When You Walk In The Room by Hunter. Stereo Story by Hugh Jones
Hugh Jones Launceston 1982, Three a.m Sub-editors worked as a team and like other nocturnal wildlife we clung together for protection.
Maybe by Split Enz
Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt Elizabeth High School 1975 Dave, Neil, Hammo and Bucko crowded around, ears straining to work out why I was hopping about to to the best 2 minutes and 57 seconds of my life so far.
On The Radio by Regina Spektor. Story by Vin Maskell
Vin Maskell Pedestrian traffic lights, Williamstown, Melbourne. 8.30 each morning I see Regina Spektor every morning. On the bus.
Skin by Boy
Cassandra Atkinson Melbourne, October 2012. The morning after a wedding themed house party. Then the lights go up, and you stand like a rabbit in headlights, momentarily lost. The sweat on your skin cools.
She Bop by Cyndi Lauper. Story by Fiona Price
Fiona Price Traffic lights, Glen Waverley, 1984 No-one does scorn like a teenage girl. At fourteen, Swagata deployed hers regularly, with rolling eyes and tossing black plait.
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? by Culture Club. Story by Rick Kane
Rick Kane Sunday in front of the telly, Cloverdale, Western Australia, late 1982 I could barely comprehend how two people could experience the same moment so radically differently.
Flame Trees by Sarah Blasko
Mickey Randall Sydney Airport, January 5, 2006 I fiddle with my Walkman radio, singularly ravenous for Australian sounds.
Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn. Story by Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell St Kilda foreshore 1994; Memphis 2012 I made the vow sound like a secret weapon. They didn’t ask what the vow was.
In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Holly Ringland Runaway Bay, Australia 1994; Surfers Paradise, Australia 1999; Vancouver Island 2003; Central Desert of Australia 2007 I always think I’m imagining it, but the beam of his torch is steady and true as it bounces over the shrubs, making phosphorescence of the spinifex.
Heaven by Bryan Adams
Phil Dimitriadis Northern suburbs, Melbourne, July 1985 My first real kiss was a cheap tequila breath away.