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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)

I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon, Author, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Cassandra Wilson, Comedian, Comic, Damon Albarn, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, e-book, ebook, Filmmaker, George Clinton, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There?, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There? : Selected Interviews From New Zealand (Vol. 1), Interviews, Jeff Beck, Joan Baez, John Waters, Kindle, Mavis Staples, Movie, Music, My New Ebook, My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1), Pro-Wrestling, Ric Flair, Rob Schneider, Ry Cooder, Sananda Maitreya, Selected Interviews, Selected Interviews From New Zealand, Simon Sweetman, Sonny Rollins, Steve Vai, Terence Trent D'arby, Todd Rundgren, Vol. 1, Writing ·

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February 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154 – Peter Wells

Welcome to episode 154 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. Here I have a conversation with Peter Wells. 
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple, Auckland, Book, Cancer, Chat, Community, Connection, Conversation, Dear Oliver, Death, Facebook, Filmmaker, Health, Hello Darkness, Interview, iTunes, La Petite Chocolat, Life, Napier, Peter Wells, Podcast, Posts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 154 – Peter Wells, T Leaf T, Talk, The Spinoff, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter: Anthology – Movie Themes 1974-1998

John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 Scared Bones Records John Carpenter – like John Waters – finds himself at 70 years of age and with one of the sideline aspects of his filmmaking career now being the new main revenue stream. For Waters it’s writing and delivering his one-man-show, for Carpenter it’s music. They’re both […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1974-1998, Album Review, Anthology, Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998, Cult, Film, Filmmaker, Horror, John Carpenter, John Carpenter: Anthology, John Carpenter: Anthology - Movie Themes 1974-1998, John Waters, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Movie, Movie Themes, Music, Scared Bones Records, Sci-Fi, Score, Soundtrack, Themes, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 75 – Gaylene Preston

Welcome to episode 75 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was lucky to have a chat with legendary Kiwi film director Gaylene Preston. We talked about her career, her work, many of her films but in particular the focus was on her brilliant new film, My Year With […]
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July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston

Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator.  Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands.  These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Memory of Others, Antarctic Angels and The Unknown Blues, Back To The Future, Bell Bird Pictures, Bill Direen, Cherry 2000, Director, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Filmmaker, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston, Gone With The Weird, http://www.bellbirdpictures.co.nz/, Movie, Movies, NZ International Film Festival, Raising Arizona, Rumble & Bang, Sheen Of Gold, Simon Ogston, Special Guest, The Trump Presidency ·

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March 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: DJ T-Rock

Travis Lee Eller a.k.a. DJ T-Rock is an Actor, Writer, Director Turntablist and Music Producer and is also half of the duo DJ T-Rock and Squashy Nice. Born in the mountains of North Carolina, he arrived in LA over fifteen years ago, having toured the world as a professional DJ and appearing on over thirty […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, DJ, DJ T-ROck, DJ T-Rock and Squashy Nice, Film, Filmmaker, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: DJ T-Rock, Hip-Hop, Juice, Movies, North by Northwest, Once Upon A Time In The West, Special Guest, The Sounds In Their Heads, The Warriors, Travis Lee Eller, Turntablism, Turntablist, Warriors, Why Records, Writer, Young Frankenstein ·

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November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 38 – Costa Botes

Welcome to episode 38 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Wellington filmmaker Costa Botes. I first met Costa Botes about 10 years ago, I was writing a profile on him for a magazine. I visited his house for a couple of hours over a couple of days and came […]
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October 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Musical Worlds of John Waters: Filmmaker, Author, Icon

It’s one thing to like music, to follow it, to read about it, absorb it – but music is just a part of the larger pop-culture wheel. Usually you scratch a music fan and find someone obsessed with movies, TV, books, comics…all or any of them as well. And so it is with our favourite […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Author, Filmmaker, Icon, John Waters, Role Models, The Musical Worlds of John Waters, The Musical Worlds of John Waters: Filmmaker ·

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October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The John Waters Interview: From The Archives

I have John Waters on the line, cult film-maker, writer, visual artist, collector and curator, journalist, raconteur and lifelong music fan. His voice, that unmistakable purr, camp but measured, a highbrow hick so happy to talk. The subject/s? Anything. Everything. He’s back in his home. Baltimore. The only place John Waters could come from. We […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged Archives, Blog, Blog On The Tracks, Film, Filmmaker, Films, Interview, John Waters, Movie, Pope of Trash, Role Models, The John Waters Interview: From The Archives ·

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August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Roston: I Lost It At The Video Store – A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era

I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press This well-intentioned, slim volume aims to bring together a range of voices around the idea of the local video store being the birth place of modern independent cinema and indie-filmmaking; most famously Quentin Tarantino and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era, Alison Anders, Book, Book Review, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russelll, Director, DVD, Film, Film Review, Filmmaker, Films, I Lost It At The Video Store, I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era, Indie Filmmaking, Interviews, James Franco, Journalism, Journalist, Kevin Smith, Movie, Movie Review, Movies, Quentin Tarantino, Tom Roston, Video Store, Writer ·

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June 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Authors I Admire: # 13 Neil LaBute

You might normally find an appreciation of Neil LaBute under film or theatre – rather than discussion of him as an author. Actually, you might not find a written appreciation of Neil LaBute anywhere…his work hardly ever ends happily, barely starts out that way and usually gets toughest in the middle. He works without including […]
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January 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Hateful Eight: Film

The Hateful Eight Director: Quentin Tarantino FilmColony/The Weinstein Company Where the last two Tarantino films have left me cold – Django almost worked, but it was too long and had no real point despite claiming it might – The Hateful Eight lingers; heck it might actually be the best QT film of all. Like Jackie […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12 Angry Men, An Inspector Calls, Director, Django Unchained, Film, Film Review, Filmmaker, H8ful Eight, Jackie Brown, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kill Bill, Movie, Movie Review, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hateful Eight, Western ·
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