Lo Carmen

A note before reading: Ten years have now passed since I wrote this piece and it was published in YOUR MOTHER WOULD BE PROUD: True Tales of Mayhem & Misadventure (Edited by Jenny Valentish & Tamara Sheward/ Allen & Unwin…

Published in Neighbour Paper, June 2017

http://neighbourhoodpaper.com/features/dead-ladies-dresses/

GHOSTS by Lo Carmen 

I have always been partial to a dead ladies’ dress. That is a rather gruesome way to look at it and will certainly put a…

Repost From  The Year 2012:

LO CARMEN'S PARALLEL UNIVERSE - EP 2 'RAIN'

 
In the words of one of my very favourite songwriters, the life I love is making music with my friends. 

And so, every now…

Like my daddy before me 
I earned my stripes, staying up nights 
In late night bars 
Standing around, stumbling on 
Singin’ my song and loading up cars 
My legs is long 
I keep walking on 
Tijuana guitar and a penny…

 ‘A song is not so hard to write, I had a dream my hands could do no wrong…’ 
  
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in my life sitting staring into space while listening to songs. Listening hard.  Studying I…