Site Credits
If it's not already clear, this is a fan built web site, albeit supported by
Stephen himself. The site was created in a burst of enthusiasm in 1995 to
become the first significant reference point for SC fans. Although primitive
then, it has since grown to detail almost every aspect of Stephen's creative
career. The site has two basic aims: to introduce Stephen and his work to
newcomers, and to provide information to his existing fans.
All pages on the site are assembled, hand-coded and maintained (using vi!) by
me, David Gilliver, an
Australian currently living and working in Melbourne. I design
the site structure and manage the content that is supplied by our various
contributors. For more information about me, see my
personal home page.
My principle co-conspirator is Ross
Robinson, a graphic artist currently based in Sydney. He has been
responsible for scanning most of the images here and has guided the general look
of the site since it was created. Basically, it's his work that makes the
pages look slick. As an added bonus, he has also contributed some of the album
reviews, articles and stuff like that.
The mailing list for Stephen Cummings fans, The
Big Room, is administered by myself and
Andrew J. Cosgriff. While I
generally do all the easy stuff, Andrew also handles various behind-the-scenes
technical issues (even the lovetown.net web server!). Mr Cosgriff, your
assistance is greatly appreciated!
There have also been many other contributors, who have diligently typed up album
reviews, submitted their own (it doesn't have to be published anywhere to appear
here!), helped with our attempts to accurately transcribe lyrics and offered
various other assistance.
Particular thanks to the following contributors (in completely random order):
- Craig D. Ising for his assistance with lyrics and chords for This
Wonderful Life, Lovetown and A New Kind of Blue
- Rob Whyte for assistance with some lyrics and chords
- Matthew Pinnegar for the Juice review of Spiritual Bum
- Jon Casimir at The Sydney Morning Herald for allowing us to reprint his
reviews of Wonderboy and Falling Swinger
- Matthew Connors for one of the '97 "Puppet" articles
- Derek J for info about some rare single/promo releases
- Alan Gelder for suggesting corrections to some of the Sports lyrics
- Steve Gelder for assistance with lyrics to "Don't Throw Stones"
- Stephen Williams for some live reviews
- Traci Pearson for assistance with Skeleton Key reviews
- Andrew H for his assistance with lyrics for Senso, miscellaneous
other songs and for some discography information
- Nicholas Stronell for information about some early SC single releases
- Mark Trengove for the elusive "Fair Game" scan
- Spaz at POPsided magazine for his interview with Stephen
- Bob Starkey for assistance with lyrics and other random stuff
- Tim Hayward-Brown for a live review
- Jon Pedler for assistance with a lyric transcription
- Crush76 aka Sean Sennett for information on his collaboration with SC
and assorted articles/reviews
- Christie Eliezer for giving us permission to reproduce one of his articles
- Alex Pertout for information about his involvement in the recording of
Senso
- Colin for the Rollercoaster cover and all the Detours information
- Dave Barker for assistance with articles, reviews and some cover scans
- Gerald McNamara for assistance with various discography details
(including some scans) and for taking the photo of us with SC (see above)
- Damien Wieland for various chords and archival press coverage
- Richard Smith for assistance with Sports lyrics
- Darren Thomas for the image of the Thru The Hoop artwork
- Robert Dunstan @ Rip It Up magazine for some articles
- Michael Taylor for the scan of the US cassette version of Suddenly
- Darrell Greer for some lyrics assistance
- Paul Chai for information about the "Screwed" collection of stories
- Peter de Vries and Robert for assistance with articles and reviews
- Chris Marrinan for the Sondra lyrics and for some info about "The Crossing"
soundtrack
- Some discography details taken from "An Australian Rock Discography" 2nd
Edition by Chris Spencer, Moonlight Publishing, Bendigo 1990. Thanks to Chris
for his assistance with artwork scans of some rare releases.
- Carlos Boll and Adam Coleman for photos and lyrics
- Melinda for one of the Love-O-Meter reviews
- Scotty Russell for reviews and gig info
- Andrew Joy for info about upcoming gigs
- The official Ed Kuepper site
for the info about the "Totally Wireless" JJJ album
- Craig Johnston for the US Rolling Stone Sports review
- Mick Corr for various Sports scans and his review of the Sports live '98
- Nick Corr at Addicted to Noise for his review of SC live '99
- Michael Rae for sending on a live review and an album review
- Peter Blight for information about the "Asylum Seekers Are People" album
- Stella Durdin for help with various lyrics
- Sarah Taylor for a scan of a 1986 article
- Bill McDonald for fixing up the last bits in the "More Of Her" lyrics
- Christopher Price for assistance with info about tour dates
- Peter Horbury for gig reports, reviews, articles and info about single
releases
- Andrew J Cosgriff for articles, miscellaneous info, gig reports and various
image scans
- Kevyn Marshall for some singles scans
- Jill Gilliver (my very cool Mum) for typing up some of the Spiritual Bum
reviews
- Jo Cosgriff/Michael Devery for info about numerous early solo releases
and a number of invaluable scans
- Brian Smith, maintainer of the web site for
The Church
- Greg at the now-defunct Greg's Music World webshop for
info about various SC-related releases and excellent no-fuss service.
- Andrew and Monique from Mr Walkers Company for keeping us in the picture
in '97
- Graham Lee at WMinc Productions for assistance above and beyond the call
of duty
It should go without saying that we especially value the contributions and
support of Stephen Cummings himself.
the Stephen Cummings site - email: feedback AT lovetown.net