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July 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington, 2017

Of all the times I saw Anika Moa doing her songs for kiddies I think this was absolutely the best; by which I also mean it was the best time for me and my boy – he was peak age and interest, he knew the songs and cared about them, he’d met Anika briefly so […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Anika Moa, Children, Gig Review, Kids, Live Gig, Live Music, Opera House, Songs for Children, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 264, Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington ·

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July 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 100

Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978) (2017) Look, I’m not really one for these bootleg recordings – but I am one for bargains. So when I found a brand new copy of this, for dirt cheap, with time to kill and browsing, there was no choice but for it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, 2017), Bob Marley, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bootleg, Boston Music Hall, Exodus, Get Up Stand Up, Live, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978), LP, Medley, Medley: War/No More Trouble/Get Up Stand Up/Exodus, No More Trouble, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 100, The Wailers, Vinyl, War ·

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June 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs # 255 – Bill Frisell, Wellington, 2017

I could probably say that I never expected the chance to see Bill Frisell – at least not in New Zealand; so I was super excited to check him out when he appeared here as part of the Jazz Festival a couple of years back. And in support of a very fine album with the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Bill Frisell, Frisell, Guitar, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Live Gig, Petra Haden, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 255, Stubs # 255 – Bill Frisell, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Wellington, Wgtn, When You Wish Upon A Star ·

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May 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 252 – James Taylor, Napier, 2017

Though I loathe the term ‘Bucket List’ I’ll use it here for shorthand and due to familiarity…I never quite realised that James Taylor would be a Bucket List Gig for me until it was announced that he was touring. I’ve been a fan forever – at first somewhat forced one me; the greatest hits albums […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), All-Star Band, Church Road, Gig Review, Hawke's Bay, HB, James Taylor, Napier, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 252, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 252 – James Taylor, Tami Neilson, Vineyard ·

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May 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 122

Roots Radics, Dubbing At Channel 1 (2017) Lockdown has reconnected me with reggae, with dub, with lovers rock, ska, rocksteady – and holy shit maybe even dancehall. Jamaican music and the versions of it that appear throughout the world (especially the UK scene/s) has been a crucial part of the soundtrack to lockdown in my […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2017), Bob Marley, Care Package, Dub, Dubbing At Channel 1, Grant Smithies, Jamaica, Jamaican Recordings, Lockdown, LP, Record, Reggae, Roots Radics, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 122, Vinyl ·

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October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 235 – Hand To God, Wellington, 2017

Someone asked me the other day how I got into theatre reviewing and I couldn’t really answer it. Then I remembered it was as prosaic as a newspaper editor asking me to do it. They obviously knew I’d done a book review or two and some music and they asked me to do it. Writing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Circa Theatre, Drama, Hand To God, Play, Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 235, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 235 – Hand To God, Theatre Reviewing, Wellington ·

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May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 304 

Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, 2017), Bob, Boot, Bootleg, Colorado, Concert, Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Gig, Hard Rain, Idiot Wind, Live, LP, May 23rd, Radio Broadcast, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 304, TV Broadcast, Vinyl ·

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November 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 361

Head Like A Hole, 13 (1993) Last year Head Like A Hole decided to release their debut full-lengther and take it on tour – I missed the show, but didn’t miss getting the LP. I love the band – their best work still stands and they’re always a good live show. I’ve seen them a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 13, 1993, 2017), Debut, Fish Across Face, Head Like A Hole, HLAH, Life's A Joke, LP, Records, Reissue, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 361, Vinyl ·

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October 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 364

Randy Newman, Dark Matter (2017) My favourite album of 2017 – and my most-played album of 2017 too – was this. No surprise, anyone reading will know I’m a huge Randy Newman fan. Have been since I first heard about him, saw him interviewed; was a fan before I even heard his music – turns […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2017), Brothers, Dark Matters, LP, Randy Newman, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 364, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 367

Reb Fountain, Hopeful // Hopeless (ep) (2017) Just last week I met Reb Fountain – we had a chat for my podcast – and you’ll get to hear that in good time if you check back in. I also got Reb to sign my copy of this album, one of two she released last year […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2017), EP, Fountain, Hopeful, Hopeful // Hopeless (ep) (2017), Hopeful & Hopeless, Hopeful & Hopeless (ep), Hopeless, Live, Podcast, Reb, Reb Fountain, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 367, Vinyl ·

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August 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Perrett: How The West Was Won

Peter Perrett How The West Was Won Domino Recording Co Ltd. My favourite album of 2017 – and I forgot to mention it until just now – was easily Peter Perrett’s How The West Was Won. Remarkable for many reasons, not least because it was the debut solo albums, arriving some 30 years after he […]
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August 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

DVD Review: Beauty & The Beast – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)

Beauty & The Beast Director: Bill Condon Mandeville Films/Walt Disney Pictures Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6) Hi, it’s Oscar again with my Beauty & The Beast review. This is my favourite movie because it’s got my favourite actor in it – Emma Watson. She plays Belle, a young girl woman who gets taken prisoner by The Beast – he […]
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