Vale The Black Captain by Matt Tomic Late last night, Pete Dunstan — The Black Captain — passed away. He was 43. I never met Pete. I wish I had. He started writing for Life is Noise in February 2014, a little before I took over as editor, but we were in different cities for so much of that time that we never met in person. Working with Pete w...more

From Boris Otterdam Pete was a man of taste that he passed to me through radio waves. I rang him a few times on BTM through the years and demanded to know what he was playing and what album it was off and what else there was. He was always patient enough to tolerate my excitable musical rambling of teenage excitement. He also plugged my shows a few...more

Peter - today's Tom Sawyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk

On the first anniversary of his passing "He went away without farewell He said goodbye to none But Heaven's gate was open wide And a loving voice said "Come" Beside his grave we will often stand Our hearts being tired and sore But through the gloom There will come the words; "Not dead, just gone before." We who loved you sadly miss you ...more

🕯 Mr Phillip Dunstan lit a candle A poem by Peter Dunstan Folding Space It’s though its’ turned to ice when the air is so still Two spaces in the one brought together at will That vision spoke to me as if it knew my name And everything that followed just seemed like a game. I wanted to remain and become one with the land To dissipate...more

🕯 Lucia Dunstan lit a candle