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April 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: I AM

standing in awe of the Colin McCahon, listening in awe to Peter Gabriel. I cannot believe the information. (My heart going boom-boom-boom). I stand for an age, trying to drink it all in, in that moment there was no one that could arrive with any suggestion to take me home.            […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Colin McCahon, I AM, Music, Peter Gabriel, Poem, Poem: I AM, Solsbury Hill, Wellington ·

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July 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 268: Catherine Robertson

Hi and welcome to episode 268 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Advertising, Anchor, Apple, Art, Author, Book, BOOK/SHOP, Bridget Jones's Diary, Catherine Robertson, Chat, Conversation, Critic, Gabriel's Bay, Good Books, Hawke's Bay, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Interview, iTunes, Jethro Tull, Matthew Couper, Music, Novel, Novelis, Reviewer, RNZ, Romance, Romance Writer, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 268, Sweetman Podcast # 268: Catherine Robertson, Sweetman Podcast: Catherine Robertson, T Leaf T, Talk, The Listener, Wellington, Write, Writing, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 267: Sam Duckor-Jones

Hi and welcome to episode 267 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor, Apple, Art, Artist, Book, Book Havn, Book Town, Books, Bookstore, Chat, Conversation, Creating, Doing, Drawing, ep # 267, Featherston, https://bookhaven.co.nz/, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, IIML, Interview, Making, Off The Tracks, Party Legend, People from the Pit Stand Up, Podcast, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Poetry Day, Reading, Readings, Sam Duckor-Jones, Sculpting, Sculptor, Shrodinger's Books, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 267: Sam Duckor-Jones, T Leaf T, VUP, Wairarapa, Writing, Yeastie Boys ·

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May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Luke Adam Hawker: Together

Together Luke Adam Hawker Kyle Books The pandemic took its toll – and is taking it still and because we survived lockdown (and it was brief) many of us have moved on and back to our lives and it was all just a mild inconvenience. We were lucky. And we were supported by our government […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Art, Book, Book Review, Comic, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, Design, Family, Graphic, Graphic Novel, Lockdown, Luke Adam Hawker, Luke Adam Hawker: Together, Pandemic, Together, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 251 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged "Singer", Actor, Anchor, Aotearoa, Apple, Art, Arts, Arts Administration, Books, Chat, Conversation, ep.251, Film, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Interview, iTunes, Jazz, Karaoke, Kiwi, Mere Boynton, Movies, Music, Napier, NZ, Once Were Warriors, Opera, Reading, Reggae, RNZ, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 251, Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton, Sweetman Podcast: Mere Boynton, T Leaf T, Tawhiri, Theatre, Wellington, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 250: Greg Smith

A milestone of sorts –  this is episode 250 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Actor, Art, Artist, Auckland, Carver, Carving, Chat, Conversation, DJ, Drugs, ep.250, episode 250, Film, Flying Nun, Glass Blowing, Greg Smith, Interview, Kiwi, MixCloud, Music, Nepture's Selector, NZ, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Podcaster, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Stone Carver, Story, Storyteller, Storytelling, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 250, Sweetman Podcast # 250: Greg Smith, Sweetman Podcast: Greg Smith, T Leaf T, TV, voice, Writing, Yarn, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Densmore: The Seekers – Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists)

The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) John Densmore Hachette Books John Densmore was a pretty good drummer but he’s a really bad writer. So it’s remarkable that he’s now up to book number three! The first was a given – a book about his time in The Doors; no one could argue […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Art, Book, Book Review, Creatives, Creativity, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, John Densmore: The Seekers - Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists), Meetings With Remarkable Musicians, Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists), Memoir, Music, Philosophy, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors, The Seekers, The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists), Wisdom, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Welcome To Dunbar Sloane

We strolled around the auction house, looking at the paintings, some amazing and others – not. The catalogue is final resting place for certain works, others only come alive when they sense you’re smiling at them. An older couple that I was not smiling at perused the pottery, old toys and cutlery. “This is the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Auction, Poem, Poem: Welcome To Dunbar Sloane, Welcome To Dunbar Sloane ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham

Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Addiction, America, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Art, Author, Businessman, Chat, Conversation, Dean Wareham, Educator, Family, Films, https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/sweetman-podcast/id1086583733, Interview, iTunes, Jail, John Wareham, Kiwi, Louise Wareham Leonard, Memoir, Music, NZ, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Policy, Politics, Prison, Psychologist, Reform, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 245, Sweetman Podcast # 245 - John Wareham, Sweetman Podcast: John Wareham, T Leaf T, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Enrico Pieranunzi: Frame

Enrico Pieranunzi Frame Cam Jazz When I last caught up with Enrico Pieranunzi’s playing it was in trio form, a live gig that captured one of drum-legend Paul Motian’s final performances behind the kit. It was a devastatingly good set – one I revisit, but beyond that I’ve forgotten to check in on Peiranunzi, an […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Art, Cam Jazz, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Pieranunzi: Frame, Frame, Hopper, Jazz, Klimt, Matisse, Mondrian, Painting, Piano, Picasso, Pollock, Solo, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Story Behind The Cover of My New Book

Next month I will release my first book of poems. It’s called The Death of Music Journalism – it’s available to pre-order from now and yesterday I shared the cover image on my Facebook page. I mentioned that it was by my good friend the artist Matthew Couper. But what I didn’t get to say […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Artist, Blog, Book, Book Cover, Matt Couper, Matthew Couper, Poems, Poetry, Simon Sweetman, The Death of Music Journalism, The Story Behind The Cover of My New Book, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

I Don’t Know Much About (How To Do) Art But I Know What I Like (Trying To Do): In Praise Of Doodling The Fuck Out Of Some Paper, Yo!

Late last year I started playing the drums again – after at least six or seven years without touching the sticks and even longer since I took it seriously in any sort of practicing-regime way. Earlier this year I bought a basketball and started making trips to any hoop I might find to try my […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Biro, CRAFT, Doodling, Drawing, Felt, I Don’t Know Much About (How To Do) Art But I Know What I Like (Trying To Do), I Don’t Know Much About (How To Do) Art But I Know What I Like (Trying To Do): In Praise Of Doodling The Fuck Out Of Some Paper, In Praise Of Doodling The Fuck Out Of Some Paper Yo!, Marker, Painting, Pastels, Pencil, Pens, Sketchpad, yo!, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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