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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Art, Book, Book Review, Creatives, Creativity, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, John Densmore: The Seekers - Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists), Meetings With Remarkable Musicians, Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists), Memoir, Music, Philosophy, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors, The Seekers, The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians (and Other Artists), Wisdom, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Substack: “Sounds Good!”

I’ve joined Substack. I’ve started a newsletter – it’s called “Sounds Good!” It’s a subscription-model. Straight away I am asking you to pay. I don’t feel bad about this because you do not have to pay. You can choose to not receive the newsletter. And nothing that I write here at Off The Tracks is going behind […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog On The Tracks, Books, Email, Movie, Movies, Music, Newletter, Off The Tracks, Sounds Good, Substack, Substack: "Sounds Good!", Sweetman Podcast, TV, Writing ·

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February 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 246: Jeremiah Ross (Module)

This is episode 246 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged [OST], Acast, Anchor, Apple, Chat, Conversation, Electronica, Fly My Pretties, Gramsci, Interview, iTunes, Jakob, Jeremiah Ross, Jeremiah Ross (Module), Jeremy Ross, LOOP, Mental Health, Module, Module 2.0, Music, Musician, Paul McLaney, Pink Floyd, Podcast, Podcaster, Rhian Sheehan, Score, Soundtrack, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast # 246, Sweetman Podcast # 246: Jeremiah Ross (Module), Sweetman Podcast: Module, Sweetman Podcast:: Jeremiah Ross, T Leaf T, Video Games, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart: Film

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Director: Frank Marshall Diamond Docs / White Horse Pictures / HBO Documentary Films / HBO Max Oh, I love the Bee Gees! Wasn’t always the case. As a kid I feel like I was trained to laugh at them – via Kenny Everett and later […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andy Gibb, Band, Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, Bee Gees, disco, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Review, HBO, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, How Deep Is Your Love, Maurice Gibb, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Music Doco, Pop, Robin Gibb, Saturday Night Fever, Songwriters, Songwriting, The Bee Gees, The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart: Film, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Addiction, America, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Art, Author, Businessman, Chat, Conversation, Dean Wareham, Educator, Family, Films, https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/sweetman-podcast/id1086583733, Interview, iTunes, Jail, John Wareham, Kiwi, Louise Wareham Leonard, Memoir, Music, NZ, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Policy, Politics, Prison, Psychologist, Reform, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 245, Sweetman Podcast # 245 - John Wareham, Sweetman Podcast: John Wareham, T Leaf T, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Theatre: The Look of Love

The Look Of Love Direction: Musical Arranger – Tom Rainey, Musical Director – Tom McLeod, Performer – Ali Harper Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 23 – February 20) [Ali-Cat Productions Ltd] I last saw the wonderful, multi-talented Ali Harper as the lead and only person on stage in Songs For Nobodies – she played a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Ali Cat Productions Ltd, Ali Harper, Bacharach, Burt, Burt Bacharach, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, January 23 – February 20, Music, Musical, Play, The Look of Love, Theatre, Theatre Review, Theatre: The Look of Love, Tom McLeod, Tom Rainey, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: A Better Score

The music is almost always the first thing I notice about a film – it wasn’t always this way, and I can’t quite remember when it changed – obviously there are so many iconic themes we instantly think of from Star Wars and Jaws to ET and anything by Ennio Morricone, everything Quentin Tarantino chooses […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], A Better Score, Cinema, Composer, Film, Movie, Music, Poem, Poem: A Better Score, Score, Soundtrack ·

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December 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Solo Career of John Lennon

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. But how to finish with John Lennon? Well there was the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, John Lennon, Music, National Radio, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature: The Solo Career of John Lennon, The Beatles, The Solo Career of John Lennon, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 241: John Newton

Welcome to episode 241 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Academic, Acast, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Australia, Burns Fellowship, Chat, Christchurch, Conversation, Country Music, Dunedin, Escape Path Lighting, Family Songbook, Hard Frost, Hard Frost: Structures of Feeling in New Zealand Literature 1908–1945, Interview, James K. Baxter, John Newton, Music, Novel, Podcast, Podcaster, Podcasts, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Richmond Fontaine, Songs, Songwriter, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 241, Sweetman Podcast # 241: John Newton, Sweetman Podcast: John Newton, Tales from the Angler’s Eldorado, The Delines, The Double Rainbow, The Lives of The Poets, The Overdogs, The Tenderizers, University, Verse, VUP, Wellington, Willy Vlautin, Writer, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: November 2020

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… For […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Afternoons, Album Review, Albums, Cover Versions, Covers, EP, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Jesse Mulligan, Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), Lockdown, Music, November 2020, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: November 2020, Sharon Jones, Sleepless Night, What Have You Done For Me Lately, Yo La Tengo ·

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November 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 239: Andrew Armitage (Aro Video)

Welcome to episode 239 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor FM, Andrew Armitage, Andrew Armitage (Aro Video), Apple, Aro St. Video, Aro St. Video Store, Aro Valley, Aro Video, Back To The Disc Player, Chat, Conversation, DVD, DVD rental, Film, Flight of the Conchords, Movies, Music, Music Stores, Musician, Podcast, Retail, Simon Sweetman, Songwriter, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Streaming, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 239, Sweetman Podcast # 239: Andrew Armitage (Aro Video), Sweetman Podcast: Andrew Armitage, Synth-Pop, T Leaf T, Upper Hutt, Video Store, Videos, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Laurel Canyon: DVD

Laurel Canyon Director: Alison Ellwood Canyon Films, LLC / Madman It’s hard to see this as anything more than a boomer circle-jerk: Oooh, we had the best music didn’t we… Laurel Canyon is this near-mythical place in songs, in albums, in bands’ biographies. It is real. It was a place; a place where a large […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 60s, 70s, Alison Ellwood, Canyon Films, Crosby Still and Nash, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Documentary Review, DVD, DVD Review, Eagles, Film, Film Review, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Laurel Canyon, Laurel Canyon: DVD, Linda Ronstadt, Madman, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Music Doco, Neil Young, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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