The Under This Rope Music Club
Ukulele, Mandolin, Cello and party hats. Music and performance braided and upgraded. An instant soundtrack. That figures. And what even is a nyckelharpa? After Ukulele Mekulele, a complicated show with […]
Ukulele, Mandolin, Cello and party hats. Music and performance braided and upgraded. An instant soundtrack. That figures. And what even is a nyckelharpa? After Ukulele Mekulele, a complicated show with […]
Beginnings. Gathering words and music. Paul Simon. Creating a crate of cassettes. Saying the word ‘bum’ repeatedly. Leonard Cohen redeems the day. Walking along the beach once with my father at […]
Songwriting and longnecks. It’s a hit. A bang on the wall. Is that the neighbours? No. It’s Sony. Brisbane in the mid 1990’s. Rock against Work. Shaving off a beard to discover […]
Twister. The Jackson 5. The Osmonds. Shuggie Otis. French film soundtracks. Putting on a show in your lounge room. “What are those big CD’s?” Show and tell. In 2002 the […]
The audio on the cassette tape had been dubbed a number of times before it got to my ears, yet still it cut through the hiss. What IS this music? […]
Sombreros. Street singers. A secret serenade. Statues? There was this thing called Expo ’88 in Brisbane. It was alright. I picked up some work doing modelling and body casting for the […]
In women’s clothing. In the dark. Dust motes just float in a shaft of light. Music plays. Cross dressing = comedy gold, right? Perhaps. The music took me there. Twice. […]