Stories via song title

Stories via song title2020-10-18T20:03:21+11:00
1512, 2014

Loser by Beck

Debbie Lee Warrnambool, Victoria, January 1994 "It's okay, love, no-one thought you would get a first-round uni offer". The weird thing is, you know Dad means well.

2207, 2021

LOST IN YESTERDAY by TAME IMPALA. Story by Madeleine Maccar

I worried the distance would be a death sentence as I found myself alone in my best friend’s mostly empty new living room, 1681 miles from any possibility of weeknight concerts, impromptu G&Ts and sushi, Galentine’s Day, movie marathons, holiday gatherings, city adventures, beach birthdays, and drop-everything post-tragedy afternoons of comfort TV.

2904, 2020

LOVE & AFFECTION by JOAN ARMATRADING. Story by Victoria Wells.

He tried his best to explain the finer parts of Spanish grammar, all of which I have forgotten.  Such an unrewarding task. Even at 15 I could recognise this. But unlike other teachers he never raised his voice, or said threatening things, and he never gave any detentions. I could imagine him going home to his drab brown life, eating drab brown food and having to mark our very drab homework.

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