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February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club)

Welcome to episode 206 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 […]
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January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 187

Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine (2014) This is the first Daniel Lanois solo album that I’ve owned on vinyl – but of course his name is all through my record collection. Peter Gabriel, U2, Eno, Emmylou Harris and many others – Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson – the list could go […]
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September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Sept 11, 12, 13)

Last week I had my first go on the Pre-Panel on RNZ. Well, actually I had my first three goes… The Panel runs from 4-5pm but at 3.45pm they have the “Pre-Panel” where Wallace Chapman introduces the guests and the question of the day and they get a producer or a guest (or whatever) to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #11, 12", 13, Auckland, Friday, Friday 13th, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Sept 11, September, Taylor Swift, The Panel, The Pre-Panel, The Story of the Day, Thursday, U2, Wallace Chapman, Wednesday, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Rattled & Humdrum

even when i was a U2 fan – and i had the defense of being a kid – it always bugged me at the start of Rattle and Hum when Bono would say: “this is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles…we’re stealing it back”. and then they’d play their rinky-dink cover of Helter […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Poem, Poem: Rattled & Humdrum, Rattle & Hum, Rattled & Humdrum, U2 ·

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January 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The First Five: What Were The First Albums You Ever Owned?

First off, I have to admit that I’m guilty of thinking that I had great musical taste early on. Very mainstream of course. But then, I was eight. The only person I know of that was kicking it underground and living the hedonistic lifestyle at nine years of age was Drew Barrymore. And look what […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cassette, John Cougar Mellencamp, MC Hammer, Midnight Oil, Rick Astley, Tapes, The First Five, The First Five: What Were The First Albums You Ever Owned?, U2, What Were The First Albums You Ever Owned ·

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December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 44 – Blink (Ian Jorgensen)

Welcome to episode 44 of Sweetman Podcast – my conversation with Ian Jorgensen (aka Blink) – you can find out about his various pursuits under the A Low Hum banner at his website. He started out as a photographer, from there to making magazines, creating a record label, organising tours and promoting shows and then […]
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November 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The ‘There’s Wally!’ of Rock-Docs: Bono

He’s like Where’s Wally? Except you know exactly where he is; you see him straight away: those glasses, that black leather jacket, the dulcet tones, always telling you that this band changed his life or those words became the ones he studied… He’s the There’s Wally! of music documentaries. And I’m sure you know who […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bono, Causes, Charity, Documentary, Humanitarian, Literature, Poetry, The 'There's Wally!' of rock-docs, The 'There's Wally!' of rock-docs: Bono, U2, Where's Wally? ·

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April 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 723

U2, Rattle and Hum (1988) God, I remember reading SHAKE magazine (!) in anticipation of this. I can remember exactly where I was, sitting on the floor in a shop in Hastings,  waiting for my mum…some dress-shop, obviously. And  I was bored. As I always was. And I was thumbing through the mag I’d been […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1988, Bono, Documentary, Live, LP, Rattle And Hum, Record, SHAKE Magazine, The Edge, The Vinyl Countdown # 723, U2, Van Diemen's Land, Vinyl ·

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July 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 862

U2, The Joshua Tree (1987) Someone gave me their old copy of this record just recently. Yes, yes, I know – I said I could never listen to it again and that’s (kinda) true. But if you’re ever going to own The Joshua Tree (and it’s still one of the only U2 albums worth having […]
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February 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Simple Minds: Big Music

Simple Minds Big Music Caroline Anyone rushing to call this the best Simple Minds album in 20 or even 30 years is forgetting Black & White 050505 but Big Music is the best since then, the best in a decade; a continuation of fine form shown across the last decade and a half. It’s also […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Big Music, Black & White 050505, Jim Kerr, Manic Street Preachers, Simple Minds, The Waterboys, U2 ·

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October 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Nicholas Nigro: The Spirituality of Bono

The Spirituality of Bono Nicholas Nigro (ed) Backbeat Books Part of a series – taking pop-culture names (and forces) – and forcing some version of spirituality to them via the extracting of quotes – and this is Bono’s turn. You’re already sick of him from popping up in every single music documentary of the last […]
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September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

U2: Songs of Innocence

U2 Songs of Innocence Universal/Apple/Malware U2’s first new album in five years will see an official release next month – meanwhile anyone with an iTunes account had the album placed within their files unasked for, unwanted, a hack on their computer. Opening track, The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) – yes, really – will be the […]
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