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Sweetman Podcast

Simon Sweetman

Conversations with creative people. simonsweetman.substack.com

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 117 - Emily Fairlight

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2018/05/25

An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based singer/songwriter Emily Fairlight. We talk about her recently recorded and released second album, "Mother of Gloom" - and also her earlier, self-titled debut. We talk about songwriting and poetry and the creative process; we talk touring and recording overseas, the joys (and troubles) of self-management and self-promotion. We talk head injuries and other obstacles and overcoming those things in order to live and create... Get full access to Sounds Good

122:50

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 116 - Mark Cubey

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2018/05/18

An in-depth chat with Mark Cubey, former producer of Kim Hill's popular Saturday morning radio show, recent director of The NZ Festival's Writers & Readers, magazine editor and creator, broadcaster, arts enthusiast, entrepreneur and encouraging presence. Mark and I sat down to talk about radio and film and books and magazines and their place in his life, we talked about changes in technology and approaches throughout the years, the record label and magazine and website LOOP, his time spent subbing

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 115 - Fane Flaws

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2018/05/10

An in-depth chat with artist and musician Fane Flaws. We go back to his days in Blerta and from there through Spats, The Crocodiles and The Bend to these days with No Engine, as well as his work making ads and music videos, creating the opening credits for Radio With Pictures and his own art. We talk, too, about songwriting. And music. So much music. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 114 - Roy Brown

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2018/05/03

An in-depth chat with musician and venue-owner Roy Brown. Roy is a piano player, singer/songwriter and band-frontman. He grew up performing in venues around Hawke's Bay including the mighty Cabana. Now, after time in Auckland and Melbourne, he has returned to Hawke's Bay and is the owner of that legendary venue. We talk about Roy's life and careers - across performance, hospitality and retail - and we talk mental health, advocacy, and that time he met his hero: David Bowie. Get full access to Sounds

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 113 - Lisa Harrow

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2018/04/26

An in-depth chat with Lisa Harrow. She is New Zealand acting royalty - born in Auckland, Harrow moved to England to take up a position with RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) and on to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her contemporaries in the company include Dame Judi Dench and Sir Patrick Stewart. Harrow now divides her time between New Zealand and America, she divides her acting time between stage and screen - theatre, film and TV - and her husband Roger Payne is a world-renowned whale

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 112 - Darren Watson on 'Too...

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2018/04/19

An in-depth chat with Darren Watson - the guest on the very first Sweetman Podcast returns. Nearly three years on from when Darren and I first sat down to speak and he has a fantastic new album to plug, his finest, 'Too Many Millionaires'. The album is out May 1, 2018 with a New Zealand tour starting May 3 (Dates in the notes attached). We talk about the process behind the album and you'll hear some exclusive song-snippets. We talk music-making and the aims and ambitions behind this new,

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 111 - Gil Eva Craig

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2018/04/12

An in-depth chat with Gil Eva Craig, a Wellington-based musician, photographer and sound-tech. Gil was a musician first and foremost - she was a member of one of my favourite bands for a time, Sugarbug. She still plays, including an enduring collaboration with Charlotte Yates but her main gig is as a sound engineer, including sound design for theatre. She's been on the monitors and front of house sound for live bands and in the studio tracking, mixing and mastering. She's part of Western Audio with

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 110 - Jeremy Taylor of Slow...

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2018/04/06

A brief chat with Jeremy Taylor of Slow Boat Records. We talk Record Store Day, the history of the event and this year's activities at Slow Boat - in-store appearances and performances by Mermaidens and Tiny Ruins. And of course there'll be some of the special releases on offer. (See the notes for a full chat with Jeremy from last year and a recent conversation with Slow Boat's owner, Dennis O'Brien). Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 109 - Elvis Perkins

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2018/03/29

An in-depth chat with American singer/songwriter, soundtrack composer and theatre performer Elvis Perkins. He was in Wellington in February/March for the show "HOME", as part of the NZ Festival. So we talked about that show, but also his solo career beginning with Ash Wednesday and his band Elvis Perkins in Dearland, the horror films his brother (Oz Perkins) has directed that he has scored, the most recent American election, his father Anthony Perkins, the death of his mother (Berry Berenson)in

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 108 - James Buttery

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2018/03/22

A chat with James Buttery - vinyl collector, record-nerd, he's the co-host of a new podcast called The Good, The Bad & The LP. He's the host of a YouTube channel where he effectively reviews his own record collection. We talk about his late start in life, music-wise, his travels between England, Australia and New Zealand and the aims and ambitions of his new podcast. We also talk collecting. And all things record-collection and record-collecting. We talk too about this podcast and some of my music

