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My curious fan relationship with Led Zeppelin
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My curious fan relationship with Led Zeppelin
Memories of my father
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The magic power of Triumph – a mix of prog, hard rock, vocal harmony and pop
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The magic power of Triumph – a mix of prog, hard rock, vocal harmony and pop
Brothers by Alex Van Halen Book Review
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Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
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Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
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Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Incandescent Rage
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Incandescent Rage
Success tasted dirty stale  and repugnant
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Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
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Sports journalism is an oxymoron

May 28, 2015 Mark

Sports Journalism is a disgrace I love sport. It is a crying shame that it is reported on and commentated on by a group of people who have the analytical…

Mars Musings

Mars anomalies

April 22, 2015 Mark

Mars anomalies – what does it mean? There are a heap of YouTube video channels, social media groups and forums and UFO conspiracy theorist sites out there all making hay…

Fragments of my life

Friendship and Sunshine

May 9, 2014 Mark

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:…

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To be a man

April 17, 2014 Mark

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…

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Spiritual Man

April 13, 2014 Mark

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…

Fragments of my life

Getting the cuts

April 11, 2014 Mark

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…

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Postcards from Hell

March 24, 2014 Mark

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…

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When Winning Isn’t Everything

March 20, 2014 Mark

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…

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Collateral Damage

March 14, 2014 Mark

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…

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Regrets

March 12, 2014 Mark

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…

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My curious fan relationship with Led Zeppelin

October 8, 2026 Mark
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Memories of my father

October 6, 2026 Mark
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The magic power of Triumph – a mix of prog, hard rock, vocal harmony and pop

October 1, 2026 Mark
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