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February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Densmore: The Seekers – Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists)

The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists) John Densmore Hachette Books John Densmore was a pretty good drummer but he’s a really bad writer. So it’s remarkable that he’s now up to book number three! The first was a given – a book about his time in The Doors; no one could argue […]
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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham

Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well […]
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January 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 4: “Faithfull” by Marianne Faithfull

Faithfull by Marianne Faithfull (w/ David Dalton) Was reminiscing about this just recently; recommending it to my sister-in-law, saying that it was one of the great rock’n’roll reads actually. It found me at a formative time, I was at the peak of my Stones fandom and I was newly interested in all the characters – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Faithfull” by Marianne Faithfull, Autobiography, Books, Books That Blew My Mind, Books That Blew My Mind # 4, Books That Blew My Mind # 4: “Faithfull” by Marianne Faithfull, David Dalton, Faithfull, Marianne Faithfull, Memoir, The Rolling Stones, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Kae Tempest: On Connection

On Connection Kae Tempest Faber & Faber Social For some 20 years Tempest has been a writer and performer – plays, poems and a novel have been printed. Spoken-word shows incorporate music and poetry, there are book-length single poems and recorded albums that share titles with printed-word publications. To me it’s all exquisite. A quite […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book Review, Comic Essay, Essay, Faber & Faber Social, Kae Tempest, Kae Tempest: On Connection, Memoir, On Connection, Poetry, Spoken Word, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Oliver Sacks – His Own Life: Film

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Director: Ric Burns Zeitgeist Films The neurologist and author Oliver Sacks died in 2015, aged 82. He had been diagnosed with cancer at the start of that yet, estimated his time left on this earth as mere “months” and was correct. He was gone by September. The publication of his […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Awakenings, Doc, Doco, Doctor, Documentary, Film, Film Review, His Own Life, Memoir, Movie, Movie Review, Neurologist, Oliver Sacks, Oliver Sacks - His Own Life: Film, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 11

Tori Amos, Under The Pink (1994) It’s been a pretty good year for reappraising Tori Amos. I’ve been back through most of the catalogue, I talked about her live on air (RNZ), I loved her memoirand I got hooked on the old stuff all over again. Someone kindly gave me a copy of Boys For […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1994, 20/20, Boys For Pele, GIFT, Kindness, Little Earthquakes, LP, Memoir, Piano, Pretty Good Year, Record, RNZ, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 11, Tori Amos, Under The Pink, Vinyl ·

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September 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Chris Frantz: Remain In Love

Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina Chris Frantz St. Martin’s Press Talking Heads made nearly perfect music across 10 nearly perfect albums (eight studio, two live). There are post-punkers and people there at the time that swear only by the first four albums, thinking the second half of the band’s career some […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Chris Frantz, Chris Frantz: Remain In Love, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Memoir, Remain In Light, Remain In Love, Remain In Love: Talking Heads Tom Tom ClubTina, St. Martin's Press, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 227: Charlotte Graham-McLay

Welcome to episode 227 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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August 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 225: Ben Brown

Welcome to episode 225 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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May 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Tori Amos

I always love having a chat about music on RNZ – I look forward to the chance every month or so to have a natter and for this feature I got to talk about Tori Amos – specifically the early albums – I was a fan from when I first heard them. I haven’t always kept […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Jesse Mulligan, Memoir, Music Feature, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Resistance, Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope Change and Courage, RNZ, RNZ Feature: Tori Amos, Tori Amos ·

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May 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tori Amos: Resistance – A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage

Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage Tori Amos Atria Books As soon as I caught the news that it was happening I was excited about this book – I see myself as something of a lapsed-fan when it comes to Tori Amos; I have nothing but fond memories of the first few […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, and Courage, Atria Books, Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Change, Memoir, Resistance, Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope Change and Courage, Tori Amos, Tori Amos: Resistance, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Young & Phil Baker: To Feel The Music

To Feel The Music: A Songwriter’s Mission To Save High-Quality Audio Neil Young & Phil Baker BenBella Books Neil Young has written three books (so far) and I’m sure there’s the threat of more. He was never going to write a conventional memoir – even though that’s what Waging Heavy Peace technically was, then there […]
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