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October 31, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Lana Del Rey

There’s a new Lana Del Rey album out. This is not a review. A preview at best. But the reason I’m mentioning this now – and in this way – is because this is the first Lana Del Rey record that has been released since I’ve been a fan. I’m often asked about times I […]
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October 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Audible Plus

I’ve signed up to Audible again. I’ve done a few free trials over the years and bought a three-month membership and so on. But I always break-up with Audible, because I feel like I’m cheating on podcasts… Remember, we talked about audiobooks – when I wondered if they ‘counted’ as reading. (They do, by the […]
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October 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of ‘Sad’ Songs

I love a good sad song. There might not be anything better in music. Sad music that elevates you. Sad music that takes you away from who you are. That lets you wallow for that moment in someone else’s problems. You gain a perspective from hearing your own pain placed in minor chords or a […]
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October 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Aro Vision/Aro Video

The Aro Vision platform is an on-demand service brought to us by the good folk of Aro Video. I’m lucky to live right around the corner from one of the last video stores standing – I signed up to their Patreon deal where I get unlimited rentals for a one-off monthly fee. I feel very […]
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September 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of The White Lotus

The White Lotus. Currently the greatest show on all of television, across any of the formats and platforms. The White Lotus is an American TV comedy-drama, a satire, a dark night of the soul that just happens to have a bottomless  mojito and very comforting neck massage attached to it. It’s an HBO show that […]
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September 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of ‘Lindsey Buckingham’

Lindsey Buckingham has a brand new solo album available. It’s called Lindsey Buckingham. By the time you read this I might have heard it four or five times – but as I’m writing this, I’m hearing it for the first time. I’m so excited about this. I have been for months. Lindsey Buckingham is one […]
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August 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Lockdown Listening Selections

Here are some albums I have been listening to regularly across the last two weeks. They are soundtracks and they are ambient and they are classical and most of them are albums I know well but haven’t listen to for a long time. They have been surprisingly affirming but also carry some heavy-heart doom about […]
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August 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Ditching Your Record Collection

So many people with collections can’t bear even the thought of parting with their books or records or vintage toys or sneakers or whatever it is that makes up their fixation… But sometimes it’s a necessity. I trade records all the time. I’ve done swaps, I’ve taken crates of records to the secondhand stores and […]
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August 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Loving Crap Albums: The First 50 in the Series

I am always looking for a new blog series here over at Off The Tracks. I’ve counted down my record collection, I’ve celebrated Authors I Admire and The Movies of My Life and many other things – great guitarists and the best drummers and many of these series’ carry on – though some have to […]
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August 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Stephen King. Again.

I’m having quite the Stephen King renaissance. And I’m doing so without having read very much of his work for a while… But I’m planning to. I’ve been planning to for a while. And I’m on the verge of just diving right back in. Okay, rewind – I wrote about King a while back as […]
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August 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Reading About Fleetwood Mac

In celebrating Bob Dylan’s 80th I thought of the dozens of great books I’ve read about him (and a few pretty average ones). I’ll never read them all. There are thousands. But maybe I’ve read 40-50. The Beatles have inspired the most books of any musician – apart from maybe Elvis Presley. And I’ve read […]
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August 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Bon Scott

This year would have seen Bon Scott’s 75th birthday. Bon – born Ronald Belford Scott – was the front man for AC/DC in the 1970s. He never made it out of that decade alive, or you could say he did…but only just. He’s been dead now for longer than he was ever alive – February […]
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