Hello Goodbye by The Beatles. Fiction by Stephen Kimber
Fiction by Stephen Kimber A country town, outside a dance, night. Out of pure ignorance I'd done something right. She smiled at me.
Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys. Story by Nick Cowling
Nick Cowling Driving in Hoppers Crossing, a Thursday afternoon. August 2011 That day I realised that I can still listen to metal and that I don’t need to be a music fascist and devote myself to only one genre.
When You Come by Crowded House
Craig Johnston Pantages Theater, Los Angeles, 1987 "It’s too loud,” she cried at a Little Feat concert. I knew immediately my marriage was destined for collapse.
Foucault on South Morang by The Stavros Brothers
Stefan Schutt Reservoir 2012, Paris 2013 South Morang is the centre of the civilised universe.
Empty by Ray La Montagne
Alyson Miller Snowy Mountains Highway, New South Wales, 2009 You lean in to kiss my collarbone, murmuring the chorus line, and it is in this moment that we hit something hard and the CD skips.
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN by STEVIE NICKS. Story by Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell Loungeroom, Clarinda, Melbourne 1982 Mrs Rainer was a tyrant with a vacuuming fetish. She would make me take my shoes off before even looking at the carpet.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by KATE BUSH Story by Aimee Knight
Aimee Knight Mary St / Electric Avenue / Wuthering Heights, Adelaide, 2012 – 2014 A proverbial banshee was born this morn and for her, we re-dub this oft-cursed cottage ‘Wuthering Heights’.
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Casselise Rowe Between Coober Pedy and William Creek, outback Australia, June 2007 Two stray horses trotted up to the car, out of nowhere, curiously looking in on us as if also wanting to hear the music.
Beat on the Brat by The Ramones. Fiction by Aimee Said
Fiction by Aimee Said Siouxsie’s bedroom, suburbia, 2010 I let loose with some side kicks and moderate headbanging myself. When the track finishes we fall onto the bed, puffed and laughing like loons.
Aneurysm by Nirvana. Story by Matthew Naqvi
Matthew Naqvi Lounge room, 3.45pm, 2004, Broadmeadows My parents didn’t mind because this was as troublesome as I got.