Sitemap - 2021 - Sounds Good!
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 24: U2, Auckland 1993
Diane Arkenstone: The Healing Heart
In Praise of Paul Hertzog’s Martial Arts Soundtracks
What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman
The Boxing Day Morning Movie and Other Summer Holiday Cinema Excursions
RNZ Feature: The Music of Billie Holiday
Bill Charlap Trio: Street of Dreams
Steely Dan: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: Steely Dan Live!
What A Good Score! – #1: Local Hero by Mark Knopfler
What A Good Score! – New Series
Chuck Berry: Live From Blueberry Hill
The Magical Movie Music of Paul Hertzog
In Praise of 2021's TV Shows (TIME Magazine's List)
Books That Blew My Mind # 9: “Holidays on Ice” by David Sedaris
Succession Season Three Ends Tonight!
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 51 – Toto, “Past To Present 1977-1990"
Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson: Cobra Kai - Season 3
Poem: I Wrote My First Poem Over 30 Years Ago
Willie Jones III: Fallen Heroes
Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit
Poem: Billie Holiday’s Voice In My Ear
Short Story: Neighbourhood Fragments 1-9
Poem: Ever Since Charlie Watts Died I’ve Been Tryin’ To Play Along To Art Pepper’s Walkin’ Blues
TIME For A Best TV List of 2021
Joe Farnsworth: City of Sounds
Poem: Why Didn't You Write About My Experience When You Were Writing About Your Experience?
In Praise of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
V/A: I’ll Be Your Mirror - A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico
Spotify Wants To Rule The World - 2021 Wrapped
The Nostalgic Pull: Forever Grateful
The Shadow Of Yesterday’s Triumph
Oh The Places A Neil Finn Show Can Go!
Demian Dorelli: Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, a Journey on Piano
The Only Peter Jackson Film I Wished Was A Little Longer
Stubs: # 287 PJ Harvey, Wellington, 2017
Unfinished Intro To A Life-Long Essay Celebrating Drums
Getting Back: To Where Nostalgia Belongs
RNZ Feature: Marvin Gaye - Troubled Man
Richard Ashcroft: Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1
In Praise of 'The Morning Show'
Poem: Habitual Filling For Us Both
Neighbourhood Fragments (Nos. 1-9)
Carter Burwell: The Morning Show - Season 2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
The Little Mermaid – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 10)
Tom Petty's Music: My Introduction
Poem: Talking To Neneh Cherry About Seven Seconds
Collecting Film Scores Gives Me A Reason To Reconnect With The Movies
In Praise of The Tank and The Bangas Tiny Desk Concert
Raising The Roof – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Collaborate Again!
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert
Revisiting Scratch 22 – Distance From View: 10 Years On…
The Return of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good!
Meet Tom Scharpling, Best in Shows
So You Think You Wanna Be A Freelance Writer...
Poem: The Very Best Awkward Ending
The Things You Find Out On The Side Are Sometimes The Best Bits of Interviews
Collecting Film Scores Is Giving Me Reason To Reconnect With The Movies
Lindsey Buckingham: Lindsey Buckingham
Good Mourning: Remembering The 'Good Morning' TV Show (1996-2015)
Sweetman Podcast # 273: Dai Henwood
The American Dollar: Right This Way (ep)
This Music Clip Makes Me Cry. I Love It So, So Much.
That Terrible George Harrison Doco
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 23: Violent Femmes, Wellington 1995
Free Public Reading: Slapping Culture In The Face - Writers Against National Library Disposals
Curb Your Enthusiasm is Back (S.11)
The Soundtrack Makes You Want To See The Film (Again)
I Hope Live Is Dead: I Hated That Band So, So Much
Poem: In Memorandum of Understanding
Sweetman Podcast # 272: Jean Sergent
Rediscovering She Loves You by the Twilight Singers
Poem: Fall In The Sea/Eventually
I'm On Substack - It's $5 A Month - I've Written Over 100 Newsletters, Come Join Me!
