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August 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 269: Andrew Gladstone (Garageland)

Hi and welcome to episode 269 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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September 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Better Off Read Podcast: Episode 78 – Sound Series 6; Carl Shuker and Simon Sweetman

One of my favourite podcasts to check in on is Pip Adam’s Better Off Read. I was a guest on it way back in 2016, episode 29. Pip returned the favour and was on my podcast a while back. The Better Off Read podcast has continued across the last few years. But recently Pip has started a “Sound […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Better off Read, Better off Read Podcast: Episode 78 – Sound Series 6 Carl Shuker and Simon Sweetman, Books, Carl Shuker, Conversation, Discussion, ep.78, John Cale, Lou Reed, Music, Pip, Pip Adam, Podcast, Schnell-Fenster, Simon Sweetman, Sound Series, Sound Series Episode 6, Wellington, Whisper, Work, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ratso: Stubborn Heart

Ratso Stubborn Heart Lucky Number Records He’s about to turn 70 and “Ratso” has just released his debut album. Maybe you know him by his given name, Larry Sloman. He wrote about Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue and is widely published as a journalist and author, including co-writing two best-selling memoirs by Howard Stern, as well […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Author, Biographer, Bob Dylan, Debut Album, Dying On The Viny, John Cale, Journalist, Kinky Friedman, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, Larry Sloman, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Ratso, Ratso: Stubborn Heart, Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands, Stubborn Heart, Writer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: All That You Have Is Your Soul   

You can give up your mind, at least some of the time,  you can give them your body, maybe the best years of  your life. And they’ll take a little piece of your heart – even if  you won’t admit it. But please don’t let them take  your soul. Don’t let them steal it from you – they  will do so when you’re complacent, your dreams  and any other schemes lying adjacent, you slowly  dying on […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged All That You Have Is Your Soul, John Cale, Poem, Poem: All That You Have Is Your Soul, Tracy Chapman ·

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June 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 402

The Velvet Underground, VU (1985) I know I’m not alone in thinking that this is the best Velvet Underground album – and yes I know it’s a compilation; posthumous even – one that was responsible for one of the first waves of re-appreciation, or even appreciation. But I bought this pre-internet, when, as a Lou […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Compilation, Foggy Notion, J.J. Cale, John Cale, Lou Reed, LP, Record, The Velvet Underground, The Vinyl Countdown # 402, The VU, Velvet Underground, Vinyl, VU, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom

It was on Victoria Street near Edward and up a couple of flights of stairs. I think it was called the Club before it became the Electric Ballroom. It was a big space and an excellent venue and even though it was unlicensed to me it had a similar feel to Christchurch’s Gladstone. The first […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Cross, Art, Bailterspace, David Cohen, Electric Ballroom, Fetus Productions, Gary Steel, Gigs, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guests, Janet Gudmun, John Cale, Jon Mcleary, Live, Music, Nick Sampson, Painting, Snakefinger, Spines, Stu Brown, The Electric Ballroom, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom, The Go-Betweens, The Gordons, The Residents, The Skeptics, The Spines, Townes Van Zandt, War Stories, War Stories # 163, War Stories by Jon McLeary, War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163, Wellington, Writing ·

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January 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

John Cale: Leading From The Fringe

I was a fan of Lou Reed first; then The Velvet Underground and then John Cale. Truth be told – and I don’t mind admitting it a) I was young b) there was no internet then – for a while I thought John Cale and J.J. Cale was the same person. I was 12 years […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Avant-Garde, J.J. Cale, John Cale, John Cale: Leading From The Fringe, Leading From The Fringe, Modern Lovers, Patti Smith, Producer, Punk, Songwriter, Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground, VU ·

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July 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

John Cale: Music For A New Society/M:FANS

John Cale Music For A New Society (Reissue)/ M:FANS Domino Recording Co. John Cale’s 1982 album Music For A New Society has been reissued it’s also been reimagined – as M: FANS, a complete re-recording that manages to repeat the material without any of the songs sounding like their earlier recorded counterparts. I always liked […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, John Cale, M: Fans, M:FANS, Music For A New Society, Music For A New Society/M:FANS, Reimagined, Reissue, Velvet Underground ·

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October 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 816

Lou Reed and John Cale, Songs For Drella (1990) Okay, here’s an album I owned on tape and then CD and now vinyl…there are a few like that, where it’s never enough…it’s always gotta be there. But also, with this one, check it out: A good friend buys me a copy of this as a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged "It's Work", 1990, Andy Warhol, Carl Shuker, Hello It's Me, John Cale, Lou Reed, LP, Matt Couper, Matthew Couper, My Favourite Piece of Work, Record, Songs For Drella, The Velvet Underground, The Vinyl Countdown # 816, Vinyl ·

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June 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #100 – John Cale, Auckland, 2007

One of the first times – as far as I can remember – that I flew to Auckland specifically to see a show. There had been other times where I’d cash in on seeing something while there, but the whole reason for this trip was to see John Cale. The first – and most likely […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2007, Auckland, Bruce Mason Centre, Gig, Hero, John Cale, Live, North Shore, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #100 – John Cale, Velvet Underground, VU ·

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April 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 912

J.J. Cale, Naturally (1972) My heart sank a little when I put this on the turntable and saw it wobble, the needle coughed and jumped and didn’t like being where it was at all. And that was a bit sad. You see I don’t think I’d ever heard J.J. Cale’s debut album all the way […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, Don't Go To Strangers, J.J. Cale, John Cale, LP, Naturally, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 912, Vinyl ·

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July 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Eno & Hyde: High Life

Eno & Hyde High Life Warp Records You could believe – releasing this album just a couple of months after their first collaborative offering – that Brian Eno and Karl Hyde are lazily serving up the offcuts, the leftovers. But, actually, High Life was recorded – for the most part live – across one week. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brian Eno, Daddy's Car, David Byrne, Eno, Eno & Hyde, High Life, hyde, John Cale, Karl Hyde, Someday World, Talking Heads, Underworld ·
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