Shadowplay by Joy Division
Dips O’Donnell Teenage bedroom, Montmorency, early 1980s. The song powered on. It touched everything in the room. Even Clint shifted his stance.
SHAKE IT OFF by TAYLOR SWIFT. Story by Gemma Keating.
We start with magic tricks; whilst I make things disappear I am gauging their interests, their humour, their energy.
She Bop by Cyndi Lauper. Story by Fiona Price
Fiona Price Traffic lights, Glen Waverley, 1984 No-one does scorn like a teenage girl. At fourteen, Swagata deployed hers regularly, with rolling eyes and tossing black plait.
SHE’S GOT A WAY by BILLY JOEL Story by Christine Brown
My brilliant investment plan does not involve stocks or bonds or higher education. It is Billy Joel, The Complete Collection, 1971-1984, for sale in the record shop next door.
SHE’S DREAMING OF LJUBLJANA by JAN PLESTENJAK. Story by Zala Grobelnik.
For us Slovenes, Ljubljana has always been a symbol of something better, already from the modernism period, from early 20th century.
Sheep May Safely Graze by JS Bach. Story by Clare Boyd-Macrae
Clare Boyd-Macrae Brunswick, Melbourne, April 2015 Bach, more than any other composer I know, makes me feel that everything will come out right in the end. Other composers were tormented souls; Bach seems to be a benign and contented family man with his 20 children, his round face and avuncular wig.