The good that “ordinary” people do
I am privileged to have come into contact with some extraordinary people. I am even more privileged to call some…
author, freelance writer, musician, square peg in a round hole
I am privileged to have come into contact with some extraordinary people. I am even more privileged to call some…
Last evening, I had a visit from a friend that I used to work with 35 years ago. Although he…
One of the great things about being an underground writer (So far underground that you’d need a mining permit to…
By my reckoning, Turning to Crime marks Deep Purple’s 23rd studio album. It is also the eighth album of what…
Ritchie Blackmore just turned 76. It doesn’t feel right writing that. Heroes are larger than life. They’re not meant to…
The first time I heard Eddie Van Halen, I thought it was a joke. My best friend at the time…
“There is always music,” a friend reminded me this week. No matter what. There Is Always Music Without it, life…
I’ve just about completed my book tentatively titled Postcards from Hell, Snapshots From a Purple Mind. It’s no epic and…
Around the time of the second Iraq War, I started jamming on a Sunday afternoon with a local Ararat musician,…
From a very early age I have been in love with music. That loveĀ grew and materialized in an ongoing…