by NRB | 8 Apr 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Actor Bill Hunter had come off a run of three highly successful films – Strictly Ballroom (1992), Muriel’s Wedding (1994) and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) – and his agent thought the time had come for an autobiography. Bill had become known as the ‘voice of...
by NRB | 1 May 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Cigarettes and smoking featured in many popular songs of the 20th century but seem to be absent since, say, the 1990s. A good early example of the association between smoking and romance (and nostalgia) occurs in ‘These Foolish Things’, written in 1936 and made...
by NRB | 28 Oct 2014 | Non-fiction |
Fourteen interviews with Australian musicians give rare insights into the mystique of drugs and the creative process. One Christmas a long time ago, I received a yellow card with a big capital ‘H’ on the front and inside, instead of ‘Season’s...
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