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 107 - Dennis O'Brien

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2018/03/15

An in-depth chat with Dennis O'Brien, owner of Slow Boat Records in Wellington. As captain of the good ship Slow Boat Dennis is an institution. His store is perhaps the greatest record store in New Zealand. Actually, no question, it is. Dennis was also a singer/songwriter with a professional music career long before he started selling records. We talk about his years playing in bars in Wellington and playing on giant festival bills in England. His albums, his aims, his return to New Zealand and the

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 106 - Andrew Fagan

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2018/03/08

An in-depth chat with singer/songwriter, frontman of the Mockers and Fagan & The People, broadcaster, sailor and poet Andrew Fagan. We talk about all of these things - the Mockers reunion, new music with his other band, upcoming poetry readings as the opening act for John Cooper Clarke and his love of the sea, of sailing in his boat Swirly World. We also revisit his time as PD and breakfast host for Kiwi FM and then a stint in talkback. Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 105 - Ebony Lamb (Eb &...

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2018/03/01

An in-depth chat with Ebony Lamb, singer/songwriter, frontperson of Eb & Sparrow. The band is just about to release its brand new album and will be heading on a nationwide tour. We talk touring and music-making but before all of that we talk about a Hawke's Bay upbringing, her father's record collection, photography, parenting and life experiences. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 104 - Megan Dunn

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2018/02/22

An in-depth chat with Wellington-based writer Megan Dunn. She's the author of "Tinderbox", part-memoir/part-novel it tells the story of her time working in the Borders book-store chain, and her attempt to re-write Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 novel from a different point of view. We talk about all of this as well as her background in visual art, performance and art criticism. And we talk about her fascination with mermaids, the basis of her next major writing project... Get full access to Sounds

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 103 - Richard Langston

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2018/02/15

An in-depth chat with journalist and poet Richard Langston. We talk through his varied career from being a newspaperman and TV reporter through to filling in on radio for Kim Hill, writing poetry, working on Maori TV and Country Calendar and his love of music - from interviewing Billy Bragg, Morrissey and The Go-Betweens in the UK to starting a Flying Nun fanzine in Dunedin. We talk about writing and reading and the importance of both. And Richard reads some of his poems... Get full access to Sounds

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 102 - Marie Le Lievre

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2018/02/09

An in-depth chat with Christchurch-based artist Marie Le Lievre. Marie is Katy's cousin so I first met her over a decade ago. We've watched her work, we're fortunate to have some of it on our walls; we've talked about Marie's art and approach over the years but this was a chance to sit down and talk through the work and some of the baggage that informs in. Marie talks through her reasons for painting, her technique and approach and the aspects of her life that have informed her work. She has an

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 101 - Ant Donaldson

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2018/02/02

An in-depth chat with Wellington jazz drummer Ant Donaldson. A veritable encyclopedia, Donaldson relays the story of his many bands and music projects from the Primitive Art Group and Six Volts to his work - finally - as a rock drummer in a rock band (TEETH) via improvisation and deep study of the rudiments. From playing with Mike Nock in Sydney to performing with stalwarts of the Wellington improv scene and nurturing in a new generation Donaldson has done so much. And here we get to talk through

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 100 – The 100th Episode

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2018/01/25

We made it to 100! I say we and I guess I mean me. But I also mean you - dear listener. Thank you. If you've tuned in even once...well, welcome back for a start! And so here I talk about the behind-the-scenes, the before and after interviewing, the aims - and we walk back through some key moments from conversations with Booga Beazley and Dave Dobbyn, with Sylvie Simmons and Jeff Boyle, Anika Moa and Luke Buda, Mike Nock and Phil Judd and Nadia Reid. My thanks to all guests, to all listeners and

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 99 - Adam Page

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2018/01/18

An in-depth chat with Adam Page, Australian saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, musical force - and massive Van Halen fan! We chew the fat about Stevie Ray Vaughan and Charlie Hunter and Coltrane and other musical influences. We talk about Adam's time growing up in Australia, the huge impact he had on the Wellington music scene in the early 2010s and his focus now as a new dad, label owner and continued creative spirit. Get full access to Sounds Good! at

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Sweetman Podcast: Episode 98 - Yvonne Lorkin

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2018/01/11

An in-depth chat with Yvonne Lorkin, wine taster, critic, judge, enthusiast. She's also behind "WineFriend", a subscription model where her expert tasting notes and palate will provide individual wine choices, pay the fee and have the wine delivered to your door. We talked about wine and wine-tasting and wine-writing and how Yvonne turned her passion into a brand. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

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