FRESH FEELING by EELS. Story by Sam Lawry
Sam Lawry Princes Park, Melbourne, summer 2015/16My jogging app keeps choosing love songs, especially about new love. It’s definitely trying to tell me something.
Top Of the World by The Carpenters
Anushree Nandee Germany, May 2003The colours in the sky seemed suddenly vibrant, before beginning to soften at the edges as dusk tiptoed in.
Stereo Stories takes The High Ground, Geelong: an intimate triumph
Stereo Stories was privileged to perform at The High Ground (Wurdi Youang) at the Geelong Library on Sunday 7 February.An audience of close to 200, most of them new to the emotional pendulum of Stereo Stories, thoroughly enjoyed the weaving of personal story and popular song: laughter, tears, lovely music. Four of the stories were about growing up in Geelong.
Into The Mystic by Van Morrison. Story by Chris Phillips.
Chris Phillips Maternity Ward, East Melbourne; April 2003The midwives are attending to other new mums or about-to-be mums. Paul’s putting our stuff in the car to go home. I am a bit nervous that it’s now just the two of us.
Roll On Summer Roll On by Paul Kelly Fiction by David Wilson
David Wilson, of our partner site The Footy Almanac, writes of shifting youthful dreams: beach, cricket, a girl. And a dose of Paul Kelly.
Beach house records – part 3. Story by Vin M
Vin Maskell Moggs Creek, Australia; 1983 to 2013The third and final part of our series about family, a beach house and its record collection.
Beach house records – part 2
Vin Maskell Moggs Creek, Australia, 1983 to 2013Part 2 of our three-part series about family, a beach house and its record collection: from The Screaming Tribesmen to The Girl From Ipanema.
The Jean Genie by David Bowie. Story by Lorraine Pink
Lorraine Pink The Netherlands, 1974Bowie had opened my eyes to the world of art and creativity and the possibility that I could be anything I wanted to be. I could reinvent myself. Suddenly the world was an exciting place.
Music and travel – Backstreet Boys, Joni Mitchell, REM…
For Paul Chai, music and travel are inseparable. A photo might trigger a memory, he writes, but the right song will trigger a feeling.
Hotline Bling by Drake
Fiction by Tom Lodewyke Eazy-Clean Laundromat, Sydney, 2015Steven checked his phone. Nothing. Sometimes Rachel still texted him when there was no way around it. He craved the loud bling of his message tone. He was careful not to reply straight away, though.