I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER by ARETHA FRANKLIN. Poem by Michael Leach
’ll never forget/the sights/the sounds/the (e)motions/of departing/Mum’s/Service of/Thanksgiving.
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.
I WANNA BE ADORED by THE STONE ROSES. Story by Shane Puxley.
At half time of the United game, I read that their new Spanish goalkeeper considers The Stone Roses his favourite band.
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
Emilia Muller Tulcea, Romania. 1995I would not stop singing until my sister would come, probably sent by my mother, to calm me down, whispering affectionate menaces.
I WILL DARE (and other songs) by THE REPLACEMENTS. Poem by Christian Brimo
When I was with you I felt like Paul Westerberg /Yearning, hopeful, bruised but romantic
I’LL BE GONE by LINKIN PARK. Letter by to Chester by NT McQueen
I heard about the end in July 2017, only a few months after Chris Cornell took his life, and a part of my youth seemed to die with you.