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November 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 240: Lucy Roche

Welcome to episode 240 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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September 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony S&M2 Rhino/Blackened Recordings School was a while ago and thinking about it now it had its moments. So I think I will go to the Reunion – why not? I mean it might bring back some of those happy memories. Memories of not much happening at all. And new visions of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Heavy Metal, Metallica, Metallica & San Francisco Symphony, Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2, Orchestra, Orchestral Versions, Reunion, Rhino/Blackened Recordings, S&M, S&M2, San Francisco Symphony, School, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 177 The School Social

I was always on the student council at my schools. It didn’t really involve much – wear a little badge and sit around missing class every couple of weeks discussing what was wrong about the place. In my fourth form year at Hillcrest High School though I rose to the rank of Deputy Chairperson and […]
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May 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Write On: Aiming To Keep Going

I can remember the very first thing that made me want to write about music, the very first experience. It was a school assignment. Sixth Form Journalism – and we’d get these weekend assignments. One time we’d have to do a lifestyle feature on a living grandparent, or interview a pet or whatever. A mate […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aiming To Keep Going, Almost Famous, Journalism, Lou Reed, Music Journalism, Santana, School, Write On, Write On: Aiming To Keep Going, Writing ·

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January 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 146 Hillcrest Normal

On that first day of school I cried and cried my eyes out Just turned five and bloody hopeless There were four Davids in the class – Powell, Marsh, Scarrow and Stewart and they all wept too I managed to calm down and entered the strange new world of school We had a red-flamed headmistress […]
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November 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Stick Your Thumb In The Bucket of Spit: The Story of the World’s Worst Music Teacher

I won’t tell you her name – but I can tell you she was fucking awful. I guess you could say she was a music teacher; she thought she was. She played the piano – at a primary school that makes you a music teacher; well it did back then. You might get extra money […]
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May 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Ohope Beach School Choir: Bird Song

Ohope Beach School Choir Bird Song Ohope Beach School The Ohope Beach School Choir – an open choir featuring years 0-6 (ages 5-10) – was asked to perform at the celebration for the 200th Brown Kiwi Release in the Mahy Reserve at Ohope Beach. Seeing the opportunity to turn this into a project, teacher Jenny […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Art, Artwork, Bird Song, Birds, Book, Children, Choir, Conservation, Greg Malcolm, Jenny Ward, Kids, Kiwi, Native, NZ, Ohope Beach School Choir, School, Singing, Spoken Word, Stories, Wildlife ·

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September 10, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1858

Nirvana, Bleach (1989) I like Bleach, it’s the Nirvana album I listen to the most. People talk about how horrible it sounds but they say that like it’s a bad thing!? The drumming is often horrible too (but there are the tracks with Dale Crover, a major improvement compared with Chad Channing’s work). I had […]
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