...just happy/to be free again, talking about whatever with anybody, standing in line/with impunity on a Saturday for an Icee.
Two of Stereo Stories favourite sons, Andy Griffiths and Brian Nankervis, were on air on Brian's ABC Radio program Songs and Stories on Sunday 20 March.
“You know the guy with the biggest PR job in the country has otosclerosis?” I eye him. Bewildered.
This Labour Day,/I find myself walking/while listening/to Uncle Pat/by Ash.
...We weren’t ones for cliché/Unless performed ironically./Weeks drift by,/The comfort of familiar phrases,/Of gestures and faces...
Terang might have looked a little sleepy last Saturday afternoon but appearances can be deceptive.
The long essays in the music editions were lessons in quality journalism. How to take your time, set a scene, evoke a place, draw a character, tell a fine story. And the CDs took me to places I’ll never see.
I heard about the end in July 2017, only a few months after Chris Cornell took his life, and a part of my youth seemed to die with you.
Our second show for 2022 is just weeks away - Saturday 5 March, in Terang, south-west Victoria.
Each day, another bit of independence falls away. His piano accordion, once his faithful daily companion, is silent. Dad can barely lift it.