1. Get inspired to re-read this article about Grant McLennan and Robert Forster and the Go-Betweens.
Robert Forster interview
2. Marvel about the fact that this article may result in the waterworks being turned on, but that things printed in the goddamn sodding Courier Mail usually make me cry for another reason.
3. Understand the many layers of Brisbane references in the interview and in their songs, in the way that someone who spent their whole entire life (excluding the last year + five months) living in Brisbane can. And well, hell, the Go-Betweens song "Karen" used to pop into my head when I entered the library at the University of Queenland when I studied there. And plus, I am forever a sucker for hearing the tales of people who have lived long, interesting lives in my town.
3. Watch the Go-Betweens song "Cattle and Cane" several times on Youtube
4. Then watch Grant Mc and Robert F performing it together
5. Feel a little homesick, feel a lot alone, wish for someone to give you a hug, and settle for going back out into the freezing, grey, cold, Melbourne winter day. But tell yourself to stop moping around and pick up the pace a little with the catchiest most summer-sounding substitute-for-serotonin soundtrack:
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這麼好的blog不回應怎麼行咧！............................................................
很好很強大！祝你天天文思泉湧！..................................................
It is never too late to learn.......................................................................
幸福不是一切，人還有責任。............................................................
世界上沒有本來就應該的事，因為老天爺也沒有劇本..................................................
人自幼就應該通過完美的教育，去建立一種好的習慣。......................................................
良言一句三冬暖，惡語傷人六月寒。......................................................................
成功可招引朋友,挫敗可考驗朋友......................................................................
祝福大家開開心心。............................................................
活是一種鍛鍊靈魂的東西..................................................................
愛情是一種發明，需要不斷改良。只是，這種發明和其他發明不一樣，它沒有專利權，隨時會被人搶走。.................................................................
文章不求沽名釣譽，率性就是真的..................................................................
等很久了 謝謝你的用心..................................................................
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