Friendship and Sunshine
How do you measure friendship? Who can you count on? Genuine friends are hard to find – here’s a description of a man I’m proud to call my friend. Above:…
To be a man
I’m angry today. Part of it is because of this story that I’ve become aware of this morning about the story of the woman who was stabbed to death in…
Spiritual Man
I wrote these lyrics a long time ago. I had this cool harmonic riff which is still waiting to find a home and I built a song around it. Unfortunately…
Getting the cuts
I attended an all boys school in Geelong. It was catholic. The culture was toxic on many levels. Getting the cuts was being strapped on the hand by a heavy…
Postcards from Hell
When is the right time to change? I nearly left it too late. This was kind of confronting to write. Its not easy to fess up to being as low…
When Winning Isn’t Everything
I wrote this when I was President of Grampians Hockey back in 2005. I read it out at the presentation night and then filed it away somewhere. Grampians Hockey has…
Collateral Damage
This was hard to write. But I feel better for having done it. This is for hundreds of people but in particular the following -Ralph Steiner who knew there was…
Regrets
This story is not a work of fiction – its what I remember to be true. It first appeared in a charming little magazine called Morbid Curiosity under the title…
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Well this is awkward. Real men don’t cry especially over 80’s music videos. I have to confess to being well, wooden would be generous, when it comes to my emotions.…
Song In the Face Of Love
Another song from those sessions in 2003. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=332203 I’m a little disappointed with this. The mix doesn’t capture what is going on with the rhythm guitar and the solo was…