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.

The Ilfracombe scoreboard

November 25, 2016 by 3 Comments

Scoreboard Pressure welcomes aboard Sasha Lennon, whose first contribution to the unofficial national register of scoreboards is the rugby league scoreboard in Ilfracombe, central west Queensland.

Almanac Music: Final Stereo Stories concert for 2016

October 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Our final show for 2016 is a 60 minute concert at the grand and gorgeous Geelong Library and Heritage Centre.

The show, on Sunday 20 November at 4pm, is part of the 2016 Word For Word Festival, a celebration of non-fiction writing.

Mental Health Week – a son’s tale

October 13, 2016 by 2 Comments

Jesse Maskell puts in his two cents’ worth about mental health. “I made this little video not for me but in the hope of reaching out to others who might need it.”

Almanac Music: Nankervis, Frampton, Hudson.

October 6, 2016 by 1 Comment

Got nine minutes to spare? Take a look and have a listen to this Stereo Stories performance featuring Brian Nankervis and The Stereo Stories Band – with a little help from Frampton, and a brief nod to Peter Hudson.

It’s a story about travel, romance, music and, fleetingly, footy.

Twin flags for FIDA Seagulls

September 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The Williamstown FIDA Seagulls capped off a stellar season by winning two premierships on Sunday 28 August at Central Reserve, Waverley.

Almanac Music: Anson Cameron, friendship, and The Kill Devil Hills

August 31, 2016 by 3 Comments

Anson Cameron’s debut Stereo Story is honest to the bare bones: Rare times, he writes, a hole opens in a life and a song appears from nowhere to fill it, explain it, exploit it.

FIDA Grand Finals this Sunday

August 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The FIDA footy season comes to a finale this Sunday 28 August, with four Grand Finals, all at Central Reserve, Glen Waverley.

Almanac Music: Stereo Stories in concert in Albury

August 13, 2016 by 3 Comments

Stories by Anson Cameron and Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson will be very much part of the Stereo Stories’ first interstate gig. Yep, we’re going over the border to New South Wales.

Almanac Music: Stereo Stories in concert – via YouTube

July 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment

So, you might have heard of the Almanac off-shoot called Stereo Stories and wondered, What’s it all about? How does it work, especially the concerts? Now, thanks to YouTube we can show you.

Stereo Story: Phil Dimitriadis on drinking, demons and the song Soma Mou

May 18, 2016 by 1 Comment

Last week Phil Dimitridis wrote bravely about the demons of drink, the legacy of Tom Wills, and the importance of the band Weddings Parties Anything.

Here, in this Stereo Story, he once again opens up, this time focusing on a song called ‘Soma Mou’, by Notis Sfakianakis.

450 scoreboards, and counting

May 14, 2016 by 2 Comments

A few seasons ago Almanackers Les Everett and Vin Maskell began their Scoreboard Pressure project: a website about, yep, scoreboards. From Adelaide Oval to Airport West to Afghanistan; from the MCG to Uranquinty, from Yarck to Yea to Yealering.

Book now for Willy Lit Fest: Stereo Stories, A Passion For Footy, and more.

May 14, 2016 by 3 Comments

Time for music-loving Almanackers to book at table at the next Stereo Stories show and see Smokie Dawson on his home ground, sharing the Stereo Stories stage with the band and several writers, including Andy Griffiths and Brian Nankervis.

Between The Bars: A tender Mother’s Day Stereo Story

May 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment

New Zealand writer Maria Majsa always digs deep when she writes a Stereo Story: deep into a dark past, deep into a song. ‘Every so often you come across a song which can demolish you; take you down in slow-mo, floor by floor like an old hotel, ending in a puff of plaster and dust.’

Record store pilgrim

April 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Stereo Stories celebrates Record Store Day (today, 16 April ) with a 2011 story about lunchtime temptations, a 1960s photo from Sydney, and a 1981 song by Ian Hunter, Old Records Never Die. Cheers. Visit Stereo Stories.

Stereo Stories next gig next Sunday

March 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Stereo Stories’ second show of the year is next Sunday, 3 April, at Williamstown Library

Stereo Story: karaoke in North Korea

March 4, 2016 by 5 Comments

You’re in North Korea. On a holiday. You’re in a karaoke bar. What song do you choose?

Stereo Story – a neck brace and RocKwiz

February 28, 2016 by 1 Comment

Julia Zemiro, RocKwiz’s vivacious host, spots my neck brace. (It’s hard to miss.) She touches me on the arm. “What happened?”

Stereo Stories takes The High Ground: an intimate triumph

February 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Stereo Stories was privileged to perform at The High Ground (Wurdi Youang) at the Geelong Library on Sunday 7 February.
An audience of close to 200, most of them new to the emotional pendulum of Stereo Stories, thoroughly enjoyed the weaving of personal story and popular song: laughter, tears, lovely music.

Summer Stereo Story – Beach house records part 3

January 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The beach-house record collection, like the beach-house itself, is virtually a museum. The records are of a vintage that matches the family photos, the well-worn furniture (including Dad’s brown Jason Recliner), the faded curtains, the rusty bikes, the board games.