Solo by Charles Mingus. Poem by D.R. James.
D.R James riffs on jazz, bass solos, and too much audience chit-chat.
RACING IN THE STREET by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. Story by Annette Trevitt.
Every summer he drove across the country in a clapped-out vehicle to see us kids, but he always went back. Back to where he had a stool at the bar and a nickname he loved: the Professor.
800 stories
The odometer on our Wordpress dashboard quietly ticked over to 800 stories last week.
Tempo Rubato in November
Tickets are now available for our show at Tempo Rubato in Brunswick on Saturday evening 30 November.
HERE COMES THE NIGHT BY VAN MORRISON & THEM. Story by John McDonald.
References to places in Belfast also appear in the lyrics, Hyndford St, Cypress Avenue. Locations around Northern Ireland, Newtownards, Comber, Coney Island. Van was nailing it for me. I knew the places he was weaving into his lyrics. Belfast was becoming famous through his songs.
THE OTHER WOMAN by CARO EMERALD. Story by Lucia Nardo.
Believing herself unloved and unlovable had splintered her heart. Her desperate life’s search was to find someone to piece it back together.
The Queenscliffe encore – Saturday 26 October
We return to the Queenscliffe Literary Festival on the Bellarine peninsula on Saturday evening, 26 October.
SPIRIT IN THE SKY by NORMAN GREENBAUM. Poem by Craig Kirchner.
Billy McC. ate glass,/rolled out of moving cars and short trees,/wanted to be a stuntman,/had a plate in his head.
SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL by PRINCE. Micro-story by Pam Avoledo.
The elevator opens. Have a good day, I tell him.
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT by THE BEATLES. Story by Paul Dufficy.
The theatre manager probably retired to the screening room and poured herself a stiff drink or two.