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I pay attention to where I go to at night when I close my eyes. It has always been this way. At times when I dream I get to hang out with people I have not seen in ages. It does feel like I literally just popped in for a visit. Or I spend ntime […]
I wanna do the following, in no particular order. This is all I can think of for today. No serious career or relationship stuff is in here. I hope no friends of mine or my daughter reads this as it will mess up my plans! I wanna… Be involved in a car chase. Make a […]
I enjoy writing and sometimes wish it came with the same ease music does. I write for clarity and sing for release. After I stepped out of a hot bath where I completed reading a book (my favorite activity), I recalled something I wrote many years ago. A slave novel. It started out as a […]
When I am home two things happen without fail. I sleep….long and very deep. And I cry. I noticed that on my last two stints back the energy I carried was so heavy I ended up in bed for days. It all made sense after Gilda shared a dream she had of me. I was […]
All it took was a two hour drive with one friend to clear my foggy head. That, many ciggies and some fast food. Boom! I have all the clarity I need. While driving around in Cape Town, he reminded me of a few things I forgot. Granted I am very intuitive and my dreams give […]
I am singing in three days time. I called the performance The Peep Show, as I am giving people a sneak preview of new songs written. Of course the phrase ‘peep show’ conjures up all sorts of naughty deliciousness, doesn’t it? My best friend says it will be a good show as it’s his birthday […]
I cannot be trusted anywhere, not even at a gay club. As I inevitably find myself in some corner prizing the darkest secrets out of someone instead of dancing my socks off. I don’t mean to, it just happens. I give my entire focus as only an intense Scorpio can. It always astounds me when […]
Even with words and music I struggle to find balance. Once a string of words are committed to paper one can still alter meaning by changing the order or throwing in a colon or semi colon just for shits and giggles. I recall writing while so damn angry and as I did so I realised […]
Here are the lyrics for the song. Look, I laughed when I got to the chorus. No man, I thought…Auriol – stop your madness. But it just fit, those last words. I wrote this after my father, the revolutionary, kept on complaining that I need to write music about what’s happening in our country. This […]
I will share the remix of the song Jean and Ben by Mono T. It really was funny seeing this hardcore producer and DJ, bobbing his head to this happy tune. The original can be found on my Dreaming Music album. So here’s the backstory. I spotted a picture on social media of this incredibly […]