CENTRE STAGE: the band
There can’t be too many bands like the Stereo Stories band.
BAT OUT OF HELL by MEATLOAF. Story by Courtney Mason
Our excitement aligned with the rebellious lyrics and feverish tempo. We were soaring over suburbia on a raised cable bridge freeway. Over eager and full of adrenaline we had no idea where we were or how to navigate the dense city thoroughfare.
Port Fairy in 76 seconds
We’ll be at the Port Fairy Literary Weekend on Saturday 3 September, 2022.
Centre stage: Our guest list
This photo encapsulates the moment when story meets song in our shows.
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL (Pt 3) by IAN DURY and THE BLOCKHEADS. Story by Scott Hoffman.
Punk’s rising tide lifted a lot of boats, not all of them worthy but once all the Pistols marketing hoo-ha had drained back out we were, as I now heard, left with some gems. XTC, The Jam, Elvis Costello and The Clash were all great but no one, as I discovered, was quite like Ian Drury.
The Mildura photo album
Big, big thanks to the 2022 Mildura Writers Festival for the opportunity to play at the Mildura Arts Centre on Friday 15 July.
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.