50 years ago, when I was 14, I was fortunate enough to be cast in the role of 'Pip' in the  1973, ABC production of Ethel Turner's: '7 Little Australians'.

This podcast is about my memories of that time.

This my final podcast for the time being. I hope that you have enjoyed them.

They will remain available through Buzzsprout and on all the major platforms exactly as they have been since January.

Cheers from Downunder

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today, in my second last podcast, I have 8 songs for you. These are from my musical comedies but were not included in the first 8 podcasts.

Special thanks, as always, to Jessica Zamprogno for all voices and singing on my stage plays.

                 Time           Song Name

• 01.07        The Witch is Dead
• 04.19         Hitler's Moustache
• 07.59         Happiness is . . .
• 11.19         Hey, Mister Farmer Man
• 15.17         My Germany
• 18.47         Rocky, I'm Pregnant
• 22.54         If You Have an Axe to Grind
• 25.07         We Need a Miracle

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Do you know what 'Antepenultimate means? Well, you can either look it up, or listen to this podcast.

Special Thanks to:

Jessica Zamprogno for vocals on: 'This Feeling Inside', 'The Things We do for Love' and 'Hold all Your Loving for Me'.

John Samperi for piano on: 'This Feeling Inside', 'The Things We do for Love' and 'Ol' Full Moon'.

Julian Clark for drums on 'This Feeling Inside', 'The Things We do for Love' and 'Old Full Moon'.

And Imogen Clark for vocals on: 'Turn me 'Round Again'.


                   Time           Song Name

• 01.25        This Feeling Inside
• 04.22         The Things We do for Love
• 09.03         Hold all Your Loving for Me
• 14.51         Turn Me 'Round Again
• 19.01         We're in Love
• 24.39         Shallow Voices
• 29.22        Ol' Full Moon

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today's show is about one of the great poems in English history. 

If you have ever heard of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or if you've ever wondered what the story is about and if you have 80 minutes to spare, settle back with some opium, or whatever you can get your hands on and grab a copy of the poem in a book, or on-line. (I have also put it up on markclark.com.au under 'Lyrics to Podcasts'.)

I broke the poem into 19 original songs (it is 144 stanzas long) with a few repeat melodies. After each song I explain what is happening in the poem.

Special thanks to Jessica Zamprogno for all female voices and back up vocals. All instrumentation and male vocals by me.

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Do you like singing? Would you like to sing whilst learning about ancient civilisations? Well, you're in luck. I have six of them and today I will play them for you and chat about them.

Special thanks to:

Colin Ellis for producing and mixing these songs for me.

And to the three Gallas children for singing back up vocals on Ancient Greece and Mesopotamia. 

                 Time           Song Name

• 02.26          Palaeolithic
• 05.59          Neolithic
• 09.20          Mesopotamia
• 14.20         Ancient Egypt
• 19.28         Ancient Greece
• 24.43         Ancient Rome

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today's show features some more of my rock songs.

Special thanks to:

Julian (Juz) Clark on 'Sagittarius to Gemini' and 'Door in the Middle'
and
Jason Garwood for guitar on 'Sagittarius to Gemini'      

                Time           Song Name

• 02.35          Sagittarius to Gemini
• 06.41          Door in the Middle
• 10 .50         Australia is Burning
• 13.17          Fire or Snow
• 18.19          It all got Washed Away

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today is Show 30 and the end of Series 3, and we are back in love - well, not you and I, but me, mainly. Today I chat about some more of the Love Songs I have written over the years.

Special Thanks to:

Julian (Juz) Clark for Drums on 'Bird to the Air'


               Time            Song Name

• 01.38          I'd be with You
• 04.55         Another Song for You
• 09.44         One Thousand Words
• 13.49         Bird to the Air
• 18.07        All These Lives

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I chat about and play you songs from a variety of genres.

Special Thanks to:
  
The Band from the Lancer Barracks - Parramatta for playing 'The March of the Australian Light Horse' . 

Clive Clayton for writing the lyrics to 'The March of the Australian Light Horse' . 

Julian (Juz) Clark for Drums on 'Most Amusing'

Imogen Clark for vocals on 'Beneath the Southern Skies' and '20 Years or so from Now'

                Time           Song Name

• 01.38          The March of the ALH
• 05.04          Most Amusing
• 08.07         Simon Says
• 11.04         I Want
• 14.27         Beneath the Southern Skies
• 19.19         20 Years or so from Now

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I chat about five more songs about losing love.

