Sitemap - 2020 - Sounds Good!
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton: The Heart’s Wash
Books That Blew My Mind # 2: “Run With The Hunted” by Charles Bukowski
Poem: Dr. Hook’s Greatest Rape Songs Still Play In Boomer Castles
The Best Albums I Reviewed in 2020
Frank Zappa: A Very Zappa Birthday (ep)
Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020: Happy Holidays!
Poem: Fingerprints, Forever Grabbing
Books That Blew My Mind # 1: “Is That It?” by Bob Geldof
Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 - 2020
Books That Blew My Mind: New Series
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 243 - Murray Cammick
Oliver Sacks - His Own Life: Film
Poem: Self Pitying Hindsight IS 2020
Guided By Voices: Styles We Paid For
Poem: Have You Ever Been Experienced?
RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one...
Gig Review: Come Together - Abbey Road (December 10, Wellington)
Ween: Live At Five In New York ’95 (ep)
Poem: On Mondays After Swimming We Drown In Jimi Hendrix
Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers: PeteStrumentals 3
Ivan Zagni / Steve Garden: Trouble Spots
RNZ Feature: The Solo Career of John Lennon
Joe Pernice: Could It Be Magic
Tank And The Bangas: Friend Goals (ep)
Poem: I Interviewed Rick Allen, Drummer For Def Leppard
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 242 - Jules Van Costello
Laura Marling: The Lockdown Sessions (ep)
The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels Live
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 20: M. Ward, Wellington 2007
Charles Webster: Decision Time
Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts V (Together)
Poem: After Czeslaw Milosz...But Before Lunch
Jeff Cosgrove / John Medeski / Jeff Lederer: History Gets Ahead Of The Story
Blackmore’s Night: Here We Come A-Caroling (ep)
José James: No Beginning No End 2
Dinner Party: Dinner Party - Dessert
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 241 - John Newton
A Panoply of Poets at Book Haven: Sunday, December 13, 2pm
Cindy Blackman Santana: Give The Drummer Some
The Soft Pink Truth: Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
Will Vinson / Gilad Hekselman / Antonio Sanchez: Trio Grande
R.I.P. Ryan Brady (Take It Away Podcast)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live in Maui
Dave Schoepke: Tessellated Resonance
King Sweeties: We Are The Bosses (ep)
Poem: Moving Out of Vivian Street, 1996
Megan Thee Stallion: Good News
George Benson: Weekend In London
Poem: Billie Holiday Created Modern Jazz Singing And Also Loved Drugs, Drinking And Fucking
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 240 - Lucy Roche
Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars: BILLIE - The Original Soundtrack
Ben Harper: Winter Is For Lovers
Kevin Smuts: My Octopus Teacher [Music From The Netflix Documentary]
Short Story: Neighbourhood Fragments # 9
Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet: Besser String Quartets
Gig Review: NGĀ TUONE by Riki Gooch (November 20, 2020)
Buckethead: Healing Inside Outside Every Side
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 239 - Andrew Armitage (Aro Video)
dj blackpower: BLP2020 “King of the Night”
Oneohtrix Point Never: Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
Poem: Far Too Much And Still Not Enough
Short Story: I Blame Neil Gaiman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 19: Stevie Wonder, Christchurch 2008
Rick Simpson: Everything All Of The Time - Kid A Revisited
Poem: Geoff Cochrane’s Book Launch
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 238 - Alec Bathgate
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 40 – Frank Zappa, “Jazz From Hell”
Seth MacFarlane: Great Songs From Stage & Screen
Poem: Mum Said That Dad Read The Book
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Return To Greendale
Poem: The Birth Of (My) Music Journalism
El Michaels Affair: Adult Themes
Words In November - Sweet Talk: Saturday, November 21, Featherston Bowling Club
Dolly Parton - 50 Years At The Opry: DVD
Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber): Human Spirit
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 237 - Jackson Nieuwland
Poem: The Ministry of Arts and Culture in New Zealand
HAUSER: HAUSER Plays Morricone
The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series: DVD
Rhian Sheehan: Recollections, Vol. 1
Poem: The Truth About Road Cones
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 39 – Stevie Wonder, “Characters”
Gig Review: Reb Fountain (November 1, Wellington)
Lauren Henderson: The Songbook Session
Richard Langston: Five O’Clock Shadows
Larry Willis: I Fall In Love Too Easily
The Jerry Granelli Trio: Plays The Music of Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
Beastie Boys: Beastie Boys Music
Kassel Jaeger / Jim O’Rourke: In Cobalt Aura Sleeps
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 236 - Claire Mabey (Verb)
Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn (October 28, Paraparaumu)