Science Fiction Double Feature: Writing and Reading Sci Fi
RNZ Feature: The Music and Movies of John Carpenter
The Soundtrack To Buying A Michael Jackson Ticket
Poem: The Continuing Saga of Loving Fleetwood Mac
Writing and Reading Science Fiction
Remembering The Tour of Duty Soundtracks
The Music and Movies of John Carpenter
The Soul of The Music Is What Matters
V/A: PAURA - A Collection of Italian Horror Sounds From The CAM Sugar Archive
Poem: You’ve Got To Want To Believe
Love Thy Neighbour - The Complete Series: DVD
Lana Del Rey Is Back And Now I’m A Fan
Now Music Is Saved Somewhat From TV Advertising
The Velvet Underground Documentary
Poem: Controlled ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
In Praise of Aro Vision/Aro Video
Seeing Simon & Garfunkel. Twice.
In Praise of The "Final Girl" Trope
Georgia Pritchett: My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Love For Sale
The Bottle To Battle To Death Album Cover In The Frame Above The Stereo
Who Is Your Favourite Final Girl?
What's The Worst Music Bio You've Read?
So Many Sad Songs Saying So Much For Us All
Simply The Best. And Then Some Of The Rest As Well
Badges. Badges. Badges. Badges. Badges. Badges.
Poem: How Long Is A Piece of String Theory?
Georgia Pritchett’s Brilliant Mess
Poem: Don’t Forget To Remember
Cassandra Peterson: Yours Cruelly, Elvira
Those Early Musical Experiences That Stick
Poem: Scheduling Apocalypse, Now
The Neil Young Admiration Society
What’s The Saddest Song You Love?
Ben Living: Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1
What’s Your Favourite Dylan Album?
RNZ Feature: Is this month 30 years ago the biggest in music history?
Please Listen To Iris By Reb Fountain A.S.A.F.P.
Taking Novelty Songs Seriously
Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind: 30 Years Today
Poem: I Am Becoming More Like Myself
In Praise of 'Lindsey Buckingham'
Charlie Was Their Darling: The Greatest Drummer for The Greatest Rock and Roll Band
Ranking Quentin: Tarantino Worst to Best
Joseph Bishara: The Spiderweb Meditations
Poem: There’s No Name Suppression In New Zealand
Moritz von Oswald Trio: Dissent
Top 10 Tarantino – Worst to Best
Poem: The Most Learning I Ever Did At School Was In One Day On A Field Trip To The Abattoir
Books That Blew My Mind # 8: “The Executioner's Song” by Norman Mailer
Warren Storm Was a Legend, The King of Swamp-Pop
Charlie Hunter Trio: Live At The Memphis Music Mansion
My Favourite Author That I’ve Never Read
F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: 2X1=4
Bobby Gillespie and Jhenny Beth: Utopian Ashes
I Clicked on Clickbait And Absolutely Did Not Believe What Happened Next!
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross & Nick Chuba: Dr. Death (Original Series Soundtrack)
Red Spot Rhythm Section: Won’t Back Down - A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty
TVNZ Rebooting The Apprentice Was A Truly Horrifying Thing
Movies of My Life # 24: Uncut Gems
Poem: Average Perceptions of Time
Belated Half-Time Report: Some of the Albums I’ve Loathed This Year
The TV Show Is On A Loop For You To Find Your Placeholder Friends
My Favourite Author That I’ve Never Read
Poem: Localised Distribution of Feelings
Ben Living: The Haddonfield Recordings
What's On The Box This Lockdown
Poem: So Proud. So Very Proud.
John Coltrane: Another Side of John Coltrane
Poem: On The Dreams We Had As Children
In Praise of Lockdown Listening Selections
My New EBook: Lockdown 2 - Electric Avenue (Poems)
Marco Beltrami and Miles Hankins: Nine Perfect Strangers (Original Series Soundtrack)
Poem: Bill Conti Scores The Great American Novel
Sweetman Podcast: Lockdown Hiatus
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 22: Guns N' Roses, Auckland 1993
Boris Giltburg: Beethoven 32, Vol 9 – Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32
In Praise of Ditching Your Record Collection
In Praise of Loving Crap Albums: The First 50 in the Series
Lindy West: Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
Poem: Flashback - The First Time I Took Acid
Dee Gees / Foo Fighters: Hail Satin / Live
Kevin Hays, Ben Street & Billy Hart: All Things Are
Sweetman Podcast # 271: My Talk at the 2020 Manawatu Writers Festival
Belated Half-Time Report: Some of the Albums I've Loved This Year
Los Lobos: Just The Greatest Band From East L.A.
Poem: Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night
Amy Winehouse in The 27 Club: Ten Years On
Thomas Newman: The Little Things (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Poem: Girls And Boys At The Havelock North Public Swimming Pools
I Thought You Were Good White Lotus…But You’re Not Good. You’re Just Another Lying Ol’ Dirty Birdy.
