AustLit

'Preparing for the upcoming Man in Black shows is making me … work hard, because I’ve had quite a schedule this year. We’ve done this show since 2009; not every year, and we haven’t done it in theatres for four years. The next time we do it, there’ll probably be an even larger gap. I think I’ll be close to the age Johnny Cash was when he died (71), the next time I do this show (laughs). I’ll be able to represent the older Cash even more effectively.' (Introduction)

'Who and what is driving Australian country music today, 20 years after Slim Dusty’s death? Story by Andrew McMillen ust before the spotlight hit Slim Dusty, the musician had a moment to himself. He drew in his breath, steadied his hands, then looked up and never looked back. Out he strode, the undisputed king of Australian country music, wearing his distinctive turned-down Akubra hat and a dark overcoat.' (Introduction)

'It might come as news to the deity that the poor are a forgotten item. Yet Peter Polites, in a rather dumbfoundingly awkward book, is keen to press the case for poor suffering Greeks, both at home and in their diaspora, and for the poverties of spirit and material circumstance they have, God knows, endured.' (Introduction)