FIRE by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. COVID-19 tip from Louise Maskell.
What the world needs now is more of this. More sultry men steaming up your computer screen as you scratch out a living in this Covid-19 world.
RACING IN THE STREET by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Poem by Louise Maskell
Night shifts summer’s leaves/Date palms rock in breeze/Crescent bay shimmers
Almanac Music 4: friendship and The River
Andrew Starkie reflects on friendship, growing up, and The River: Pat introduced me to Bruce Springsteen in the garage at Monash Avenue. We couldn’t have been older than 12 and 13.
STATE TROOPER Story by Vin Maskell
Vin Maskell Wellington St, St Kilda, 1982 Five songs in and I was wrung out. No light, no shade on this album. Black rivers. Serial killers.
GROWIN’ UP by SPRINGSTEEN Story by Jack Gramski
Jack Gramski Western suburbs, Melbourne, circa 2005 Everyone I'd grown up with was changing: getting jobs, having kids, moving away, finding new friends etc.