Clark: Lisey’s Story (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
Sweetman Podcast # 270: Tarns Hood
The 50 Crap Albums That I Love!
In Praise of Stephen King. Again.
With You, Shortly - Little fictions
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 50 – Santana, “Spirits Dancing In The Flesh”
Do You Ever Rewatch Television Shows Anymore?
My New EBook: With You, Shortly - Little fictions
Gig Review: Flying Nun 40th Anniversary Party (August 7, Wellington)
Poem: What A Gig. Weird To Say? So Be It.
In Praise of Reading About Fleetwood Mac
Sweetman Podcast # 269: Andrew Gladstone (Garageland)
Just The Greatest Band From East L.A.
Movies of My Life # 23: Misery
Poem: Here Is That Apology I Owe You
Adam Nussbaum: Lead Belly Re-imagined
An Evening of Poetry and Music: National Poetry Day at Schrödinger's Books (Aug 27, 2021)
Movies of My Life # 22: The Big Lebowski
Faye Webster: I Know I’m Funny haha
For The Band Spines In Its 40th Birthday Year
Paula Green's Poetry Shelf: Thirteen Poems About Song
Lucinda Williams: Runnin’ Down A Dream - A Tribute to Tom Petty
Sweetman Podcast # 268 - Catherine Robertson
People Who Show You New Music Used To Be Important
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex: The Bench
Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns: Convergence
Asking For Horror Fiction Recommendations
Cristobal Tapia de Veer: The White Lotus [Soundtrack from the HBO Original Limited Series)
Stubs: # 286 Misery, Roxy Cinema, Wellington, 2021
Thinking About Amy Winehouse...Ten Years On...
Stubs: # 285 – Things I Know To Be True, Wellington, 2021
Sweetman Podcast # 267 - Sam Duckor-Jones
Molly Lewis: The Forgotten Edge (ep)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Angel Dream (Songs from The Motion Picture “She’s The One”)
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach
I’ve Already Seen The Best Beatles Documentary Ever – Many Times…
RNZ Feature: 40 Years of Grace Jones' Music
Happy Birthday Stewart Copeland!
Brooke Blair & Will Blair: Night Stalker - The Hunt for a Serial Killer
Sweetman Podcast # 266 - Jeff Kingsford-Brown
V/A: The Way of Darkness - A Tribute to John Carpenter
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 49 – “Poetic Justice”: Music From The Motion Picture
Drive-By Truckers: Live at Plan 9 July 13, 2006
The Big Lebowski On The Big Screen
Poem: Let’s hear it for the meritocracy!
In Praise of 'Walking On The Chinese Wall'
Stubs: # 284 – The Big Lebowski, Roxy Cinema, Wellington, 2021
From The Archives: Little Did I Know, When I Bought “Blow By Blow”…
Sweetman Podcast # 265 - Ben Elton
Miley Cyrus Should Play Anita O’Day In A Biopic
The Beautiful One: Five Years Gone / Five Years On
Poem: Case Study In Genius Branding
Ten Songs Only Warren Zevon Could Have Written
Movies of My Life # 21: Friday The 13th Part Two
Alexander Taylor: Scream, Queen! – My Nightmare on Elm Street (Original Soundtrack)
Poem: Where I Should Leave This.
DJ Houseplants: Self-Titled (ep)
Sweetman Podcast # 264 - Jo Marsh aka JoJo Bellini
Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Ding Dong. You’re Dead.
In Praise of YouTube, The TV Channel!
Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward: I’m A Stranger Here
Poem: Nightmares On Mainstream
The Genius-Stroke of Uncut Gems
Poem: Ontological Arguments Are So Last Century
Playlist: There's Worse People
WWE Elimination Chamber 2021: DVD
Short Story: When Peter Gabriel Drank All My Whiskey
Poem: I Am Unfashionable But It's Largely For The Sake Of My Mental Health
Poem: June 25th and 26th, 2009
Russell E.L. Butler: Emotional Bangers Only (ep)
Sweetman Podcast # 263 - Rikki Morris
My New EBook: Wrestling Is Fake. That's What Makes It So Real - Selected Grapplings (2005-2015)
John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band: Leftover Feelings
Poem: Critical Alignment for Spiritual Journeys on This Earth and Wherever Next
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48 – Boris Gardiner, “Everything To Me”
Trevor Gureckis: Servant – Season 1 (Soundtrack)
Bill Kwan: No Ordinary Love – The Music of Sade
Stubs: # 283 – Mansfield: In Her Own Words - Wellington, 2021
Poem: I Have A Crush On Pop Culture
Joan Armatrading: Consequences
Poem: My Favourite Kill of All Is Mrs. Vorhees’ Head Being Chopped Off In Slow-Motion
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Marc Ribot: Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus [Reissue]
Poem: Pearl Fishing with Peanuts
Remembering(s) Sinead O'Connor
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 262 - Ben Tolich (Mali Mali)
Menahan Street Band: The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band
My Kate Bush Story: Geeking Out While Seeking Out Her Music
The Best One Trick Pony: Paul Simon's Most Underrated Album
Poem: Let’s Talk Telephoto Lenses…
Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell: Burn
The Podcast You Need If You Love Books About Music
Roger McGough Had Done Enough - And Long Before He Wrote A Poem To Save My Life
Gig Review: The Nathan Haines Octet (June 12, Wellington)
Gig Review: Michael Houstoun and The Rodger Fox Big Band ft. Erna Ferry (June 12, Wellington)
Poem: Half Time At The Housewarming, The Fire Roaring, The Pass-Around Food Is Lovely…
Poem: What’s That Got To Do With The Price of Fish?
Promising Young Woman and Unhinged is The Double Feature I Am Here For
Gig Review: Newbop Quintet (June 10, Wellington)
No Guilt, Only Pleasure! Always!
RNZ Feature: Looking Back On The Best of Bonnie Raitt's Career
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 261 - Father Christopher Orczy
Do Audiobooks Count As Reading? Hell Yeah!
Martin Gore: The Third Chimpanzee E.P.
Movies of My Life # 20: Lost Highway
Poetry in Motion: PIM - July Edition - Featured Guest Simon Sweetman
Carmen Maria Machado: In The Dream House
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra: Cables Rewired EP
Friday The 13th Part Two Is The Best Horror Movie Sequel Of All Time, Of All Time
TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: #13 – Chappelle's Show
Poem: Jimmy Cliff, Arriving Angry
Movies of My Life # 19: The Apostle
Poem: Goodbye Charles Bukowski
Charlie Is My All-Time Darling
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: First Train Smokin
Poem: Henry Rollins Writing Haiku…
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 260 - Kate Spencer
Books That Blew My Mind # 7: “You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown” by Charles M. Schulz
Nelson Riveros: The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery
Poem: What Makes You Think You’re The One?
Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss: Duo
Chris Benstead: Wrath of Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
So No One Told You Reunions Were Gonna Be This Grey
Chrissie Hynde: Standing In The Doorway - Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 47 – Elvis Presley “Elvis’ Greatest Shit”
To One Of The Greats In Celebration of a Milestone Birthday
Stephanie Nilles: I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag – The White Flag
Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor: Time No Changes
Poem: Listening To Tusk, Thinking It’s The Greatest
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 46 – Lou Reed “Metal Machine Music”
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound
Poem: I’m In With The Non-Crowd/I’m Non With The In-Crowd
Poem: 80 Lines For Bob Dylan On The Occasion of His 80th Birthday
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 259 - Jonny Potts Says Happy 80th Birthday Bob Dylan
B-I-O P-I-C: Find Out What It Means To See…
Dan Wilson: Vessels of Wood and Earth
Garage A Trois: Calm Down Cologne
Billie Eilish: Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish
Poem: Marvin Gaye’s Album Turns 50 But Paul Mooney Doesn’t Get To Turn 80
Amy Winehouse: Live At The BBC [3CD]
Micky Dolenz: Dolenz Sings Nesmith
Cerys Matthews, Hidden Orchestra & 10 Poets: We Come From The Sun
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 258 - Caitlin Smith
Poem: Stop being silly! You’re being stupid!
Poem: The Best Way To Get Through It Is To Get Through It
David Buckley: Nobody (Music From The Motion Picture)
Poem: When You’re Too Old To Cut The Mustard You Can Still Lick The Jar
Ben Brown (ed): How Did I Get Here?
