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Writer and musician Sam Sejavka was the model for the character of ‘Sam’ in the film Dogs in Space and served as adviser on the film. He discusses his parents (notably, his father’s Second World War experiences) and his own early life, up until the rise and fall of his group The Ears between 1979 and 1982. He also briefly discusses the death of Christine Harding and his feelings on seeing it—or rather, that of the character ‘Anna’—represented in the film. This chapter is the first of nine memoirs in the first half of the book presenting contrasting and complementary impressions of the late 1970s Melbourne punk scene and its aftermath.
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Sejavka, S. (2020). If You Were a Freak, You Were Equally Excluded. In: Nichols, D., Perillo, S. (eds) Urban Australia and Post-Punk. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9702-9_2
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