Bob James: Once Upon A Time - The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions
Poem: Brief Chat Before The Poetry Reading in Palmerston North
Ella Fitzgerald: The Lost Berlin Tapes
Newsroom: Simon Sweetman vs. Stuff
Poem: The Quality Known As Immediacy
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
Black Flag: Everything Is Broken (Live 1984)
The Cuba Press Poets 2020: Palmerston North Central Library (Tuesday Oct 27, 6.30pm)
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38 – Keith Jarrett, “Restoration Ruin”
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 235 - Peter Rowley
George Fenton / Simon Chamberlain: The Piano Framed
Poem: John Wareham Reading Poems
Yo La Tengo: Sleepless Night [EP]
My Poems on YouTube: Making Poetry Videos
Billie Holiday: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Kurt Vile: Speed, Sound, Lonely KV [EP]
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 18 October 2020
The Death of Music Journalism: Book Launch Speech
Michael Hoppé: Peace & Reconciliation - Choral Music
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 234 - Tribute To Eddie Van Halen with Ben Fulton
WWE Best Main Events of The Decade 2010-2020: DVD
Poem: James Tate and James Ellroy Having David Cronenberg and David Lynch For Dinner
Charles Rumback: June Holiday (w/ Jim Baker & John Tate)
Preview: Guest Poet For This Month's Poetry At The Fringe (Sun, Oct 18)
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020: DVD
John Lennon: Gimme Some Truth [Deluxe Edition]
We Launched The Book: Long Live The Death of Music Journalism!
Poem: I Should Have Taken The Watch
Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle
Nore Davis: LIVE From The Comedy Trap House
RNZ Interview: The Death of Music Journalism
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
Imelda May: Slip Of The Tongue
Poem: Diary Of A Van Halen Fan
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 233 - The Death of Music Journalism
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: On The Air (Live) – The Complete Broadcast Collection
Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater
Poem: Donald Trump Still Tweets From A Hospital Bed And Judith Collins Is A Christian
Diana Krall: This Dream of You
Poem: John S. Hall Is Quite Brilliant I Think
Poem: Reading Poems In Hawke’s Bay About Writing Poems In Hawke’s Bay About Poems In Hawke’s Bay
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 232 - Darren Watson's Getting Sober For The End Of The World
David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
The Sitting Room Sessions: Margot Pierard & Wil Sargisson
Sean Murray: Avengement [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Poem: Poetry Is Just Something That Happens To Other People
Darren Watson: Getting Sober For The End Of The World
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 231 - Geoff Stahl
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 37 – Ma$e, “Welcome Back”
Roger and Brian Eno: Mixing Colours
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live At The Roundhouse
Poem: Watching Donald Pleasance In The Halloween Films
Playlist: The Death Of Music Journalism - Songtrack
Poem: Homespun and Headpsun And Heartwon By Tall Dwarfs
Richard Thompson: Bloody Noses (ep)
Brutalist: Michael J. Fox (ep)
The Newton Brothers: Dr Sleep [OST]
Poem: Jimi Hendix Has Been Dead For 50 Years And His Music Lives On And There Is No One Better
Yusuf / Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman2
Stubs: # 278 – Teju Cole: Blind Spot, Wellington, 2018
Chuck Palahniuk: Consider This
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 230 - Anna Dean
Short Story: The Short And Long Of It
The Flaming Lips: American Head
Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, Wellington, 2018
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 20 – Bobby Colomby
Gregg Allman: Lonely Day In L.A. (Complete KMET-FM Broadcast From 6th November 1974)
I Did A Talk About Blogging Now Here’s A Blog About That Talk
The Dave Clark Five: All The Hits
Poem: 2020 Vision - Watching Horror Movies in 2020
Poem: Those John Coltrane CDs Blew My Fucking Mind
The Story Behind The Cover of My New Book
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 229 - Rachel Doré Interviews Me About Blogging
Steve Barry / Judy Bailey: Elements
The Daze That Used To Be: Ragged Glory Turns 30
Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites
Stubs: # 276 – NZSO: Summer Pops – Music From The Movies, Wellington, 2018
Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters: Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters
Poem: The Gravity Of The Situation
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
Better Off Read Podcast: Episode 78 – Sound Series 6; Carl Shuker and Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 228 - Ben Mulchin (Valhalla)
Clint Mansell: Out of Blue (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Poem: America? Mate, It’s Fucked.
