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February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Feb 4, 5, 7)

Following on from last week I was on the Pre-Panel on RNZ once again. 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 run the story of the day; a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 7, Chat, Concert FM, Feb 4, Feb 5, Feb 7, Pre Panel, Radio, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day, Story of The Day, Talk, The Panel, The Story of the Day, Wallace Chapman, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Jan 27, 30, 31)

Last week I had my secod go on the Pre-Panel on RNZ. Well, actually I had my second run of 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #31, 3.45pm, 30, Bringing Your Authentic Self To Work, January 27, January 30, January 31, Kobe Bryant, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Radio NZ National, RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day, RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Jan 27, Story of The Day, The Grammy Awards, The Panel, Wallace Chapman, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Celebrating Fifty Years of Abbey Road

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50, Abbey, Abbey Road, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Celebrating Fifty Years of Abbey Road, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature: Celebrating Fifty Years of Abbey Road, The Beatles, Wallace Chapman, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: August 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… On […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, All My Happiness Is Gone, August, Happy Boat, Jesse Mulligan, Mark Mulcahy, Purple Mountains, Radio, Radio Reviews, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: August 2019, The Gus, Wallace Chapman ·

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April 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: April 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… This […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, April, Flightless Bird, https://philjudd.bandcamp.com/album/flightless-bird-2019-solo-album, Jesse Mulligan, Phil Judd, Radio, Radio NZ, Review, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews: April 2019, Wallace Chapman, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ: The Panel – What Makes Collectors Tick?

Usually when I’m on RNZ it’s to review albums – sometimes a concert or a feature. But the other week I got another call-up to have a wee crack on the Panel (w/ Wallace Chapman). They were talking about collecting and collectors. And there was a news story about a TradeMe auction for clearance stock from Real Groovy’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5pm, Collecting, Collector, LP, Paula Penfold, Radio, Records, RNZ, RNZ: The Panel, RNZ: The Panel – What Makes Collectors Tick?, Simon Sweetman, The Panel, Vinyl, Wallace Chapman, What Makes Collectors Tick?, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ: The Panel – Suffering Through Q and A’s

Usually when I’m on RNZ it’s to review albums – sometimes a concert or a feature. But last week I got to have a wee crack on the Panel (w/ Wallace Chapman). Seems my review of Nick Cave’s recent Q & A show struck either chords or nerves or both. And so I was asked on for a brief […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5pm, Nick Cave, Panel, Q&A, Review, Reviewer, RNZ, RNZ: The Panel, RNZ: The Panel - Suffering Through Q and A's, Suffering Through Q and A's, The Panel, Wallace Chapman, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Music-related novels

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. This topic was Music-related novels – books written about music and musicians that are not biographies, not non-fiction. We played some songs and talked about […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2pm, Afternoons, Author, Feature, Fiction, Interview, Jesse Mulligan, Lyrics, Music, Music Feuds, Music-related novels, Novel, Novella, Poems, Poetry, Radio, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Feature: Music-related novels, Wallace Chapman, Whistling, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Wallace Chapman: Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There Wallace Chapman Penguin A charismatic presence across TV (Back Benches) and radio (most recently on RadioLIVE, about to move to Radio New Zealand National), Wallace Chapman now turns his hand to a book that is one part slow-living manifesto, one-part memoir. Well of course the two have to be […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Back Benches, Book Review, Don't Just Do Something, Don't Just Do Something Sit There, Penguin, Radio New Zealand National, RadioLIVE, Sit There, Wallace Chapman ·

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December 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Wallace Chapman

Wallace Chapman is host of pub politics show Back Benches coming back on Prime next year, and host of Sunday Mornings with Wallace Chapman on Radio Live. His first book is out on Penguin in May 2013. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – The Verlaines, Pot Boiler: I don’t proclaim to […]
Posted in Blog, Special Guests · Tagged Back Benches, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Wallace Chapman ·

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