THAT SUMMER FEELING by JONATHAN RICHMAN. Story by Louise Maskell
After cassettes lost favour I bought Jonathan on CD. And Jonathan on vinyl. In Spanish, Italian, French and English.
GREENSLEEVES (and ice-cream vans)
Greensleeves is the sound of anticipation. The sound of promise and summer. The sound of hot days. The sound of ice-cream on your tongue, melting over your fingers, dripping onto your toes.
SUMMER OF SORCERY by LITTLE STEVEN ft THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL. Story by Vin M
We’ve never emailed each other. We don’t need Facebook to be friends. We hardly text each other. And then, on the eve of another summer, you tap into your phone...
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AIR by PAUL KELLY. Story by Julie Perrin.
The songs met us in hope and in despair in 'the middle of the air'. There was a space of yearning there. That space is where the artists, songwriters and psalmists send us. That is the place we can be met.
Summer stories
Dive into our collection of summer stories. The local pool, the beach, the river, romance, summer jobs...Powderfinger, Skyhooks, Kate Bush, Joy Division...
NIGHT MOVES by BOB SEGER Story by Stephen Andrew
My mate Tommy had a licence and a car; the only one in our gang with a birthdate old enough to drive.
SUMMER LOVE by SHERBET Story by Stephen Andrew
Summer Love is a glorious example of perfect power pop. This is what a breaking ocean wave sounds like when represented musically.
THE NORTH WIND IS TOSSING THE LEAVES. Story by David Oke
Mum would dutifully wrap the can in crepe paper to cover the rust and make it decorative.
COME WITH ME by BRIAN CADD Story by Mark Smith
Surfers don’t overthink names: Right Point, Left Point, Surfies Point and Express. But sometimes the old names held true: Woolamai, Kitty Miller Bay, Flynn’s Reef and Forrest Caves. We knew exactly where to head on what wind.
WE BUILT THIS CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL by STARSHIP Story narrated by David Oke
This cheesy American 1980s song, with an equally tacky film clip, provokes a memory bathed in anger, frustration and disappointment - my first experience of really distrusting a real estate agent.