Stubs: # 275 – Queen + Adam Lambert, Wellington, 2020
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36 – Jim Morrison, “An American Prayer”
Cream: Leavin’ Town Baby (Stockholm, March 7th 1967 Sveriges Broadcast)
Kristian Eidnes Andersen: Vivarium (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Stubs: # 274 – Rhian Sheehan, Wellington, 2018
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman: Sounds Like Titanic
Thurston Moore: Spirit Counsel
Poem: From The Bottom To The Top
Pernice Brothers: Spread The Feeling
RNZ Feature: The Legacy of the Carpenters
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 227 - Charlotte Graham-McLay
My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)
Poem: The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder
Stubs: # 273 – The Bootleg Beatles, Wellington, 2019
Manawatu Writers Festival 2020: My Chat About Blogging
Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks
PJ Harvey: All About Eve (Original Music)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 226 - Eamonn Marra
Poem: This Poem (Is Set Somewhere)
Matt Braunger: Finally Live In Portland
Stubs: # 272 – Litcrawl, Wellington, 2018
Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring
Gil Scott-Heron: We’re New Again – A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven
Black Marble: I Must Be Living Twice (ep)
Ben Lee: Quarter Century Classix
Poem: Spare A Thought For The Boy In His Bubble
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 225 - Ben Brown
Lou Reed: Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast)
Sebastien Tellier: Domesticated
Lenny Bruce: Fat Boy - The Genius of Lenny Bruce
Brett Naucke & Ryley Walker: I Am Aware We Do Not Save One Another Very Often (ep)
Clint Mansell and Clint Walsh: Berlin
Stubs: # 271 – Switzerland, Wellington, 2018
Aoife O’Donovan: Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs)
Stubs: # 270 – Songs For Nobodies, Wellington, 2018
Emma-Jean Thackray: Rain Dance [EP]
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 224 - Rachel McAlpine
Lana Del Rey: Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass [Audiobook Edition]
Virtual Shadow Ensemble: KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!
Gold Medal Folds: On Songs For Silverman
Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Wellington, 2018
Poem: I Used To Like Bruce Springsteen Until I Listened Very Closely
Ghostpoet: I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
Poem: I Don’t Like Much About Art But I Know What I Do
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 35 – Charles Bukowski, “Hostage”
Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Wellington, 2018
Porno For Pyros: Perry Farrell’s True Masterpiece
Eddie Henderson: Shuffle And Deal
Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Stubs: # 267 – Calexico, Auckland, 2019
The Tammys: Complete Recordings
Poem: Variations On The Rant In E Minor
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 223 - Lance Philip
Noah Van Sciver: The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski
Poem: A Poem About The Shining
Carpenters: The Road To Yesterday (Live 1974)
Al Di Meola: Across The Universe
Ten of My All-Time Favourite Kiwi Songs
Poem: 4am Has Always Been The Worst
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34 – Yanni, “Live At The Acropolis”
Margo Price: That’s How Rumors Get Started
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 222 - Wayne Kramer (MC5)
Diana Ross: Supertonic - Mixes
Poem: Swings (And Roundabouts)
RNZ Feature: The Music of Paul McCartney
Stubs: # 266 – Cable Car, Wellington, 1995-2020
Rachel McAlpine: How To Be Old
Hiroshi Yoshimura: GREEN [Reissue]
Tour Announcement: Dave Dobbyn to Play NZ Shows in August
Poem: You Said You’d Never Compromise
Stubs: # 265 – C.K. Stead: Q&A, Wellington, 2018
Luke Schneider: Altar of Harmony
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 19 July 2020
Nina Simone: Fodder On My Wings [Reissue]
Flying Lotus: Presents Infinity “INFINITUM” – Maida Vale Session (ep)
Poem: This Isn’t A Poem About Judith Collins
Jeff Hamilton Trio: Catch Me If You Can
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 221 - Dryw McArthur
Poem: Another Year Older And Deeper In Debt (16th Tons)
The James Hunter Six: Nick of Time
Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade
Poem: God’s Eye Is On All Of Us But Only If You Grew Up Believing
Poem: The Glass Isn’t Half Empty, It’s Half Full
“Weird Al” Yankovic: The Idiots Are Winning (Live 1984)
The Great Spotify Shuffle Game: Roadtrippin’ Playlists
Morgan James: Memphis Magnetic
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 220 - Ruby Solly
They Say It’s Your Birthday – 80 Great Thingos By (and about) Ringo: Ringo Starr at 80
James Brown: Live At Home With His Bad Self
Poem: Me and Tom Hanks, Suddenly Not So Different
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 18: John Fogerty, Wellington 2005
Kurt Elling: Secrets Are The Best Stories
Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington, 2017
V/A: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock Volume 2
Stubs: # 263 – The Blackbird Ensemble Performs Björk: All Is Full Of Love, Wellington, 2019
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 33 – Bill Withers, “Watching You, Watching Me”
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 219 - Colin Morris
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 32 – Deep Purple, “Concerto For Group And Orchestra”
Maceo Parker: Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo
Elvis Costello: Every Day He Writes The Book (of Song)
Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
B.B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With The King (Deluxe Edition)
Stubs: # 262 – Teju Cole: Photo Lecture, Wellington, 2018
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 31 – Queen, “Hot Space”
Purdie / Fabian / Oswanski: Move On!
