by Jim Moginie | Jul 26, 2021 | Writing
DEAR DAD A book curated by Samuel Johnson OAM about fathers. A heartfelt, honest and very human book of letters that will make you smile and make you cry. It is the perfect gift for the dad in your life. And a reminder to say how you feel before it is too late. Funs... 
by Jim Moginie | Jul 25, 2021 | Writing
DEAR DAD by Jim Moginie Dear Dad, It’s complicated as I had two fathers. So it’s Dear Dads. To my natural one. You did what you could with an 18 year old girlfriend you knocked up living in a strict Catholic atmosphere in a NSW country town 1950s era. I was... 
by Jim Moginie | Jul 19, 2021 | Writing
FRIENDS WITH SOLITUDE by Jim Moginie (edited version titled ‘Banding Together For Freedom’ published in The Sydney Morning Herald June 23) Mostafa Azimitabar was born in Kermanashah to the sound of gunfire, sirens and bombs. Once called Persia, now Iran,... by Jim Moginie | Sep 18, 2018 | Writing
SHAMROCK DROP by Jim Moginie The Stick – Episode 5 Jim Moginie is a founding member, and the leading songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist for Midnight Oil. But that didn’t count for much when he exposed himself in Ireland. Jim has created a Spotify playlist to... 
by Jim Moginie | May 9, 2018 | Writing
NAVIGATING THE GREAT CIRCLE By Jim Moginie – Song Writer, Guitarist; Keyboardist with Midnight Oil All the rehearsal in the world couldn’t prepare us for this. The primal scream of Midnight Oil, with onstage vocals inaudible above it. Like riding the locomotive... 
by Jim Moginie | Apr 24, 2018 | Writing
The Complete Cold Chisel Liner notes written for ‘The Complete Cold Chisel’. Released the year of their reunion tour, 2011. Jimmy Barnes is screaming in my ear. It’s 3 am one winter’s night in 1980 in the Byron bay hinterland. Midnight Oil is recording... 
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