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July 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: All The Overdues

I can still remember everything about the time I first saw the movie Bloodsport. It was at a 13th birthday party for my really good mate. There was a bunch of us, we went to the arcade and played the wrestling game, we went ten-pin bowling after, then back to the orchard to throw rotten […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged & Videotape, All The Overdues, Birthday Party, Bloodsport, Film, Hellraiser, I Was A Teenage Vampire, Movies, Poem, Poem: All The Overdues, VHS, Video ·

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May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Watching Music

The best way you can learn about music is by listening to it – sure, you can research, ask questions, read up, get opinions from others…these are all smart ways to build your knowledge, but number one is to listen widely. And far too often. Reading about music has been a big part of my […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon Prime, Aro Video, Blog, Concert, Content, Doco, Documentaries, Documentary, DVD, Footage, Live, Music, Streaming, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Tubi, VHS, Video Store, Watching Music, YouTube ·

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March 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up

Beverly Hills Cop was one of the first video tapes we rented as a family. My mum checked with the guy at the counter to make sure it was okay for us all to watch and his suggestion was that the first few minutes contained a few swears so maybe fast-forward that… After dinner that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beverly Hills Cop, Blog, Comedian, Comedy, Delirious, DVD, Eddie Murphy, RAW, SNL, Stand-up Comedy, The Visceral Thrill of Eddie Murphy’s Early Stand-Up, VHS ·

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February 11, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 25: The Shining

The Shining is a film I can watch again and again. A perfect horror film. Existential fear right there. Amazing performances, brilliantly filmed – that feeling of unease that trickles in with Wendy Carlos’ amazing music and the sound-design just so. Just a brilliant film. And a fine example of Stanley Kubrick’s vision too. Many […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged DVD, Film, Horror, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, KING, Kubrick, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 25, Movies of My Life # 25: The Shining, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining, VHS, Video Store, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Seems Telling, No?

I’ve mushed my brain with the things I watch – too much of this and a lot of that, and I am desensitised to violence and I don’t get scared and I have no scars from the things I’ve watched. None of this is good, by the way, it’s just honesty. None of this was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cinema, DVD, Film, Films, Movie, Movies, No, Poem, Poem: Seems Telling No?, Seems, Seems Telling, Seems Telling No?, Telling, VHS, Videos ·

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July 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Overdues

There was that time when I worked in a video store, and we were allowed to borrow the preview-tapes and screeners. These had the full movie on them, but they also had a message that would roll along the screen telling you the name of the film – which was fine, didn’t bother me and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged & Videotape, Job, Poem, Poem: The Ovedues, The Overdues, VHS, Video, Video Store ·

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June 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Wrestling Is Fake. That’s What Makes It So Real – Selected Grapplings (2005-2015)

I’ve just published my new e-book, my third. This is the first one that’s not about music at all. This is a selection of my various writings about pro-wrestling. I’ve fallen in and out with the “sport” over the last three decades, but I can’t quite shake my fandom, certainly don’t want to ignore my early […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon, Books, Column, DVD, e-book, ebook, Editorial, Essay, Goodreads, Kindle, My New Ebook, My New EBook: Wrestling Is Fake. That's What Makes It So Real - Selected Grapplings (2005-2015), Nostalgia, NZPWI, Off The Tracks, Pro-Wrestling, Review, Selected Grapplings, Selected Grapplings (2005-2015), Simon Sweetman, VHS, Wrestlers, Wrestling, Wrestling Is Fake, Wrestling Is Fake. That's What Makes It So Real, Writing, WWE, WWF ·

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March 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Video Store Homily

I worked in a video store – but only for a few weeks. I wish it was longer. But it was still a good time. And this was in the time of VHS tapes. Actual videos. I’d grown up, in some sense, in the video stores of New Zealand. Renting anything that needed to be […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amalgamated Video, Aro Street Video, DVD, Green Frog, Poem, Poem: Video Store Homily, United Video, VHS, Video, Video Ezy, Video Store, Video Store Homily ·

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February 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: I Used To Be Scared of Horror Films So I Watched Every Single One From The Local Video Store And Now I’m Cured

When I was a kid a rather stupid movie had a deep impact on me. It’s called Alligator. It’s from about 1980 – and I reckon we saw it just a few years after that. And in it, a pet alligator gets flushed down the loo. It ends up in the sewer where the bodies […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Nightmare On Elm Street, Alligator, DVD, Friday The 13th, Halloween, Horror, Horror Films, Horror Movies, I Used To Be Scared of Horror Films So I Watched Every Single One From The Local Video Store And Now I’m Cured, Movies, Poem, Poem: I Used To Be Scared of Horror Films So I Watched Every Single One From The Local Video Store And Now I’m Cured, Rental, VHS, Video, Video Tape, Video Tapes ·

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June 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 17: Beverly Hills Cop 

I still go to the video store. And yes, it’s still called a Video Store. We rent/borrow DVDs – we do this because it’s convenient. The store (the last of its kind still standing in our town) is just down the road/just around the corner. And though I never meant for this to happen – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy, Memories, Movie, Movies, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 17: Beverly Hills Cop, Movies of My Life Movies of My Life # 17:, Notalgia, VHS, Video Store ·

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December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 16: The Compleat Beatles

Maybe it’s because it’s hard to find and best remembered for what it represented (also: time/place) but I reckon The Compleat Beatles is the very best Beatles doco there’s ever been. It shits on The Anthology which is not terrible, but is, probably, far too much of a good thing. When The Anthology was released […]
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March 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)

The grounds of Knebworth House have played host to some huge rock concerts over the years. This British venue was where the re-formed Deep Purple first played in 1985. A year later it was where Queen played its final live show (with Freddie Mercury). In 1979 it was the scene for two Led Zeppelin shows, the band’s return to the UK stage after […]
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