Volume 13 Issue 11
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. I'm not going to tell you what's not cause while negativity is always...
The Great Flood
In October 2000, there was a flood in Inez, Kentucky. The EPA called it the worst environmental catastrophe in the history of the eastern United States. It was way worse than the 1989 Exxon Valdez
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. I didn't come here to go mining, just to visit a friend on my way through to WA. When I first arrived, we...
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). It's a lot like living in poverty actually, and chances are that you'll blow what little money you make playing...
Snow Patrol
I was four when my father got me my first snow scooter. I can't remember any of it, but it must have been something special because here I am, and all I can think about is driving my scooter all year round.
This Is Poverty
have lived in Radford since 1963 and I've seen the place change a lot. The fact of the matter is that family life has gone down and anti-social behaviour has become more of a problem.
Welcome To Notts
Don't let the bastards grind you down" was one of the key quotes from the 1960 Albert Finney movie Saturday Night & Sunday Morning. Finney's character Arthur Seaton was an angry working class young man who was intent on escaping the drudgery of...
Gary The Landlord
The Marquis is a meeting point for The Radford Boys, which is a collection of men born and bred in the area. Most of them had fathers and grandfathers who worked in the old Player's cigarette factory, the Raleigh bike factory (where they used to make...