COPPERHEAD ROAD by STEVE EARLE. Story by Bill Arnott.
He was going to either live off-the-grid and plot conspiracy theories or start a band and write songs. He chose the latter, which made my life better.
Comes a time – the final poems.
As of today, Stereo Stories will no longer run poetry on this website. Here are our final three poems.
CONFIDE IN ME by KYLIE. Poem by Nathan Curnow.
You’re on the staircase, Kylie, summoning a confessional poem...
DANCING WITH MYSELF by BILLY IDOL. Poem by Stephanie Holt.
Stephanie Holt takes us back to New York, 1981.
DENIS by BLONDIE. Story by Robert Lastdrager.
I sat before the drum kit and just marveled, before playing along to my Blondie 7-inch single Denis as loud as my record player could go.
Williamstown in June – cooking up a delicious night of music and memoir
Tickets are now available for our annual show at the Williamstown Literary Festival on Friday 20 June.
The maternal collection
Daughter and mother; Natasha and Angela Savage. Mother’s Day may be an artificial construct but stories about mothers, and about being a mother are as genuine as the blood running through our veins. Here are 14 such stories that interwine parenting, love and music. Martina Medica celebrates her toddlers’ love of music, [...]
ROCKY GROUND by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. Story by Martina Medica.
I’m fairly sure, though, that you didn’t request the song because of its profound message. No, at the age of ‘not quite two,’ it was just a song you liked, and especially a song you liked to sing.
(ONCE I HAD A) SECRET LOVE by ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINK. Story and artwork by Chris Rees.
At some point the peg began to sing, and the song it sang was (Once I Had A) Secret Love.
LIKE A ROLLING STONE by BOB DYLAN. Poem by Craig Kirchner.
We sold our place needed the cash to eat./We were lucky on the street...