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November 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: American History Lesson

Why did the chicken cross the road? Was it to get to the other side of a racist joke? Why didn’t the watermelon cross the road instead? It was having a smashing time! Corks were burnt, shoe polish was placed on faces – wasn’t that hilarious enough for ya? Tell us another one: The master […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged American History Lesson, Comedian, Comedy, Humour, Jokes, Minstrel, Poem, Poem: American History Lesson, Racism ·

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June 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: #13 – Chappelle’s Show

I’m not saying I was the first person in New Zealand to watch Chappelle’s Show – the influential sketch comedy show by Dave Chappelle. But I must have been close. The show ran from 2003-2006 and it wasn’t on any network here. The DVDs had to be imported – and I was working in a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chappelle's Show, Comedian, Comedy, Dave Chappelle, Jokes, Netflix, Race, Racism, TV Shows, TV Shows That Meant The World, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me started life as a weekly series on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: #13, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me: #13 – Chappelle's Show ·

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March 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Australian Dream: DVD

The Australian Dream Director: Daniel Gordon Madman This brilliant documentary, directed by Daniel Gordon from a script by Stan Grant, uses the story of AFL legend Adam Goodes – an inspiration on and off the field – to tell the wider stories of identity and racism. Goodes, winner of almost every single award going in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Goodes, AFL, Anti-Racism, Australia, Australian Dream, Australian of the Year, Campaign, Daniel Gordon, Doc, Doco, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Film Review, Madman, Movie, Movie Review, Racism, Sport, Stan Grant, The Australian Dream, The Australian Dream: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents

I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Danny Elfman, Dead Presidents, Funk, Heist, Hughes Brothers, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 18, Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, R'n'B, Racism, Requiem For A Dream, Soul, Soundtrack, The Spinners, Vietnam War ·

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January 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Cream of Eric Clapton

EC has a new documentary out – and is front-footing by addressing the terrible footage where he screams at “blacks” to get out of England. he endorsed Enoch Powell, which, pre-Trump, was the worst you could do. the man who used to be “God” describes these actions with embarrassment. (some people might even believe it’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Semi-Racist", Clapton, Documentary, EC, EC has a new documentary out – and is front-footing by addressing the terrible footage where he screams at “blacks” to get out of England. he endorsed Enoch Powell, Enoch Powell, Eric, Eric Clapton, Poem, Poem: The Cream of Eric Clapton, pre-Trump, Racism, The Cream of Eric Clapton, was the worst you could do. the man who used to be “God” describes these actions with embarrassment. (some people might even believe it’s real). he goes on to not really own up at all, which ·

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December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black

Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black Anti/Epitaph What a decade it’s been for Mavis Staples – riding on a high note ever since 2007’s We’ll Never Turn Back with a constant victory-lap of touring and this now deep collaboration with Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. It hasn’t all been amazing, I couldn’t get too excited […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, ANTI-, Blues, Epitaph, Folk, Gospel, If All I Was Was Black, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Politics, Pops, Protest, Racism, Rick Holmstrom, Ry Cooder, Staples, The Staples Singers, Tweedy, Wilco ·

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June 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

I Am Not Your Negro: DVD

I Am Not Your Negro Director: Raoul Peck Magnolia Home Entertainment What Raoul Peck achieves with I Am Not Your Negro is stunning – a manifesto for today (sadly) that was born forty+ years ago; that was born nearly 400 years ago…
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alexei Aigui, America, Doc, Doco, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Film Review, I Am Not Your Negro, I Am Not Your Negro: DVD, James Baldwin, Movie, Negro, Prophecy, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Raoul Peck, Review, Samuel L. Jackson, Score, Writer ·

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July 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism

I’ve been trying to connect all the dots in my head around this gig It was just before the riots and I wrote Lily and I Steve Hanify was organizing protests against the Springbok tour and the concert was part of it I wore my granddad’s leather jacket There was a large swarm of people […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Caroline Easther, Erin Hanify, Gig, Gordons, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, John Halvorsen, Jon Mcleary, Lily and I, Mark Crawford, Music, Racism, Rock Against Racism, Spines, Springbok Tour, Stephen Norris, Steve Hanify, Susan Forbes, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 118 Rock Against Racism, The Gordons, The Spines, Thistle Hall, Ukiah, War Stories, War Stories # 118, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·

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October 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Dope: Film

Dope Director: Rick Famuyiwa Open Road Films Dope starts out by giving us the various definitions of the word, all slang – it’s a word for drugs, a name for an idiot, in the parlance of hip-hop it’s a form of credibility, a level of cool. And just like that multi-level definition the film Dope […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 90s, America, Dope, Film, Film Review, Hip-Hop, Movie, Movie Review, Nostalgia, Race, Race Issues, Racism, Rick Famuyiwa ·

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