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Podcast: Pet Sematary — We All Float Down Here

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2025/02/07

We are back with the ninth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. Our first of 2025 is the classic Pet Sematary, and the slightly less classic film adaptations (plural). Will they ever get this book right on screen? We think not. The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thanks for

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More Sneak-Peek Rehearsal Clips from “DICK: Reading...

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2025/01/29

Another rehearsal, so a few more teaser clips of the show developing…On Friday, February 21, I’ll be performing poems from my latest book as part of a Fringe Festival show: The show is taking place at Photospace Gallery in Courtenay Place, Wellington, at 7.30pm. I’m being backed by musicians John Kingston and James Gilberd of the duo Filtersphere. Their ambient, improvised wash of music is the perfect soundscape for my Richard Reimagining — a kind of poetry remix where I take about a third of the

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Podcast: Christine — We All Float Down Here

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2025/01/26

We are back with the eighth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. A bit delayed here sorry, we actually put this up first on YouTube in late 2024, but then, you know, summer holidays, etc… And we are talking Christine — from 1983, the classic movie version from the same year too (John Carpenter). It’s a big book too, so as always that is the focus of the chat. We’ll be back as quick as we can with Pet Sematary, the first proper pod of 2025…The podcast goes out on YouTube first

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Podcast: Cujo — We All Float Down Here

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2024/11/24

We are back with the seventhepisode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. And we are talking Cujo — from 1981, the classic movie version, and the sequel story Rattlesnakes, from the brand new story collection, You Like It Darker. But, as always, it’s the book that matters most.And for this conversation we were joined by our first guest, one of New Zealand’s greatest authors, Pip Adam.The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over

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Featured Poet Spot at Fringe Bar, Thurs, 7/11/24

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2024/11/07

I was the guest poet at the November edition of Poetry in Motion. They have an open mic each month, and then a Feature Poet. This month it was me. I’d last done it in 2021 after the late 2020 release of The Death of Music Journalism. This time I had The Richard Poems to plug, but also read a few new and old poems. I also introduced Tarns Hood, during my segment, and got her to recite one of her poems. (Tarns is thanked in the Acknowledgments of my new book, she is one of the best performance poets

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Podcast: Firestarter — We All Float Down Here

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2024/10/25

We are back with the sixth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. And we are talking Firestarter — the first book of the 1980s, the classic Drew Barrymore-starring film version, its ludicrous non-canon ‘sequel’, and a pretty bad recent remake. But it’s the book that matters most.(And the film soundtracks by Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter — LOL!).The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.But also adding it here so

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Podcast: Dead Zone — We All Float Down Here

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2024/10/14

We are back with the fifth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. And we are talking Dead Zone — the 1979 political thriller/existential horror, and its 1983 David Cronenberg-helmed Sci-Fi film adaptation — but we are not discussing the TV series. We did not go there!The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.But also adding it here so you can find it on Substack, and your favourite podcast providers like Spotify if you

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Audio + Typed Short Story: Luckily, Not Good Enough

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2024/10/08

I’ve got this (silly) idea for my next book — by which I mean the one after the one that is about to be released. I’d like to catalogue various low-key failures in my life via a set of autobiographical short stories. Vignettes, really. I have some audio recordings of some of these too, so I’m occasionally sharing them here with both options — you can listen to the spoken-word version (with my primitive soundscaping) or read the story below. Or both, you know, read-along-as-you-listen…Anyway, here’s

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Poetry Reading: 'Richard' - 4th Time Around

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2024/10/03

Hey there, here’s a new set of recordings — more from the files of ‘The Richard Poems’. You’ll remember I have shareda few previous times reading, as I try to get to grips with these new poems, and work on the idea of creating an actual show, also the book is on its way soon. But if you missed the other recordings I’ll add them down here below: And, if you’re playing at home, I like to give you the option to read along — so below are the poems featured in this podcast in their print/text ‘readings’:

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Podcast: The Stand — We All Float Down Here

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2024/09/08

We are back with the fourth episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. And we are talking The Stand— the 1978 epic novel, and its 1994 and 2020 miniseries’ — but we are discussing the 1990 Complete and Uncut version of the novel, since that’s the one in circulation these days. (And the one we read).The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.But also adding it here so you can find it on Substack, and your favourite podcast

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Audio + Typed Short Story: Not Much Of A Bookstore Job

