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October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater

Alan Howarth Live at Hollywood Theater Bsx Records Inc Alan Howarth is a composer and sound engineer – best known for his work with John Carpenter (as well as several volumes of the Halloween films he has composed and/or performed aspects of the score for Christine, Prince of Darkness, Escape From New York, They Live […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 20/20, 2014, 2018), Alan Howarth, Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble In Little China, Bsx Records Inc, Composer, Composition, Film Score, Halloween, Horror, John Carpenter, Live, Live At Hollywood Theater, Score, Solo, Sound Design, Soundtrack, The Thing, They Live, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween – Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sacred Bones John Carpenter’s original score for the original Halloween movie is what saved it – the low-budget movie which is legendary now for its kickstarting of a new strain of horror films and for its pioneering indie film spirit was […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 2018), Album Review, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Director, Fanchise, Film, Godson, Halloween, Halloween Reboot, Halloween: Expanded Edition, Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Horror, Horror Movie, John Carpenter, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Movie, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Scared Bones, Sequels, Son, Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 278 – Teju Cole: Blind Spot, Wellington 2018

Most days I think about Teju Cole’s book Blind Spot (and how wonderful it is). And sometimes I remember how lucky I was to see him not just once but twice in the same weekend. Just recently I found the stub for that first show – and remembered that it was slightly derailed by tech […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Author, Author Talk, Blind Spot, Book, Chat, Conversation, Critic, Interview, Live Event, Live Gig, NZ Festival, Photographs, Q & A, 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: # 278, Stubs: # 278 – Teju Cole: Blind Spot, Talk, Teju Cole, Wellington, Wellington 2018, Writer, Writers and Readers ·

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September 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, Wellington 2018

The really great thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you get to see some acts you never would have thought to get to – like The Staves. The really dumb thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you go along, you review the show, rave about it, place it as one of the best […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Comp, Gig Review, Live, Live Gig, Music, NZ Festival, Staves, 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: # 277, Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, The Staves, Wellington, Wellington 2018 ·

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September 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 276 – NZSO: Summer Pops – Music From The Movies, Wellington 2018

It seemed a good idea to get some culture, the whole family. Music From The Movies was the name of the NZSO’s Summer Pops program for 2018 and, alas, it was a fucking snore-fest. It didn’t fire. Ever. Just some dated, monotonous, lifeless movie scores. No punch. No fire. No fun. All very boring. And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 2018), Film, Gig, Live, Movie, Movie Score, Music From The Movies, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, NZSO, Orchestra, Score, Soundtrac, Soundtrack, 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: # 276, Stubs: # 276 – NZSO: Summer Pops – Music From The Movies, Summer Pops, Summer Pops – Music From The Movies, Symphony Orchestra, Wellington 2018 ·

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August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 274 – Rhian Sheehan, Wellington, 2018

I’ve seen Rhian Sheehan a bunch of times. And it’s always been great – always a variation of the same sorts of moods and feels and vibe; many of the same pieces even. But it always has a new flavour too. So it’s never (just) repetition. I’ve seen this sort of show from him develop […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), A Quiet Divide, Concert, Gig, Live, Live Gig, MFC, Rhian Sheehan, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through theticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 274, Stubs: # 274 – Rhian Sheehan, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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August 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 272 – Litcrawl, Wellington, 2018

Litcrawl is Wellington’s coolest (best) literary event, a spectacular, jam-packed with ideas and showcases – and in 2018 I was lucky to be asked to be part of one of the events. Lucky. And shitting myself. Why not both?  The event was called Lit-Sync For Your Life and it featured three readers – I was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Event, Gig, Lip-Snych, Lit Crawl, Lit-Sync for Your Life, LitCrawl, Literature, Live Gig, Performance, Performer, Pip Adam, Poetry, Read, Reading, Short Story, Show, Simon Sweetman, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 272, Stubs: # 272 – Litcrawl, Tayi Tibble, Wellington, Writing ·

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August 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 271 – Switzerland, Wellington, 2018

Funny, I was just reminiscing about the play Songs For Nobodies and how great the writing of Joanna Murray-Smith was but actually the first things I saw by Smith was this play, Switzerland. I didn’t like it. And it was the writing that really let it down for me. The acting was superb – two […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Circa Theatre, Joanna Murray-Smith, Play, Review, Songs For Nobodies, Stubs, Stubs: # 271, Stubs: # 271 – Switzerland, Switzerland, Theatre, Wellington ·

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August 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 270 – Songs For Nobodies, Wellington, 2018

I felt like I was suitably prepared to enjoy this show – having met and interviewed the show’s star Ali Harper and being a fan of the singers she was inhabiting. But no. It was far better than my already pretty-high expectations. Don’t you just love that. The script was brilliant – but it’s Ali’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Ali Harper, Joanna Murray-Smith, Monologues, Music, Musical, Musical Theatre, Play, Podcast, Songs For Nobodies, 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: # 270, Stubs: # 270 – Songs For Nobodies, Theatre, Wellington ·

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August 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Wellington, 2018

It’s funny how sometimes you see a genius – a great talent – and it just doesn’t stick, doesn’t connect, doesn’t mean anything. The first time I saw Thundercat I was a fan – but I hated the show. It was busy when it didn’t need to be and felt very splatter-painting/ish and I just […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Arts Festival, Drunk, Gig, Gig Review, Jazz, Live Gig, R'n'B, Soul, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 269, Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Thundercat, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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August 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Wellington, 2018

We’ve always enjoyed the pantomime at Circa – right back to when we went as adults without a kid (admittedly because a friend had a starring role, but we loved it). In recent years it’s been a great night of family entertainment and maybe we reached the peak with this performance – 2018’s season of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Circa Theatre, Family, Oscar, Pantomime, Puss in Boots, Puss In Boots - The Pantomime, Puss in Boots – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7), Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Theatre, Wellington ·

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July 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 265 – C.K. Stead: Q&A, Wellington, 2018

The year 2018 was a good one for me and the writers/readers fest – I went to heaps of things, enjoyed them, wrote about them. Win/win/win. It was a whirlwind weekend but I was just fully on board with it – and C.K. Stead has never been one of my favourites. I get why he’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Book, C.K. Stead, Chat, Interview, NZ Festival, Q&A, Steve Braunias, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 265, Stubs: # 265 – C.K. Stead: Q&A, Wellington, Writers & Readers ·
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