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May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Luke Adam Hawker: Together

Together Luke Adam Hawker Kyle Books The pandemic took its toll – and is taking it still and because we survived lockdown (and it was brief) many of us have moved on and back to our lives and it was all just a mild inconvenience. We were lucky. And we were supported by our government […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Art, Book, Book Review, Comic, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, Design, Family, Graphic, Graphic Novel, Lockdown, Luke Adam Hawker, Luke Adam Hawker: Together, Pandemic, Together, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Things I Know To Be True: Theatre

Things I Know To Be True Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29) Andrew Bovell has here created the sprawling epic family drama that is a distinctly Australian version of the big theatrical experiences we so often associate with American playwrights – from Tennessee Williams on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Andrew Bovell, April 30 - May 29, Australian, Caitlin Rivers, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29), Daniel Watterson, Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell), Drama, Family, Heather O'Carroll, Jthn Morgan, Lantana, Lara Macgregor, Play, Price Family, Review, Shane Bosher, Speaking In Tongues, Theatre, Theatre Review, Things I Know To Be True, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 253: Margot Pierard

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 253 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged "Singer", Acast, Anchor, Anita O'Day, Apple, Billie Holiday, Chat, Conversation, Family, Hawke's Bay, HB, Interview, iTunes, Jazz, Music, Musical Family, Musician, Nina Simone, Pierard, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, Sing, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast # 253, Sweetman Podcast # 253: Margot Pierard, Sweetman Podcast: Margot Pierard, T Leaf T, Tropical Downbeat Orchestra, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wil Sargisson, Yeastie Boys ·

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February 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Father-Son Bonding Moment

My cousin had a motorbike when he was about eight years old. He’d always been that way. Capable. I was two years younger and not good at things like that. I didn’t know what I was good at actually. Talking, I guess. But because he rode the bike – a full-sized bike, or near enough, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Family, Father-Son Bonding Moment, Motorbike, Poem, Poem: Father-Son Bonding Moment ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham

Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Addiction, America, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Art, Author, Businessman, Chat, Conversation, Dean Wareham, Educator, Family, Films, https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/sweetman-podcast/id1086583733, Interview, iTunes, Jail, John Wareham, Kiwi, Louise Wareham Leonard, Memoir, Music, NZ, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Policy, Politics, Prison, Psychologist, Reform, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 245, Sweetman Podcast # 245 - John Wareham, Sweetman Podcast: John Wareham, T Leaf T, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021

Every year it’s music. All day it’s music. All the time. And if it’s not then there’s a film on – and I’m usually noticing the music. Or it’s a podcast. Which has music. Or is an interview about music. When I’m reading it’s a music biography or it’s poetry – which has its own […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambient, Bananarama, Book, Brian Eno, Car, Carole King, Charles Mingus, Cool Summer, Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021, Cruel Summer, Damn The Torpedoes, Daniel Lanois, Discreet Music, Driving, Emmylou Harris, Ennio Morricone, Family, Hermit of Mink Hollow, Holiday, John Martyn, Playlist, Rage Against The Machine, Reading, Roadtrip, Score, Solid Air, Soundtrack, Spotify, Summer, The Mission, The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021, Todd Rundgren, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Wrecking Ball, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 224: Rachel McAlpine

Welcome to episode 224 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 Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 80, Anchor, Apple, Blog, Chat, Conversation, Cuba Press, Family, How To Be Old, Interview, Meditation, Mindfulness, Novel, Podcast, Podcasting, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Rachel McAlpine, Simon Sweetman, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 224, Sweetman Podcast # 224: Rachel McAlpine, Sweetman Podcast: Rachel McAlpine, T Leaf T, The Cuba Press, Write Into Life, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Wellington, 2018

We’ve always enjoyed the pantomime at Circa – right back to when we went as adults without a kid (admittedly because a friend had a starring role, but we loved it). In recent years it’s been a great night of family entertainment and maybe we reached the peak with this performance – 2018’s season of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Circa Theatre, Family, Oscar, Pantomime, Puss in Boots, Puss In Boots - The Pantomime, Puss in Boots – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7), Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Theatre, Wellington ·

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May 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, Napier, 2019

Over the last few years I’ve got back into basketball – at first casually, and then with a lot more interest – even buying a ball and going back to shooting hoops and obviously I’m currently bereft because there’s not only no live basketball to get to (or watch on TV) but also I’ve finished […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, All In The Family, Basketball, Cigna Saints, Family, Hawke's Bay, Hawks, Hawks vs. Huskies, HB, Huskies, Napier, NBA, Netflix, Pettigrew Green Arena, Saints, Stub, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 250, Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, The Last Dance ·

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February 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis: Jazz For Kids

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis Jazz For Kids Blue Engine Records Wynton Marsalis has given much to the world of music but in his role as educator and leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra he is continuing to build a world of music; to entertain and educate in equal measures. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Children, Family, Jazz, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis: Jazz For Kids, Jazz For Kids, Kids, Wynton Marsalis, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 195: Linda Burgess

Welcome to episode 195 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, All-Black, Anchor/FM, Apple, Author, Bob Burgess, Book, Books, Chat, Conversation, ep. 195, Family, IIML, Interview, Jesse Mulligan, Journalist, La Petite Chocolat, Linda Burgess, Memoir, Music, Novels, Podcast, Radio, Reviewer, RNZ, Rugby, Script Writing, Short Stories, Someone's Wife, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 195: Linda Burgess, Sweetman Podcast: Linda Burgess, T Leaf T, The Dominion Post, The Spinoff, TV Critic, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 237 – Star Wars A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Wellington, 2018

That’s right, it was the first Star Wars film aka Episode IV with the NZSO live in concert. You sat and watched the film on the big screen with a giant orchestra – our biggest and best-known covers band – playing the score live. There were moments. But I didn’t really like it. I was, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), A New Hope, Arts Festival, Episode IV, Family, Gig Review, John Williams, Kids, Live Film With Orchestra, Live Soundtrack, NZSO, Oscar, Review, Star Wars, Star Wars - A New Hope In Concert, Star Wars A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 237, Stubs: # 237 – Star Wars A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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