Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press

Off the Record Reviewed

Simon Groth — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:19:52 +0000

Off the Record has had a lovely review in the Courier-Mail and other newspapers around the country.

Space is always tight in street press publications and the result here is a bunch of rock’n'roll yarns and quotable quotes that rattle along with all the 1-2-3-4 energy of a Ramones gig.

Scroll down the page to check it out here.

Digital editions now available

Simon Groth — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:41:56 +0000

After much technical jiggery-pokery, Off The Record is now available in digital form, including the Kindle store for all you kindlers out there. The book is also coming soon to Apple iBookstore and Google eBooks.

In time it will also be available from all major vendors, including Baker & Taylor, B&N, Borders, Bowker, Ebooks.com, Ebrary, Follett Digital Resources, Kobo, Lightning Source (Ingram), Netlibrary, Overdrive, Sony, and Tecknoquest.

The ebook for Off the Record will be available to customers worldwide, so if you have had any trouble finding yourself a print copy (you obviously haven’t tried here), now is your chance to pick yourself up copy in fully recyclable pixels.

Launch, Part Two

Simon Groth — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:44:13 +0000

After much technical jiggery pokey, we’ve been able to upload videos of the launch at Avid Reader in West End. So here they are.

Simon spoke first:

Then Sean:

Then John Wilsteed, academic and Go-Between subjected the editors to fierce Q & A:

Launch, Part One

Simon Groth — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:21:25 +0000

A big thanks from both Sean and Simon to everyone who attended last night’s launch of Off the Record: 25 Years of Street Press at Avid Reader.

It was heartening to see such a massive turnout crammed into the space available.

Thanks especially to the dear people at Avid Reader who never seem to tire of this stuff and our fabulous publisher UQP, who traded manuscripts for glasses of wine just for us.

Photos and video still to come.

Available Now

Simon Groth — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:00:46 +0000

Off The Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press is officially released today, available in all good bookstores.

For early adopters, we will post up links to purchase (and add more as they become available):

Book Launch 10th November

Simon Groth — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:30:28 +0000

Sean Sennett and Simon Groth will be officially launching Off the Record: 25 Years of Music Street Press on Wednesday 10th November at Avid Reader in Brisbane.

Joining Sean and Simon will be Go-Between and academic, John Wilsteed.

The launch begins at 6:00pm.

The event is free to attend, but bookings are essential.

Follow this link to book now.

Angus & Julia Stone

Simon Groth — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:00:54 +0000

Interviewed March 2010.

Angus Stone talks life on the road and the band’s organic process.

You can go to a fancy restaurant and have a not-so-good time or you can take your meal out onto the gutter and have a ball. The aesthetics are not always so important to creating something amazing.

Yves Klein Blue

Simon Groth — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:00:33 +0000

Interviewed April 2008.

Michael Tomlinson speaks from Austin, Texas on YKB’s debut EP, essentially a demo remixed and expanded for their newly acquired major label.

To us, we’re still just a local Brisbane band who have a chance to do some really cool things.

Hilltop Hoods

Simon Groth — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:00:06 +0000

Interviewed January 2008.

MCs Suffa and Pressure discuss the future of the Hoods in the wake of their successful ‘restrung’ tour and album, which mixed beats and rhymes with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

At the show, we had people coming along who were fans of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. I don’t know what they made of it because I can’t see classical music fans going nuts over anything, especially a hip-hop group.

The Saints

Simon Groth — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:00:16 +0000

Interviewed June 2007.

Chris Bailey and Ed Keupper discuss their unlikely reunion for the Queensland Music Festival in 2007.

I feel like I’m in the middle of two bands. It’s like having my very own private time machine. Having seen Ed recently, it seems like we haven’t lost our peculiar sense of humor.