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Sweetman Podcast

Simon Sweetman

Conversations with creative people. simonsweetman.substack.com

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 177 - Miles Golding

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2019/07/25

An in-depth conversation with violinist Miles Golding. A classically trained chamber musician, Golding, born in Australia, lived in New Zealand during his childhood and was an original member of Split Ends/Enz - he left the group in 1973 (before they'd recorded a full album) and moved to England to continue his classical studies. We talk through his memories of the early Enz and his musical upbringing, his classical music pursuits and his reconnecting with both Tim Finn (playing on 2008's "The

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 176 - Carl Shuker

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2019/07/18

An in-depth conversation with writer (and friend) Carl Shuker. We talk about the long road to his new book, A Mistake. We go back to his childhood in Timaru and work from there to the IIML in Wellington when Bill Manhire was at the helm. To Carl meeting Katy (now my wife) and Anna Smaill (his wife). To the influences that shaped him and the insecurities that can still plague. This is a long chat - over many drinks - discussing our friendship, parenting, writing and many shared experiences as well as

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 175 - Sophie Hambleton

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2019/07/04

An in-depth conversation with actor Sophie Hambleton. We talk about her role as "Carol" on popular TV show, Westside. Her training and work - to this day - in theatre. We preview the upcoming "Burn Her" theatre work at Circa and discuss here recent turn as Nora in an updated rendition of Ibsen's classic, "A Doll's House". We talk, too, of what it was like growing up with her actor dad, Peter Hambleton (The Hobbit). Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 174 - Matt Hyde (Beastwars)

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2019/06/27

An in-depth conversation with Beastwars' lead singer Matt Hyde. We talk through his early life and careers including his stints in hospitality and music; he was all but ready to chuck the towel in (again) when he found himself fronting the Wellington-based metal/rock band Beastwars. They released three great albums and then broke-up. Matt was diagnosed with cancer. He responded well to the treatment and the band gathered to record new songs, to be together. Now, a year on that album has been readied

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 173 - Tim Batt

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2019/06/20

An in-depth conversation with comedian and podcast host and producer Tim Batt. We talk through his journey into comedy and focus on "The Worst Idea Of All Time" - a podcast by Tim and Guy Montgomery that sees them reviewing the same film every week for a whole year. We talk about the seasons to date and the lack of an exit plan from that podcast. We chat all things comedy including criticism and reviews and the uneasy nature and obvious tension between reviewers and comics. Get full access to Sounds

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 172 - Eddie Rayner

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2019/06/12

An in-depth conversation with Split Enz keyboardist, songwriter and arranger Eddie Rayner. We talk through his life and times including stints with Space Waltz and Crowded House. We talk through the career of Split Enz and to ENZSO, solo albums, recording with Paul McCartney and the many other highlights in Rayner's long musical career. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 171 - Sugar Magnolia Wilson

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2019/06/06

An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based, Auckland and Far North-raised poet Sugar Magnolia Wilson. We talk about - and she reads from - her book, "Because a Woman's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Ocean" and we talk about poetry in general and have a big discussion also about critics and criticism. We talk too about her life and upbringing and all of the elements that go into poetry; hers and the poetry of others. Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 170- Gregg Bissonette

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2019/05/29

An in-depth conversation with American session drummer Gregg Bissonette. We talk through his incredible career and how through his timing, talent, luck - and faith - he has played with many of his heroes. He went from being a Maynard Ferguson fan to playing in his band, from wishing he could join Van Halen to playing with David Lee Roth and he's currently the touring drummer for Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band. It seems like manifest destiny with the young Bissonette taken to see The Beatles at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 169 - Jon Toogood

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2019/05/22

An in-depth conversation with Jon Toogood - frontman for Shihad and creative mind behind The Adults. We talk through his life and career, also on his mind was the Christchurch terrorist attack and we talked a lot about that and about Jon's conversion to Islam. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 168 - Roy Dunningham

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2019/05/15

An in-depth conversation with Hawke's Bay based art critic, collector, commentator and former high school art teacher Roy Dunningham. Roy taught Phil Judd - also among his four top students are Matthew Couper, Freeman White and Regan Gentry. I was at school with all of them, they're friends, two of them are previous podcast guests. So I wanted to talk to Roy about his philosophy, his teaching secrets, his memories of teaching Phil and Buster Stiggs (also of the Swingers) and a conversation around

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 167 - Marnie Karmelita...