Special thanks to:
Imogen Clark on Piano for 'There Was You'
Jessica Zamprogno for vocal and Juz Clark for drums on 'Sorrow is the Ocean's Oldest Song'

                Time           Song Name

• 01.41         There Was You
• 06.42         Sorrow is the Ocean's Oldest Song 
• 10.33         She Turned Her Eyes Away
• 14.15        The Morning Sunshine
• 17.33         Mending Fences

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll discuss and play for you some songs written for my family members, but I think they apply to all of us.

Special thanks to: 
Imogen Clark (at 11 years old) on 'There is no Place like Home' 
To John Samperi for piano on 'The Piper'.
 And to Julian (Juz) Clark for Drums, Jason Garwood on guitars and John Samperi for keyboard on 'Virgin Bride'.                                     

                Time           Song Name

• 01.20          Winter's Day
• 06.36         The Years
• 08.30         There is no Place like Home
• 14.34         Virgin Bride
• 19.21         The Piper
• 25.15        They Cry Imogen

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be talking about, and playing you all, some more of my Rock songs.

A special thanks to Julian (Juz) Clark for drums on 'My Diary' and 'Memory' and to Tony Samperi for electric guitar on 'Memory'.

                  Time           Song Name

• 01.34          Big Man
• 05.38          My Diary
• 11.34          Memory
• 16.20          My Dear, I Believe I know you from Somewhere
• 20.55         You had it Coming to You

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Would you like to play your lover a love song? Today are five more love songs for you from which to choose.    

Special thanks to:  Jessica Zamprogno for vocals on 'Finally I've Found a Man who can Dream' and 'Springtime in the Valley'.

  Time           Song Name

• 02.29          Finally I've Found a Man who can Dream
• 06.54          A Proposal
• 11.07          Springtime in the Valley
• 15.15          I Love You, Love
• 19.26        (My Darling I) I Love You more than Anything 

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be chatting about and listening to a mixture of songs in different genres.

A special thanks to Craig Calhoun for co-writing Minera, playing bass and all instrumentation.

                  Time           Song Name

• 01.19           Daddy
• 06.30          Here's a Little Tune for all you Terrorists Out There
• 12.55          Minerva
• 18.30          Rosie, You're Driving Me Batty
• 16.54          If this is Freedom let this Freedom End
• 23.22          Sunshine and Rain

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

 Today we're going to hear some of my songs about loss of Love.

A special thanks to Julian (Juz) Clark for drums, and to John Samperi for piano, on 'Good Morning. Who are You'? 

                  Time           Song Name

• 00.57           Good Morning. Who are You?
• 04.27           Why Do You Call?
• 13.46           Is it any Wonder?
• 11.06          That's How the Story Ends
• 16.54          If this is Freedom let this Freedom End
• 21.41         Two Lovers Caught in the Rain

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Have you ever been attacked by a fridge? Does your dad get kicked out for snoring?  Today we're going to hear some more of my songs for children.

A special thanks to Jessica Zamprogno for female vocals.


                  Time           Song Name

• 01.43           Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalump
• 06.08           We Lock Dad in the Spare Room
• 8.25              Blue and the Monkey
• 11.06          The Man from Snowy River
• 14.40          I Looked into our Fridge Last Night
• 18.12          December Night

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be chatting about some more of my rock songs: when and why they were written and how they came about.

Special thanks to Julian (Juz) Clark for his drums on 'My Bubble Burst'.

                  Time           Song Name

• 01.21           The Simple Things
• 05.03           I Never Thought I'd See You Again
• 10.56          Hot Summer Evening
• 15.16          Slipping Away
• 19.59          It is Us She Burns
• 24.33          The Same Train

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Show 20. The end of Season Two.

Today I'll be chatting about some more of my pop songs: when and why they were written and how they came about.

Special thanks to Jessica Zamprogno for singing on Plasticine Love; to Jason Garwood for Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo on Aussie Twang and Julian (Juz) Clark for Drums on Aussie Twang.

                  Time           Song Name

• 02.19           Plasticine Love
• 07.22           Aussie Twang
• 11.57           I Ain't Missin' You at all
• 17.32           Hey, Lady
• 22.58           A Brief History of William Jones     

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I talk about my philosophical songs. These were inspired by various texts I read, both scientific and religious, particularly in the late 1980s.

