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February 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 247: Talia Marshall

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 247 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as […]
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July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 175: Sophie Hambleton

Welcome to episode 175 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.  Many of you will know Sophie Hambleton from her role […]
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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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January 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 151: Marc Taddei

Welcome to episode 151 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 to access each new episode; or […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged #151, Acast, America, American, Arranger, Chat, Classical, Classical Music, Composer, Conducting, Conductor, Conversation, Criticism, ENZSO, Interview, Kiwi, La Petite Chocolat, Marc Taddei, Marek Peszynski, Music, Musician, NZ, NZSO, Orchestra, Orchestra Wellington, Pod, Podcast, Podcatcher, Reviewer, Simon Sweetman, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 151, Sweetman Podcast # 151: Marc Taddei, T Leaf T, Trombone, Vallejo Symphony, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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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June 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 66 – Danny Mulheron

Welcome to episode 66 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with the actor, writer, director Danny Mulheron. I hadn’t met Danny until he bounded in through the doorway, found the piano in our house and started hitting the […]
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March 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Music Matters: There’s More To Life Than Music…But Life Always Needs A Soundtrack…

Someone once asked me to write an answer to this question: “Why does music matter?” And I wrote back straight away, semi-facetiously, “It doesn’t – that’s the beauty of it. Next…” I wasn’t trying to belittle a valid question. And I was only part-joking. I often think of a great quote by one of my […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blogging, Criticism, Music, Music Matters, Music Matters: There’s More To Life Than Music…But Life Always Needs A Soundtrack…, Reviewing, Writing ·

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November 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Heckling Cries of Unloved and Unlovable Critics: Not Everyone That Hates Your Work Is A Troll

I was recently reminded of the documentary Heckler. I quite enjoyed it – parts of it at least. But I also thought it was rubbish. The start was promising: vintage footage of Bill Hicks chewing out an unfunny heckler, a story of a comedian being punched by an audience member he challenged to take the […]
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October 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Good And Bad Reviews Are Equal: It Is All Just Opinion After All

Earlier this year I spoke with a journalism class – the subject: reviews, reviewing… I’ve given talks on this topic before. It usually goes much the same way: potted history of my life and work. How I got into this. A bit of a discussion around what is required of a review, how to do […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Blogging, Criticism, It Is All Just Opinion After All, Music, Music Reviewer, Music Reviewing, Opinion, Review, Reviewing, The Good And Bad Reviews Are Equal, The Good And Bad Reviews Are Equal: It Is All Just Opinion After All ·

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October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Clive James: Play All – A Bingewatcher’s Notebook

Play All: A Bingewatcher’s Notebook Clive James Yale University Press Writing about television isn’t easy – it’s easier now because TV is better: more people are invested in shows that have our attention in a way the movies used to. It’s easier now too because of Clive James. He’s left his mark on poetry and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Bingewatcher's Notebook, Authors I Admire, Authors I Admire # 4, Book Review, Clive James, Clive James: Play All - A Bingewatcher's Notebook, Critic, Criticism, Essays, Golden Age, Play All, Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook, Review, Television, TV ·

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June 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Writers on Mondays: July-September 2016

Once again the popular Writers on Mondays sessions by Victoria Univeristy’s International Institute of Modern Letters will take place at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum (Level 4, Te Marae) from 12.15-1.15pm on Mondays from July 11 to September 26. The sessions are free and will feature writers in conversation discussing upcoming and already published works. It’s […]
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May 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

A.O. Scott: Better Living Through Criticism

Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth A.O. Scott Penguin Press It’s a good idea, and worth it because A.O. Scott is a good writer, a good critic – worth reading (film critic for the New York Times) and because, hopefully, you believe/in the subject. But it’s odd because […]
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