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March 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 250: Greg Smith

A milestone of sorts –  this is episode 250 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 now get to Sweetman Podcast on […]
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November 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Billie Holiday Created Modern Jazz Singing And Also Loved Drugs, Drinking And Fucking

The official story is that Billie Holiday lived a sad life. She was abused and grew up to abuse alcohol and drugs as part of her escape. She peaked, then crumbled, then died broke and losing her voice and all well before the age of 50. But Billie used every interview to point out she’d […]
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March 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 211: George D. Henderson

Welcome to episode 211 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Academic, Acast, Anchor FM, Apple, Auckland, Chat, Christchurch, Classical Music, Conversation, Diet, Drugs, Dunedin, ep.211, George D. Henderson, George Henderson, Interview, Luke Haines, Music, Musician, Pocast, Rehabilitation, Research, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 211, Sweetman Podcast # 211: George D. Henderson, T Leaf T, The And Band, The New Existentialists, The Puddle, The Spinoff, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Patrick Melrose: DVD

Patrick Melrose Director: Edward Berger Madman This five-episode mini-series takes Edward St. Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical novels and devotes a single episode to each; the result, in truly mesmeric fashion, is one of the great catch-all TV shows in recent years. A present-day instant-classic. It’ simply a perfect, heart-breaking, hilarious, grizzly-grim depiction of addiction and the trauma […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 5-Part, Adaptation, Addiction, Alcohol, American Psycho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder, David Nicholls, Drama, Drugs, DVD, DVD Review, Edward Berger, Edward St Aubyn, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mini-Series, Novels, Patrick Bateman, Patrick Melrose, Patrick Melrose: DVD, TV, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary – Life In 12 Bars

To celebrate the New Zealand theatrical release of Life In 12 Bars the new feature-length Eric Clapton documentary Madman NZ has given me five double passes for fans. The film will be screening in New Zealand from February 15-28 at selected theatres. To be in to win it is this simple: Write a comment below […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5 Tickets, 5x Double Passes, Alcoholic, Alcoholism, Be In To Win!, Blues, Bluesbreakers, Competition, Cream, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and The Dominos, Doco, Documentary, Double Passes, Drugs, EC, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton Documentary, Film, Giveaway, Guitar, Guitarist, http://www.madman.co.nz/actions/channel.do?method=view, Life In 12 Bars, Madman, Madman NZ, Movie, Recovery, Rock, Win, Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary, Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary – Life In 12 Bars, Yardbirds, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 194 Lucy in the Sky

“It’s very strong and there are two of them on there. I’d only take it in quarters if I were you but you will have a good Easter” He looked down to the tiny rectangle of paper in his hand then put it away carefully. Ron was going to a three-day festival and he hadn’t […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Drugs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Lucy In The Sky, Music, Painting, Poem, Prose Poem, Ron, Short Story, Spines, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity # 194, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 194, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 194 Lucy in the Sky, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 194, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·

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September 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 81 – Taimi Allan (CEO, Changing Minds)

Welcome to episode 81 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. A friend suggested I talk to the CEO of Changing Minds – and I was up for that. I like conversations, I want to learn about people and share stories. I didn’t even know what Changing Minds was. But […]
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August 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Being Charlie: DVD

Being Charlie Director: Rob Reiner Castle Rock Entertainment/Defiant! Part of the reason this movie works – is down to the father/son combo behind it; a very personal project, a mirroring of some of the hurt and heartbreak in their lives…but that’s not the only reason Being Charlie works. It’s strong enough, even if only just, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Being Charlie: DVD, Cary Elwes, Comedy, Common, Defiant, Drama, Drugs, DVD, DVD Review, Film Review, Movie Review, Nick Reiner, Rehab, Rob Reiner ·

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August 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 – Tamzin Beazley

Welcome to episode 76 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one arrives a day or two early – timing it with the film’s current run around the country as part of the Festival – a conversation with Tamzin Beazley; she is the wife of Booga Beazley from Head […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Bit Brutal But Very Truthful, Addiction, Band, Booga Beazley, Chat, Conversation, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Drug Addict, Drug Addiction, Drugs, ep.76, Episode Seventy-Six, Family, Film Festival, Head Like A Hole, History, HLAH, Interview, Julian Boshier, Le Petite Chocolat, Lewis Tennant, Manager, Mental Health, Nigel Beazley, Nigel Regan, Podcast, Shihad, Swagger of Thieves, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 – Tamzin Beazley, T Leaf T, Tamzin, Tamzin Beazley, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 173 Legal Highs and Lows – Part Two

After my bizarre experience with the legal “party pills” in the mid-2000s it’s fair to say I was highly sceptical about the synthetic cannabis that came on sale earlier this decade. I had a few friends who tried and said it was pretty good but I wasn’t convinced it even worked – the first time […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 173, Art, Cannabis, Drugs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Highs, Jon Mcleary, Kronic, Legal Highs, Legal Highs and Lows, Legal Highs and Lows – Part Two, Lows, Music, Painting, Part Two, Pot, Spines, Synthetic, Synths, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 117 Legal Highs and Lows, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 173, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 173 Legal Highs and Lows – Part Two, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Weed, Writing ·

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July 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Swagger of Thieves: Film

Swagger of Thieves Director: Julian Boshier Niche Cameras Ltd. “Head Like A Hole is the sweaty beast of NZ rock’n’roll music…” – that comes from a quote I wrote for a poster of the band; I look at that poster every day, it’s above my desk – it’s there because I had to create the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andrew Durno, Beautiful Machine, Booga Beazley, DiG!, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Drugs, Film Festival, Film Review, Head Like A Hole, HLAH, Julian Boshier, Junkies, Mark Hamill, Mike Franklin-Browne, Music, Niche Cameras Ltd., Nigel Beazley, Nigel Regan, Rock-Doc, Shihad, Swagger of Thieves, Swagger of Thieves: Film, Tamzin Beazley, Tom Watson ·

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December 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 89 Panic in the Supermarket

Mystery Creek is a Field Day site and in the late seventies, while I was working there we hosted two big events. The first was an agricultural field day – where we rode around on tractors, got shouted a whole lot of beer and got to meet John Hore Grenell. The second one was a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alcohol, Art, Death and Supermarkets, Dilantin, Drugs, Epilepsy, Guest Blog, Guest Post, John Hore Grenell, Jon Mcleary, Medication, Music, Negative Theatre, Seizure, Spines, Supermarket, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 89 Panic in the Supermarket, The Spines, Waikato, War Stories, War Stories # 89, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·
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