Stereo Stories Live 2014: Bowls Club gig a big success
Stereo Stories' big day out at the Newport Bowls Club on Sunday 19 October was a big success. Eighty fans thoroughly enjoyed the eleven Stereo Stories, plus bonus tracks.
Shadowplay by Joy Division
Dips O’Donnell Teenage bedroom, Montmorency, early 1980s.The song powered on. It touched everything in the room. Even Clint shifted his stance.
Walking In The Rain by Grace Jones
Dmetri Kakmi Northcote, Australia, 1981.I remember dancing, or more accurately posing, to Walking In The Rain in my shiny Armani suit, black gloves and sunglasses.
Shelter From The Storm by Bob Dylan. Story by Casselise Rowe.
Casselise Rowe The family room, Boronia, a Sunday afternoon 2000What would happen when everyone realised what a fraud I was?
Move It On Over by Hank Williams. Story by Chris
Chris The family home, mid-1970s.We used to have a radiogram until it got hit by lightning. We did not have a TV until 1978.
She Bop by Cyndi Lauper. Story by Fiona Price
Fiona Price Traffic lights, Glen Waverley, 1984No-one does scorn like a teenage girl. At fourteen, Swagata deployed hers regularly, with rolling eyes and tossing black plait.
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones
Debbie Lee A nursing home in Koroit, April to July 2009Grandma’s strong farmer's hands disappear into paper-thin veins.
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn. Story by Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell St Kilda foreshore 1994; Memphis 2012I made the vow sound like a secret weapon. They didn’t ask what the vow was.
In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Holly Ringland Runaway Bay, Australia 1994; Surfers Paradise, Australia 1999; Vancouver Island 2003; Central Desert of Australia 2007I always think I’m imagining it, but the beam of his torch is steady and true as it bounces over the shrubs, making phosphorescence of the spinifex.
Romeo’s Tune by Steve Forbert. Story by Cassandra Atherton
Cassandra Atherton Southern Kisses: A backyard in Slidell, Louisiana, 1982It was the music he heard first. Something about smelling the moon in her perfume.