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April 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Huey Lewis And The News: Hot Off The Press (Live 1987)

Huey Lewis And The News Hot Off The Press (Live 1987) Shockwaves Another day, another old radio-station live broadcast bootlegged out to the world anew in a ‘semi authorised’ fashion. I’m loving finding these things on every second doorstep down Music Avenue right now.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Back To The Future, Bootleg, Fore!, Hot Off The Press, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis And The News, Huey Lewis And The News: Hot Off The Press (Live 1987), Live, Live 1987, Picture This, Shockwaves, Sports, The 1987 Oregan Broadcast, The News, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Huey Lewis & The News: Weather

Huey Lewis & The News Weather BMG Rights Management (US) LLC It’s interesting enough that Huey Lewis & The News has just released its first new set of original tunes in close to two decades. But it’s bittersweet too – as the frontman’s diagnosis of Meniere’s disease has come to a point where he can […]
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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player – Strange Revelation

Last night I found an old DVD player – I remember buying it a few years back, using it for a while, but it wouldn’t play any multi-zone discs and so it was tucked away in a cabinet. I bought an even cheaper model ($19.99 in a supermarket) and that one works brilliantly; plays everything. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Albums, Back To The Future, Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player - Strange Revelation, Barb Jungr, Burns, Burnt, CD, CD Player, Christopher O'Riley, Copies, David Axelrod, Discman, DVD, DVD Player, Favourites, Felix Da Housecat, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, LP, Madlib, Music, Music Collection, Nostalgia, Quasimoto, Range, Records, Strange Revelation, The Black Crowes, The Dukes of Stratosphear, The DVD Player as CD Player, Vinyl, XTC ·

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July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston

Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator.  Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands.  These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Memory of Others, Antarctic Angels and The Unknown Blues, Back To The Future, Bell Bird Pictures, Bill Direen, Cherry 2000, Director, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Filmmaker, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston, Gone With The Weird, http://www.bellbirdpictures.co.nz/, Movie, Movies, NZ International Film Festival, Raising Arizona, Rumble & Bang, Sheen Of Gold, Simon Ogston, Special Guest, The Trump Presidency ·

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August 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Allusions of Grandeur

“This is a blues in E, watch for the breaks and try and keep up”, the line had been committed to memory. Richard knew it inside out. Had learned it from his favourite film. He always dreamt he’d be in front of a real band saying that, or something like it. He always dreamed. He […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Allusions of Grandeur, Back To The Future, Marty McFly, Michael J. Fox, Short Story ·

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September 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1288

Huey Lewis and The News, Fore! (1986) Reviewing the deluxe edition 30th Anniversary double-disc of Sports got me thinking back to this album; actually the first by Huey Lewis & The News that I heard. And this record was huge! There was impact from the Back To The Future soundtrack – and that was probably […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1986, Back To The Future, Fore!, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis & The News, Jacob's Ladder, LP, Sports, The Power of Love, Vinyl ·

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