Lost Girls: Menneskekollektivet
Poem: Went To Christchurch For A Family Party
Caroline Shaw, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish & Sō Percussion: Narrow Sea
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 257 - Florian Habicht
Steve Miller Band: Live! Breaking Ground August 3, 1977
A Love Supreme/A Love Supreme/A Love Supreme/A Love Supreme/A Love Supreme…
DJ Toner Q4tet: Blessed Are The Weird People
You Can Read A Book In A Single Sitting And Experience So Many Worlds
Poem: There Aren’t Enough Batteries Left To Power This World
Bonnie Raitt: Rainbow Room Blues - Philly Broadcast ‘72
The Archives: Carry Me Home - A Reggae Tribute To Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
Non-Clickbait Headline About TVNZ Fully Supporting Donald Trump With Their Latest Move
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog: What I Did On My Long Vacation (ep)
Spines: Backstory. Spines Live 1986.
Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band: Soul Conversations
Poem: I Was There Mate, Gladstone, 1982
Sunday Stories: Mother's Day, Booktown, Back To Work On It All...
Vincent Herring: Preaching To The Choir
Poem: The People Working In Theatre Only Get Mondays To Themselves
Mandy Barnett: Every Star Above
Van Morrison: Latest Record Project Volume 1
Olivia Jean & April March: Palladium (ep)
Little Did I Know, When I Bought “Blow By Blow”…
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 256 - Mark Rogers
Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell: A Thousand Sacred Ships
Pink Floyd: Live At Knebworth 1990
Go To Raw Meat Monday - Meet Your Next Favourite Local Comedian
Dianne Swann: The War On Peace of Mind
Dinosaur Jr: Sweep It Into Space
Poem: Pics Or It Never Happened
Things I Know To Be True: Theatre
Up Early To Prep-Prep-Prep, Busy Day To Cap A Cruisy Week
Stubs: # 282 – Laurie Anderson: Here Comes The Ocean, Wellington, 2020
Mali Mali: Kill and Throw (ep)
Poem: (This) Man’s Best Friend
Featherston Booktown (May 6-9, 2021): Pop-Up Poetry (Saturday May 8)
Happy Pink Floyd At Knebworth Day!
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 255 - Matthew Pender on Prince
The KLF & The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu: Come Down Dawn
Alela Diane: Live At The Map Room
Poem: Just One Of Those Things
Short Story: A Sound Unlike Any Other (For Gibson Les Paul or SG)
Lara Solnicki: The One And The Other
Miley Cyrus Should Play Anita O’Day In A Biopic
Poem: Scenes From The Soap Opera In Transliteration
The Holidays, The Bubble, Billy Preston, Ben Elton and Anita O'Day, o'yeah...
Authors I Admire: # 17 Owen Marshall
Poem: Yet Another Poem About Anita O'Day
RNZ Feature: The Life and Legacy of Billy Preston
The Beautiful One: Five Years Gone / Five Years On
Peter Frampton: Peter Frampton Forgets The Words
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 254 - Steve Braunias
Nathan Salsburg: Landwerk No. 2
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 45 – Yes, “Big Generator”
John Key’s Jazz Monsters: Dune Dancing
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go
Brandi Disterherft Trio w/ George Coleman: Surfboard
Poem: It’s Weird How A Random Memory Will Just Pop Up Like This
Jordan Rakei: Late Night Tales
Promising Young Woman and Unhinged is The Double Feature I Am Here For
Norah Jones: ‘Til We Meet Again (Live)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
Fighting the Flu To Do What I Do
Poem: Watching Twin Peaks 30 Years Later
Joe Chambers: Samba de Maracutu
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 253 - Margot Pierard
Bob Dylan: The Best of The Bootleg Series
Mikael Tariverdiev: Visions in Black & White
WWE TLC - Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020: DVD
Review: The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw
Reggae Angels – with Sly & Robbie: Remember Our Creator
This Poem Punches My Heart In The Guts
Charlotte Grimshaw: The Mirror Book
I Think Lost Highway Will Always Be My Favourite David Lynch Film
Mara Rosenbloom Trio: Respiration
Merry Clayton: Beautiful Scars
'Selling Old Records' and 'Finding New Favourites'
Poem: Ani DiFranco Might Have Been The Original Slam Poet For All We Really Know (Or Care)
José James: New York 2020 (Live)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 252 - Mike McKeon (aka Dr Blue)
Poem: Blood Is Thicker Than Water
The Podcast You Need If You Love Books About Music
Little Feat: Meanest Blues of All (Live 1973)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Nathan Salsburg, Max Porter: Three Feral Pieces (ep)
Poem: I Nearly Killed A Dog One Day
Some Good TV and Film Articles For You
Gig Review: Wil Sargisson & Margot Pierard (April 3, Hawke's Bay)
Catching Up On The Homework I Set Myself...
