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July 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: introducing… 

hello. my name is simonsweetman. & these will be my poems. (this is one of them). write what you know, as they say, or write what you like –  my poems, therefore, are almost always about me. i write a lot about music – partly because i cannot write music, and  also my favourite poets include a lot of songwriters; which is not to exclude a lot of really great poets, but rather to just […]

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December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 460

Mike Post, The Theme From Hill Street Blues [Single] (1981) Mike Post did the heavy lifting when it came to 1980s TV theme tunes – such a huge impact on my crazy little kid-brain; these themes all stay with me. None more so than Hill St. Blues though – a TV show I watched because […]

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June 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

SweetMan PodCast: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

I’ve mulled it over far too long – and yet, as I’m about to start this, about to (finally) start a podcast it’s all very much up in the air (still). But I have to get it started. Or else it won’t…well, start. It hasn’t happened so far – because I haven’t made it happen. […]

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March 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Blogging: The Ghost of Electricity – War Stories by Jon McLeary

I’m very happy to announce that, starting today, Off The Tracks will be hosting a new occasional series by Wellington artist, musician and writer Jon McLeary. McLeary  is the founder of The Spines, author of the book Manslaughter, painter of people and has invisibly done a surprising amount…we’re going to get to hear some of […]