LA BAMBA by LOS LOBOS. Story by Victoria Wells
In Askrigg, there is not much talk about happiness but there is much evidence of it.
Postcard to Albury
We couldn't play at the Write Around the Murray Festival in Albury this year, so at the invitation of the festival, we made a little video. A postcard, you could call it.
The schooldays collection
Given so many Stereo Stories (or stories in general ) are about rites of passage, and formative years, it’s no surprise we have a collection of short music-memoirs about schooldays. Just over 20 stories, including contributions from noted authors Tony Birch and Melanie Cheng, and our RocKwiz colleague Brian Nankervis.
ZORBA THE GREEK by MIKIS THEODORAKIS. Reflection by Vin M
You see a heading on the Greek newspaper Neos Kosmos. ‘Death of a poet’ perhaps it says. You wonder who the poet is.
D.C. by DIED PRETTY. Story by Kate Foulds
Over the course of the year Arijana and I saved countless bus fares hitching a ride to uni in the green Volvo, chatting away, distracting the driver who ran the odd red light.
A PUB WITH NO BEER by SLIM DUSTY. Story by Marianne Lessels
Dicko invited me to a concert at the Mooroopna Mechanics Institute. On a Sunday night. To see Slim Dusty. I had heard and rejected Slim and his music.
STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 by THE BROTHERS JOHNSON. Story by Maria Majsa
At weekends they hung around the eastern beaches, working on their tans, the warm bleed of Fleetwood Mac or The Eagles seeping from car radios. I imagined they’d all marry each other and never leave.
The Rolling Stones stories
We have a handful of stories inspired by The Rolling Stones. Just the five, which may be a fraction surprising.
Valentish onboard for our Memo gig
Jenny Valentish will be joining us for our Memo Music Hall show in Melbourne on Sunday afternoon 14 November.
CENTRE STAGE Bill Arnott
Canadian writer Bill Arnott brought a new dimension to Stereo Stories when he started sending in some jazz poems in mid-2020 . He sent YouTube clips of himself narrating the poems. While driving the empty streets of Vancouver in lockdown..