Nothing To Lose
Geoff Buttsworth has asked me to include the lyrics of Nothing To Lose which I am happy to do. A big thanks to John without whom I wouldn’t have the attached photo. John knew I […]
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LIFE OF CRIME NOW ON YOU TUBE
A video of my library talk with @tonydurant is now available on my You Tube channel so if you couldn’t make it you can get to hear it anyway. The event includes readings, songs by […]
A Great Tour Ends
Yesterday at Woy Woy Library marked the end of a 16 date tour of author-talk blended with readings, poems and music. It was a fabulous success largely due to my “helpers” especially Tony Durant on […]
CHARLOTTE AND THE STARLET – TWEEN READING
Seems like only a couple of years ago I embarked on writing a book that would really entertain my girls, then about 8 and 11. The late Johnny Ryan and I had kicked […]
KEROUAC’S BACK – Surplus and Dearth
The late 80s early 90s was a disjointed time for me as I transitioned from being a full-time musician to a part-time one, trying my hand at other forms of writing and moving from my […]
HALT-TIME AT THE FOOTBALL – VOL 1 SCORE REVIEW: THE ONLY SOLUTION
I spend minutes, hours, days on the phone or in various email and social media communication with my learned footy friends discussing the whys and wherefores of the great game of football – that is […]
Hail Ray Coffey and other visionaries
Recently while in Perth I did an interview for RTR FM and was interested to see that 2016 marked its 40th anniversary. This is a particularly relevant anniversary for me because 2016 was also 40 […]
Where is WHEN?
Having been “out of the game” of recording albums for a long time it’s amazing the kind of things that you don’t take into account. For example, while I made sure I had enough dollars […]
OLD GUITARS – some extraordinary talent on display
Back around 1989 I started working on a song about the disillusionment I felt with the (then) current music scene and the comparison to the 60s era of rock’n’roll when it was a phenomenon rather […]
Very first mention of The Suburbs 1976
Lurking in a back shed of the suburbs of Perth, I came across a treasure trove including this UWA Guild Sheet with, I believe,the first ever public mention of The Suburbs for the then upcoming […]