First times, last times with jade mcinally from jade imagine

First time you played a song you’d written in public? In 2002, my three-piece, all-girl high school band played a few originals at the Sunshine Beach High blue light disco. I can’t remember the titles of the songs, but I can remember feeling pretty ‘funky’ with my lightning bolt-patterned Squier Stratocaster guitar and extremely low-rise jeans. Last time you felt starstruck?

We played with The Pretenders last year. Chrissie Hynde was backstage, and she came up and fist-bumped me hello. She talked about how she doesn’t “do” social media, and drank a peppermint tea before and after the show. I’m not embarrassed to admit I shed a tear when they played “I’ll Stand By You”. First time you went on a date? I didn’t go on a real date until my early 20s. I was a skeggy tomboy in my teenage years. I dressed like Daniel Johns from the Frogstomp era. These days, I quite fancy getting a bit dressed up and going on silly little adventures to Timezone or a crêperie or dimly lit bars with my sweetheart… but I’m still a baggy shirt-wearing, skeggy beach-dweller teenager at heart. First time you heard your music on the radio? I was in my lounge room in Melbourne and turned on Triple R FM. They were playing our song “Stay Awake”. No one else was home, but I was looking around the room for validation. My pet bunny rabbit was there and she didn’t seem to care. Last time you apologised to someone? Right now: James, I’m sorry I broke your keyboard. I promise I’ll buy you a new one as soon as I get paid for the next show. (Please come to our show.)