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

Posts Tagged YouTube

Archive

June 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shopping Karts: ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off

I just wanted to mention a brand new album by someone that I think is a very special talent indeed. Well, I have to. He’s my son! Yes. Darling Oscar, 10 years old, has made his first album. He did so with the help of my good friend Sam. Best Man at our wedding, one […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 'Til The Wheels Fall Off, Album, Blog, Oscar, Preview, Review, Sam, Shopping Karts, Shopping Karts: 'Til The Wheels Fall Off, YouTube ·

Archive

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 ·

Archive

March 31, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

There’s a Clip I Watch on YouTube and I’m Not Joking When I Say I Look at it Most Weeks…  

It’s a film-student interviewing John Cusack and she can’t believe her luck, you see the class was watching American Beauty that day, and she skipped out to interview its star – only Cusack, quite reasonably disagreed, given he’s not in the film at all. His interviewer presses the point that he is in fact in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged American Beauty, Blog, Cinema, Film, John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Movie, There’s a Clip I Watch on YouTube and I’m Not Joking When I Say I Look at it Most Weeks…, 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, YouTube ·

Archive

January 30, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Barn – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn: Film

Barn: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn Director: DHLoveLife A Shakey Pictures Production Neil Young is in the news for taking his music off Spotify – his stand against the company’s platforming of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Rogan masquerades as a free-thinker and entertains conspiracy theories, which has seen him […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Band A Brotherhood A Barn, A Barn, A Barn: Film, A Brotherhood, A Shakey Pictures Production, Barn, Barn - Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, Barn Album, Billy Talbot, Concert, Crazy Horse, Daryl Hannah, DHLoveLife, Doco, Film, Film Review, Gig, Live, Movie, Movie Review, Neil Young, Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, Rehearsal, YouTube ·

Archive

June 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of YouTube, The TV Channel!

My son is nine – he has a TV in his room and used to have a DVD player until that got subbed out when he received an X-Box for his last birthday. He would desperately like his own YouTube channel. When I was his age, I had a TV in my room too. I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged In Praise Of, In Praise of YouTube, Streaming, The TV Channel!, TV, YouTube ·

Archive

March 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 249: Gavin Hewitson (Gavin Learns)

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 249 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged America, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Comedian, Comedy, ep.249, Gavin Hewitson, Gavin Hews, Gavin Learns, iTunes, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stand Up, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 249, Sweetman Podcast # 249: Gavin Hewitson, Sweetman Podcast # 249: Gavin Hewitson (Gavin Learns), T Leaf T, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·

Archive

March 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Gavin Learns Podcast: Episode 32 – Simon Sweetman

Gavin Hewitson is a Wellington-based comedian and podcaster. Gavin Learns is his show and you get that wherever you get podcasts. But also he puts it up on YouTube – as is the way with some podcasts. So you get to watch it and/or listen. Gavin talks to a range of people about subjects that he’s interested in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chat, Comedy, ep32, Episode 32, Gavin Hewitson, Gavin Learns, Gavin Learns Podcast: Episode 32 -, Gavin Learns Podcast: Episode 32 - Simon Sweetman, Interview, Music, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·

Archive

October 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My Poems on YouTube: Making Poetry Videos

Like most of the things I do – from providing commentary on radio, to my own Vinyl Countdown posts here, indeed to any of my blogging, it happened by accident. It started randomly and has continued in much the same fashion.  But I now have a YouTube channel where I share my poems. Someone sent me some footage of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Making Poetry Videos, My Poems on YouTube, My Poems on YouTube: Making Poetry Videos, Poems, Poetry, Reading, Simon Sweetman, SweetmanWasRight, The Death of Music Journalism, Videos, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·

Archive

August 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Kelly: Forty Days

Paul Kelly Forty Days Cooking Vinyl Limited I keep thinking this is a very prolific period for Australia’s greatest songwriter. But actually it’s just a purple patch – within a purple patch. He’s always been regular and often prolific with his output but the last decade has seen a combination of ends-tying compilations and themed-shows […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Bill Withers, Cooking Vinyl Limited, Covers, Forty Days, Lockdown, Paul Kelly, Paul Kelly: Forty Days, Poems, Quarantine, Readings, Shakespeare, Slim Dusty, Solo, Sonnet, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·

Archive

July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Album Preview: New Music Coming by Brisa Roché + Single ‘Can’t Stand’ Out Now!

At the start of this year the Brisa Roché album Father consumed me. The first best album I heard in 2019 – my first rave review for the year. And it’s been in my ears, and I’ve been carrying it in my heart, ever since.   When you fall so heavily for something the very best news is that new music […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Preview: New Music Coming by Brisa Roché + Single ‘Can’t Stand’ Out Now!, Album Review, Bandcamp, Brisa Roché, Can't Stand, Father, Low Fidelity, New Music Coming by Brisa Roché, New Single, Preview, Spotify, The Area, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·

Archive

July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: All This Trouble In The World 

Adolf Hitler just wanted to be a painter – someone should have given him an exhibition.  Take a  chance!  Charles Manson wanted to make records – why do you think he befriended the one Beach Boy that could surf? he wanted to soak up  the sound… he wrote some songs. certainly managed to get plenty of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Adolf HItler, All This Trouble In The World, Charles Manson, Poem, Poem: All This Trouble In The World, Ted Bundy, YouTube ·

Archive

May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 

Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier Henry Holt and Co. Jaron Lanier was there for the building of the internet, an early chat-room visitor (and developer), a guy with major tech credentials. He’s become an internet philosopher, a fierce critic of Silicon Valley; he’s like any writer with a troubled history and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Amazon, Book, Book Review, Facebook, Google+, Henry Colt and Co., Instagram, Internet, Jaron Lanier, Jaron Lanier: Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Review, Silicon Valley, Social, Social Media, Tech, Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Twitter, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·
← Older posts

Popular

  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
  • Short Story: The Year of The Rat
  • Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)
  • The Rodger Fox Big Band: REIMAGINED! The Rodger Fox Big Band plays Sir Dave Dobbyn
  • Try Three: # 1 – Roots, Reggae, Soul
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
  • R.I.P. Ronny Jordan

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Blog Book Book Review Chat Compilation DJ Drums DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Poetry Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron 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 © 2022 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press