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2019/05/08

An in-depth conversation with Marnie Karmelita, the new head of programming at the NZ Festival and Wellington Jazz Festival. We discuss Marnie's background in arts administration and preview the upcoming Wellington Jazz Festival (June 5-9, 2019) Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 166 - Rob Mayes (Failsafe...

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2019/05/02

An in-depth conversation with musician, audio engineer, record label owner, curator and archivist Rob Mayes. From Christchurch to Japan, via a stint in the UK, Rob has dedicated his life to music - playing, recording, capturing. He has an archive of important recordings from New Zealand bands and he curates collections via his label, Failsafe. He's also a musician in his own right, playing bass in the reformations of The Children's Hour and Beat Rhythm Fashion, a former member of Throw and many

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 165 - Graeme Jefferies

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2019/04/25

An in-depth conversation with New Zealand-born musician Graeme Jefferies (aka The CakeKitchen). We talk through his life with The CakeKitchen as band and solo entity (and duo). We talk about the work he created with his brother Peter (Nocturnal Projections, This Kind of Punishment) and his recently published memoir, "Time Flowing Backwards". We talk touring and living abroad for many years - opening for the likes of The Fall and having Cat Power and The Mountain Goats as opening acts for The

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 164 - Heather O'Carroll

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2019/04/18

An in-depth conversation with Wellington actor Heather O'Carroll. We talk all things acting - and we talk too about her time working behind the scenes, in arts admin and event management, running BATS Theatre for a time, working with the NZ Festival. We talk about her return to the stage for the upcoming Moodporn and we talk about processes and other behind-the-curtain things from learning lines to intimacy coaches and so many of the things that the audience members are never privy to. Get full

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 163 - Yadana Saw

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2019/04/11

An in-depth chat with radio host Yadana Saw. We talk about her time on student radio and ahead of that the fun days of growing up being a music fan, working in a record store, joining fan clubs...We talk too of RNZ and to hosting the flagship show, "Music 101" as well as contributing to the "Songcrush" podcast. We talk, as well, about the recent Christchurch shooting and the RNZ decision for Music 101 to broadcast as normal the day after, discussing the way the show was produced in those harrowing

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 162 - Paul Crowther

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2019/04/03

An in-depth conversation with Paul Crowther. As "Emlyn Crowther" he was the drummer in Split Enz in the mid-70s, playing on the classic debut album, "Mental Notes". When he was kicked out of the band he took his tinkering electronics hobby a bit more seriously and created the "Hot Cake" guitar pedal. We talk through his life from the drums to guitar pedals and back, to live sound engineering for The Mutton Birds and many other acts and having The Datsuns write their most famous song ('Harmonic

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 161 - Graham Reid

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2019/03/28

An in-depth conversation with Auckland-based writer Graham Reid. We talk about his days at the NZ Herald, being flown to gigs and interviewing famous people. And the establishment of his own website "Elsewhere". His commitment to writing - his interest in travel and music and arts and politics. We talk about changes in music and journalism and about a life dedicated to the love and pursuit of both. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 160 - Hadassah Grace

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2019/03/21

An in-depth conversation with writer and performance poet Hadassah Grace. We talk about the upcoming release of her debut collection, "How To Take Off Your Clothes". We talk poetry and writing and how she found her way to it; we talk depression, travel, growing up in America, moving to New Zealand, being the child of "minor Christian celebrities". And we talk about her time as a sex worker. Throughout you'll hear some poems from the book - and given this was recorded at a very raw time in New

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 159 - Alejandro Escovedo

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2019/03/14

A phoner with the great singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, ahead of his first ever NZ tour. We talk Trump, "The Crossing", touring, his background in punk and country and how fitting in with any one genre was never his thing. We talk film and family and health and many things besides. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 158 – Caroline Easther

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2019/03/07

An in-depth conversation with drummer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist in fact, Caroline Easther. She played drums in seminal NZ bands throughout the 1980s and 90s - including The Chills, Verlaines, Spines, Beat Rhythm Fashion, Let's Planet as well as working with Barry Saunders, Hobnail Boots and many others. She has a brand new solo album out, "Lucky"; her first in nearly a decade. We chat all things music - from being in a bunch of seminal Kiwi bands at various times to writing and

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