I can’t think about this music and remain detached. It takes me back to a period from the late 70s through to the early 90s when I was discovering amazing new music on an almost daily basis. Music from each … Continue reading Inspirations 2: Ornette Coleman’s “Change Of The Century” (1960)
One of things I find most frustrating about life on planet Earth (and suspect I probably always will) is how humans tend towards setting up scenes and communities, with all of their inherent rules, shared values, mythologies and hierarchies, only … Continue reading Inspirations 1: Alvin Lucier’s “Music On A Long Thin Wire” (1977)
DURATION: 4 min., 50 sec. This a country song y’all, titled “Anyone,” with music co-written by myself and one Michael Muchow (pronounced like mo-fo, not moo cow). I wrote the lyrics. The track was written as an offering for a … Continue reading New Old Music 6: Marshall Heiser “Anyone” (2011)
DURATION: 4min., 08 sec. This is the fifth installment in a retrospective series of music I’ve made in the deep dark past. This track is a collaboration with Mark Duckworth of Gold Coast band The Greys, and South-East Queensland live … Continue reading New Old Music 5: “Babyface:” A collaboration with Mark Duckworth (2005)
Duration: 18 min. This is the fourth installment in a retrospective series of music I’ve made in the deep dark past. Personnel: Marshall Stak: voice, guitar and miscellaneous noises. Teresa Pilcher: backing voice, bass guitar and photography. Chris Tone: Drums. … Continue reading New Old Music 4: Golden Handshake EP by The Young Adults (1993)
DURATION: 17 min., 26 sec. This is the third installment in a retrospective series of music I’ve made in the deep dark past. Re-release liner notes by Dick Togs (Esq.): Listen and try to date this Aussie indie anti-classic. No … Continue reading New Old Music 3: Cloudland EP by The Young Adults (1990)
DURATION: 5 min., 2 sec. This is the second installment in a retrospective series of music I’ve made in the deep dark past (some released previously, some not). If a god is omnipotent, ubiquitous and jealous, then Coke is surely … Continue reading New Old Music 2: Coke is god (2004)
