Notes on We Did Interesting Things With Pianos
The title came about through a night of conversation, laughter and red wine in Maroubra Beach with my brother Hugh and my not yet good friend and longtime flat-mate TJ Eckleberg. The body was written while I was living on Alice St in Newtown and has nothing at all to do with that evening.
So, what was it about? echoes from high school, oh captain, my captain? Has that feel to it…
Well this one came out spontaneously. At the time I didn’t analyse where it came from too deeply. One day I was having breakfast with my friend Caroline at Succulent and when I showed her, she thought it was a mash up of the social and religious influences of my past.