There's a fair bit in the papers today about ABBA's "photographic reunion" when they appeared together overnight in Stockholm. Being ABC Local Radio's resident "ABBA Expert", I was asked to come on the radio in NSW and chat about this. You can listen to the audio below, or read my interview preparation notes below. What's the [...]
A few friends have been noting of late it's twenty years since the film, "Muriel's Wedding" was released. I guess it was the article in the Sydney Morning Herald the other day which prompted most of the nostalgia. For a lot of people, "Muriel's Wedding" is a light-hearted comedy. For me, it's actually a heart-felt [...]
A few months ago I was asked to write a couple of articles for the magazine of the International ABBA Fan Club. A copy of the magazine arrived in the mail this week, and so I thought I'd share them here both for general interest, and as an online archive. ABBA DAY REPORT “If you’re [...]
Often when you read articles about today's female pop stars, they'll say they spent their childhoods standing in front of a mirror (with a hairbrush as a microphone) singing along to songs by ABBA. In the latest "ABBA Special" (Agnetha: ABBA and After), Agnetha Fältskog summons up some similar imagery, describing how, as a young [...]
Winter has arrived exactly on time in Sydney, with cold, wet and rainy conditions for much of the day. Although things cleared up later in the day, I still spent much of the day inside watching television, listening to radio, listening to music, and watching internet stuff. With that background, here's one of my all [...]
