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June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, “Gravelands”

The King, Gravelands, 1998 Actually his real name is James Brown – something pretty funny about a white Irishman named James Brown who makes a crust by impersonating someone else; not only just someone else – but Elvis (“the King”): A white singer who made his name and based his act on sounding as black […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Gravelands”, 1998, Comedy, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Crap Albums I Love # 30, Dead, Dread Zeppelin, Elvis, Elvis Impersonator, Elvis Presley, James Brown, KING, Lockdown, Parody, Shit, Shit That's Good, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, The King, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 26 – My Dick, “My Dick’s Double Full-Length Release”

My Dick, My Dick’s Double Full-Length Release, 2012 I guess it was doing the rounds of some music blogs at the time – but it was summer and it felt like the right time indeed. I was taking a rare break from my daily music blogging of the time and so wasn’t desperately looking for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, Comedy, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, My Dick, My Dick's Double Full-Length Release, Parody, Review, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 26, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 26 – My Dick, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Interview

I had a chance, a few years back, to chat with “Weird Al” Yankovic – it was fun. He was mostly pretty serious, but we got to talk through a few of his finest parodies and his motivations around doing what he did. He was about to tour NZ and play Christchurch – the tour […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Weird Al" Yankovic, Comedy, Covers, From The Archives, From The Archives: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Interview, Interview, Novelty, Parody, Songs, Songwriter, The “Weird Al” Yankovic Interview ·

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December 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 785

Peter Sellers, The Best of Sellers (1958) I love a good 10-inch (ooh, er!) and yes, yes, Peter Sellers was a genius. I love these old comedy records where it’s about sketch comedy – and a range, musical interludes, full songs, parodies, speeches, impersonations, big character pieces. There weren’t many around that did that better […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10-inch, 10", 1958, Andy Kaufman: The Truth Finally, Balham – Gateway To The South, Characters, Comedian, Comedy, LP, Parody, Peter Sellers, Radio, Record, Spoken Word, The Trumpet Volunteer, The Vinyl Countdown # 785, Vinyl, Voices ·

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August 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Kung Fury [OST]

Various Artists: Kung Fury [OST] Universal Music AB The 30-minute parody/tribute-film Kung Fury was big, dumb, silly fun. I liked it. But a big part of its success for me, and perhaps this is just me, was the film’s soundtrack. As over the top as the film is, it’s held down (in a relative sense) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 1980s, 80s, David Hasselhoff, Film, Giorgio Moroder, Johan Bengtsson, John Carpenter, Jorgen Elofsson, Kung Fury, Mitch Murder, Movie, Parody, Score, Short Film, Soundtrack, Synth, Tribute, V/A, V/A: Kung Fury [OST], Various Artists, VHS, Vince DiCola ·

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August 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #127 – David O’Doherty, Wellington, 2012

I’ve seen David O’Doherty a few times – he’s funny. I like his comedy. I like his angle. His silly-simple songs are a crucial part of the act but his fun with language and his faux-anger and his examination of (his) neurosis and everything else that he does works around (and outside of) his musical […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, Christopher Guest, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Festival, Comedy Songs, David O'Doherty, Downstage, Music, Parody, Stand-up Comedy, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #127 – David O’Doherty, Wellington ·

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June 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Kung Fury: Film

Kung Fury Director: David Sandberg Lampray/Laser Unicorn/Salmon Fox If, as people are saying, Mad Max: Fury Road is a movie WITH CAPS-LOCK ON then Kung Fury is a Movie! It’s all italics and exclamation point! Every! Step! Of! The! Way! For this absurd blast through every 80s cop/action trope is, at 31 minutes, both a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980s, 80s, David Sandberg, Film, Film Review, Kung Fury, Montage, Movie, Parody, Pisstake, Short, Short Film, Swedish, YouTube ·

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March 31, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: #5 – Brass Eye

Satire was never so cruel, so spot on, brutal and beautifully so as with Brass Eye – a series (and a one-off special) created by Chris Morris. He’s quite possibly a genius – fittingly his real skill in this world is that he has no real comic training or background. He was a radio guy, […]
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March 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 2 – The Daily Show

I started this column to talk, mostly, about shows from the past. And I also started this before the announcement that Jon Stewart would be leaving the Daily Show. Right now, even before that announcement, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart feels like the most important show on my television set. I’ve been a Jon […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comedy, Facebook, Jon Stewart, News, Parody, Phantom Billstickers, Satire, Television, The Daily Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, TV, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: # 2 – The Daily Show ·

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December 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Richard Ayoade: Ayoade on Ayoade

Ayoade on Ayoade Richard Ayoade Faber & Faber You know Richard Ayoade from, most likely, The IT Crowd, as a staple on British comedy panel shows, for appearances on The Mighty Boosh or maybe going back to Garth Marenghi’ Darkplace. He’s also made one of my favourite films of this year – The Double – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ayoade on Ayoade, Book, Book Review, Comedy, Comic, Film Director, Humour, Parody, Richard Ayoade, Submarine, The Double, The IT Crowd ·

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July 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Brownout: Brown Sabbath

Brownout Brownout presents Brown Sabbath Ubiquity Records/Essex Music International The strange world of the sincere – but playful – pastiche, the cover-album dressed up in novelty, the transporting of one musical world to a whole new genre or feel, it’ll always hook in the fans. But can it keep them? Here we have Brownout performing […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alex Maas, Brown Sabbath, Brownout, Brownout presents Brown Sabbath, Covers, Novelty, Parody, Pastiche, The Black Angels, Tribute ·

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August 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

“Weird Al” Yankovic: Live! – The Apocalypse Tour

“Weird Al” Yankovic “Weird Al” Yankovic Live! – The Apocalypse Tour Comedy Central I find it a lot easier to admire the skill, humour and efforts of “Weird Al” Yankovic as time goes by. Another crucial element to enjoying his work is not actually listening to it. His nod/wink parodies would be excruciating to have […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Weird Al" Yankovic, Comedy, DVD Review, Frank Zappa, Live! - The Apocalypse Tour, Novelty Songs, Parody ·

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