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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 […]Archive
September 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Brushes
I have never been great at playing with brushes – but I’m working on it. I’ve loved the sound of them, just not the sound I make with them. Under lockdown, with two drummers in the house, we have turned more to brushes – for the sanity of our household and out of respect for […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
August 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of ‘Masterclass’
When I first saw the ads I wondered if it was real – some sort of deep-fake scam. You signed up and had access to classes with famous filmmakers, writers, musicians…yeah right! But then it started to make more sense, seemed legit. Why not? A friend visited one day, told me she’d recently signed up […]Archive
July 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman