RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS by THE CARPENTERS Story by N.T. McQueen
As mom and my older sister played The Carpenters on the car stereo I listened to MxPx, Face to Face, Suicide Machines, or Bouncing Souls on my discman.
Russians by Sting
Nathan Johnson South-Eastern Australia, 1985 Sometimes we travel far away and I feel like we’ve reached the end of the world. Wagga Wagga, Yass, Goulburn. I trace our route excitedly with a highlighter on my fold-out map of Australia.
Dreamin’ by Twerps
Miks Everitt Calder Freeway Macedon, New Years Day 2012 With the year that broke me behind me, Dreamin’ summed it all up and told me all I needed to hear.
Our Sunshine by Paul Kelly and Uncle Bill. Story by Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson
Darren 'Smokie' Dawson On the road heading north, any January, 2000 – 2010 Whether it was a longer summer sojourn to Coolangatta, or a Sunday winter's day-trip to Daylesford, it was tacitly accepted, unspoken, that when the key went into the ignition, Our Sunshine was to blast out from the speakers.