Special thanks to Julian (Juz) Clark for his drums on 'My Bubble Burst'.

                  Time           Song Name

• 02.22           My (Our) Calendar 
• 07.12          The Ledgers of the Falling Rain
• 12.21          Satori
• 16.23          Ships Sill Sail in the Rain
• 19.40          My Bubble Burst
• 24.36          The Magic Kingdom

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Do you like singing with your tongue stuck out? Do you love T-Rex? Today we're going to hear some of my songs for children.

A special thanks to Jessica Zamprogno for female vocals.


                  Time           Song Name

• 02.37           The Leopard Seal's Song
• 06.38           Sleepy Eyes
• 10.22           Relatives 
• 12.26           It's Hard to Sing with your Tongue Stuck Out
• 15.46           Bikes and Boats and Trucks and Trains
• 18.33           Tyrannosaurus Rex Look Out!

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

In this week's show I will be chatting about half a dozen of my comedy songs.

Special thanks to Julian (Juz) Clark for drums on The Sad Story of Barry.

                   Time           Song Name

• 02.17           I am an Australian
• 06.07           The Wayne Kerr High School Song
• 09.13           Get a Long Little Doggie    
• 15.37           I Got a Tesla Battery
• 21.08           The Sad Story of Barry
• 26.50          The Genetic Disorder Song 

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

In this week's show I play a half a dozen of my love songs and reminisce a little.

                   Time           Song Name

• 01.56            A Song for Virginia
• 05.42            How Much Do I Love You?
• 11.10            Sweet Jo-Anne         
• 15.18            My Soft Pink Lady in Blue      
• 20. 04           Sometimes Lovers Do
• 23.10            Do You Believe Me . . .

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers


Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

This week I'll be talking about some of my pop songs. These are upbeat but not quite as heavy as last week's Rock Songs 1.

                  Time           Song Name

• 02.50           It's a Mighty Fine Life        
• 06.17           Once Around the Moon         
• 11.18           What Do You Believe In?             
• 16.58           My Lover is a Bad Man           
• 21. 57          Preacher Man         

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be chatting to you about some of the rock songs I have written and recorded over the years.

                Time           Song Name

• 01.35         Time Must Flow
• 05.16         The Final Debt
• 10.06         This Number       
• 14.00          Babe You Lied
• 20. 05         Apes and Angels

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Here are some of my ballads from across the years.

Drums - Julian (Juz) Clark on 'The Flowers and the Stones' and 'He's Two Years Old Today'.
All other instrumentation and vocals - me

                 Time           Song Name

• 02.42         A Stitch in the Tapestry 
• 07.46         Burns the Flame       
• 12.49         The Flowers and the Stones       
• 16. 31         He's Two Years Old Today       
• 22. 34         Only All the Rain      

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Part 2 of a look at 1980s Sydney rock Band: Your System.

Lead Guitarists - Tony Samperi and Jason Garwood
Drums - Julian (Juz) Clark
Bass and Vocals - me.
Backup vocals and harmonica - Tony Samperi

  Time           Song Name

• 02.17        The Big Man
• 06.51        Dreams
• 13.06        Soft Grey        
• 17. 50        It's Not Too Late
• 22. 05       Time and Time Again   

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).        

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

This is the beginning of Season 2. 

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).

Last season was primarily about the songs from my stage-plays but this season, and from now on, I will be chatting about my songs within their various genres.

In this episode I'll be chatting about my rock band from the 1980s, 'Your System'. This part 1 of a 2 part show.

Lead Guitarists - Tony Samperi and Jason Garwood
Drums - Julian (Juz) Clark
Bass and Vocals - me.
Female vocal in Moses Stammered - Vanessa Samios

  Time           Song Name

• 01.21         Your System
• 06.09         Evening Blues
• 09.32         Shelter             
• 14.56          One Shining Light           
• 20. 22         Moses Stammered               

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

What will happen to Putin? Will we soon be at war with China? Why are we revising history?

Some of these songs were recorded years ago and some recently. All of them are about subjects of world significance.

Time           Song Name

• 02:20            By Fools for Fools    
• 09.36            Cinderella's Bedtime Story       
• 14.13            Who Am I?         
• 25.54            A Song for Putin               
• 30.51            The Covid Conspiracy      
•  37.29           We're Spinnin' in Circles  

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).                                

