MY CRIME READING FAVES
Dave’s Shelf L-M Since I blundered onto The Maltese Falcon in the school library at age 14 (I was looking for a book about knights and squires and thought it sounded swords and shields like) […]
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THE LIZARD IS BACK
The Murder In The — series featuring rock-muso Lizard Zirk has a new life. Thanks to some welcome elastic thinking by those involved in the Untapped project, a bunch of Australian novels have been resurrected […]
WHAT LOVE REALLY IS
AN ABSOLUTELY NEW WARNER SINGLE While I continue to write new music I am aware that most of those fans I do still have, really want to hear `the old stuff’. Hey, I’m no different, […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA ADVENT JUKEBOX #28
CONVICT STREAK Finally the endpoint has arrived, the last track on the Australia Day Jukebox for this year. No surprises. There are many Aussie songs I’ve written that I could’ve added: Beneath The Southern Cross, […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #27
SUBURBAN ROCK Recorded live at Bombay Rock 1978 this shows how powerful the band was. Wonderful musicianship from all involved, remarkable bass from Paul Noonan, great skins Howie, Leopard sounding like the heir to Hendrix, […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #26
MONSTER’S BACK This is one of my oldest songs though of course it is constantrly updated. It started in 1974 to mark the return of Pus and then has morphed through the decades while retianing […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #25
SUBURBAN BOY My most well known song and one of the very first songs I wrote back in 1972, it was always a declaration of my intent to try and make popular art from our […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #24
OLD STOCK RD With my band Pus I was punk before punk – well before the Sex Pistols anyway. This song represented my advancement to the next step: high energy suburban rock. Cars, footy, sex, […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX#23
WAITING FOR THE CYCLONE One of the best tracks I’ve done. WAITING FOR THE CYCLONE The Hoppers are hoppin’ and the crickets are clickin’ The boys are sweating and the girls all glisten The fridge […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX
NO FENCES Martin Cilia and I wrote this song around 1991. I wanted to make a statement about the importance of including one another into our culture. It’s a country feel with a bridge inspired […]