The Grieving Stories
Music and mourning meet in our latest collection, The Grieving Stories. Twenty tributes to mothers, fathers, friends, siblings, teachers, colleagues.
ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS GO TO THE CITY by SPOON. Story by Madeleine Maccar
My brand-new iPod was my companion as I let New York take me in. And because I was writing my love letter to the city like my own personal movie, it needed a soundtrack.
A DAY IN THE LIFE by THE BEATLES. Story by David Meldrum
The news spread quickly — the newest Beatles’ album was out, and they were going to play it full blast.
CENTRE STAGE Rob Gador
Rob Gador is a great musician, with a calm, kind, generous and caring presence.
RAZOR’S EDGE by GOANNA. Story by Coriander Brown
My workmates were all well and truly on the Razor's Edge in one form or another. Ex druggies, pregnant at 15, split multiple marriages, wild Lebanese girls on the run from strict families in the southern states...
HANDLE WITH CARE by THE TRAVELING WILBURYS. Story by Hugh Jones
By mid-afternoon when the final edition went to bed, almost four complete newspapers had been created. Some days only the crossword survived all four.
BROWN SKIN BABY (THEY TAKE HIM AWAY) by BOB RANDALL. Text by Anne-Marie Smith
Well before Took The Children Away by Archie Roach was the 1970 song Brown Skin Baby (They Took Me Away) by Bob Randall.
HOMETOWN par JOE JACKSON. Histoire de Damian Balassone
Il y a quelques routards irlandais qui vivent dans la même auberge que moi. Nous parlons. L'un d'eux mentionne que Joe Jackson joue à Rome ce soir-là. Il avait vu une affiche dans une laverie à proximité.
KEYBOARD SONATAS by DOMENICO SCARLATTI. Text and poem by Kevin Densley
The keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), and a poem I wrote about them, have a close connection to my favourite rental place, an historic mansion in Newtown, Geelong.
THE STORY OF CLARENCE by BILL ARNOTT
You see Clarence wore an old “Lou” reed like a bamboo cravat and a fine felt suit of ebony the colour of half the keys on a honkytonk piano named Hank