Off The Tracks

Off The Tracks
  • Blog
    • Interviews
    • Miscellany
    • Special Guests
    • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • The Vinyl Countdown
  • Back Catalogue
  • About
    • About
    • About the banner image
    • On Song
    • Advertise

Posts Tagged We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are

Archive

December 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: no luck

(we don’t know how lucky we are) we don’t understand luck and that’s by choice, we want to think it comes down to us and what we did and how we  did it or said it – and it couldn’t possibly be luck. That ruins everything. Suggests it’s not about us. (We don’t know – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Luck, No, No Luck, Poem, Poem: no luck, We Don't Know How Lucky We Are ·

Archive

September 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Don’t Fight It – It’s Bigger Than The ID

We don’t know how lucky we are. The music that means the most to me from New Zealand artists is barely ever the product of a funding body, doesn’t have corporate sponsors, isn’t major label-endorsed. It’s the battlers. It’s about brave hearts and (sometimes) troubled souls. It’s about an energy. An anger. A feeling. It’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Battleship Grey, Blam Blam Blam, Blog, Concert, Doledrums, Don't Fight, Don't Fight It Marsha It's Bigger Than Both Of Us, Don’t Fight It, Don’t Fight It – It’s Bigger Than The ID, Gigs, Heavenly Pop Hit, It’s Bigger Than The ID, Kiwi, Leather Jacket, Luxury Length, Music, New Zealand, New Zealand Songs, NZ, NZ Music, Pink Frost, Purple Pilgrims, The Chills, The Male Monster from the ID, The Others Way, There's No Depression In New Zealand, We Don't Know How Lucky We Are, Weekend, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

May 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 690

Fred Dagg, Fred Dagg’s Greatest Hits (1975) I reckon Fred Dagg was an incredible comic creation and of course not the only one from one of the most brilliant of comic minds. Growing up with a bit of Fred Dagg and other works from the mind of John Clarke had me reading and watching anything […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1975, 21st Speech, Australia, Comedian, Comedy, Comic Actor, Compilation, Farmer, Farming, Fred Dagg, Fred Dagg's Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits, John Clarke, Kiwi, LP, New Zealand, NZ, Rugby, Rural, Satire, Satirist, The Vinyl Countdown # 690, Vinyl, We Don't Know How Lucky We Are, Writer ·

Popular

  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • The Faggets: WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SHIT
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
  • Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)
  • Poem: Promising Dumb Punchline
  • David Bowie’s Most Underrated Album: 1. Outside
  • Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”
  • Books That Blew My Mind # 3: “Can’t and Won’t” by Lydia Davis

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Book Book Review Compilation DJ DJ Set DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Jon Mcleary Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spines Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Ghost of Electricity The Spines The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Wellington Wgtn Writing You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron [OST]

Categories

  • Back Catalogue
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • Miscellany
  • Mixtapes
  • Playlists
  • Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Scene Of The Day
  • Special Guests
  • The Vinyl Countdown

Off The Tracks is the home of Sweetman Podcast, a weekly interview/chat-based pod. It's also home to my reviews across film, TV, music and books and some creative writing as well.

Off The Tracks aims to provide quality reviews and essays, regular blog updates about the shows, albums, books and movies you should be experiencing.

It's a passion project. Your support will help to keep Off The Tracks online.

All content © 2021 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press