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January 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 52 – Various, “Arthur The Album”
Various, Arthur – The Album, 1981 I was chatting with a friend recently. He hit play on Placebo and immediately said, “objectively there’s no real reason to like them – but I do”. We talked about Security Blanket Music. The idea that something is a comfort just because it’s there, because it’s known. This of […]Archive
December 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman’s score for the film The Piano was my introduction to the music of Michael Nyman – amazing composer. I had in fact, as is so often the way, actually heard some of his music previously (having seen some of the earlier films he’d scored – but I didn’t know that at the time). […]Archive
December 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – New Series
From time to time I like to start a new series of posts here at Off The Tracks. And for those that follow my work here or via the social channels to get to here you’ll know I’ve been listening to a lot of soundtracks and collecting them, obsessing over them in fact. So my […]Archive
November 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert Legacy Every second week there’s a new Springsteen live album from the vaults. And I long ago got sick of his grinning, gurning clown face. The pantomime of his huge-energy shows feeling a bit like a drunk, rasping uncle hacking out his, […]Archive
October 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Bottle To Battle To Death Album Cover In The Frame Above The Stereo
The picture of Sam Hunt leaning against an old Valiant with a can of Leopard beer is not a haiku. But it comes close, in my mind. A New Zealand from 40 years ago but it might as well be 60 or 70 or 100 years now, the way we’re speeding. The Valiant wouldn’t cope […]Archive
August 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Ditching Your Record Collection
So many people with collections can’t bear even the thought of parting with their books or records or vintage toys or sneakers or whatever it is that makes up their fixation… But sometimes it’s a necessity. I trade records all the time. I’ve done swaps, I’ve taken crates of records to the secondhand stores and […]Archive
August 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Theo Parrish: Smile
Theo Parrish Smile Sound Signature Theo Parrish has built a timeless sound within techno – his version of soulful, relaxed, broken-beat boogie and moody house is a blueprint now, or perhaps Footprint is the better term. And so I wonder sometimes about his modern music – whether it was made way back…Archive
August 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Scores
I like to live life on the edge but I take precisely no risks. So my idea of the correct level of surface tension is to soundtrack my life with the scores from horror films and thrillers, big stabs of sound. It provides the right jolt – or the very wrong one sometimes. Which is […]Archive
June 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48 – Boris Gardiner, “Everything To Me”
Boris Gardiner, Everything To Me, 1986 Nostalgia works in funny ways – it pulls you in at the weirdest times. I knew Boris Gardiner by fluke. One day in the library I saw a CD called Every Nigger Is A Star. It is the soundtrack to a film I haven’t seen. I took the CD […]Archive
March 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, April 10, 2021
It’s back! Wellington’s record fair – A Vinyl Affair – will take place at Bedlam & Squalor, upstairs from the Rogue and Vagabond – here’s the Facebook event page with all the details. It’ll happen on Saturday, April 10, from 10am-3pm. There’s always great music – to buy and to listen to. Vinyl DJs keep the soundtrack […]Archive
February 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman