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June 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shopping Karts: ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off

I just wanted to mention a brand new album by someone that I think is a very special talent indeed. Well, I have to. He’s my son! Yes. Darling Oscar, 10 years old, has made his first album. He did so with the help of my good friend Sam. Best Man at our wedding, one […]
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May 10, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 53 – Iggy Pop, “Brick By Brick”

Iggy Pop, Brick By Brick, 1990 When I was 15 I loved this. And I loved it because of the music on it, sure. But I loved it, first of all, because I had found the poster in a music store, given it from the counter-staff to hang on my wall. I thought it was […]
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April 19, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The New Distancing

Today, I sat behind my son at the movies. They say restrictions are starting to ease – but a few new ones have just been implemented. He and his mate, in the row in front. And me, with no mates sitting behind. Their chaperone, not even that – their Uber driver; oh but hey, please […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Distancing, Movies, Oscar, Poem, Poem: The New Distancing, Son, The New Distancing ·

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April 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Jordan Luck Knows

When Oscar was born there were many phone calls. So, at the end of that most magical day, the birth of our son – a delivery where we’d waited much longer than just the nine specified months to meet him – I get this call. And though my phone had been ringing all day this […]
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February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 290 – Come Together: Abbey Road, Wellington, 2020

I wrote a review of this gig – and it was a nice surprise. I wasn’t sure they could pull it off. The world doesn’t really need any more Beatles tributes – but I say that, and I’ve been to several, so I was probably always going to go to this… And anyway, a good […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Abbey Road, Beatles, Come Together, December, Gig, Kiwi, Live Gig, Local, NZ, Opera House, Oscar, Stubs, Stubs: # 290, Stubs: # 290 – Come Together: Abbey Road, The Beatles, Tribute, Tribute Act, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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March 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Jordan Luck Cares

When my son was born I got a call from Jordan Luck. He phoned me  – because, like many, he’d seen the mention of the new baby online. He had my number because I’d interviewed him just a few months before and he had asked me if I was a dad. I’d told him that […]
Posted in Blog, Mixtapes · Tagged Baby, Birth, Dad, Father, Jordan Luck, Jordan Luck Cares, Oscar, Poem, Poem: Jordan Luck Cares, The Dance Exponents, The Exponents ·

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December 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 2

Elton John, Don’t Ya Wanna Play This Game No More (Sartorial Eloquence) [Single] (1980) When Oscar was about 18 months old and through until he was three or four I guess – Slow Boat Records was one of his favourite places (it probably still is, truth be told). But as a toddler he was allowed […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, 21 at 33, 50, 50c, A-side, B-side, Chuck Out Bin, Dear God, Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More, Elton John, EP, LP, Oscar, Record, Sartorial Eloquence, Single, Slow Boat Records, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 2, Vinyl ·

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September 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 275 – Queen + Adam Lambert, Wellington, 2020

What a strange year 2020 has turned out to be. It started off weirdly enough. There I am at a fucking Queen concert! (And mostly enjoying it). Next thing there are no concerts at all ever again. No visitors. No tours. And every musician is having a massive spit about loss of income this and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Adam Lambert, Gig, Gig Review, Live, Oscar, Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert, Rhapsody, Stadium, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 275, Stubs: # 275 – Queen + Adam Lambert, Wellington, World Tour ·

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August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder

You find wisdom in different places, it’s in the traces of what a person says. Today’s – for example: My 8-year old boy told me that Paul McCartney “might laugh a lot and giggle but he is never ever funny”. So take on board that note, as you make your sandwich, as you eat your […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Oscar, Paul McCartney, Poem, Poem: The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder, The Beatles, The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder ·

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August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 273 – The Bootleg Beatles, Wellington, 2019

The Bootleg Beatles have been paying tribute to The Beatles for 40 years. And I usually think tribute acts are pretty silly and there’s something almost sublimely absurd about being a tribute band for 40 years when the real act lasted less than a decade – but hey, also The Beatles are the greatest. And […]
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August 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Standing By

We watched the movie Stand By Me the other day. It was such a favourite film to me – and I hadn’t seen it in maybe 20 years. And I was watching it with the boy. (His first time). He’s maybe just a bit younger than I was when I first saw it. We’ve been […]
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August 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Wellington, 2018

We’ve always enjoyed the pantomime at Circa – right back to when we went as adults without a kid (admittedly because a friend had a starring role, but we loved it). In recent years it’s been a great night of family entertainment and maybe we reached the peak with this performance – 2018’s season of […]
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