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December 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020: Happy Holidays!

Hiya! I don’t ‘blog’ as often as I used to. I mean it’s all blogging at the end of the day. Reviews, poems, columns, essays – they all live here on this site. And they’re all part of a massive blog. And that’s fine. But daily missives are really a part of Facebook now more […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Blog, Blogging, Break, Christmas, Happy Holidays, Holiday, Off The Tracks, Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020, Off The Tracks Christmas Hours 2020: Happy Holidays!, Summer, Summer Holiday, Writing, Xmas, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem The Kiwi Way

Yes, there’s been a pandemic, and it’s still going by the way, and yes unemployment is surging, with many Covid casualties and the lockdown creating inertia and many anxieties and even a devious excuse for some workplaces to downscale and milk bailouts then force redundancies; several stores and businesses have simply closed their doors – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Christmas, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Kiwi, Lockdown, NZ, Pandemic, Poem, Poem The Kiwi Way, Summer, The Kiwi Way, Xmas ·

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December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tori Amos: Christmastide (ep)

Tori Amos Christmastide (ep) Decca (UMO) Tori Amos has released a Christmas EP – it’s a clever bit of holiday-related merch for her fans but this is Christmas-adjacent as much as it is anything resembling true holiday fare. These are original songs, there’s mention of Christmas directly in the title track and there’s clues in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic Christmas, Album Review, Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastide (ep), Decca, EP, Holiday, Holidays, Midwinter Graces, Original Songs, Seasonal, Tori Amos, Tori Amos: Christmastide (ep), Winter, Xmas, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Josh Rouse: The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse

Josh Rouse The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse Yep Roc Records If you ever needed to pick a songwriter to get the job done – to always get the job done – like Neil Finn for example, high on the list would have to be Josh Rouse. He’s been making consistently great music across the […]
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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Los Lobos: Llego Navidad

Los Lobos Llego Navidad Rhino Records From collections of Disney songs to old rock’n’roll covers if you need a band to deliver the goods – and reflect their own unique skill and flavour all the while then Los Lobos is a safe bet. So it’s no real surprise they’ve released my favourite new Christmas album […]
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December 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 19 – Bob Dylan, “Christmas In The Heart”

Bob Dylan, Christmas In The Heart, 2009 Well it’s time for a Christmas album to make this list – and I think straight away of when Bob Dylan dropped a set of Xmas tunes and everyone was horrified. People that never really listened to Dylan heard his voice, thought it was an ugly croak and […]
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December 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 15 December, 2019

For the final session of Poetry at the Fringe for 2019 it was all open-mic, no special guests – no music, no theme – it was all about the regular attendees, with, as always, a few first-timers or long-time watchers, first-time readers. It was a fantastic line-up. Maybe the best open-mic run of the year. […]
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December 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Puss N Boots: Dear Santa…

Puss N Boots Dear Santa… Blue Note The team of Catherine Popper, Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson reunite as Puss N Boots to deliver an EP of Christmas cheer. It works.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blue Note, Catherine Popper, Christmas, Christmas Music, Dear Santa..., EP, Norah Jones, Puss N Boots, Puss N Boots: Dear Santa..., Sasha Dobson, Xmas, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Santa: The Threat is Real 

A Facebook friend posts that she’s angry and upset, some punk-ass little kid has killed the magic of Christmas for her child. Told him, presumably, that Santa is not real. Another day and another Facebook friend is boasting of their child’s pragmatism: “How does Santa deliver presents to every child in the world?” the kid […]
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December 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: San Fran presents Summer Sounds with Simon Sweetman, December 28, 2018

Most years between Christmas and New Year’s I do a wee DJ set at the San Fran, our way of letting the people know the bar’s open again in the lead up to Bill E’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza. It’s a low-key thing. Summer tunes. Usually “Kiwi BBQ” is the theme, this year I decided […]
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December 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Eric Clapton: Happy Xmas

Eric Clapton Happy Xmas Bushbranch/Surfdog Never has the divide between how the generations treat their heroes been as obvious as the fact that Eric Clapton, in 2018, gets to release a Christmas Album with, wait for it, a “techno” version of Jingle Bells.
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December 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 96 – Andrew Johnstone from Rip It Up Radio Talks To Me

Welcome to episode 96 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. It’s the summer holidays – I hope you’re enjoying your break. The podcast will continue weekly but for this episode it’s a dip into the archives, in a way. This is a conversation where I was interviewed- a couple […]
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