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January 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Taste Matters

We’re still in a bit of a poptimism boom – people wanting (only) to find the good in things; supported by the idea that success, and selling, proves the point – this must be good. Hundreds/thousands/millions thought so. So there. I’ve reviewed more ‘good’ albums than ‘bad’, probably by two-to-one, or three-to-one, but it’s always like pissing in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Critic, Reviews, Shaun Kirk, Taste Matters, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 268: Catherine Robertson

Hi and welcome to episode 268 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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July 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Hanif Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib is a writer of words, observer of worlds. He’s a poet, essayist, cultural critic. I remember reading some of his articles on pop music – and liking them, but things really came alive for me with the release of his second book, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, a selection of essays. It […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tribe Called Quest, Audiobook, Critic, Essays, Hanif Abdurraqib, Hip-Hop, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, In Praise Of, In Praise of Hanif Abdurraqib, Journalist, Music, Performance, Podcast, Poet, Poetry, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Writer, Writing ·

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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Stanley Crouch

The jazz critic and writer Stanley Crouch has died. He was 74. He published widely, including essays, novels, plays and poetry – but he is best known for his music criticism. And within that jazz. He was a rigid purist. He hated hip-hop, he was in vocal opposition to rap and its tendencies to lead […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Critic, Essay, Eulogy, Jazz, Jazz Writing, Ken Burns, Music Criticism, Poet, R.I.P., R.I.P. Stanley Crouch, Stanley Crouch, Writer, Wynton Marsalis ·

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September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 278 – Teju Cole: Blind Spot, Wellington, 2018

Most days I think about Teju Cole’s book Blind Spot (and how wonderful it is). And sometimes I remember how lucky I was to see him not just once but twice in the same weekend. Just recently I found the stub for that first show – and remembered that it was slightly derailed by tech […]
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November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 196: Victor Rodger

Welcome to episode 196 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 […]
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October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Emily Nussbaum: I Like To Watch

I Like To Watch: Arguing My Way Through The TV Revolution Emily Nussbaum Random House [This Review Originally Appeared At The Spinoff] What Emily Nussbaum knows is that dressing up to eat a burger and pay double is fine sometimes, if it makes you happy. But what a lot of us love is a glorified […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged #MeToo, Book, Book Review, Comedy, Critic, Emil Nussbaum, Emily Nussbaum: I Like To Watch, Essay, Essays, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563025/i-like-to-watch-by-emily-nussbaum/, I Like To Watch, Reviews, Television, The Spinoff, This Reviewing Originally Appeared At The Spinoff, TV, TV Critic, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 171: Sugar Magnolia Wilson 

Welcome to episode 171 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. This week it’s a chat with poet Sugar Magnolia […]
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October 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 136 – Jesse Mulligan

Welcome to episode 136 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. For this episode I talked with Jesse Mulligan. He’s a radio and TV host, a restaurant critic, food writer, comedian…a husband, a father… He is across so much. And yet he found some time to sit down with me […]
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March 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival Writers & Readers: CK Stead – In Full Stride

CK Stead: In Full Stride Circa 2, Circa Theatre Saturday, March 10 This Writers & Readers session, featured CK Stead in conversation with Steve Braunias. The reason for the talk was Stead’s latest novel, Necessary Angel; reviewed well, largely, received well, Braunias joked in his intro that it should be boring, shouldn’t work but somehow […]
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February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 104 – Megan Dunn

Welcome to episode 104 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Megan Dunn – she’s an artist, art-critic and writer. She’s recently released the book Tinderbox – which I loved. I contacted Megan for a chat because I’d enjoyed some of the press and interviews around Tinderbox […]
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January 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 98 – Yvonne Lorkin

Welcome to episode 98 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a conversation with Yvonne Lorkin, she’s a Hawke’s Bay-based wine-writer, taster, judge, critic and enthusiast. She’s also behind WineFriend, a subscription service that lets you present preferences allowing Sweetman Podcast: Episode 98 – Yvonne Lorkin to hand-select the […]
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