NEW EDITION - OUT NOW ROCK’N’GROHL! “It’s funny that Nirvana became so famous for this Gen X darker side of life thing, because I truly had a very happy childhood,” Dave Grohl tells The Big Issue. Long dubbed the Nice Guy of Rock, in this edition Grohl shares his Letter to My Younger Self, talking about his love of music, his mum, Kurt Cobain – and lawn maintenance. “If you met the teenage me, first of all you’d think this person has more energy than any human being I’ve ever seen. I was an outrageously hyperactive kid,” he says. “And I was a good kid, I wasn’t gonna steal the stereo out of your car... But I’d mow your lawn on Sunday for five hours.”
ALSO IN THIS EDITION... With six million weekly listeners nationwide, community radio is thriving – right when a sense of connection is more important than ever. We hear from the people behind the microphones at some of Australia’s most-loved stations. After contracting COVID and cancelling her tours last year, Suzi Quatro says she can’t wait to get her new album on the road. Writer Jay Daniel Thomson remembers the nostalgic joys of compiling the perfect mixtape. Adam Liaw shares his recipe for Umami Bolognese – mushroomy, vegan goodness that’s even better than the original. We speak to screenwriter Kristen Dunphy about her new ABC TV series Wakefield – a drama-comedy set in a psychiatric hospital and inspired by her own lived experiences. Author Madeleine Ryan reveals how the act of writing her novel, A Room Called Earth, taught her a whole lot more about herself – and what it means to be human. In The Big Picture, photographer Aron Klein visits Bulgaria to join the annual kukeri celebrations, ancient pagan rituals to ward off evil spirits and bring prosperity to their Balkan communities.