ANCHOR by BIRDS OF TOKYO Fiction by Rebecca Norton
His wife would be waiting for him to get home, ready to hear about his day. Desperate for a connection to a world she wasn’t part of right now.
ALL THAT JAZZ Memoir by Lucia Nardo
It’s doubtful Bob Fosse had in mind a conservative calisthenics club in Melbourne’s industrial west when he choreographed All That Jazz in 1975.
CENTRE STAGE – Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson
Darren 'Smokie' Dawson loves his footy, his cricket, his hats and his music. He came into Stereo Stories' orbit via The Footy Almanac.
PERFECT DAY by LOU REED Story by Wendy Meddings
Brinsley Road, Camberwell 1973 Fitzroy, 2018 Just a perfect day You made me forget myself I thought I was someone else Someone good It’s summer and I’m lying on the floor of the lounge at my school, headphones plugged into one of several sockets around the room that connect to the stereo system. Someone [...]
SKY PILOT by ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS Memoir by Annette Signorini
You are at the American War Museum with your daughter. Same age as your brother was back then. No life and death decisions in her life.
LISTEN TO THE BAND by THE MONKEES Memoir by Les Everett
Subiaco Oval, September 1969 The Astor Theatre, Mt Lawley, June 2019 It’s funny how things turn out. In 1969 my friend Les Holmes and I got on the overnight train from Kalgoorlie to Perth headed for the WAFL grand final between East Perth and West Perth. After years of grand final misery (losses to Perth [...]
Road trip. Albury!
We're off to Albury once again, courtesy of the Write Around The Murray Festival.
HEART-SHAPED BOX by NIRVANA Story by MELISSA LONGO
While my angsty former beau was feigning suffering, Cobain had lived it and provided the soundtrack.
CENTRE STAGE Lucia Nardo
Welcome to Centre Stage, where we shine the spotlight on Stereo Stories' most enduring writers.
HONKY TONK WOMEN by THE ROLLING STONES Story by Kevin Densley
We rehearsed a great deal for our debut. The gig was in the clubrooms of the St Albans Football Club on a winter’s night, with a pig on a spit, a few barrels and a good-sized crowd.