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Almanac Music: Rick Kane and Culture Club

December 18, 2016 by 5 Comments

Rick Kane first heard Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? many years ago. The moment still resonates. This Soundcloud recording of Rick recalling that moment, accompanied by the Stereo Stories Band, is from a show at the Willi Lit Fest in 2015.

Almanac Music: My Faux Husband

December 18, 2016 by 7 Comments

In her confronting first piece for the Almanac, Darlene Zimbardi tells the story of struggle, through the intersection of life experience and the lyrics of Jackson Browne.

Almanac Music: ‘Smokie’ Dawson and The Stereo Stories Band

December 17, 2016 by 1 Comment

‘Smokie’ Dawson’s Stereo Story about young love and Before Too Long is always a hit at Stereo Stories concerts. Here is Smokie and the band at the 2016 Williamstown Literary Festival.

Almanac Music: Radiohead and me

December 12, 2016 by 19 Comments

Having first been introduced to Radiohead through their seminal salute to modern alienation, OK Computer, Mickey Randall embraces the musical pilgrimage and feels there remains plenty for them to ponder.

A Day on the Green: Nostalgia by the North Para

November 23, 2016 by 6 Comments

It was 1998 again, last weekend in Tanunda. What Mickey Randall’s sayin’ is true.

Almanac Music: Vale Sharon Jones: 1956-2016

November 20, 2016 by 3 Comments

Almanacker Stone Cold Steve Baker pays tribute to soul singer extraordinaire; Sharon Jones, who passed away from cancer Saturday Australian time. Stone Cold has no doubt that Jones and her voice deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the greats like Bowie, Prince and Cohen who saluted the judge in 2016 and have headed off into the great beyond.

Almanac Music: The close shave

November 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Newtown saved by Hipsters? Crankypete puts this illusory scenario into words.

Almanac Music: Leonard Cohen is dead

November 11, 2016 by 14 Comments

Cask wine and conversation – with Spud Murphy and Susan Masotti, in a box Queenslander, Connan Street, Indooroopilly, circa1983. Leonard Cohen on repeat.

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The Glory of ‘Stereo Stories’

November 11, 2016 by 5 Comments

The final live Stereo Stories show for 2016 will be held in Geelong on Sunday November 20

Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Cold Chisel “East”

November 10, 2016 by 21 Comments

In the sixth of his occasional series reviewing seminal Australian albums, Smokie reflects on the enduring appeal of Cold Chisel’s “East”.