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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)

I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon, Author, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Cassandra Wilson, Comedian, Comic, Damon Albarn, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, e-book, ebook, Filmmaker, George Clinton, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There?, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There? : Selected Interviews From New Zealand (Vol. 1), Interviews, Jeff Beck, Joan Baez, John Waters, Kindle, Mavis Staples, Movie, Music, My New Ebook, My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1), Pro-Wrestling, Ric Flair, Rob Schneider, Ry Cooder, Sananda Maitreya, Selected Interviews, Selected Interviews From New Zealand, Simon Sweetman, Sonny Rollins, Steve Vai, Terence Trent D'arby, Todd Rundgren, Vol. 1, Writing ·

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June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer

A few years back I reviewed a Kindle Single, a keen drummer’s list of his Top 30 Drummers. Keen drummers don’t always make the best writers and this book – well it’s a sliver of a book (as is the point of Kindle Singles – seems wrong in this instance to bestow a title like essay) – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Roll The Bones”, 2112, Alex Lifeson, Amazon, Blog, Drummer, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Drumming, Drums, Essay, Geddy Lee, Ian Worrall, Kindle, Kindle Single, Neil Peart, Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer, Overrated, Rush, The World’s Most Overrated Drummer, Top 30 Drummers, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can’t Beat

I’ve just made and published my first e-book. It’s available now at that link over at Amazon for a couple of bucks ($3.44 is the NZ rate). It’s comprised of the articles I wrote here under the banner Drummers You Just Can’t Beat and includes some new and edited pieces as well as many of the eulogies […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon, Drum, Drummer, Drummers, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Drumming, Drums, e-book, ebook, Kindle, Meow, My First e-Book, My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Rahine O'Rielly, Storycore ·

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July 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Poems

I never knew if my mum ever read my poems. last weekend we caught up briefly. she couldn’t remember the name of the book she’d been reading, nor the author – but she definitely had it – somewhere – on her kindle. “you’d like her”, she said. “she writes all her stories a bit like […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Columns, Kindle, Poem, Poem: Poems, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Stories, Writing ·

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May 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Fred Stoller: Five Minutes To Kill

Five Minutes To Kill: How The HBO Young Comedians Special Changed The Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics [Kindle Single] Fred Stoller Amazon Digital Services LLC Fred Stoller returns to the Kindle Single format once again with winning results. Stoller, a character-actor and occasional stand-up is a guy you’ve seen and heard in so many films […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amazon Digital Services LLC, Book, Book Review, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Writer, David Spade, Dennis Miller, Five Minutes To Kill, Five Minutes To Kill: How The HBO Young Comedians Special Changed The Lives of 1989’s Funniest Comics, Fred Stoller, Fred Stoller: Five Minutes To Kill, HBO, Kindle, Kindle Single, Memoir, Rob Schneider, Stand Up, Writing ·

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March 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Roston: Lily Tomlin – The Kindle Singles Interview

Lily Tomlin: The Kindle Singles Interview Tom Roston Amazon Digital Services, Inc. A timely interview, this – for me at least, I’ve been enjoying checking out the start of Grace and Frankie and I loved Grandma, Tomlin’s first lead movie role in over a quarter-century. So here, with another interview for his Kindle Singles series […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Actor, Author, Book, Book Review, Comedian, Comedienne, Comic, Film Star, Grace and Frankie, Grandma, I Heart Huckabees, Interview, Kindle, Kindle Single, Lily Tomlin, Movies, Nashville, Press, Tom Roston, Tom Roston: Lily Tomlin – The Kindle Singles Interview, TV ·

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January 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Roston: Ken Burns – The Kindle Singles Interview

Ken Burns: The Kindle Singles Interview Tom Roston Amazon Digital Services, Inc. In this Kindle Single Tom Roston sits down with Ken Burns to get some insight into his career, his approach, his life. Burns’ great skill as long-form documentary-maker is as storyteller and he’s in fine storytelling form here divulging trade secrets, his approach […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amazon, Book, Book Review, Ken Burns, Ken Burns: The Kindle Singles Interview, Kindle, Kindle Single, The Kindle Singles Interviews, Tom Roston, Tom Roston: Ken Burns - The Kindle Singles Interview ·

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November 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Abrams: AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, 1982-1993

AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, 1982-1993 Brian Abrams Amazon Digital Services, Inc. This Kindle Single looks at David Letterman’s first late night TV show – the pioneering Late Night With David Letterman which aired on NBC from 1982-1993. Brian Abrams is a skilled journalist and here he weaves together the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1982-1993, Amazon, AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, Book, Book Review, Brian Abrams, Dave Letterman, David Letterman, Journalism, Kindle, Kindle Single, Letterman, Non-FIction, TV, Writing ·

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September 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Authors I Admire: # 2 Stephen King

I don’t know why people mention Stephen King as if some guilty pleasure, or worse – just straight out don’t rate him, consider him a hack, some below-literature grade of fluke-artist who sold his soul to the movies and got lucky. That’s nuts. That dude can write! In fact he was probably my first writing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Author, Authors I Admire, Authors I Admire # 2, Authors I Admire: # 2 Stephen King, Book, Books, Carrie, Horror, It, Kindle, Movie Adaptation, Phantom Billstickers, Stephen King, The Stand ·

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July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Ronson: Frank – The True Story That Inspired The Movie

Frank: The True Story That Inspired The Movie Jon Ronson Picador There’s two audiences for this – likely there was crossover anyway, but this will please Ronson fans anyway and it’s also an explanation/preview/behind-the-scenes of the movie, Frank, co-written by Ronson, based on the true story of the character Frank Sidebottom, created by comedian Chris […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amazon, Book Review, Chris Sievey, ebook, Frank, Frank Sidebottom, Frank: The True Story That Inspired The Movie, Jon Ronson, Kindle, Movie, Ronson ·

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May 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dan Camarda: How To Podcast – Your Guide to Audio Podcasting

How To Podcast: Your Guide to Audio Podcasting Dan Camarda Amazon Digital Services, Inc. You’ll find books on almost anything and pretty close to everything and now with Kindle services there are short, swift guides being written daily; search for a manual or a Wikipedia-styled career précis of a rock-star or film celebrity – you’ll […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amazon Digital Services Inc., Book Review, Dan Camarda, How To Podcast, How To Podcast: Your Guide to Audio Podcasting, Kindle, Kindle Single, Podcast, Podcasting ·

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October 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Jim O’Donnell: John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death

John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death: Dislodging An Urban Legend About A Legend (And 9 Other Stories) Jim O’Donnell CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Jim O’Donnell is a music writer and he seems to think he has some great scoop here with this matter-of-factly titled, trim and prosaic book. I wasn’t aware that it […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book Review, Essays, Eulogy, Jim O'Donnell, John Lennon, John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death: Dislodging An Urban Legend About A Legend (And 9 Other Stories), Kindle, Tribute ·
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