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June 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 261: Father Christopher Orczy

Hi and welcome to episode 261 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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June 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 260: Kate Spencer (CreatifKate)

Hi and welcome to episode 260 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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March 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 148

Bob Dylan, Saved (1980) Way back, when I was collecting the set, I had this on CD. I didn’t play it much – but I did not hate it. I never went fully into bat for it – but couldn’t say it was the worst Bob Dylan album. Finally I’ve picked it up on vinyl […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Bob Dylan, Born Again, Church, God, LP, Record, Religion, Saved, Spirituality, The Bootleg Series, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 148, Trouble No More, Vinyl ·

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February 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Wonderful: Theatre

Wonderful Direction: Conrad Newport (written by Dean Parker) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (February 12 – March 7) Wonderful is exactly that – a thrill to sit through, 80 minutes of focussed, virtuoso-level performance from actor Andrew Laing; utterly in service to the words of playwright Dean Parker. The direction from Conrad Newport is subtle and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andrew Laing, Brother Vianney, Catholic, Catholicism, Church, Circa, Circa Theatre, Circa Two, Conrad Newport, Dean Parker, February 12 – March 7, Film, Marist, Movies, Musical, Musical Theatre, One Man Show, Play, Play Review, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Songs, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn, Wonderful, Wonderful: Theatre, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The TED.DiBiase Talks

* Ted DiBiase was “The Million Dollar Man”, a pro-wrestling bad-guy (a “heel”) that fought in matches with the likes of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage and Andre The Giant, people wealthier than DiBiase; “Multi-Million Dollar Men” * But DiBiase was one hell of a bad guy. * He had the best finisher too: The […]
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April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Johnny Cash: Forever Words – The Unknown Poems

Forever Words: The Unknown Poems Johnny Cash Blue Rider Press/Canongate Johnny Cash, famously, never threw anything away…ironic given he all but threw his career away a number of times. But the work within and around that career always stayed. He kept it all. As evidenced by the amount of “lost” recordings resurfacing…and in his after-life […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Cash, Church, Forever Words, Forever Words: The Unknown Poems, Gospel, Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash: Forever Words - The Unknown Poems, Love, Lyrics, Poems, Religion, Songs, The Unknown Poems ·

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May 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: The Rough Guide to Gospel Blues

Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Gospel Blues World Music Network These sorts of compilations are dime a dozen, in terms of where you find them, but really what it’s about – almost always – is how you find them, and The Rough Guide to Gospel Blues is a pretty terrific long-play single-disc workout. Giving […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blues, Church, Compilation, Gospel, Gospel Blues, RG, Rough Guide, Rough Guide to Gospel Blues, V/A, V/A: The Rough Guide to Gospel Blues, Various, Various Artists, World Music, World Music Network ·

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February 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Shawn Michaels: Wrestling For My Life

Wrestling for my Life: The Legend, the Reality, and The Faith of a WWE Superstar Shawn Michaels w/ David Thomas Zondervan Shawn Michaels’s second memoir is a wonderful study in diminishing returns – apart from the sub-title there’s little here to tell you about his “Legend” status. Instead this runs like a lazy afternoon or […]
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October 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 802

Aretha Franklin, Amazing Grace (1972) Recorded at The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in LA, with the help of the incredible Southern California Community Choir (and of course her ace backing band with Bernard Purdie as bandleader/musical director) this is Aretha Franklin’s third live album, part of a magnificent run of nearly a dozen must-have […]
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