both played professionally in a jazz band as well at the time and we were always tight but experimental. When Bryan Staff moved to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged AK79, Andy Craig, Art, Bryan Staff, Chips Nightclub, Fishing, Frank Douglas, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Ian Morris, Jon Mcleary, Karen Hay, Marmalade, Mike Chunn, Music, Painting, Pop Mechanix, Punch, Punch/Your Body Stays, Ripper, Ripper Records, Simon Grigg, Simon Morris, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 111 Ripper Records, The Spines, The Swingers, War Stories, War Stories # 111, Wellington, Writing, Your Body Stays ·

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January 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 96 Peter Robinson

In 1980, between ending Negative Theatre and forming the Spines, I jammed with a few groups of people and one of those bands was the Tin Syndrome. It was Mark Austin with David Long and Peter Robinson was the keyboard player. Pete was a talented guy and a mass of contradictions – really shy and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged AK Goss, Art, Bar Bodega, Bodega, David Long, Eulogy, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Lions, Mark Austin, Music, Negative Theatre, Peter Robinson, R.I.P., Riki Gooch, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 96 Peter Robinson, The Spines, The Tin Syndrome, War Stories, War Stories # 96, Wellington, Writing, Your Body Stays ·

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January 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 758

Spines, Punch/Your Body Stays [Single] (1983) I’m the custodian of this I guess – it’s not my record, but I’m hanging onto it, looking after it…it’s part of my collection (for now). This record was bought for Jon McLeary of the Spines and he’s keeping it at my house so he can come and listen to […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", 12" Single, 1983, Borrowed, Jon Mcleary, Loan, LP, Punch, Punch/Your Body Stays [Single] (1983), Record, Single, Spines, The Spines, The Vinyl Countdown # 758, Vinyl, Your Body Stays ·

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November 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 83 Punch

It’s kind of the forbidden song – about domestic violence and eating your family and it’s set in that post-apocalyptic world that Russell Hoban created in his novel Riddley Walker. That book and the strange degraded English language he used to tell its story had a deep effect on me in the early 80s. There […]
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May 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 58 The Solo Album

In 2002, in the aftermath of our relationship meltdown, Michelle and I had to sell our place on Wigan Street as part of the settlement. I rented a little flat overlooking the city and bought a computer and a Boss digital 8-track recording device – I had a new bunch of songs and wanted to […]
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May 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 7 Your Body Stays

I wrote this song. .. 1982. All this stuff was going down – a close friend of mine was in an abusive relationship – I was in a relationship with a strange girl that turned to pus when this other boyfriend of hers emerged out of nowhere. So I had a wild one night stand […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry Jenkins, Caroline Easther, Ian Morris, John Campbell, Jon Mcleary, Karen Hay, Marmalade Studio, Neill Duncan, Peter Robinson, Punch, Riki Gooch, Rob Mahoney, Ross Burge, Simon Morris, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Spines, Tim Robinson, War Stories, War Stories # 7, War Stories by Jon McLearly # 7, Wendy Calder, Your Body Stays ·

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