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September 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: ISO

the aperture of memory… the old photographs don’t contain me – I broke free found my way to anywhere else, to where(ever) I’m meant to be…out on the road taking stock of anything else – no people, no subject, no reason but to be free. That’s always the reason.    
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aperture, Camera, ISO, Memory, Photo, Photog, Photograph, photos, Poem, Poem: ISO ·

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May 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Memory

when my grandma phoned, I knew something was up – could tell by her voice. She sounded worried. (And she never worried). She asked for dad’s number, she’d forgotten it, wanted to call him; needed to call. I gave her the number and then she said, “thanks. It’s your grandfather, you see. I think he’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Memory, Poem, Poem: Memory, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 178 Steely Dan

I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on the computer. The first thing I saw on social media was the news that Walter Becker had died. That first album of Steely Dan was really something for me. I was a long-haired high school student living in an inland town and it […]
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March 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Discovering (My) Duality

I bought an Elvis Presley compilation record for my mum one Christmas – it was 1987 and so this album was subtitled the “10th Anniversary Commemorative Album”. And it was the first set of Elvis songs I heard. I knew a few of the big, big hits: Hound Dog and That’s All Right Mama and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Christmas, Discovering (My) Duality, Duality, Elvis Presley, Memory, Nostalgia, Short Story, Short Story: Discovering (My) Duality ·

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February 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering Bruno: My Bruno Lawrence Story

I was 17. Final year of school. I’d done a bit of journalism work for the National Youth Drama School, an ad hoc publicity officer role. Because my interest, at that time, was to move into journalism (I’ve been thinking about moving into journalism ever since then, a silly limbo to be in of course […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, B.L.E.R.T.A, Blerta, Bruno, Bruno Lawrence, Drums, Kiwi, Memory, National Youth Drama School, NZ, Quincy Conserve, Remembering Bruno: My Bruno Lawrence Story, Ride The Rain, Tears, The Crocodiles ·

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October 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Secret Behind Mr Dompling’s Secret: My First Music Book

Mr Dompling’s Secret was one of my favourite books when I was young. It told the story of a classical cellist, keen on Mozart. It had themes of overcoming fears, of being comfortable in your own skin – and of course there was music. Lots of music. It was my introduction to classical music – […]
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June 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 115 Foreign Agent

Hello stranger – welcome to this place I didn’t think I knew you but I’ve thought about your face I was single again for the first time in a long while and I know that I wasn’t handling it at all well. It seems you’ve done some things – that only makes it worse I’ve […]
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