SHE’S DREAMING OF LJUBLJANA by JAN PLESTENJAK. Story by Zala Grobelnik.
For us Slovenes, Ljubljana has always been a symbol of something better, already from the modernism period, from early 20th century.
PERSONALITY CRISIS by NEW YORK DOLLS. Story by Robert Lastdrager.
It was one of the few gigs I have ever played where all the bands on the bill supported each other with real verve during each of the performances.
POSSESSION by SARAH McLACHLAN. Dream by PJ Grollet.
Our song then started to play over the speakers as Laura handed me a light blue notebook which she said was filled with her dreams and writings.
NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN by THE MOODY BLUES. Story by Ann Banham.
Night times were sunburnt agony. We both lay on the edge of the bed far away from each other hissing 'Don’t touch me'. Not what you want on your honeymoon.
Chime by Damian Balassone
Damian Balassone’s latest book is Chime. It collects the best song lyrics, ballads and narrative poems from two earlier volumes.
UP THERE CAZALY by MIKE BRADY. Story by Hannah Davies.
Mike Brady's guitar strums ripple through the MCG and reverberate through the living room.
FLAME TREES by LOREN RYAN. Poem by Michael Leach.
Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Monday 18 September 2023 A new week has dawned outside this all-but-empty house in the country that I’ve come to call home. As Monday morn becomes more of a memory, I stay seated at my desk with a sick cavoodle on my lap and a view of [...]
OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES by PAUL KELLY and THE MESSENGERS. Story by Vin M.
We have been looking at other people’s houses. Not like the characters – a cleaner and her child – in Paul Kelly’s 1992 song. No, not like that at all.
THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US by SPARKS. Poem by Gray Lightfoot.
Who were they – this Sparks? No internet back then/No instant information. You remained agog before Google.
THESE EYES by THE GUESS WHO. Story by Bill Arnott.
Although mine was a record and dad’s was a tape, there was no mistaking a shift in the axis that staked our two worlds.