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October 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 234: A Tribute To Eddie Van Halen (with Ben Fulton)

Welcome to episode 234 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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July 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Great Spotify Shuffle Game: Roadtrippin’ Playlists

School holidays. Kids in the car. The only thing worse than letting them take charge of the stereo is feeling the burn of their complete lack of engagement and interest if you stay in charge of the soundtrack to the car-trip. But how do you make it work – and fair? We might be a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Liam, Oscar, Roadtrippin’ Playlists, Simon, Spotify, The Great Spotify Shuffle Game, The Great Spotify Shuffle Game: Roadtrippin’ Playlists, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: introducing… 

hello. my name is simonsweetman. & these will be my poems. (this is one of them). write what you know, as they say, or write what you like –  my poems, therefore, are almost always about me. i write a lot about music – partly because i cannot write music, and  also my favourite poets include a lot of songwriters; which is not to exclude a lot of really great poets, but rather to just […]
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July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 177: Miles Golding 

Welcome to episode 177 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  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 library. Miles Golding is a classically trained violinist based in […]
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March 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 159 – Alejandro Escovedo

Welcome to episode 159 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. 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 library. This one’s a little different – it’s […]
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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 101 – Ant Donaldson

Welcome to episode 101 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with legendary Wellington drummer Ant Donaldson. I met Ant a few years back – having been an admirer of his playing across so many bands. The Razorblade, The Mantarays, The Six Volts/Front Lawn, The Labcoats, The […]
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January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 100 – The 100th Episode

Welcome to episode 100 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a conversation with myself. That is to say – the podcast has reached episode 100 and it was time to look back. I turned on the tape recorder and captured some thoughts about the evolution of the […]
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January 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 97 – Jules Desmond (Take 2)

Welcome to episode 97 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This is a second conversation with Jules Desmond. If you missed the first one click here – we had a good old chat about some of his bands and music reminiscing – but we didn’t cover it all. So […]
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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 89 – Kirsten McDougall

Welcome to episode 89 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Kirsten McDougall. She is a writer, publicist and literary manager. We discuss her various roles and talk about her two books, The Invisible Rider and Tess. The Invisible Rider is a 2012 release, […]
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August 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 175 Epidural

It was John’s idea initially. He’s an old friend and drinking buddy and an excellent sound engineer and musician in his own right. He came to a Spines practice with his laptop and some good mics and tried to record us rehearsing. It was like a dry run. Our time in the practice space is […]
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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 144 Spines Practice

The absent-minded maestro was racing up New York’s Seventh Avenue to a rehearsal, when a stranger stopped him. “Pardon me,” he said, “can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” “Yes,” answered the maestro breathlessly. “Practice!” It happens every week for us these days on a Sunday almost religiously Back in the eighties […]
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November 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sprog On The Tracks: Five-Year Flashback

Today is Oscar’s fifth birthday. We’ve just dumped him up at school. First day. He is wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack. Our hero in his half-shell. He is wearing a screaming pink Doc McStuffins t-shirt. He played his Phil Collins CD last night before bed… I thought I’d republish something I wrote the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5, Five-Year Flashback, Katy, Oscar, Simon, Sprog On The Tracks, Sprog On The Tracks: Five-Year Flashback ·
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