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March 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Ricky Gervais: Humanity

Ricky Gervais: Humanity Director: John L. Spencer Netflix In his first stand-up special since 2010 Ricky Gervais wastes no time being desperately irreverent. This of course is default-setting stuff for Gervais. He has no interest in checking his privilege, not when he can whip it out and waggle it in your face. He was broke, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Special, David Brent, Humanity, John L. Spencer, Netflix, Netflix Special, Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Humanity, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Standup, The Office, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 190 David Brent

I watched the David Brent: Life on the Road movie the other day. It was alright – I like Ricky Gervais a lot though the film broke no new ground and just delivered up more of The Office but in a different context. In the picture David Brent (now a travelling salesman) puts together a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #190, Art, Bands, Comedy, David Brent, David Brent of Wellington, David Brent: Life on the Road, English, Film, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Music, Painting, Ricky Gervais, Songs, Songwriting, Spinal Tap, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 190, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 190 David Brent, The Office, The Spines, This Is Spinal Tap, TV, UK, War Stories, Wellingtpn, Wgtn, Writing ·

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June 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Fried: DVD

Fried Director: Luke Snellin Accorn/RLJ/Zodiak BBC Three sitcom Fried is a six-episode season based around the staff of a Croydon chicken shop, Seriously Fried Chicken. What starts off so broad and excruciating as to feel like someone’s havin’ a laff in the way that Ricky Gervais was with his  When The Whistle Blows show-within-a-show in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged BBC, British, Chicken, Comedy, DVD, DVD Review, Extras, Fast Food, Fried, Fried Food, S.1, Season 1, Season One, Seriously Fried Chicken, The In-Betweeners, The Office, TV ·

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June 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski

Fante Bukowski Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition Noah Van Sciver’s graphic novella about a talentless/struggling writer is brutal in its satire – take for example this scene where at a reading given by Dave Eggers a trio of desperate and hopeful writers gather, one says “I brought my new story. I’m gonna give it […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Cartoon, Charles Bukowski, Comedy, Comic, Dark, Dave Eggers, Fante Bukowski, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novella, John Fante, Noah Van Sciver, Robert Crumb, Satire, The Office, Writer, Writing ·

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November 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Jon McLeary

Jon Mcleary is the creator of The Spines, check them out on Bandcamp. They will be playing two shows this coming weekend with Vorn and The Julie Lamb band as part of The Bungee Tour. He is also an artist, author of the novel Manslaughter and you can read his weekly War Stories here at Off The Tracks […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Apocalypse Now, Art, Dracula, Film Review, Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Jon McLeary, Frankenstein, Jon Mcleary, Manslaughter, Movies, Painting, Seinfeld, Spines, Taxi Driver, The Concert For Bangladesh, The Ghost of Electricity, The Hobbit, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The King Of Comedy, The Office, The Spines, War Stories ·

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June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

B.J. Novak: One More Thing – Stories and Other Stories

One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories B.J. Novak Knopf; First Edition For BJ Novak a short story is either a single line or 30 pages – or anywhere in between. A short story is either an allegorical pisstake (the book opens with a rematch of the tortoise vs. the hare) or a piece of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged B.J. Novak, Benjamin Joseph Manaly "B. J." Novak, BJ Novak, Book Review, Mindy Kaling, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, Prose, Short Stories, Stories, The Office, Writing ·

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