Don Covay: Anthology - His First Recordings
Stubs: # 261 – The Monkees, Wellington, 2019
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 218 - Paul McLaney on the return of Gramsci
Ali Whitelock: the lactic acid in the calves of your despair
Stubs: # 260 – At The Wake, Wellington, 2018
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Hero Trio
Poem: My Part In The Downfall of Racism
Stubs: # 259 – James Acaster, Wellington, 2019
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 217 - Freya Daly Sadgrove
My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can't Beat
Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band: Film
Poem: The Queen’s Baton Relay, 1990
Stubs: # 258 – Arabia-Buda-Scott, Wellington, 2018
Archie Shepp / Raw Poetic / Damu The Fudgemunk: Ocean Bridges
Poem: I Took A Photo of Sam Hunt in Upper Hutt 20 Years Ago
#UNFIT - The Psychology of Donald Trump: Film
Poem: An Honest Attempt At A Winter Blues
Stubs: # 257 – The Gaps Between, Wellington, 2016
Ruthie Foster Big Band: Live At The Paramount
Poem: Big data says you’re busted
Mark Isham & Isabella Summers: Little Fires Everywhere [Original Soundtrack]
Poem: When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
Stubs: # 256 – Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers , Wellington, 2013
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 216 - David Cormack
Jean-Louis Matinier & Kevin Seddiki: Rivages
Stubs # 255 – Bill Frisell, Wellington, 2017
Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents
Bat For Lashes: The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, London, 2019)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 215 - Karen O'Leary
Stubs # 254 – Grizzly Bear, Wellington, 2018
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, “Gravelands”
V/A: Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present ‘Soul On The Corner’
Poem: You Can’t Lose What You Never Had
Curtis Mayfield: Street Soul 1990 (Live 1990)
Stubs: # 253 – NOT Nadia Reid, Wellington, 2020
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 214 - Nick Lowe
Poem: The Death of Music Journalism
Stubs: # 252 – James Taylor, Napier, 2017
Portico Quartet: We Welcome Tomorrow (ep)
Stubs: # 251 – Rants In The Dark, 2018
Playlist: Sunny Daze That I Thought Would Never End
Tori Amos: Resistance - A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, Napier, 2019
Poem: Rocket Queen Is The Epic Finale, Christ, It’s The Goddamn Redeemer
Stubs: # 249 – Rufus Wainwright, Wellington, 2019
Adam Buxton: Ramble Book [Audiobook Edition]
Kneebody: Kneebody on Audiotree Live (ep)
Poem: When Two Tribes Go To War A Point Is All That You Can Score
Peter Frampton Band: All Blues
Stubs: # 248 – Suzanne Vega, Sydney, 2018
Poem: Little Richard Gave License
I Miss Podcasts – And Podcasting…
Poem: Remembering Faith No More At The Wellington Town Hall In 1993
Fly My Pretties: The Studio Recordings Part Two
Joan As Police Woman: Cover Two
Stubs: # 247 – Norah Jones, Wellington, 2019
Swamp Dogg: Sorry You Couldn’t Make It
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 29 – Robbie Robertson, “How To Become Clairvoyant”
Playlist: Simmering Rage For Sinners and Slaves
Poem: Goonie Goo Goo and a G.I. Joe Up My Ass
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 28 – Terence Trent D’Arby, “Neither Fish Nor Flesh”
Poem: I Forgot Where My Irony Is Situated
Steve Gunn: Livin’ In Between – EP
Playlist: 3 At Last, 3 At Last, Thank God Almighty We Are 3 At Last!
Gregoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell: Americana
Nate Smith: Light and Shadow - EP
Poem: A Concise History of Jazz
V/A: Ella 100 - Live at the Apollo!
Neil Young & Phil Baker: To Feel The Music
Playlist: Climbing The Ladder To Level 3
Bill Laurance Trio: Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Poem: Women are leading the way
Tori Amos: Broken Silence (Live 1992)
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 27 – Aretha Franklin, “Who’s Zoomin’ Who”
Zara McFarlane: East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP
Poem: A Heartfelt Thanks To The Tiger King For Sending Me Back To Jerry Springer
Blood, Sweat & Tears: Live At Woodstock
Boy George: This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 26 – My Dick, “My Dick’s Double Full-Length Release”
Poem: “Things without all remedy should be without regard: what’s done, is done”
Bobbie Brown: Cherry on Top - Flirty, Forty-Something, and Funny as F**k
Bill Orcutt: Odds Against Tomorrow
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 25 – Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells II”
David S. Ware New Quartet: Théâtre Garonne, 2008
Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Poem: Here Is Your Free 30 Day Trial
Huey Lewis And The News: Hot Off The Press (Live 1987)
Robert Plant: Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set)
Poem: Back Before Everyone Was On Their Phone Every Fucking Five Minutes
Roger Kellaway: The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway
The Monkees: The Mike & Micky Show Live
Muthspiel/Colley/Blade: Angular Blues
Madison McFerrin: You + I (ep)
Kandace Springs: The Women Who Raised Me
Maria Bamford: Weakness Is The Brand
Poem: The World Is Turnin’/I Hope Neil Young Don’t Turn Away
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 24 – Eric Clapton, “Behind The Sun”
Dirty Projectors: Windows Open [EP]
Poem: The real pandemic…….( The real pandemic…….)
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 23 – The Grateful Dead, “Shakedown Street”
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 213 - Mike White
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17: The Cult, Wellington 1995
Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio Featuring Jonathan Blake: Without Deception
Poem: Above All To Thy Own Self Be True
Early James: Singing For My Supper
Poem: Getting Ready For Freddy
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela: Rejoice
Poem: The Whole of His Middle-Class Guilt Slipped Out Through The Hole in The Middle-Class Net
Don Gavin: Live With A Manhattan
Murry Wilson & Snow: The Break Away EP
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 212 - Sameena Zehra
James Taylor: Break Shot - My First 21 Years
Poem: The Privilege of The Pivot to Poetry
Susanne Sundfør: Self Portrait Original Soundtrack [EP]
Poem: We Won’t Make It Any Other Way
In Praise of Hobbies Where You Kinda Suck: The Wonderful Experience of Being Quite Shit
Poem: Sometimes I Choose A Title First Before Writing A Poem
Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete Piano Duets
Myele Manzanza: A Love Requited – The Remixes EP
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 211 - George D. Henderson
The Michel Petrucciani Trio: One Night In Karlsruhe [Live]
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22 – Screaming Lord Sutch, "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends”
Nadia Reid: Out Of My Province
Poem: Harry Nilsson and John Martyn
The Haden Triplets: The Family Songbook
William Tyler: Music From First Cow
Yacht Rock Revue: Hot Dads In Tight Jeans
Gig Review: Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean (March 6, Wellington)
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 21 – The Seahorses, “Do It Yourself”
NZ Festival Writers & Readers: Close Listening - A Conversation With Laurie Anderson
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 210 - Jordan Luck
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges: Texas Sun (ep)
Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep)
Gig Review: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (March 4, Wellington)
Stephen Bishop: We’ll Talk About It Later In The Car
Playlist: Govett-Brewster Gallery 50th Birthday After Party
Gig Review: The New Pornographers (March 3, Wellington)
Poem: Friends Just Can’t Be Found
Captain Beefheart: Live in Vancouver 1981
The J.Bs: More Mess On My Mind (ep)
