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…
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…
Pious politicians make me puke
Piousness is a party political free zone. I guess from what I’ve observed of the USA and the UK it also appears to know no borders. Do politicians actually believe…
Song – Nonsense Jig
Written in 2003 after several jam sessions with Darren Sherwell, Nonsense Jig is a simple enough tune with a cool little riff that sounds better with a little more distortion.…