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February 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward: Really Saying Something (Sara & Keren) – Our Bananarama Story

Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward Cornerstone / Penguin This cool summer I got hooked on the song Cruel Summer – and hooked again on Bananarama for the first time in absolutely years. So giddy with the rush of nostalgia I wrote a goddamn poem about […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bananarama, Band, Band Biography, Biography, Bok, Book, Book Review, Cruel Something, Keren Woodward, Our Bananarama Story, Pop, Really Saying Something, Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story, Sara and Keren, Sara Dallin, Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward: Really Saying Something (Sara & Keren) – Our Bananarama Story, Siobhan Fahey, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart: Film

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Director: Frank Marshall Diamond Docs / White Horse Pictures / HBO Documentary Films / HBO Max Oh, I love the Bee Gees! Wasn’t always the case. As a kid I feel like I was trained to laugh at them – via Kenny Everett and later […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andy Gibb, Band, Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, Bee Gees, disco, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Review, HBO, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, How Deep Is Your Love, Maurice Gibb, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Music Doco, Pop, Robin Gibb, Saturday Night Fever, Songwriters, Songwriting, The Bee Gees, The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart: Film, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 210: Jordan Luck

Welcome to episode 210 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Anchor, backstage, Band, Chat, Conversation, Fan, Green Room, Interview, Jordan Luck, Listener, Music, Off The Tracks, Paraparaumu, Podcast, Records, Sober, Sobriety, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 210, Sweetman Podcast # 210: Jordan Luck, Sweetman Podcast: Jordan Luck, T Leaf T, The Dance Exponents, The Exponents, The Jordan Luck Band, Touring, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 248

Peter Fonda, Peter Fonda (2018) I have a very kind friend based in Australia who has hooked me up with some interesting vinyl from talented, if lesser known players. His philosophy is simple: connecting people with music, sharing his tastes, helping out his mates – his mates in bands and his mates that like music. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Art, Artwork, Aussie, Australia, Australian, Band, Fonda, Friend, Indie, Inner Sleever, LP, Ltd Ed, Painting, Peter, Peter Fonda, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 248, Vinyl, You'd Know Best ·

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May 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Father & Son (Pt. II)

When the old man had his best mate in town –  guy who’d played drums in his band  well, suddenly everything I’d ever done with music –  every radio appearance, every interview, and those pesky  review controversies, it was all up for grabs.  Topics for conversation. Pride too.  It was all, “remember when…” and “what about that time…” and “didn’t you also speak to…” and “you saw them didn’t you…”  Not […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Band, Father & Son, Father & Son (Pt. II), Music, Part 2, Part Two, Poem, Poem: Father & Son, Poem: Father & Son (Pt. II), Pride, Pt. II, Pt.2 ·

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December 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Michael Diamond/Adam Horovitz: Beastie Boys Book

Beastie Boys Book Michael Diamond/Adam Horovitz Spiegel & Grau It finally arrived – after so much talk and plenty of hype, the memoir of The Beastie Boys written by its two surviving members. When Adam Yauch (MCA) died from cancer in 2012 that was the end of the group. Respectfully and realistically Michael Diamond (Mike […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Horowitz, Adam Yauch, AdRock, Autobiography, Band, Band Biography, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Book, Bio, Biography, Book, Book Review, MCA, Memoir, Michael Diamond, Michael Diamond/Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond/Adam Horovitz: Beastie Boys Book, Mike D, Spiegel & Grau, The Beastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts

Well, he’s a cricket fan, so he’ll enjoy the mention of a “double century” – but one thing I learned a while back is that you have to pick your moments and celebrate your own milestones in this writing-online caper. You have to turn up. And turn up. And turn up again. And if you […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Band, Blog, Bob Dylan, Bruno Lawrence, Chris Knox, Cricket, Family, Films, Ghost, Ghost posts, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Heart, Jon Mcleary, Manslaughter, Movies, Music, Novel, On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts, Painting, Peter McLeavey, Spines, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight, The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts, The Spines, War Stories, Wellington, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 177 The School Social

I was always on the student council at my schools. It didn’t really involve much – wear a little badge and sit around missing class every couple of weeks discussing what was wrong about the place. In my fourth form year at Hillcrest High School though I rose to the rank of Deputy Chairperson and […]
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August 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? – A Hypothetical: What Musician Would You Invite To A Meal?

So there are all these hypothetical situations people talk about – five famous people you can have over for dinner; you can – apparently – traverse time with this (makes sense I guess, being that it’s a hypothetical). You can cherry-pick from the eras, have a seating plan that includes Abraham Lincoln sitting across from […]
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August 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 – Tamzin Beazley

Welcome to episode 76 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one arrives a day or two early – timing it with the film’s current run around the country as part of the Festival – a conversation with Tamzin Beazley; she is the wife of Booga Beazley from Head […]
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July 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

“Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s

Steve Gunn, American guitar wizard – one of many exciting talents currently cutting their own path away from the early influence of John Fahey – says that once he discovered music he “kinda gave up everything else that was going on as a kid”. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Philadelphia – […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged “Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue", “Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s, Acoustic Guitar, Band, Folk, Guitar, Guitarist, http://www.steve-gunn.com/, Interview, Jazz, Jerry Garcia, John Fahey, Kurt Vile, NZ Tour, On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s, PR, Promo, Raga, Ryley Walker, Sandy Bull, Solo, Steve Gunn ·

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December 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 40 – Sean James Donnelly (SJD)

Welcome to episode 40 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Auckland-based musician/producer/soundtrack composer Sean James Donnelly – better known, in band and solo-musician guise as SJD. I’m a huge fan of Sean’s music – all of his albums, I think he’s one of the great talents in New Zealand […]
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