Such a clever name if you’ve seen the famous play! (which I did in the courtyard of an old Alice Springs jail, the entrance of which was a giant inflatable vulva, good times).
The previous incarnation of this podcast was then co-hosted with the musical erudite Peter J Casey back in the content dark ages of 2008 or so. It was a very different format back then – late 20’s music fan (me) went and listened to a classic album in full and reported back to older, wiser sound nerd (Peter J ) and hilarious banter and robust arguments about the ultimately subjective nature of music ensued.
The older iteration still exists online, but I’m now bringing it back alongside the 2025 and beyond version of me; increasingly passionate and even more maddeningly opinionated about music, with an enduring desire to share the soundtrack that helps me cope with the beauty and chaos of life, as well as attempt to satiate my never-ending curiosity for interviewing smart, cool and creative folk about what makes them tick.
My producer/collaborator Paul Bissett has known me since my salad days – also known as year 11 and 12 drama class at Hawker College. If he could tolerate my unbelievably self-indulgent directorial debut in the ’90s (a self-penned adaption of Oscar Wilde’s Salome complete with my shithouse teenage poetry, earnest acting and red gel lighting*) then he could easily be the tech brain and sounding board for this here podcast.
Each episode features a fellow music lover sharing stories that more than justify my ‘broken record’ assertion that a love of music feeds the soul, and somehow can make sense of the aforementioned beauty and chaos of the human condition and the reason we all somehow keep at it.
In a nod to that insufferable teenage drama student, every episode also features a self indulgent touch, where I get to wax lyrical about records that I insist you buy and listen to as intently as I do.
*The soundtrack was bloody awesome though, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Portishead! Surely that negates how insufferable the script was? Don’t answer that.
The Vinyl Monologues Podcast 