WAM for the fifth year
We'll be at the lovely Albury LibraryMuseum on Saturday evening, 17 September, for our fifth appearance at Write Around the Murray.
MORNING ELVIS by FLORENCE + THE MACHINE. Poem by Michael Leach
Micheal Leach joins the dots between Elvis, Florence + The Machine, and the Graceland exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery (which concluded on 17 July 2022).
Port Fairy in stereo
Our next show is Saturday 3 September at the Port Fairy Literary Weekend.
ROCKARIA by ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA. Story by David Oke
There were only so many times you could listen to Hurricane, Just Like a Woman, Lay Lady Lay and lots of other songs before the tape ended, was turned over and you get it all again. This went on for about three days.
LEARNING TO FLY by TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS. Story by Lauren Alex O’Hagan.
I started flipping through as many other news sites as I could possibly think of: BBC, CNN, New York Times, Yahoo, NBC, The Independent. As I read, it quickly became clear that the events were fuzzy and not clear cut at all.
RECYCLE AND REUSE by LUKE DAVIES. Story by Luke Davies.
I had been making instruments from reclaimed objects for a few years by then and came up with the mad idea of getting a band together to play them. I had to make a few more instruments often with bits sourced from op shops and garage sales.
Mildura in 77 seconds
Here's our promo clip for our show at the Mildura Writers Festival on Friday 15 July, 2022.
I’M STAINED by THE SUPERJESUS. Limerick by Michael Leach
Michael Leach pens a limerick about a Superjesus guitar pick.
Taking music and memoir to Mildura
We're delighted and excited to be hitting the highway and taking our show to a new audience.
Tomorrow night! See you in Williamstown, folks.
Tomorrow evening we are the opening night event of the 2022 Williamstown Literary Festival.