David Oke Colac , early 1980sFrom our vantage point of the stage we could see that CPR was being administered to someone. Someone who’d had a heart attack.
Maria Majsa The Marquee, Wardour Street, London 1984I headed for the place I’d seen him last, but all I found was blood on the floor. People had scrambled through it leaving sticky prints in every direction, like a contaminated crime scene.
Vin Maskell Geelong 1979, Melbourne 1982We were talking and Van was singing. Tom, maybe you talked about your family, whom I’d never met. And maybe about your father, your distant, distant father.
Stereo Stories' fifth gig in less than four months was at Victoria University's Footscray Park Campus on Thursday evening 30 July. A night of new stories and lovely musicianship.
David Oke Classroom, Footscray, 2014Of course my class didn’t know about David Bowie. They were more interested in One Direction and Five Seconds of Summer. One student claimed that his dad liked Bowie.
Rijn Collins Northcote, 2007They took the chairs closest to the door, leaving me the couch. I realised too late that this blocked my exit. The tall one stared at me, his mouth slightly open. Sideburns grinned. And then the CD player whirred into action and gave me an omen, straight from 1971: the bluesy wail of I Smell Trouble.And I did.Fuck, did I ever.
David Oke Deakin University, Geelong, March 16 1982We stood on a walkway on the second level of the science building. We could feel the music coming up through our feet.
Jesse Maskell Kansas on the I-70, June 2015Lorde curls sentimental melodies for forlorn city kids everywhere. I’m high on the sight-binge of famous boring Kansas.
Kath Presdee St John Bosco High School, Engadine; Terms 1 and 2, 1985For kids who were tentatively discovering their musical pathways it was a revelation. We can sing songs on the radio in choir?
Maria Majsa London, 1985I used to go for rides with a friend who was a fellow Smiths fan. We stopped at a riverside pub called The Old Ship to order drinks and compare favourite lines and I fell momentarily in love with him.