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Simon Sweetman talks to musicians, writers, actors, comedians, people of interest. Creative types share their stories.
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A late-night wash of ambient-techno scribbles.By Simon Sweetman
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A bit of ambient chillBy Simon Sweetman
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An in-depth phone conversation with Henry Rollins. We promo his upcoming NZ tour but talk about his move to Nashville, after 40 years of living in LA. We talk about his childhood, his recent return to travel, the Covid Lockdowns, his acting, his writing, his radio show. The works. Henry weighs in on America and politics, and previews the type of ta…
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Tuatara by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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If I Was John Carpenter I’d Hammer Synths All Day Long
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Synth instrumentalBy Simon Sweetman
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Humour Me, Badalamenti by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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TwinPeaking by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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You Definitely Need The Gloves by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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My Mum by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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School Trip, 1993 by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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The End of Family Ties by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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La-Z-Boys by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Scream Sequence by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Everybody Wants To Fool The World by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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All The Overdues by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Haberdashing by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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We Crawl by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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An in-depth conversation with repeat-guest, Megan Dunn. This time around we're talking about her memoir-in-essays, "Things I Learned At Art School". She was previously a guest, back in 2018 when her first book, "Tinderbox" was released. We talked parenting and pandemic and writing about art, writing about writing. We talked mermaids and the TV show…
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Mt. Erebus by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Too Much Tumult by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Residual by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Rearviewmirror by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Have You Ever Been Experienced by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Don’t Be A Cunt At The BBQ Eh by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Some of My Best Friends Have Been Songs by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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The Impressions I Got - Discovering Curtis Mayfield at the End of A World
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The Email From Robbie Williams by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Not Much of a Bookstore Job by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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The Day Harrison Died by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Torch Song For My Father by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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She’ll Be Right by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Your Mate by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Eaglehawk Down by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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We Must Be The Eggs by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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The Year of The Rat by Simon SweetmanBy Simon Sweetman
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Sweetman Podcast # 273: Dai Henwood
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A phone conversationw with TV host and comedian Dai Henwood. We've never met and this is our first ever chat, so we talk lockdown and covid, and rap music, and we talk about his father, the late, great Ray Henwood (a wonderful actor). We do talk comedy, a bit. But this was more a getting-to-know-somehow chat. And I loved it. I hope you do too.…
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Sweetman Podcast # 272: Jean Sergent
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An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based actor, writer and producer Jean Sergent. We talk about her life and work, growing up in an acting family, her current show - Live Through This - her interest in reading Tarot and a whole lot more. Great chat!By Simon Sweetman
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Sweetman Podcast # 271: My Talk at the 2020 Manawatu Writers Festival
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A talk I gave at the 2020 Manawatu Writers Festival. I'm talking about blogging - and indeed all the writing I do and my journey towards it and through it.By Simon Sweetman
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An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based performance poet Tarns Hood. We talk about her style of work and she recites several poems - we talk poetry slams and performing in general. We also talk about sobriety, celebrate her recent 5-year (60 month) milestone. And she talks candidly about alcoholism. Her bottoming out. Her decision to work a …
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Sweetman Podcast # 269: Andrew Gladstone (Garageland)
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An in-depth conversation with Andrew Gladstone, drummer for Garageland. We talk about the highs and lows of the band's career across the mid/late 1990s and early 00s and then Andrew's move to Hawke's Bay to hide from the music industry - where of course he went on to play even more drums (including with Fane Flaws - R.I.P.) We also talked about the…
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Sweetman Podcast # 268 - Catherine Robertson
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An in-depth conversation with the writer and book-store owner Catherine Robertson. We talk art, books, music, movies - all the good things. Huge chat. We talk about Catherine's books - but also about writing in general; books in general. We talk through her life and influences and discuss book reviewing. And many other things along the way.…
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Sweetman Podcast # 267 - Sam Duckor-Jones
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An in-depth conversation with poet and sculptor Sam Duckor-Jones. We talk about, and he reads from, his new book, Party Legend. But we talk about his life making and creating, the need to make - and the search to find and announce one's self through the work. We talk about not connecting with school and not writing - beyond poetry. We talk about fi…
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Sweetman Podcast # 266 - Jeff Kingsford-Brown
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An in-depth conversation with Otaki-based actor Jeff Kingsford-Brown. He's currently - as you hear this - the lead role in the show Elling at Circa Theatre in Wellington. He's been a professional actor for many years and we talk about his life and work, talking also of great screen performances by many acting legends. We talk technqique, we talk ab…
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A brief phone conversation with the legendary comic mind and author Ben Elton. We talk about his tour with a bit of looking back to when and how he made his name in the 1980s as a writer for legendary TV shows and creator of iconic characters.By Simon Sweetman
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Sweetman Podcast # 264 - Jo Marsh aka JoJo Bellini
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an in-depth conversation with Jo Marsh - aka JoJo Bellini. As Bellini, Marsh works across comedy and burlesque as a performer and MC. She has a background in theatre, singing and production and arrived late at burlesque via a life-threatening car crash. In wanting to start a dance class she found burlesque as the most accepting place. She now finds…
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Sweetman Podcast # 263 - Rikki Morris
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An in-depth chat over the phone with Richard Morris - aka Rikki Morris. He's a singer, songwriter, producer, engineer and former roadie to Th' Dudes and The Crocodiles. He's best known for his runaway hit single Nobody Else recorded and performed with his brother Ian under his solo moniker Tex Pistol. Rikki had been a member of The Crocodiles and w…
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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 262 - Ben Tolich (Mali Mali)
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An in-depth conversation with Ben Tolich aka Mali Mali. We talk through his life and catalogue of music; discussing the need to work and be creative on the side. We also talk religion, mental health, Bob Dylan and many other things and to top it off there's a live performance of an as yet unreleased Mali Mali song.…
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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 261 - Father Christopher Orczy
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An in-depth conversation with Father Christopher Orczy, vicar at St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in Christchurch. Chris didn't grow up with religion. He had an epiphany, an awakening, he felt a calling in his late-30s. He grew up a music man - including listening to death metal. He worked in a music store and was obsessed with prog and sy…
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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 260 - Kate Spencer
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An in-depth conversation with Wellington's Kate Spencer - aka CreatifKate. Kate is a poet and performer, a photographer, a producer - and to break the spell of 'P' words - she is an MC and organiser, both a talent herself and a talent wrangler. She moved to Wellington half a decade ago, from England, via a teaching stint in China and is a full-time…
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