Baz Blakeney, Author at Stereo Stories

About Baz Blakeney

Baz Blakeney is a painter, writer, musician and lapsed journalist from Perth, now living in Melbourne. Spotify @The Violet Rays.

FOR MICHAEL COLLINS, JEFFERY AND ME by JETHRO TULL. Story by BAZ BLAKENEY.

Few people, myself included, gave quite as much thought to the third astronaut of Apollo 11, Michael Collins, the muggins who circled the moon alone before picking up the hitchhikers for the return trip. A year after the event,

By Baz Blakeney|2024-10-31T06:14:58+11:00October 31st, 2024|Latest Stories, Prog rock|8 Comments

JAMBALAYA by HANK WILLIAMS. Story by Baz Blakeney.

I remember one Bible belter with a velveteen voice telling us: “Jesus doesn’t need your money, but if I’m going to spread his word, I sure do”.

By Baz Blakeney|2024-06-07T12:55:05+10:00June 7th, 2024|Country, Latest Stories, Roadtrip stories|4 Comments

THIS CHARMING MAN by THE SMITHS. Story by Baz Blakeney.

Like almost every other trainee genius at art school, I played in a band. Or bands. “It’s like some Northern England punks have rediscovered Motown,” I said. In hindsight, it was a poor description, but it sounded right at the time.

By Baz Blakeney|2024-03-22T10:12:00+11:00March 22nd, 2024|English pop, Latest Stories, Post-punk underground, The Smiths|3 Comments