The Appalachia Issue
Choosing Poverty
Being on tour is pretty miserable. It's all about sleeping on floors, peeing in bottles and showering with no hot water (if you're lucky).
Unlucky Miner
I've lived in Coober Pedy for 28 years now, although it was never my plan. In 1977, I decided to move to Perth but didn't get any further than CP.
Live By The Pipe
Bob Hund, also known as Bergman Rock, has been around forever and ever. And right now we've been hearing a lot of rumours about them, including that they've started playing live again, for the first time in years.
Listen To Progan Stone
This is the first instalment of a new music column written by none other than myself, Progan Stone. Every issue I'll be filtering through piles of music to tell you what's hot.
Variety Club
Gary Skyner does regular stand up comedy slots at Radford Variety Club's famous Sunday afternoon adult cabarets.
Comings And Goings
I was out of school at 15 and went out at sea for six years. Then I came here because my brother worked in the mine.
Vice Pictures
There are no street names to speak of in CP, which obviously makes it impossible for people to have regular addresses. So, instead of saying, “I live at 11 Green St,” you say “I live at the tyre with the smiley face on it three miles west of the centre...
Broken Knees
I used to be a concrete worker, but I've just gone through knee surgery. They operated on me using spinal cord anaesthetics, and I thought that was a bit uncomfortable.
There's Room At The Inn
I bought this hotel six years ago. It was cheap because everyone knew that the mine was closing down.
Drug Dealing
We met up with this guy on Sunday afternoon in Radford. All the time we were talking to him, his wife was beeping the horn on his car really urgently and stressing out like she wanted him to leave really quickly. Then we looked down at his leg.
Load Sixteen Tons And What Do You Get?
I had 22 years in the coal mines, all underground. I started down there when I was about 22. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world when I was young.