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be talking about a play that does not exist. It's the last of my musical comedies and it's called: 'School Reunion'. So far I haven't written the script, so really, it's just an album in it's current form. However, these songs are on all the major platforms, like all the songs in my other plays. 

Having taught in NSW public schools for 42 years I have seen a good many students who thought that they were pretty cool and others that lacked confidence and still others that were made fun of and bullied.

The idea behind these songs, and maybe one day the play, is that at the 30 year reunion we hear the stories of these students and what has happened to them in the intervening years.

And it's not always the cool ones who succeed in the long haul of life.
       

  Time           Song Name

• 02:24          Boom! Chugga Lugga!       
• 05:43          Our Falling Star          
• 09:30          Take it or Leave it             
• 13:48          Jason Edward Robinson                   
• 18:43          Down Oblivion's Road          
•  21:52         Somebody Told me that You Loved Me

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).                                

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be taking you through some songs and stories related to  my eight musical: 'Dodge City'. It was  first performed by Windsor High School students in 2001 in their school hall  in Windsor, NSW, Australia.

I have chosen six songs for this episode.

Female vocals - Jessica Zamprogno
Drums  - Julian (Juz) Clark
Piano - John Samperi
All other instruments and male vocals - me.

LOGLINE

Dodge City Kansas – 1879. Wyatt Earp is long gone and the new sheriff has a drinking problem. Gunslinger, Jimmy Hackett, is terrorising the town; Sally is in love with Daniel; he is in love with Virginia and she is not interested in men from the South. 

SHORT SYNOPSIS

The days of the Wild West are ending and the law is catching up with the gun, but the residue of the old world still lives on in the ruthless heart of gunslinger Jim Hackett, who terrorises Dodge City unchallenged by Cal, the local sheriff with a drinking problem. 

Set in a bar in Kansas 1879-80, and against the backdrop of a rapidly changing U.S.A., ‘Dodge City’ is the story of piano player, Danny, his love for singer, Virginia, and of bartender, Sally, and her love for Daniel. Virginia hails from Georgia and in spite of her acerbic disposition and constant disparaging remarks about northern men, Danny is still heartbroken when she returns to Savannah to marry. In her absence, Danny and Sally hitch up, but when Virginia returns for the 1880 New Year’s celebrations, pursued by an angry and murderous Jim Hackett, a few surprises are in store.

                 Time           Song Name

• 02:40          Goin' Home to Georgia        
• 07:18          A Last Ray of Hope 
• 12:37          Jimmy                    
• 16:30           Ready to Roll          
• 20:01           No Time to Grow a Backbone, Son
•  24:34          The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men         

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).                       

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

The play I'll be talking about today is called: 'The Land of Dreams'. This was performed by my Junior Drama class at Windsor High School in 1999.

Vocals: Jessica Zamprogno
Everything else: Me

LOGLINE

A one act musical comedy for the whole family.

Join Julian and Juliana in their journey to The Land of Dreams where they meet pirates, a parrot, penguins, a leopard seal, four twits, three hillbillies, a jester, the Dream Master and an accountant. But whose dream is it? Uncle Mike knows and so will you if you read the script.

                Time           Song Name

• 01:25         Uncle Mike and the Rainbow        
• 05:30         The Land of Dreams        
• 08:33          Oh, Emma-Jean        
• 11:24          Sun  Comes Up; Sun Goes Down        
• 13:49          The Wishing Well      

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).                    

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be taking you through some songs and stories related to  my sixth musical comedy: 'Once Upon a Space Time'. It was  first performed by Windsor High School students in 1999 in their school hall  in Windsor, NSW, Australia.

I have chosen six songs for this episode. Female vocals - Jessica Zamprogno; all instruments and male vocals - me.

LOGLINE

Things went wrong on a space arc sent from Earth over six hundred years ago. There was supposed to be a population of several thousand reaching Proxima Centauri but only ten people made it and they’ve eaten all the cryogenically frozen scientists. When they arrive a faster ship has already set up a police state on Proxima. Will Einstein’s brain be able to save them?

 Time          Song Name

• 01:18        The Valley of the Lost Heart
• 05:52         Books is Evil
• 10:07         Relatively Speaking
• 13:13          Cosmic Love
• 17:42          Sunday Morning Paper       
• 21:27          Sneaks and Snakes     

For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).          

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be taking you through some songs and stories related to  my fifth musical comedy: 'Wayne Kerr High'. It was  first performed by Windsor High School students in 1999 in their school hall  in Windsor, NSW, Australia.

I have chosen six songs for this episode. Female vocals - Jessica Zamprogno; all instruments and male vocals - me.

LOGLINE

Miss Winterbottom plans to take over Wayne Kerr High with the help of Mr Spotrinse. A high school soapie played on several stages around the audience.

PROGRAM

What devious plan has Miss Winterbottom got in store for Wayne Kerr High? Why is Year 12 having their formal in Week One of Term One? Who is the mysterious Japanese guy? What will become of Benny? Will Mr Timorous murder his wife? Who is the father of Rayleen’s child? Is Oscar gay? Will Corker find his gorilla suit? Will Beatrice ever find true love? What secret do the Adorable twins harbour? Will the Lock ‘n’ Loll robot follow instructions? What are Spiceguy and Mullup up to? Will Parson’s Nose do Worktarool’s bidding? Will Barney save the day? And why the hell doesn’t the Teachers’ Federation have an apostrophe? These questions and others may or not be answered in the course of the two hours it takes to watch this soapie. If you want an intellectually stimulating play, you’ve come to the wrong place. Be prepared to swivel in your seats gang – we’re going to Wayne Kerr High.

                 Time          Song Name

• 02:20        Schools Run More Efficiently with Pupils . . .
• 04:44        Loving You is Easy        
• 09:50        All for You and I 
• 13:05        Somehow              
• 18:26        Everything is AOK  

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).   

Cheers

Mark      

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be taking you through some songs and stories related to  my fourth musical comedy: 'Songs from the Bunker'. It was the first show performed by Windsor High School students in 1998 at their brand new school hall  in Windsor, NSW, Australia.

I have chosen six songs for this episode. Female vocals - Jessica Zamprogno; all instruments and male vocals - me.

Logline

Epstein Pearl is Hitler’s doppelgänger. The Gestapo got him; the allies are about to break down the walls to the bunker and he’s gonna take the fall or the Führer. But what’s all this got to do with ‘The Sound of Music’?

Show Programme

We are in the bunker, in Berlin, it’s April 29th, 1945 and the allies are going to break down the door at any time. What better reason for song and merriment? After all, it was good enough for Julie Andrews. So where is Adolf? Probably in Argentina. So who’s gonna take the fall for the Führer ? You’ll have to wait and see. Is the show historically correct? What’s with all the questions? Listen, all I know is that Himmler and Goering weren’t really in the bunker, but they are in the show, so that should tell you something! Yeah, but there’s gotta be some historical facts; some edifying aspect to the production? Hey, listen, what d’ya want for a few bucks? It wouldn’t buy you a bag o Matzo, pal. Yeah, but . . . Alright! Alright already! Yes, there are some semi-historical gags for the adults as well as mindless visual gags for the kids. Plenty of colour; catchy songs and you get to yell out a lot at the actors. Happy? Not really. I could be at home watching someone get evicted from something on TV. So stay at home. Do you see me twisting your arm? Anything else I should know? Two things: 1 – if Hitler were still alive today he’d be dead and 2 – one thing is for sure  - after this show you will never see ‘The Sound of Music’ in the same light again. If we as a cast can achieve one thing, let it be this. 

                  Time      Song Name

• 03:34     Oi! Vay! Oi! Vat a Day!   
• 08:51     Guards und Daughters   
• 12:50     Ze Luftwaffe Rock        
• 15:59    Deutschland Oh Deutschland 
• 20:11    Better Buy Some Balloons
• 24:43    He Should Never Have Invaded Poland

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).         

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

As a Drama Teacher at Windsor High School, NSW Australia, between 1995 and 2001 I wrote and produced eight musical comedies.

Today I'll be taking you through six of the songs and stories related to  my third musical: 'The Gods' Show', which was first performed by Windsor High School students in 1997 at The Richmond School of Arts in Richmond, NSW, Australia.

Female vocals - Jessica Zamprogno; all instruments and male vocals - me.

