BROKEN by PATRICK WATSON. Story by Chris Lambert
I’ve been in the emergency psych ward for about 24 hours. There’s not much to do besides talking to other patients, and I’m feeling restless. I have three songs from Wave, the latest Patrick Watson album.
BROWN SKIN BABY (THEY TAKE HIM AWAY) by BOB RANDALL. Text by Anne-Marie Smith
Well before Took The Children Away by Archie Roach was the 1970 song Brown Skin Baby (They Took Me Away) by Bob Randall.
Bruise Violet by Babes In Toyland. Story by Rijn Collins.
Rijn Collins The Metro, Melbourne, November 1995 Agoraphobia starts slowly. There’s a tremble of a hand on the doorknob, a flutter of your heart on the tram, and then suddenly it’s been two years of watching your housemates walk down the front path, without you.
BUFFALO SOLDIER by BOB MARLEY. Story by Bill Arnott.
I couldn’t determine his age. Maybe thirty. Maybe sixty. Weathered, muscled and lean.
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP by THE FOUNDATIONS. Story by Victoria Wells
I could see the bright lights of the Barracuda Fish and Chip Shop as a cheery spot in front of me. The door opened; smell and music spilled out. Fish and chips and doner kebabs and Build me Up Buttercup with all its warm yellowness. I sang along. I would be home soon.
BUS STOP by THE HOLLIES. Poem by Doug Jacquier.
On the train/we ran through fields of wildflowers/as if in slow motion...