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2024/08/27

One year, when I gave up on university before it gave up on me, I made a last ditch effort to climb the hill and instead of going to class I studied the wall at Student Job Search, saw a piece of paper with a listing for a bookstore job. I’d always wanted one of those. So I took up the slip and registered. I aced the interview. And that was me. The new me. A worker. I’d pop down The Terrace and onto Lambton Quay and report for duty. It wasn’t a ‘great’ bookshop. But it did have books. And books are

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Podcast: The Shining — We All Float Down Here

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2024/08/26

Alright, it’s time for the third episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. We are talking The Shining — the 1977 novel, and the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film adaptation. (Heck, we even talk a bit about the 1997 TV movie/mini-series).The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.But also adding it here so you can find it on Substack, and your favourite podcast providers like Spotify if you just want the audio.Sounds Good! is a

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Poetry Reading: National Poetry Day (Fri, Aug 23,...

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2024/08/23

Last night, as part of Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, I was honoured to be both the MC and one of the poets reading at an event held at Wellington’s divine secondhand bookstore and venue, Undercurrent. It was a wonderful line-up of poets, a dream to be part of this cast — and to get to introduce them all. I recorded my set, where I read six short pieces from the upcoming book, ‘The Richard Poems’. And now you can hear those poems here regardless of whether you were there on the night or

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Audio: Torch Song For My Father

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2024/08/20

I’ll have shared this story already — at least for paying subscribers — but here’s an audio-rendition (for all). I’m reading the story, and I’ve created the musical backing there, in my primitive way (under my Second Storey Teller alias). Anyway, it came up recently that I carried the Commonwealth Torch as part of the build up to the 1990 games. My dad still has a videotape he won’t part with, and, you guessed it — he doesn’t have a VCR. Anyway, here’s that story, in audio form, or you can read it

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Video Poems: Three 'Richard' Poems featuring musical...

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2024/08/15

Three ‘Richard’ Poems here in a recording at home. I read them earlier tonight at the Fringe Bar. And it went well — I think. Apart from me botching the audio recording. There were some gasps — at the use of the word ‘faggot’ and some of the anger and energy of these poems. And I wish I had that recorded. Instead I have this recording. And you have it too — if you’re interested.You can read along, or read instead by checking out the individual poems here:I must try to record a few more of these like

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Podcast: Salem’s Lot — We All Float Down Here

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2024/08/07

Hey there, here we are with the second episode of We All Float Down Here — A Stephen King podcast. We talk about the book Salem’s Lot and the 1979 and 2004 film versions. There’s also a third film adaptation on the way…The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.But also adding it here so you can find it on Substack, and your favourite podcast providers like Spotify if you just want the audio.Thank you for reading Sounds Good! . This post is

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Podcast: Carrie — We All Float Down Here

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2024/07/20

Hello and welcome to the We All Float Down Here podcast. Today we talk in detail about Stephen King’s debut, Carrie, what we love, what we don’t love as much, and same applies to all the movies.The podcast goes out on YouTube first and foremost — so we’d love you to like and subscribe over there.But also adding it here so you can find it on Substack, and your favourite podcast providers like Spotify if you just want the audio.Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and

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Video Poem: The Billy Joel Madrigals

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2024/06/27

This is a first go at recording a video of a new poem. The text can be read or shared here: Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thank you for reading Sounds Good! . This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Poetry Reading: Richard 3rd LIVE — aka even more...

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2024/06/07

Hey there, here’s a new set of recordings — more from the files of ‘The Richard Poems’.You’ll remember I have shared two previous times reading, as I try to get to grips with these new poems, and work on the idea of creating an actual show:And, if you’re playing at home, I like to give you the option to read along — so below are the poems featured in this podcast in their print/text ‘readings’.As always, very happy for your feedback. Will take your silence as some proof I’m on the right track

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Sweetman Podcast # 276: Jon Ronson

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2024/05/31

I’m a huge fan of Jon Ronson. I’ve been following his work for around 25 years now, and when I wrote a short piece here recently plugging his upcoming Wellington gig, I could never have believed I might get to actually talk with him. First of all, I couldn’t believe my luck that he was coming to NZ. I was trying to work out how to afford a trip to Melbourne…Anyway, this podcast episode — my first ‘proper’ podcast chat in a year, finds me rusty, but eager. And hoping from here to be able to do this a

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