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December 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Off The Tracks’ (Belated) Christmas Message: Year in Review 2015

Last year I was a day late, even slacker this year, sorry… but I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and thanks for reading Off The Tracks. Three full years we’ve been operating now – I say ‘we’ because it’s due to you and me. I had a week off in Hawke’s Bay where […]
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November 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 8 – No Stone Left Unturned, Milla’s The Divine Comedy

In writing a blog about records I’ve owned, it would be easy to leave out a lot of the uncool moments, the bad choices, and the so-called guilty pleasures. Much better to focus on Lou Reed, Johnny Thunders and Steve Earle than on some of the less auspicious selections I’ve made over the years. What’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Reviews, Albums, Fandom, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Milla, Milla Jovovich, Milla’s The Divine Comedy, Music, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 8, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 8 - No Stone Left Unturned, Records, The Divine Comedy ·

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October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened

Something different today, before regular Radio Nowhere service finally resumes… People travel for a lot of fairly obvious reasons – to eat, drink, see the sights, visit friends, and so on. Me? I mainly travel so I’ll have a good excuse for repeatedly missing blog deadlines, and also because there’s a part of me that’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bonnie Raitt, Cities Where Stuff Happened, Drive-By Truckers, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hejira, Jane's Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Mavis Staples, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Mother Love Bone, Nirvana, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 7, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 7 – Cities Where Stuff Happened, Subpop, Treme, Trombone Shorty ·

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October 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 6 – Gushing, Steve Earle’s I Feel Alright

Despite best-laid plans, it has been a while between blogs. My excuse is solid – I spent September travelling in America, travelling to a number of particularly musical places in America, to be vaguely specific. There’ll be more about that next time, but for now I’ve gone back to something I previously wrote for Simon […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog On The Tracks, Dominion Post, Guest Blog, Guest Post, I Feel Alright, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 6, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 6- Gushing, Steve Earle, Steve Earle's I Feel Alright ·

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September 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 5 My Favourite Doll: Johnny Thunders’ So Alone

Some albums just make you want to write them a love letter. No matter how imperfect they might be, they hooked you in at some point, and never let you go. I probably have a dozen or so of those albums. The really special albums. This is one. The New York Dolls were a mystery […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Guest Blog, Guest Post, Johnny Thunders, Looking For Johnny, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Music, New York Doll, New York Dolls, Punk, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 5, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 5 My Favourite Doll: Johnny Thunders’ So Alone, So Alone, The Heartbreakers, Writing ·

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August 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 4 The Saddest Song Ever? – Bruce Springsteen’s The River

A song, not an album this week. Some time ago on Facebook, Simon asked, “What’s the saddest song ever?” or something to that effect. I had the same answer as ever – and this is a variation on something I’d previously written on it. It’s also the first time I’m going to talk about Springsteen […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Guest Blog, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 4, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 4 The Saddest Song Ever? – Bruce Springsteen’s The River, Sad Songs, Single, Song, The Boss, The River, The Saddest Song Ever? – Bruce Springsteen’s The River, What Is The Saddest Song? ·

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August 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 3 A New Zealand Album: Jan Hellriegel’s Tremble

“It’s pretty good, for a New Zealand album.” When I have nothing to do on the weekend I pop out to see a band. When I have something to do on the weekend, odds are I’m popping out to see a band. In recent years that’s been a fruitful endeavour. There are a lot of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A New Zealand Album, A New Zealand Album: Jan Hellriegel’s Tremble, Auckland, Geraldine, Guest Blog, It's My Sin, Jan Hellreigel, Kiwi, Lost Songs, Manic (Is A State of Mind), Michael Ross, Music, New Zealand, NZ, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 3, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 3 A New Zealand Album: Jan Hellriegel’s Tremble, Singer/Songwriter, The Way I Feel, Tremble ·

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August 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Digests: The Best of 2015’s Album Reviews – July

A busy month for me, July. It was my birthday – and as a special birthday treat I got to go and see Ryan Adams (and it was great). Also loaded up another three episodes of the Podcast. And debuted two new features here at Off The Tracks – Five Films That Stay With Me […]
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July 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 2 – I Love Lou, I Love Lou Not: Lou Reed’s Street Hassle

It occurs to me I’ve given pretty much every ‘important’ artist an honest try over the years. Not intentionally, it just happened. I liked Hendrix, so I sought out Jeff Beck. Steve Earle mentioned Townes Van Zandt, so Townes sold another record in New Zealand. And God knows every word written in 1992 seemed to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Dirt, Gimmie Some Good Times, Guest Blog, I Love Lou Not: Lou Reed’s Street Hassle, I Wanna Be Black, Lou Reed, Michael Ross, Music, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 2, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 2 - I Love Lou, Street Hassle, The Velvet Underground, Writing ·

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July 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 1 – We All Start Somewhere, Icehouse’s Man of Colours

This blog isn’t going to be a chronology of my music fandom, nor is it meant to be particularly autobiographical, but it still makes sense to kick things off at the beginning. Not the first album I was aware of, or even the first album I owned, but certainly the album that really got the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1987, 1988, 80s, Albums, Australia, Guest Blog, Icehouse, Icehouse's Man of Colours, Iva Davies, Man Of Colours, Michael Ross, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 1, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 1 - We All Start Somewhere, Reflection, Writing ·

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July 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Blogging: Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross

I’m very happy to announce that, starting this week, Off The Tracks welcomes another guest blogger into the fold, a new voice. Jon McLeary’s Ghost of Electricity: War Stories was introduced over a year ago – and continues to run weekly. The new voice here will be one belong to Michael Ross. He’ll contribute a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Fortnightly Column, Guest Blog, Michael Ross, Music, Radio Nowhere, Writing ·

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December 22, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Michael Ross

Michael Ross grew up on 80s hair-metal and yet still manages to hold down a job and function in society (more or less). His personal contribution to the world of music consists of inescapably sensible Facebook comments and discussion forum posts, his blog Radio Nowhere, and a commitment to singing in public as little as […]
Posted in Blog, Special Guests · Tagged Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Michael Ross, Radio Nowhere ·

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