Have A Good Friday – Have Some Good Music…
Tower of Power: 50 Years of Funk & Soul, Live at The Fox Theater – Oakland, CA – June 2018
Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham: Hard Candy
The Existential Importance of Reading The Mirror Book
Poem: We Went To Buy A DVD Player
Billy Collins: Whale Day And Other Poems
Quickly, In Praise of Laura Dern
Andra Day: The United States VS. Billie Holiday (Music From The Motion Picture)
Crowded House Live at Napier's Church Road
Poem: 5pm At The PAK’nSAVE Carpark in Hastings Is A Mood
Out of the house, but the House is about to get Crowded...
Ten Songs Only Warren Zevon Could Have Written
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 251 - Mere Boynton
Poem: Now Is The Winter Of Our Disco Tent!
Aretha Franklin: The Genesis of Aretha: 1960-1966
The Brilliant Hanif Abdurraqib
Ani DiFranco: Revolutionary Love
Poem: Hey Graham Bell, ‘TV Icon' Is Actually Spelt R-A-C-I-S-T C-U-N-T
Loretta Lynn: Still Woman Enough
Amanda Sewell: Wendy Carlos - A Biography
Pino Palladino/Blake Mills: Notes With Attachments
Richard Pryor: 'Craps' (After Hours) - 50th Anniversary
It's The End of The Week As We Know It...And I Feel Fine
Poem: Making American Recordings
My Kate Bush Story – Geeking Out While Seeking Out Her Music
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 250 - Greg Smith
SIX60 - Till The Lights Go Out: DVD
Poem: Your work and accomplishments are being recognised
Sophie Hutchings: Scattered On The Wind
Rebecca DuMaine & Dave Miller Trio: Someday, Someday
Michael Allred w/ Steve Horton and Laura Allred: BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams
Gig Preview: Noise Drone Repeat, Valhalla, Wellington (Wed, March 31, 2021)
The Brianna Thomas Band: Everybody Knows
Gig Review: Bill Bailey – En Route To Normal (March 14, Wellington)
Stubbleman: The Black Bird Tapes (ep)
My Top-Ten Re-Watchable Sitcoms
Ed Palermo Big Band: The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. III - Run For Your Life
Moby: Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1
Poem: Richard Pryor Addresses A Fucked Up Nation
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 249 - Gavin Hewitson
Poem: Melting Moments (Filled With Love)
Gavin Learns Podcast: Episode 32 - Simon Sweetman
YOU Writes Very Well – So Nice, We Bought It Twice!
Poem: The Latest – Greatest - Book
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 44 – Sophie B. Hawkins, “Tongues and Tails”
A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, April 10, 2021
Leon Lee Dorsey: Thank You Mr. Mabern
Kristiana Roemer: House of Mirrors
Gwenifer Raymond: Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
Chappelle’s Show Is Back – But Will It Get Cancelled?
Dakota McFadzean: To Know You’re Alive
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down In The Rust Bucket
Anja Lechner and François Couturier: Lontano
All I Am Saying Is Give Yoko A Chance!
Just Checking In To See What Condition My Subscriptions Are In...
Poem: Seven Times More Fun Than Most Parties
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 248 - Nadia Freeman (Miss Leading)
Books That Blew My Mind # 6: “Wilson” by Daniel Clowes
Poem: Kind Regards, Thanks Again, and Talk Soon?
UPDATE: Ethersonic Presents LENS_01 (NZ Fringe) - New Shows + One Cancelled Date
Bill And Ted Face The Music: DVD
The Top 10 Stephen King Books I’ve Read
James Blunt: How To Be A Complete and Utter Blunt - Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation
Poem: Dude, Where’s My Bro Noun?
Diane Schuur: Running On Faith
Stubs: # 281 – Cock, Wellington, 2019
Poem: Nostalgia Is Just Emotional Pornography
Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto: Quartermass Seven
Ian Nathan: Stephen King at the Movies
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 247 - Talia Marshall
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Noon
Stoppard: In The Name of Love...