Poem: Found – aka “A Home For This Somewhere”
James Taylor: American Standard
DJ Setlist: Govett-Brewster Gallery 50th Birthday After Party, Saturday February 29, 2020
Stubs: # 246 – Miranda July, Wellington, 2016
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 209 - Lucien Johnson
Nick Waterhouse: Nick Waterhouse
Tedeschi Trucks Band: High & Mighty (ep)
Gig Review: Kate Tempest (February 24, Wellington)
Gig Preview: DJ Aphrodite w/ LUNG and more, MOON, Wellington, Saturday April 11, 2020
Marie Ross/Petra Somlai/Claire-Lise Demettre: Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas and Trio
Gig Review: Chosen and Beloved - MAU Wahine and NZSO (February 21, Wellington)
The Legend of Baron To’a: Film
Poem: Robert Forster and Quiet Heartbreak
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 208 - Charlie Wallace (Guitar Mastery Method)
Suzanne Vega: Live From The ‘Lenny Kaye Show’, WBAI Studios, NY, Feb 19th 1985 WBAI-FM Broadcast
Drive-By Truckers: The Unraveling
Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Get That Motor Runnin’
The Beach Boys: 1969 - I’m Going Your Way (ep)
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Bob Gaulke
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 20 – Rush, “Roll The Bones"
The Buddy Rich Big Band: Just In Time – The Final Recording
Stubs: # 245 – Fleetwood Mac, Auckland, 2019
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis: Jazz For Kids
Huey Lewis & The News: Weather
Gig Review: The Stranglers (February 14, Wellington)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 207 - Meg Williams
David Gray: White Ladder (20th Anniversary Edition)
Rob Hirst + Sean Sennett: Driver Reviver (ep)
Brad Mehldau: Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film)
Bryan Ferry: Live At The Royal Albert Hall 1974
Stubs: # 244 – NOT Randy Newman, Wellington, 2020
Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets: Walkabout
J.J. Cale: Jan Douwe Kroeske Presents: 2 Meter Sessions # 461 – J.J. Cale
Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson: Still Young (ep)
Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 9 February, 2020
Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon and Brian Blade: Between Two Worlds
Gig Review: The Mutton Birds (February 7, Wellington)
Poem: Billie Holiday With A Gardenia In Her Hair.
RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Feb 4, 5, 7)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 206 - Kev Fitzsimons
Tim Ray: Excursions & Adventures
Gig Review: Queen + Adam Lambert (February 5, Wellington)
Short Story: The CV of a Music Journalist
Lauren Desberg: Out For Delivery
Stubs: # 243 – Yawning Man, Wellington, 2020
Simon & Garfunkel: Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 (ep)
Mike Clark: Indigo Blue Live At The Iridium
RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Jan 27, 30, 31)
Black Smoke Trigger: Set It Off [EP]
The Schizophonics: People In The Sky
Judd Apatow (ed): It’s Garry Shandling’s Book
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 205 - Steve Gunn
Poem: That Summer When 'She Talks To Angels' By The Black Crowes Meant Everything; Everything…
Dan Carter - A Perfect 10: DVD
Jeff Lynne’s ELO: From Out of Nowhere
Poem: Garry Shandling Was Brilliant
RNZ Feature: The Music of 1990
Elton John/Ray Cooper: Live From Moscow – 1979
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 204 - Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
The Tierney Sutton Band: Screenplay
Iggy Pop: 'Til Wrong Feels Right - Lyrics and More
Poem: The Fragility of The Writer’s Ego and The Prop of The Writer’s Block
A Traveller’s Guide to Turkish Dogs: Theatre
Thomas Newman: 1917 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 203 - Dave Armstrong
Zbiginew Preisner / Lisa Gerrard / Dominik Wania: Melodies of My Youth
John O’Connell: Bowie’s Books - The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life
Tindersticks: No Treasure But Hope
Poem: A Happy Memory of Working Hard and Being Paid Accordingly
Variety For Fierys: Charity Fundraiser (Jan 23, 2019), Meow, Wellington
Five Songs For Friday: 34 – 2020 – 1st Edition
Dolly Parton - Here I Am: Film
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 202 - Matthew Bannister
Andrew Bird: My Finest Work Yet
Poncho Sanchez: Trane’s Delight
Poem: The Way The Cookie Crumbles…
Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now
Playlist: Summer Sounds on the Balcony