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May 8, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

They Call Him Magic: The Magic Johnson Doco Series

We all have our lists of pandemic viewing, the things we got into because of forced closures and time spent indoors – and one of the big ones was The Last Dance – ostensibly about The Chicago Bulls basketball team, but really about Michael Jordan’s mile-wide competitive streak. I lapped up The Last Dance, compulsive […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Apple, Basketball, Blog, Documentary, Magic Johnson, The Last Dance, The Magic Johnson Doco Series, They Call Him Magic, They Call Him Magic: The Magic Johnson Doco Series, They Call Me Magic, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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June 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Snooker

Classic Kiwi party. Pass-arounds. A fire on inside, gas-heaters in the tent. The beer was flowing like wine. The wine was being served from the biggest bottle I’ve ever seen – it took two people to distribute it. And in the corner of the lounge, at just the right time, the TV went on for […]
Posted in Blog, Mixtapes · Tagged Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Basketball, Blog, Gods of Snooker, In Praise Of, In Praise of Snooker, Judd Trump, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Rugby, Snooker, Sport, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, TV, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Half Time At The Housewarming, The Fire Roaring, The Pass-Around Food Is Lovely…

Eventually ol’ Fitzy or Trev or Mucka or Graeme or whatever the name was, asked me what sport was my favourite – my rugby-bluffing had been going about as well as the game itself. I told him I watched a lot of basketball – and loved it. And he gestured, adding “oh yeah, the hat”. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Basketball, Half Time At The Housewarmin The Fire Roarin The Pass-Around Food Is Lovely…, Half Time At The Housewarming, Poem, Poem: Half Time At The Housewarmin The Fire Roarin The Pass-Around Food Is Lovely…, Rugby, Snooker, The Fire Roaring, The Pass-Around Food Is Lovely… ·

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January 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Rob Simonsen: The Way Back (OST)

Rob Simonsen The Way Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Watertower Music The Way Back was an okay movie, an occasionally ‘good’ or at least thoughtful movie – but where it’s been heralded as a great sports drama, the real story was the one of addiction and attempts at redemption; not really a sports drama at […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Addiction, Album Review, Basketball, Ben Affleck, Drama, Film, Film Score, Hoosiers, Movie, Movie Soundtrack, Rob Simonsen, Rob Simonsen: The Way Back (OST), Soundtrack, Sports, The Natural, The Way Back, The Way Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Watertower Music, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 237: Jackson Nieuwland

Welcome to episode 237 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 Spotify […]
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November 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Three-Pointer

1. I love basketball! 2. I’m not very good! 3. This doesn’t matter!
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged $1, 2, 3, Basketball, I love basketball!, I'm not very good at it!, I’m not very good!, Poem, Poem: Three-Pointer, This doesn't matter!, Three-Pointer ·

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May 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, Napier, 2019

Over the last few years I’ve got back into basketball – at first casually, and then with a lot more interest – even buying a ball and going back to shooting hoops and obviously I’m currently bereft because there’s not only no live basketball to get to (or watch on TV) but also I’ve finished […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, All In The Family, Basketball, Cigna Saints, Family, Hawke's Bay, Hawks, Hawks vs. Huskies, HB, Huskies, Napier, NBA, Netflix, Pettigrew Green Arena, Saints, Stub, 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: # 250, Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, The Last Dance ·

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March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Hobbies Where You Kinda Suck: The Wonderful Experience of Being Quite Shit

I was never the greatest drummer. But I made a living from it. For a while. I made more money playing the drums in bands around the country than I have ever made from writing. I’d pack the car for a weekend and play songs I didn’t love to audiences there for beer and I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Basketball, Blog, Drumming, Essay, Hobbies, Hobby, In Praise of Hobbies Where You Kinda Suck, In Praise of Hobbies Where You Kinda Suck: The Wonderful Experience of Being Quite Shit, The Wonderful Experience of Being Quite Shit, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Dream Team

Summer Olympics, 1992. The American basketball squad was called The Dream Team; it was the first time they’d let all the NBA players of the day into the national team. It was like something out of an action movie; a revenge-play because they’d been beaten by the Soviet Union. They couldn’t get Sly Stallone, Bruce […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1992, Basketball, Dream Team, NBA, Olympics, Poem, Poem: The Dream Team, The Dream Team ·

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April 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 224 – Cigna Saints, Wellington, 2019

I had a really great chat with a Facebook friend the other day. We had never met. But he recognised me and got chatting about things I’d written and from there we had a huge conversation about the arts and culture and content and contributing and how being an audience member, a consumer, is part of the […]
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February 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 155 – Brendon Pongia

Welcome to episode 155 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  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 Spotify library. Brendon Pongia is a former TV host and […]
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