History

From treading the boards to R&R and back

27 Nov 2023

“I love the musty dry smell of old theatres, with their dust and creaky antiquity, their ghosts and quirks.”

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Here’s your problem

23 Nov 2023

“That was George Harrison,” I insisted, and the check-in officer who had seen Harrison’s passport confirmed his identity.

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START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME

27 Oct 2023

“Well, at least it’s not cholera,” I offered optimistically.
“Well, we didn’t check for that,” was the reply.

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Notes on an Interview

25 Sep 2023

Despite having a photo pass, I was stopped at the gate where they wanted to confiscate my SLR camera and lenses.

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I’m Going Where the Sun Keeps Shining

14 Aug 2023

“…a carton of beer in 1974 was $5, which was the same cost as my singing lessons, and I was faced with the dilemma of spending the last $5 in my pocket each week on a singing lesson or a carton of beer. Eventually, the beer emerged as the winner.”

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ARCA release 36th Desk Tape: ZYDECO JUMP

26 Jul 2023

“Accordion players were outsiders, we had to find our own audiences and chart our own course.”

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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNPAID GIGS

18 Jul 2023

Not one single person came through the door. As the manager gingerly approached us I remember the keyboard player asking, “Are we still going to get paid?”

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IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP

10 Jul 2023

“Now, while it’s a given in this industry that every band needs to ‘pay its dues’, before ‘making it’, nobody really outlines what this looks like.”

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AFTER DARK: SNIPPETS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF A BYGONE ERA

26 Jun 2023

“KC’s wasn’t without its troubles. The club would be absolutely empty until midnight when patrons already plastered would roll in from other venues.”

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DEPRESSION LIVE at the Seaview Ballroom 1987

30 May 2023

“Without a doubt, he was the king of the punks at the time, a real character with his mohawk hairdo and covered in tattoos but he was a natural leader … “

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Bright Lights BIG CITY

26 May 2023

“Gobsmacked, I sat in Tony Geary’s office at EMI, the Australian home of Parlophone, the iconic recording label of The Beatles.”

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How a humble microphone dominates live sound

16 May 2023

The philosophy is to find a fail point, fix it, then find another, fix it, and repeat. “We invest in critical reliability.”

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