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August 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

An Evening of Poetry and Music: National Poetry Day at Schrödinger’s Books (Aug 27, 2021)

Schrödinger’s Books in Petone is hosting a special event for National Poetry Day, Friday, August 27. Kicking off at 6pm their evening of Poetry and Music will feature seven poets reading from their work. And live music from local legend, Jeremy Taylor. I’m honoured to be one of the poets involved – reading new works, and […]
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June 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Please

James Brown only said please in a song. Off stage he was often quite rude.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Haiku, James Brown, James Brown only said please in a song. Off stage he was often quite rude., Please, Poem, Poem: Please ·

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May 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Pwned In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A was one of my first tapes – and I loved it so much and everyone else in the family hated it. I had no frame of reference beyond Bruce the big pop star. It never made much sense to have him doing stadiums, competing with Lionel, Madonna, MJ and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Seger, Born In The USA, Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, Poem, Poem: Pwned In The U.S.A., Pwned In The U.S.A. ·

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October 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

James Brown: The Samples

James Brown The Samples UMG Recordings, Inc. There used to be one million James Brown compilations. Now there is one million and one. The Samples isn’t the definitive greatest hits, nor can it replace it, and you don’t need it at all but it’s still a brilliant compilation of brilliant music by one of the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Compilation, Funk, Hip-Hop, James Brown, James Brown: The Samples, Samples, The Samples, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 93

James Brown, Live at The Apollo (1963) I’m going back in on a massive James Brown kick. It happens. He’s always been in my life, remember listening to him from about age 7 or 8 and forever since. And I bought up a bunch of deluxe edition CDs many years back – including the deluxe […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1963, Funk, Godfather of Soul, James Brown, Live, Live at the Apollo, LP, R'n'B, Record, Soul, The Famous Flames, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 93, Vinyl ·

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July 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

James Brown: Live At Home With His Bad Self

James Brown Live At Home With His Bad Self Polydor In 1969 James Brown was one of the kings, hardest working man in showbiz, of the black acts working he was the gold standard; feared and admired bandleader and a singing, dancing machine. He was pumping out civil rights anthems, redesigning R’n’B as sinewy funk, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Album Review, James Brown, James Brown: Live At Home With His Bad Self, Live, Live At Home With His Bad Self, Reissue, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents

I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Danny Elfman, Dead Presidents, Funk, Heist, Hughes Brothers, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 18, Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, R'n'B, Racism, Requiem For A Dream, Soul, Soundtrack, The Spinners, Vietnam War ·

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June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, “Gravelands”

The King, Gravelands, 1998 Actually his real name is James Brown – something pretty funny about a white Irishman named James Brown who makes a crust by impersonating someone else; not only just someone else – but Elvis (“the King”): A white singer who made his name and based his act on sounding as black […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Gravelands”, 1998, Comedy, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Crap Albums I Love # 30, Dead, Dread Zeppelin, Elvis, Elvis Impersonator, Elvis Presley, James Brown, KING, Lockdown, Parody, Shit, Shit That's Good, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, The King, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The J.Bs: More Mess On My Mind (ep)

The J.Bs More Mess On My Mind (ep) Now Again These ‘from the vaults’-styled reissues really are turning out some classic finds. Last year there was two ‘found’ John Coltrane albums (to lose just one would be careless…right?) And there were other jazz gems – near-mythic stories of albums recorded and then shelved. Finally we […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Catfish" Collins, Album Review, Bootsy Collins, Demo, James Brown, Mess On My Mind (ep), Now Again, Reissue, The J.Bs, The J.Bs: More Mess On My Mind, The J.Bs: More Mess On My Mind (ep), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Yeahyeahabsolutelynoway!: Ah..

Yeahyeahabsolutelynoway! Ah.. Wizard Tone Records Adelaide power-jazz trio Yeahyeahabsolutelnoway! features drums (Stephen Neville) and two guitars (Sam Cagney, James Brown) and on their most recent full-lengther, Ah.., they ran the gamut from slinky, cocktail-hour groove pieces (Doubt) to post-rock-meets-prog/fusion workouts (Do – The Liquefactionist Jig).
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January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview

Sometimes the interview goes better than you could have planned – you’re into it, you want it to go well but the person on the other end of the line is a total pro, more than they they seem real – even if it’s the Staged-Interview Version of Real. So it was for me with […]
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December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Music Biopics Usually Get It Wrong: The Problem Is Taking The Page To The Stage

The music biopic has a tough job I guess – it has to satiate the fan, someone who might know it all or be pretty sure they do. It has to also introduce people to the music, it has to explain why there is a narrative fictional film about this person – or at least […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Biopic, Brian Wilson, Chet Baker, Film, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Music, Music Biopics Usually Get It Wrong, Music Biopics Usually Get It Wrong: The Problem Is Taking The Page To The Stage, Nina Simone ·
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