Show Programme

The Roman Gods are planning to take over Mount Olympus from the Greek Gods. Who will be their saviour? Not Rex Oedipus – he has a genetic disorder. Pluto’s magic potion has everyone falling in love with the wrong person (even Cerberus gets in on the act). Jupiter is jealous of his wife, Juno, who is in love with Pluto. Zeus is scared of his wife, Hera, who is in love with Pluto; Aphrodite and Athena love Pluto and Pluto loves himself. Add to this: two drunken yobbos, Dionysus and Poseidon; a mercurial Hermes; a feminist Artemis; a bunch of Roman gangsters; the rumour of a cricket match and a telecast of ‘Zeus – This is your Life’ by Solly and Rachel Oedipus aided by characters called Make-up and Wardrobe. So who will save the day?

If you want to return to the podcast, but only want to hear the songs, I have provided the times below.

                 Time          Song Name

• 01:53        Mean Woman Blues
• 05:29        Pluto the Cool
• 09:06        Please Don't Sing me a Love Song
• 12:58        Ancient Greece        
• 16:49        Preacher Man
• 21:49        Pluto's Fools

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).         

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

Today I'll be taking you through five songs from, and stories related to,  my second musical comedy: 'Ponsemby's Castle'. It was first performed by Windsor High School students in 1996 at The Richmond School of Arts, Richmond, NSW, Australia.

Jessica Zamprogno - Female vocals; Julian (Juz) Clark - Drums on: 'Natasha the Witch'; all other instrumentation - me.

Play Programme

Act 1

English upper class twit, Ponsemby Bay, his upper class twit daughter, Rose, and their friend, Charles, are hunting in their forest with Vaucluse, Ponsemby’s upper class twit son. There are lumberjacks, a conservationist, a French guy, natives and a witch about the place, but very little plot.

Act 2

Still no sign of a plot but Ponsemby’s dungeon is full; all the women seem to fancy Chip Wood, the handsome Australian lumberjack and the witch is definitely up to no good. (Please boo where required). There are several twists (pity there was no plot really) and that’s it – but you do get to have a laugh at the expense of the French and that can never be too bad.

                 Time      Song Name

• 02:15    Love is just a Heartbeat Away
• 07:43     Natasha the Witch
• 11:15     Let's Kill all the Animals and Cut Down the Trees    
• 16:12     The Insurance Man Won't Pay My Dad his Money
• 20:40     The Jack Chirac Rap   

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).      

Cheers

Mark   

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

As a Drama Teacher at Windsor High School, NSW Australia, between 1995 and 2001 I wrote and produced eight musical comedies. This podcast is about the first musical: 'Pirates, Parrots and Penguins'.

I narrate the podcast and talk about when the songs were written and retell any interesting stories related to each, and about the production itself.

I have chosen six of the play's twelve songs for this episode. All of the songs are fully produced and include all instrumentation. One of my ex-students provided the female voice and I played and recorded everything else.

LOGLINE

Captain Chook, his annoying parrot, Bono, and his complaining penguin, Goldstein, are sailing the Tasmanian Princess home. Love is in the air but Captain Cambridge tries to spoil the party.

If you want to return to the podcast but only want to hear the songs, I have provided the times below.

                 Time          Song Name

• 01:48        Pirate and Parrot Duet
• 06:36        I've the Salt of the Sea in me Veins
• 10:04        Love is Life's Happiest Tune
• 14:08        Caramba
• 19:12        That's the Way that Life Must Be
• 22:25         Dream and Make the Dream Come True

 For anyone who likes reading lyrics while they listen,  the lyrics for each song in each of the shows is now available at: markclark.com.au under the heading 'Lyrics to Podcasts' (top left).         

Cheers

Mark

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au

As a Drama Teacher at Windsor High School, NSW Australia, between 1995 and 2001 I wrote and produced eight musical comedies. This podcast is about the first musical: 'Pirates, Parrots and Penguins'.

I narrate the podcast and talk about when the songs were written and retell any interesting stories related to each, and about the production itself.

I have chosen six of the play's twelve songs for this episode. All of the songs are fully produced and include all instrumentation. One of my ex-students provided the female voice and I played and recorded everything else.

LOGLINE

Captain Chook, his annoying parrot, Bono, and his complaining penguin, Goldstein, are taking the Tasmanian Princess home. Love is in the air but Captain Cambridge tries to spoil the party.

All of my albums are available on the usual platforms and my website is: markclark.com.au