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September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 59

Lou Reed, Romeo Had Juliette [Single] (1989) The first song on Lou Reed’s great New York album. What a lyrical tour-de-force. I was listening to it just recently, I Googled the lyrics. I marvelled. I always have. I’m sure I always will. Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map that brought […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, A-side, B-side, Lou Reed, LP, New York, Record, Romeo Had Juliette, Single, The Room, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 59, Vinyl ·

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August 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Lou Reed: Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast)

Lou Reed Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast) Smokin’ Badger Lou Reed found his mojo again – big time! – with his gritty, sublime New York album (a novel or movie in the form of a record). We’ll soon get to hear the expanded edition, b-sides, extras – and at the time of release […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Audio Violence, Audio Violence '89, Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast), Bob Medici, Bootleg, Lou Reed, Lou Reed: Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast), Mike Rathke, Mistrial, New York, Radio Broadcast, Reissue, Rob Wasserman, Smokin' Badger, The Legendary Boston Broadcast, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Booksellers: Film

The Booksellers Directors: D. W. Young Greenwich Entertainment / Madman The Booksellers is very much a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin doco; the clue is in the title. Couldn’t be more obvious if it was displayed like a sign in a shop window…er, kinda like the poster and all the branded imagery relating to the film and its marketing.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Books, D.W. Young, Doco, Documentary, Film Review, Fran Lebowitz, Gay Talese, Greenwich Entertainment, Madman, Movie, Movie Review, New York, Parker Posey, Susan Orlean, The Booksellers, The Booksellers: Film ·

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April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The O’Jays: Live In New York

The O’Jays Live In New York S-Curve Records / O’Jays Gigs, Inc. The “final” victory lap of The O’Jays culminated in this TV special in late 2019 recorded live for DVD and also  released as an album. As they showed with final studio album – The Last Word – this version of The O’Jays (founders […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 60, 60 Years, Album Review, Back Stabbers, Backstabbers, DVD, Eddie Levert, Eric Nolan Gran, Farewell, Live, Live Album, Live In New York, New York, O'Jays, PBS Special, S-Curve Records, The Last Word, The O’Jays, TV, Walter Williams, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 190: Cassandra Tse

Welcome to episode 190 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Apple, BATS, Cass Tse, Cassandra Tse, Chat, Circa, Comedy, ep.190, Four Nights In The Green Barrow Pub, Improv, Interview, iTunes, JJ Murphy & Co., La Petite Chocola, Mixed Bag Podcast, MOODPORN, Musical, Musical Theatre, New York, Red Scare, Red Scare Theatre Company, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 190: Cassandra Tse, T Leaf T, The Aliens, Theatre, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 129 – Suzanne Vega

Welcome to episode 129 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I talk with one of my all-time musical heroes, Suzanne Vega. We are in a hotel restaurant and there is some background noise. Just a warning. What a thrill to meet her and speak with her. I flew […]
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June 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 119 – Sarah Bradley

Welcome to episode 119 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I caught up with Sarah Bradley. We worked together on the Good Morning TV Show. I was one of the regular music reviewers there for about seven or eight years. Sarah (along with co-host Brendon Pongia) came on board […]
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October 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Shilpa Ray: Door Girl

Shilpa Ray Door Girl Northern Spy Records “You know where the heart went? The heart went/On makin’ the rent!” Shilpa Ray passionately sings, early on, on Door Girl, the second full lengther from the band Shilpa Ray, a vehicle for its singer/songwriter also named Shilpa Ray. Where previously, some Nico-esque harmonium was draped over the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blondie, Door Girl, Lou Reed, New York, Northern Spy Records, Richard Hell, Shilpa Ray, Shilpa Ray: Door Girl, Velvet Underground ·

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August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford

Welcome to episode 79 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat a few months back with Jonathan Crayford. He’s a pianist, bassist – multi-instrumentalist in fact. He works as a solo act, as part of a duo with Ross Burge (Spanner), in trios and other small […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Auckland, Bass, Bassist, Chat, Classical, Converastion, Crayford, Ep.79, Episode Seventy-Nine, Film Composer, France, Gaylene Preston, http://www.jonathancrayford.com/, Interview, Jazz, Jonathan Crayford, Juliard, Le Petite Chocolat, Mike Nock, Multi-Insturmentalist, Music School, Music Theory, Musician, Myele Manzanza, New York, Pianist, Piano, Podcast, Pork Pie, Riki Gooch, Ross Burge, Simon Sweetman, Soundtrack, Spanner, Student, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford, T Leaf T, Talk, Teacher, Terry Crayford, Theory, Wellington, Wgtn, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering Lou Reed’s New York Album

Writing about Lou Reed’s New York album in 2017 brings with it painful reminders that the album was released over 28 years ago (January 1989) and the last studio album to feature Lou Reed was his collaboration, last year, with Metallica for the extended practical-joke they called Lulu. New York was, in many ways, my real introduction to Lou Reed. I grew up listening […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1989, Album, Lou Reed, New York, Remembering Lou Reed's New York Album ·

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July 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield: Hudson

DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield Hudson Motema Music, LLC As far as modern-day jazz supergroups go – this one is pretty, pretty good: master drummer (occasional pianist and also – here – cameo vocalist) Jack DeJohnette is joined by supple, subtle bassist Larry Grenadier (Brad Mehldau, Herbie Mann, Charles Lloyd, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman), John Medeski (Medeski Martin & […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bob Dylan, Covers, DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield, Hudson, Hudson Valley, Jack DeJohnette, Jazz, Jimi Hendrix, John Medeski, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Larry Grenadier, Medeski Martin & Wood, Miles Davis, New York, Supergroup, The Band ·

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January 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Plugging Back In To Nirvana: Revisiting MTV Unplugged In New York

So I just watched Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged In New York on DVD. This is a classic concert – an important concert to me. I’m not sure how great it is as I have a rather biased view towards Nirvana. I’m not their biggest fan. I think Kurt Cobain was often a bit of a twit. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bleach, Dave Grohl, DVD, In Utero, Incesticide, Kurt, Kurt Cobain, Meat Puppets, MTV, MTV Unplugged, MTV Unplugged In New York, Nevermind, New York, Nirvana, Plugging Back In To Nirvana, Plugging Back In To Nirvana: Revisiting MTV Unplugged In New York, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Songwriter, Unplugged, Vinyl ·
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