Following Damo’s advice, I went down to Pitt Street looking for “that bargain CD shop near where that vegetarian yum cha place used to be.” Damo had acquired the entire Bon-era back catalogue there at only ten bucks a pop. He said they were imports from Argentina or something. Who knows how the music distribution… Continue reading Dirt Cheap
LAST CALL FOR BON SCOTT DRIVER!
This is it folks! Last chance! In my callout (BON OR BUST!) I have searched far and wide for a travelling companion to accompany me to Fremantle on a historic pilgrimage across the Nullabor. Many hard rockin’ candidates have fallen by the wayside, victims to that terrible affliction, the “W” word (“ah man, I’d love… Continue reading LAST CALL FOR BON SCOTT DRIVER!
Franck’s Brush with Bon
The imminent erection of the Bon Scott Bronze Statue in Fremantle is drawing fans from around the world. Because of the distance, many international Bon-lovers won’t be able to make it on the 24th of February, but they seem to be following the events from afar with fascination. Franck, a passionate fan from Paris, contacted… Continue reading Franck’s Brush with Bon
Reyes Del Sonido Metalico
(Above: a scan from Hana’s 1983 Mexican Heavy Metal zine…) AC/DC actually can put me in this kind of mood…say if im feeling down or whatever, I can put some of these classic Bon Scott albums on and then I get in that kind of hyperactive mood. Something about it takes me back to being… Continue reading Reyes Del Sonido Metalico
Demolition Damo
Damo is one helluva fan. My first big one! I contacted him through a friend of mine, a musician called Lucas who plays a miked-up a shard of glass with his mouth, complete with saliva and blood smearing all over its surface. Damo’s musical predilections, while also pretty wild, at least use conventional guitars and… Continue reading Demolition Damo
Driving without Bon
Last week I proposed that driving around is one of the better ways to listen to Acca Dacca: you can turn it up loud without disturbing the neighbours… the stereo in the car is pretty good, and somehow the rhythms of the highway meld with the driving force of the rock rhythms. So to try… Continue reading Driving without Bon
BON OR BUST!!
(Image borrowed from here…) The campaign to find me a travellin’ companion for my trip across the nullabor is in full swing. Yesterday I spoke on radio 2SER’s drivetime show…Next Tuesday there’ll be an ad in the Drum Media, and there are several other tentacles out there, octopussing across the city. Someone will step forward… Continue reading BON OR BUST!!
Driving with Bon
(Thanks to this fella for the above image) Since the best stereo available to me is in a borrowed Toyota Yaris, that’s where I’ve been doing a lot of my listening. I can turn up the volume real loud and in that little bubble, really feel the music. It’s not the same coming out the… Continue reading Driving with Bon
Meeting Clinton Walker
(Clinton Walker looking over the Bon Scott timeline he constructed while writing his book…) It just so happens that one of Bon Scott’s biggest fans lives in Dulwich Hill, only fifteen minutes walk from my house. Last Thursday Katie and I popped around for a cup of tea with him. He took us out to… Continue reading Meeting Clinton Walker
Being a “Fan”…
[Sampdoria Fans in the “Gradinata Sud” – photo pinched from lucadea…] The Bon Scott Blog spluttered to life late last week. It’s a weird project for me. On the one hand I am relishing my relative ignorance of the subject, so that I can be the student in an enormous worldwide classroom in which my… Continue reading Being a “Fan”…