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Posts Tagged Nostalgia

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November 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: saudade

don’t know why i get so nostalgic all the time, i seem to be wondering all the time have spent a good portion of this life thinking about the life that has already happened – and am doing this as it is happening. guess it can’t happen after. though that’s only a guess for now […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Nostalgia, Poem, Poem: saudade, Saudade ·

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September 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 246

Eric Jupp, The Rockin’ Strings (1960) I have just found this in my record collection – no idea how long I’ve had it or where it came from (well, I can guess it belonged to a grandparent, not sure which set though; could easily go either way with easy listening gems like this). Eric Jupp […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1960, Australia, Easy Listening, Eric Jupp, LP, Nostalgia, Orchestra, Record, Skippy, The Rockin' Strings, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 246, Vinyl, We'll Meet Again ·

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December 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Parker Posey: You’re On An Airplane

You’re On An Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir Parker Posey Blue Rider Press In the 1990s Parker Posey started appearing in movies; quirky films, funny films. She was savage or sexy or cheeky or some combination of those things – she was weird and wonderful, a little odd and a lot of wonderful. She was a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 90s, A Self-Mythologizing Memoir, Acting, Actor, Autobiography, Biography, Blue Rider Press, Book, Book Review, Christopher Guest, Film, Memoir, Movies, Nostalgia, Parker Posey, Parker Posey: You’re On An Airplane, TV, Writer, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You’re On An Airplane, You’re On An Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir ·

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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!

When I was young I liked Cyndi Lauper. Well, I liked some of the songs when they appeared on the radio.  I liked She-Bop; I can remember it going round and round on a C-90 cassette tape that I was given along with my first tape-player (after my parents’ first overseas trip). The C-90 was bunged in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cyndi, Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Lauper, Madonna, Nostalgia, She Bop, She's So Unusual, She’s So Unusually Great!, True Colors, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes

I own Rick Astley’s Whenever You Need Somebody on tape. I bought it when it was released. I found that old tape just recently. (I have it on vinyl as well – nutcase!) Buying tapes – it dates you. I mowed lawns to earn money to buy tapes. Then I’d listen to the new tape […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, 1990s, Blog, Blog On The Tracks, Cassette, Cassette Tape, Cassette Tapes, CD, Compact Disc, Get In The Ring, HB, LP, Music, Nostalgia, Remembering The Generation of Cassette TapesC, Rick Astley, Rick Roll'd, Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection, Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes, RickRoll, Tape, Tapes, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Sometimes You Kick, Sometimes You Get Kicked

the INXS Kick album is 30 years old. I remember it so well. (Still dig it – Side One especially). It’s linked to when I had my first overseas trip. To the Gold Coast and Sydney. I’d saved my pocket money for a Walkman. My folks were going to buy me some jeans. Basketball boots […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [Picture Disc], Australia, CD, INXS, Kick, Nostalgia, Poem, Poem: Sometimes You Kick Sometimes You Get Kicked, Sometimes You Get Kicked, Sometimes You Kick, Sometimes You Kick Sometimes You Get Kicked, Tape, Vinyl ·

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February 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 435

The Madcaps, Harmonicapers (1953) This little curio spoke to me – just recently. It was almost love at first sight – a novelty record. But I had to give it a quick spin, just in case I was buying a cover and title only, there had to be some sort of music; the record (a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10", 10" vinyl, 1953, EP, Flight of the Bumblebee, harmonica, Harmonicapers, LP, Madcaps, Nostalgia, Novelty, The Madcaps, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 435, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player – Strange Revelation

Last night I found an old DVD player – I remember buying it a few years back, using it for a while, but it wouldn’t play any multi-zone discs and so it was tucked away in a cabinet. I bought an even cheaper model ($19.99 in a supermarket) and that one works brilliantly; plays everything. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Albums, Back To The Future, Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player - Strange Revelation, Barb Jungr, Burns, Burnt, CD, CD Player, Christopher O'Riley, Copies, David Axelrod, Discman, DVD, DVD Player, Favourites, Felix Da Housecat, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, LP, Madlib, Music, Music Collection, Nostalgia, Quasimoto, Range, Records, Strange Revelation, The Black Crowes, The Dukes of Stratosphear, The DVD Player as CD Player, Vinyl, XTC ·

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October 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Aimee Mann: Mental Illness

Aimee Mann Mental Illness SuperEgo Records In the world of the Aimee Mann fan – even casual admirers – there is no bad record. Hers is a catalogue of utmost consistency. There have been risks, sure. Concept albums, soundtracks, decisions to not just do the same thing over and again, and yet, also, and quite […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Aimee Mann, Aimee Mann: Mental Illness, Album Review, Goose Snow Cone, Mental Illness, Nostalgia, Songwriter, Stuck In The Past ·

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August 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 515

Felix King and His Orchestra, Presenting Felix King & His Orchestra, Vol.1 (?) I love a wee look in the charity shops – you don’t find much, record-wise; it’s usually all stuff you already have or have passed by long ago – so many copies of the same old things and lots of (bad?) classical […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10", Charity Shop, England, EP, Felix King, Felix King and His Orchestra, Great Britain, LP, Nostalgia, Op-Shop, Orchestra, Piano, Presenting Felix King & His Orchestra, Record, Second-Hand, The Vinyl Countdown # 515, Vinyl, Vol. 1 ·

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June 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 536

The Les Humphries Singers,  Kansas City (1974) Not much says “chuck your keys in a bowl” quite as much as The Les Humphries Singers. Alright, maybe The Ice Storm or, you know, actual key parties…but it’s the image I have when I see this cover or listen to this band. In fact this appeared – […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Kansas, Kansas City, Key-Party, Les Humphries, LP, Nostalgia, Record, The Ice Storm, The Les Humphries Singers, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 536, Vinyl ·

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June 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 539

Harry Secombe, This Is My Song (1967) It was very strange to hear this – I know of Harry Secombe the comedian – part of the Goons, I know he was a singer too, an all-around entertainer, comedian with extras…but I find his voice hard to enjoy, hard to grab. It’s that very weird thing […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Comedian, Harry Secombe, LP, Nostalgia, Record, The Goon Show, The Goons, The Vinyl Countdown # 539, This Is My Song, Vinyl ·
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