Chime by Damian Balassone
Damian Balassone’s latest book is Chime. It collects the best song lyrics, ballads and narrative poems from two earlier volumes.
Chords in the Soundscapes by Michael J. Leach
Congratulations to poet Michael Leach on the publication of his latest book, Chords in the Soundscapes.
CHRIST THE KING by CLARE MACLEAN Story by Ria Andriani
It’s like seeing a tapestry in the dark – there’s beauty, but there’s also a great deal of uncertainty. And I didn’t know which thread I was supposed to embody.
CHRISTMAS by PAUL KELLY. Story by Louise Maskell.
It was still plaintive and summery. It was by another St Kilda institution. A guy I first saw play at Deakin in the early 1980s. I tracked it down to a new double album of Christmas songs.
City Slang by Sonic’s Rendezvous Band. Story by Earl O’Neill
Earl O’Neill Leichardt, Sydney, 1985What if something happened and I was at home watching telly? That’d never do. Sex, drugs and rock and roll were too important for a young fellow.
CLAUDE RAINS by THE FRONT LAWN Story by Vin Maskell
It was the lyric and the lilt that hooked me in. The metaphor about the airstrip, the plane and hope. And I’d never heard a song that referred to Casablanca, the movie.