The merch desk is now open!
Welcome to our merch desk, where you can drink from your very own Stereo Stories mug, wear your very own Stereo Stories T-shirt, write in your very own Stereo Stories journal.
CHASING VAN by ROB SNARSKI Fragments by Vin Maskell
I don’t buy the album after the gig at the merch desk because I’m still holding onto the memory of hearing Chasing Van, of savouring it, of treasuring it. I don’t want to make a commercial transaction. Yet.
Words on song: our inaugural writing workshop
Stereo Stories writer Lucia Nardo and founding editor Vin Maskell will be hosting a Stereo Stories writing workshop on Saturday morning 6 July at Williamstown Library.
CLAUDE RAINS by THE FRONT LAWN Story by Vin Maskell
It was the lyric and the lilt that hooked me in. The metaphor about the airstrip, the plane and hope. And I’d never heard a song that referred to Casablanca, the movie.
I BLINKED ONCE by STEVE FORBERT Story by Vin Maskell
Tt was an enjoyment I kept to myself because sometimes that’s just the way it is. I did wonder if I was the only person in Melbourne, in Australia, listening to Steve Forbert. A one-man fan club. A secret society. A lone, solo follower.
GOTTA GET IT by THE RESONANT ROGUES Story by Vin Maskell
My friend Gina sends an email with the subject line ‘Resident Rogues’, inviting me to see a swing/country/gypsy music band from the US in a little bar called the Merri Creek Tavern. She tells me a story as we wait to see the band.
ANGELINA by BOB DYLAN Story by Vin M
There are many ways to meet a song for the first time. I didn’t meet Angelina until I read a novel called The Best Of Adam Sharp, by Graeme Simsion.
The Stereo Stories photo albums
Take a peek inside the Stereo Stories photo albums, including our recent photo shoot.
GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY. Story by Vin M
One singer is 77 years old. Greying curly hair. One singer is in his early 20s. Flowing ginger locks. Both are sitting at a keyboard, backed by a four piece band.
YOUR BRIGHT BABY BLUES by JACKSON BROWNE Story by Vin
At The Palais Theatre, most of the audience of 3000 would have known Your Bright Baby Blues. At The Railway Hotel, probably only two brothers.