A Band Without Walls at the End of the World: The Green Mist, Next Stop Antarctica and the Tasmanian geographic imaginary
The Green Mist is a floating international blues entity which evolved in the deep south of Tasmania. Featuring former members of the Violent Femmes and Beasts of Bourbon, the Mist’s first album Next Stop Antarctica represents a vivid evocation of the peculiar strangeness of the island’s atmosphere,...
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ftunitsydneyep:oai:epress.lib.uts.edu.au:article/1063 2023-05-15T13:44:50+02:00 A Band Without Walls at the End of the World: The Green Mist, Next Stop Antarctica and the Tasmanian geographic imaginary Stewart, Keryn Hopcroft, Helen 2009-04-29 application/pdf https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/TfC/article/view/1063 https://doi.org/10.5130/tfc.v4i1.1063 eng eng University of Technology, Sydney https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/TfC/article/view/1063/1066 https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/TfC/article/view/1063 doi:10.5130/tfc.v4i1.1063 Transforming Cultures eJournal; Vol 4 No 1 (2009): Music and the Production of Place 1833-8542 music culture place info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2009 ftunitsydneyep https://doi.org/10.5130/tfc.v4i1.1063 2022-03-13T14:35:16Z The Green Mist is a floating international blues entity which evolved in the deep south of Tasmania. Featuring former members of the Violent Femmes and Beasts of Bourbon, the Mist’s first album Next Stop Antarctica represents a vivid evocation of the peculiar strangeness of the island’s atmosphere, history and environment. Musician Julien Poulson’s father Bruce was a historian who lived in a derelict organic garlic farm in the small town of Southport; an area that is often bitterly cold, perpetually gloomy, bleak yet strangely beautiful. Bruce was one of the people who discovered the remains of a garden built in 1792 by French explorers in Recherche Bay, and this discovery was later used to help protect the site from logging. While his dad was dying of cancer, Julien helped him put together his final book about Recherche Bay’s history and later many of these old stories formed the basis of album tracks. Using The Green Mist as a case study, this paper will explore the links between physical place of production and creation; the use of both individual memory and historical narratives in song writing; and the extent to which these factors form part of a conscious or deliberate strategy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica University of Technology, Sydney: UTS ePress - Journals Transforming Cultures eJournal 4 1 |
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The Green Mist is a floating international blues entity which evolved in the deep south of Tasmania. Featuring former members of the Violent Femmes and Beasts of Bourbon, the Mist’s first album Next Stop Antarctica represents a vivid evocation of the peculiar strangeness of the island’s atmosphere, history and environment. Musician Julien Poulson’s father Bruce was a historian who lived in a derelict organic garlic farm in the small town of Southport; an area that is often bitterly cold, perpetually gloomy, bleak yet strangely beautiful. Bruce was one of the people who discovered the remains of a garden built in 1792 by French explorers in Recherche Bay, and this discovery was later used to help protect the site from logging. While his dad was dying of cancer, Julien helped him put together his final book about Recherche Bay’s history and later many of these old stories formed the basis of album tracks. Using The Green Mist as a case study, this paper will explore the links between physical place of production and creation; the use of both individual memory and historical narratives in song writing; and the extent to which these factors form part of a conscious or deliberate strategy. |
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A Band Without Walls at the End of the World: The Green Mist, Next Stop Antarctica and the Tasmanian geographic imaginary |
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