Stereo Poems (volume 2) by Damian Balassone
The second volume of playful rhymes from Damian Balassone, featuring Cliff Richard, Blue Moon River, and Taylor Swift.
ETERNITY by DON WALKER Story by Damian Balassone
It’s as if Don Walker is merging two mythologies – the Australian desert and the Bible, concluding with a verse that shifts to Christ’s resurrection.
Stereo Poems by Damian Balassone
Introducing some playful rhymes from our poet-in-residence, Damian Balassone...
SOMETHING GOOD by BIC RUNGA Story by Damian Balassone
I'm eating a cheap and nasty pizza – a fitting feed for a failed novelist. I’m watching The Panel. About three slices in they introduce a New Zealander called Bic Runga. I’m enraptured.
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL by BOB DYLAN Story by Damian Balassone
Sometimes it’s only when you see a girl for the second or third time that you realise how beautiful she is. A song is a bit like that.
POWDERFINGER BY NEIL YOUNG Story by Damian Balassone
The house is a pigsty: multiple leaks, gathering mould, mice pooh in the breadbox, possum arses sticking out of the walls to block out the sunlight while they sleep, empty pizza cartons, cheap wine bottles – it’s a cross between Animal House and the Dead Poets Society.
HELLO DARLIN’ by CONWAY TWITTY Story by Damian Balassone
Damian Balassone Goondiwindi 1991 After those rugby games we played music on an old cassette deck whilst going about our chores. It did not take long for me to realise that country music was the preferred genre amongst the cotton chippers.