Phil Shaw
Lunch Break – Bléu
27 March 2019
I’d had MINOR SURGERY. I was prescribed CODEINE. These songs were my THOUGHTS and my DREAMS. My CODEINE DREAMS!
Just wanna wake up to the sun shining thru my window, hear the wind blow, I just wanna see the light of day, see my kids grow…
Colorado – Allison Leah
12 March 2019
Road Trip Anyone?
In a big country, dreams stay with you.
Like a lover’s voice fires the mountainside.
… and The United States of America is a big country, a very big country indeed. And its size is frequently defined by… yes, the road trip…
Sorry I Ever Fucked You – Gabrielle Marlena
6 February 2019
Regrets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to mention… err, actually there’s been quite a lot really. A shed load; a boat load in fact, and yes, some have been to do with relationships; literal screw-ups, you could say…
Surprised – Robert Maitland
29 January 2019
Why did no one warn me musicals were so addictive?
It’s the weekend. I’m in the kitchen. I have some writing to finish. ‘Will you stop singing?’ my wife asks. ‘I’m working’ I say. ‘So, why are you singing then? It sounds like you’re killing the cat’. In the background, Dorothy’s following the yellow brick road at full tilt…
I Am Not Afraid Of The Dark – Claudia Matthews
22 January 2019
We’re not in Kansas anymore Toto
Dorothy. Toto. Together and afraid, lives in the balance. A twister’s on the rampage. They’re both swept off to the magical land of Oz. Dorothy gets new shoes, makes new friends, and has a bit of a run-in with a wizard. But hey, it’s only a film and everything turns out fine in the end…
Light Shadow – SURfACE
16 January 2019
A man and a woman, imprisoned in an abandoned flat set outside of time. They are far apart. Compelled by a strange force, they wander in search of its source. They find one another and their bodies touch. They find freedom together. They are each other’s light shadow, each a part of the other…
Money – Illicit Ghost
11 December 2018
Dark Side Of The Moon. If that album hasn’t become a part of your life, has never reconciled you to your circumstances, brought harmony to your introspection, or just made you a better person, then you’ve probably been living in a parallel universe this last forty odd years or so…
All My Friends Are Ice Queens – Fans Of Jimmy Century
27 November 2018
I’ve lived a pretty staid life really; growing up in a regular family of two and a half children, with caring parents that kept us largely sheltered from the storm. Sure, we had concerns about the atomic bomb, the wrath of God, and all those pesky space alien abductions…
Who Needs You – Loren Nine
15 November 2018
I remember the first time I heard Eva Cassidy. I know exactly where I was when I discovered Norah Jones, the road I was driving down when Melody Gardot commanded I pull over, and listen in hushed reverence…
Anna – Antje Duvekot
15 November 2018
You can keep your Beethovens, Bachs, and Bruckners, all your Bob Dylans, Bruce Springsteens, and Billie Hallidays, cos when I go to my desert island this is the song I’m going with!
My Great Gig In The Sky will begin with this tune…