Fiction by Jesse Maskell Falls Festival, Victoria, 2016The best moments are supposed to be ahead but this is it. In five hours I’ll be head-in-an-ocean Chemical Brothers play Wide Open 40 minutes into their set and I’ll look around for Karti, Caitos, through the dim flashing crowd seeing iconic hero friends in moments.
Maria Majsa One bedroom apartment, Herne Bay, Auckland 2007You can fall in love with songs just like you can fall in love with people and because I discovered Elliott Smith after he’d died, it was like falling in love and breaking up at the same time.
Kahli Scott Brisbane, Australia and London, UK; April 2016There’s been a shadow over me that doesn’t seem to lift when London’s grey skies do. And Randy Meisner’s voice keeps popping into my head.
David Oke Tennessee and Alabama, April 2016Some of the small towns we passed through were obviously buoyant and surviving well. Others had a few too many vacant stores with grimy windows and closed down gas stations.
Vin Maskell Record store, Melbourne, 2011All of us are revealing a little of our non-work selves, latching onto something invisible — a riff, a chord, a chorus; holding onto something intangible — a melody, a key change, a lyric.
Jack Gramski and Vin Maskell were talking and singing Stereo Stories on ABC 774 on Wednesday 13 April, courtesy of the Lindy Burns evening program.
Stereo Stories return to The Gallery at Williamstown Library on Sunday 3 April featured three new performance stories and the debut of writer Alan Attwood.We also took the opportunity to do an impromptu local launch of Jack Gramski's new five-song CD.
SJ Rowland Suburban Auckland, mid-1980sMost of the time I didn’t know what to think or how to act. I was always grateful when musicians or anyone else I looked up to could provide a few pointers. Or better yet, provide some strong opinions I could pass off as my own.
Maria Majsa Hammersmith Palais, London 1980After all the attitude and swagger of punk, here was a band with the courage to be vulnerable. And while admitting to vulnerability is never comfortable or easy, it is necessary for real human connection.
Miks Everitt Calder Freeway Macedon, New Years Day 2012With the year that broke me behind me, Dreamin’ summed it all up and told me all I needed to hear.