Louis Cammell

Book title: On the Bus Without a Phone Author: Babak Ganjei Bob Green is on the bus, without a phone, on the way to a date. So begins Babak Ganjei’s novella of contemporary daily malaise, which unfolds through a series of scattergun, occasionally interlocking thoughts as Bob rides to the end of the line, his father’s blazer pressing up against a stranger’s shoulder.

So you’re coming to Adelaide, and you’re making your merry way over from the UK. “It’s a bloody long way”, as they’ll tell you. So here are some tips for making the journey (slightly) more bearable. As a sober man I can no longer take my own advice here, but having once drunk a plane clean of wine back in 2014, I can tell you that it does make the journey go a lot quicker, in that I remember very little of it. We’ve all woken up in a bed we didn’t recognise before, try waking up in a new hemisphere.

Adelaide has always been a proper live music town. And it’s not only during festival season, it’s all year-round. It’s the city that rewards grit and hard work and fostered some incredible Oz Artists – Bon and ACDC, Chisel, The Angels, Paul Kelly, No Fixed Address, Hill Top Hoods, Mark Of Cain. I’ve been performing for a long time now, and some of my favourite memories and lessons have come out of Adelaide venues that treat live music as part of the city’s DNA, rather than just a night out.