Stereo Stories Live 2015: A good night for the roses at VU
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.
Space Oddity performed by Chris Hadfield. Story by David Oke.
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.
I SMELL TROUBLE by IKE AND TINA TURNER Story by Rijn Collins
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.
DON’T WANNA BE THE ONE by MIDNIGHT OIL Story by David Oke
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.
TEAM by LORDE Story by Jesse Maskell
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.
Radio Ga Ga by Queen. Story by Kath Presdee
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?
Jeane by The Smiths. Love story by Maria Majsa.
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.
Stereo Stories Live 2015: loads of fun at Newport Folk Festival
Stereo Stories kept the audience smiling, and often quietly laughing, during its 45 minute bracket at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday 5 July.After opening with the dark tension of State Trooper we lightened up with Before Too Long, Smokie Dawson's tale of teenage love and a deal-breaking Paul Kelly song.
Before Too Long by Paul Kelly. Story by Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson
The difference in our tastes in music would be the rock our relationship perished on.
Our Sunshine by Paul Kelly and Uncle Bill. Story by Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson
Darren 'Smokie' Dawson On the road heading north, any January, 2000 – 2010Whether it was a longer summer sojourn to Coolangatta, or a Sunday winter's day-trip to Daylesford, it was tacitly accepted, unspoken, that when the key went into the ignition, Our Sunshine was to blast out from the speakers.