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JOYCE MORGAN Martin Sharp: His life and times. Reviewed by Jeannette Delamoir

JOYCE MORGAN Martin Sharp: His life and times. Reviewed by Jeannette Delamoir

by NRB | 29 Jun 2017 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Joyce Morgan’s version of Martin Sharp presents an important portrait of the man and his times. The cultural volatility of the 1960s demanded new ways to express its clashing ideals and philosophies. Late Sydney artist Martin Sharp was one of the key contributors to...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the Rolling Stones

The Godfather: Peter Corris on the Rolling Stones

by NRB | 20 Jan 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 1 comment

When I first heard the rasp of the Keith Richards riff kicking off ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ (1965), it was like hearing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ (1956) for the first time. I knew that something fundamental had happened to popular music. The songs were an attack on...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on photographs

The Godfather: Peter Corris on photographs

by NRB | 15 Apr 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

I’m no photographer. I’ve never taken a photo that was worth anything more than a record of who was where, when. I know what a good photograph looks like – how the subject has been arranged, an expression caught, the light captured. There is one of my three daughters...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on cigarette songs

The Godfather: Peter Corris on cigarette songs

by NRB | 1 May 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 3 comments

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...
ANDREW McMILLEN Talking Smack: Honest conversations about drugs. Reviewed by Toby Creswell

ANDREW McMILLEN Talking Smack: Honest conversations about drugs. Reviewed by Toby Creswell

by NRB | 28 Oct 2014 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

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...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on druthers

by NRB | 5 Jul 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

Champion sportspeople are often asked what they would have liked to be were they not the footballers, golfers or swimmers they are. Golfer Nick Faldo, for example, said he would have liked to be a racing-car driver. Sterling Moss said he’d have fancied being a...
             

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