John Densmore: The Seekers - Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists)
Will Bates: Bliss (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Weather Station: Ignorance
Books That Blew My Mind # 5: “The Dark Stuff - Selected Writings on Rock Music” by Nick Kent
Poem: “It Was Like Watching Myself Die”
Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward: Really Saying Something (Sara & Keren) – Our Bananarama Story
John Patitucci / Vinnie Colaiuta / Bill Cunliffe: TRIO
Poem: Welcome To Dunbar Sloane
Sun Ra: Haverford College, Jan. 25, 1980 (Solo Rhodes Piano)
WWE Clash of Champions 2020: DVD
Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate?
Ethersonic Presents LENS_01: NZ FRINGE
Poem: Tribute to James Tate Before I Even Knew Who He Was –
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 246 - Jeremiah Ross (Module)
Music, Movies, Books...the good stuff!
Adam Crystal: Bonding (Original Music From the Netflix Series)
Short Story: Won't Get Fooled Again
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: I Told You So
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 43 – Candy Dulfer, “Saxuality”
V/A: Music For Falling (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Poem: Because You Have Applied For All Of Them
The Tremeloes: Moonlight Hour (Live 1970)
Poem: Children of the Cornucopia
Tania Giannouli Trio: In Fading Light
The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart: Film
Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin’ 1965-1976
Matthew Restall: Elton John’s Blue Moves (33 1/3)
Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston: Oakland moments - cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing)
V/A: True Colours, New Colours
Poem: Father-Son Bonding Moment
Sir Richard Bishop: Oneiric Formulary
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 245 - John Wareham
Leonard Cohen: The Moon’s Too Bright
Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021
John Powell: Film Suites, Vol. 1
John Carpenter: Lost Themes III - Alive After Death
Comedy VS Poetry FACE/OFF: NZ FRINGE
Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two
Till Brönner & Bob James: On Vacation
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 244 - Maggie Tweedie
Poem: The First Two Years Near Uni
Hans Zimmer & David Fleming: Hillbilly Elegy (Music from the Netflix Film)
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 42 – John Martyn, “Heaven and Earth”
Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp: Dark Matrix
Tall Tales & True: Poetry at Paraparaumu Library, Sunday, February 7, 2021, 2-4pm
Poem: The Chicken/The Road/The Question of Why/No Joke/No Joke At All
R.I.P. Double K (Michael Turner)
James Taylor: Over The Rainbow - The American Standard EP
Billy Cobham: Live in Montreux (Live 1987)
Books That Blew My Mind # 4: “Faithfull” by Marianne Faithfull
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21: Emmylou Harris, Wellington 2001
Sofa’s First Gig: It Was 25 Years Ago Today…
Sly & The Family Drone: Walk It Dry
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”
Robin Guthrie / Harold Budd: Another Flower
Poem: Promising Dumb Punchline
J. Pavone String Ensemble: Lost and Found
Poem: The shed in the paddock miles from nowhere but I was there
Roberto Bravo: Tributo a Ennio Morricone
Books That Blew My Mind # 3: “Can’t and Won’t” by Lydia Davis
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger: Force Majeure
The Faggets: WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SHIT
Yussef Dayes Trio: Welcome To The Hills
Short Story: The Despondency of Taking A Break
Grand River: Blink A Few Times To Clear Your Eyes
Poem: Another Couple of Balls and An Extra Set of Fingers
Stubs: # 280 – Waiheke Island, Auckland, 2021
Mike Edison: Sympathy For The Drummer - Why Charlie Watts Matters
Khatia Buniatishvili: Labyrinth
Playlist: "It's Been Five Years" David Bowie Tribute
Blanck Mass: Calm With Horses (Original Score)
DJ Setlist: “It’s Been Five Years” – Tribute To David Bowie, San Fran, Saturday, January 9, 2021
Stubs: # 279 – Queen Elizabeth Park: Miniature Train, Masterton, 2021
Poem: Road Running, Road Running…
Sammy Hagar & The Circle: Lockdown 2020
Sweetman Podcast on Hiatus: Summer Holiday Break
Kevin Keller: The Front Porch of Heaven
Todd Rundgren: A Wizard A True Star…Live!
Poem: I Often Think of When Sinead O’Connor Made The Best Music And Stood So Proud
"It's Been Five Years..." David Bowie Anniversary Drinks and Tunes: DJ Set
Rob Simonsen: The Way Back (OST)