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October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 233

The Fourmyula, Nature [Single] (1969) I wrote about it in my book – it was, long before that, voted the top of a list of 75 NZ songs. I’ve always loved it – and the band The Fourmyula, they have some psych-rock masterpieces that still seem forgotten/under-discovered in the wider catalogue. But this song carries […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, brand new discoveries and old-old favourites; extremely pre-loved, EP, Home, Kiwi, LP, Nature, Nature's Best, NZ, On Song, previously abandoned or with the shrink-wrap having just been removed it’s all here at The Vinyl Countdown, Single, The Fourmyula, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 233, The Vinyl Countdown is a document of every LP I listen to, Vinyl, Wayne Mason ·

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March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Give My Regards To St. Mary Street 

We lived in Thorndon – St Mary Street – for just over six years. It was the first house we owned. A wee cottage. We loved it so much. There were great kitchen parties and music was always a feature.  We moved in the day Ray Charles died. I know this because when I was collecting boxes […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Book, Cottage, First Home, Give My Regards To St. Mary Street, Home, House, Life, Moving, Music, St. Mary Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 109 – Elvis Perkins

Welcome to episode 109 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with the great Elvis Perkins. This was a huge thrill to me, I’ve been a fan since his debut album, Ash Wednesday. Perkins was in New Zealand – his first visit – as part of […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 9/11, America, Anthony Perkins, Ash Wednesday, Berry Berenson, Chat, Conversation, Elvis Perkins, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Home, I Aubade, Interview, Le Petite Chocolat, NZ Festival, Opera House, Oz Perkins, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, St James Theatre, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 109, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 109 – Elvis Perkins, T Leaf T, Trump, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

HOME: Theatre

HOME Created by Geoff Sobelle Opera House; NZ Festival (March 7-11) We begin in pitch black – creator of the show, magician, actor, theatre-illusionist Geoff Sobelle appears, he builds a screen. Some people seem to find it painstaking – it’s a test of sorts. But the screen – a wooden frame with cloth stapled to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Audience, Ching Valdes-Aran, Elvis Perkins, Festival of the Arts, Geoff Sobelle, Home, HOME: Theatre, Improv, Jennifer Kidwell, Justin Rose, Live Theatre, March 7-11, Music, NZ Festival, Opera House, Sam Glenn, Sophie Bortolussi, The Opera House, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Elvis Perkins: The Blackcoat’s Daughter

Elvis Perkins The Blackcoats’s Daughter [OST] Death Waltz Recording Company In the mid/late 2000s Elvis Perkins made a couple of terrific singer/songwriter albums – he was part Paul Simon, part Van Morrison – but most importantly the biggest part of him was something other; was Elvis Perkins. He arrived on the scene back-loaded with back-story, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Anthony Perkins, Ash Wednesday, Death Waltz Recording Company, Elvis Perkins, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Elvis Perkins: The Blackcoat's Daughter, February, Home, Horror Film, NZ Festival, Oz Perkins, Psycho, Score, Soundtrack, The Blackcoat's Daughter, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road

We rented it for a start – a small house on Holloway Road and a piece of history. Old George, who lived a few houses down and whose father had famously lived well past a hundred, told me that Winston McCarthy had grown up in our house and it had also been a shop at […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #189, Angus, Aro Valley, Art, Cricket, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Holloway Rd, Holloway Road, Home, House, Jon, Jon Mcleary, McLeary, Michelle, Music, Painting, Spines, Te Aro, The Brain, 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 # 189, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 189, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wigan Street, Writing ·

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August 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Diary: # 8 – Sydney from a 747

We fly through the night – which works pretty good, just the one movie, a couple pages of my book and then sleep, mostly sleep. Osc is out for most of the flight, which is great. I could have probably tried a bit harder to read more – isn’t that always the way – but […]
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December 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Turks in Havelock North – Homecoming Xmas Eve: 80s music DJ Set (Thursday, December 24)

I’m back in Hawke’s Bay for Christmas and I’m going to be playing some 80s records down at Turks in Havelock North on Thursday, December 24. Christmas Eve. It’s an early start – 5pm, and an early finish (11.30pm for a midnight close). So that’s over six hours of my favourite tunes from the 1980s. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, 80s, Alison Moyet, BBQ, Christmas, December 24), DJ Set, DJing, Eighties, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, Home, Homecoming, Last Christmas, LP, LPs, Madonna, Records, Thursday, Turks Bar, Turks in Havelock North – Homecoming Xmas Eve: 80s music DJ Set (Thursday, Vinyl, Wham!, Xmas Eve ·

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May 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Nick Granville Group: Home

Nick Granville Group Home Grandscale Records It’s still with last year’s very good record, Refractions somewhat circling in my ears that I dived on into Home, Granville’s swift follow-up, available at a pay-what-you-like price/free from Bandcamp. Once again I like very much that Granville understands what it is to be a group, to be part […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alex Nyman, Bandcamp, Ben Wilcock, Colin Hemmingsen, Donald Armstrong, Home, Jazz, Lance Phillip, Neil Billington, Nick Granville, Nick Granville Group, Nick Tipping, Refractions, Rodger Fox, Wellington ·

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