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January 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Mike Edison: Sympathy For The Drummer – Why Charlie Watts Matters

Sympathy For The Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters Mike Edison Backbeat Most people know that Charlie Watts matters – most people that would read a book about how Charlie Watts matters would already know I reckon…hell, I already wrote my own piece arguing much the same ages ago – but that didn’t stop me lapping […]
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December 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Kae Tempest: On Connection

On Connection Kae Tempest Faber & Faber Social For some 20 years Tempest has been a writer and performer – plays, poems and a novel have been printed. Spoken-word shows incorporate music and poetry, there are book-length single poems and recorded albums that share titles with printed-word publications. To me it’s all exquisite. A quite […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book Review, Comic Essay, Essay, Faber & Faber Social, Kae Tempest, Kae Tempest: On Connection, Memoir, On Connection, Poetry, Spoken Word, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Gaulke: Pocket Blues

Pocket Blues Bob Gaulke (Independent) Bob Gaulke is an American musician and poet – I’ve enjoyed his songs, very much and via Facebook I get to see his poems. He’s prolific, thoughtful and approaches his poetic work with the twin gifts of songwriting brevity and journalistic observation. That is to say his social commentary is […]
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November 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Richard Langston: Five O’Clock Shadows

Five O’Clock Shadows Richard Langston The Cuba Press This is Richard Langston’s sixth book of poems; his first in eight years – the longest gap between collections. He’s busy when not documenting the land in his words. He documents the land in his work – his day-job is directing episodes of Country Calendar. You can […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Country Calendar, Cuba Press, Five O’Clock Shadows, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Poetry Book, Poetry Volume, Richard Langston, Richard Langston: Five O’Clock Shadows, The Cuba Press, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Billie Holiday: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Billie Holiday: The Last Interview and Other Conversations Billie Holiday (w/ introduction by Khanya Mtshali) Melville House I’m a big fan of The Last Interview series (there’s more being added every time I check in – including, I see, a Ruth Bader Ginsburg one is being readied).
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, Book, Book Review, Compilation, Interview, Interviews, Jazz, Khanya Mtshali, Other Conversations, Print, Radio, The Last Interview, The Last Interview and Other Conversations, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Chuck Palahniuk: Consider This

Consider This: Moments In My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different Chuck Palahniuk Grand Central Publishing I am probably best described as a fairweather fan of Chuck Palahniuk – but certainly the visceral charge of catching up with his first few books (Fight Club, Survivor, Invisible Monsters and Choke) was akin to blasting my […]
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September 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Chris Frantz: Remain In Love

Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina Chris Frantz St. Martin’s Press Talking Heads made nearly perfect music across 10 nearly perfect albums (eight studio, two live). There are post-punkers and people there at the time that swear only by the first four albums, thinking the second half of the band’s career some […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Chris Frantz, Chris Frantz: Remain In Love, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Memoir, Remain In Light, Remain In Love, Remain In Love: Talking Heads Tom Tom ClubTina, St. Martin's Press, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman: Sounds Like Titanic

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman W. W. Norton & Company; 1st Edition One of many new treatises on the deep fake, artistic fraudulence and imposter syndrome, Jessica Hindman’s memoir masquerading as a novel tells the true story of her four years spent pretending to play the violin in a touring orchestra while […]
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August 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Lana Del Rey: Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass [Audiobook Edition]

Lana Del Rey Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass [Audiobook Edition] Audible I’m new to Lana Del Rey appreciation. I wasn’t ever a fan. Until I heard – and heard again (and could not shake) her most recent album, the brilliant Norman Fucking Rockwell! That happened. I was late to the party, but enthusiastic about […]
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July 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Noah Van Sciver: The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski

The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition Noah Van Sciver’s brilliant satire Fante Bukowski is here collected so we have the standalone volumes one, two and three all in one big book to enjoy. Along with some ephemera including visual tributes by other graphic novelist artists.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Cartoon, Charles Bukowski, Comic, Complete, Fantagraphics, Fante Bukowski, Fante Bukowski Three, Fante Bukowski Two, Graphic Novel, John Fante, Noah Van Sciver, Noah Van Sciver: The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski, Poet, Poetry, The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski, Writer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Rachel McAlpine: How To Be Old

How To Be Old: Poems Rachel McAlpine The Cuba Press The first thing that hits me about Rachel McAlpine’s work here – in her new book, a victory lap of poetry! – is the joyousness she feels about being alive; everything, all of it. The good, the bad (is there really any ‘bad’ when you’re […]
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June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ali Whitelock: the lactic acid in the calves of your despair

the lactic acid in the calves of your despair Ali Whitelock Wakefield Press Ali Whitelock is a Scottish poet now based in Australia. This is her third book, her second volume of poems. I loved the previous volume, and my heart crumples like a coke can, so much. I still think about it. Often. It […]
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