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Mercury retrograde is coming up…in conjunction with the planet Venus. That means stuff from one’s past finding their way to your door in a most unexpected way. And Venus is the ruler of all things love related. Who needs that crap? The new moon is in Scorpio on October 28th and Mercury is in Scorpio. […]
Here are some random scribbles from my notebook. Some will become songs. Others are small insights or things overheard while out with friends. Or some are just pure imaginary pieces of nonsense. * * I know you care he said. Yes […]
I was clearing out my phone and stumbled across all the voice notes, videos and photos sent. I was surprised by how much my girlfriend and I swear at each other. Trust me she is worse as she uses very expressive Afrikaans. This is just a fact. I am not trying to be a goody […]
I was reading a book by Hal Duncan called Vellum, feeling sad and it was about 3am…so I decided to put down the book and write music instead. The word that inspired the song was a scene from the book. Imagine..you just made passionate love and you ask your lover if they enjoyed it as […]
When it comes to hair in South Africa….things get weird. Yeah, blame it on apartheid conditioning. The smoother your hair and fairer your skin, the better it gets. Still. My daughter did the whole Ramona thang (a character from the awesome movie Scott Pilgrim vs The World) and dyed her hair every conceivable color. I […]
This was written by my friend Tariq Halim, now and editor of a newspaper in South Africa. His was the first band I belonged to called…Three Rand Coin. Yes, we were three people and such a thing does not exist in SA. This is on my Dreaming Music album. A fantastic song to sing…especially in […]
The problem with this album… Why is it that I start every blog post about the new album with that sentence eh? Perhaps because it is impossible for me to put out an album where someone does not die, or where I contemplate murder. Well, at least the one song where I destroyed an entire […]
I always liked this song and although I posted it a while ago will do so again, for my sake. So I can remember. Written after hearing a friend’s love story. Did it work out? Nope…still who knows why these things happen or the purpose of it all. Or I might write something. I do […]
I do have crazy friends. Wonderful, amazing human beings. They are the best part of my life along with Music. In fact, if I look back I was never really alone, for both the highs and lows. Yeah, I roll deep when it comes to my friendships. My best friend once said I have grace […]
This is what I love and hate about writing music. I simply can’t be angry for too long. Now when I seriously despise someone there’s always blood or a dead body hidden somewhere. Yet, after those initial feelings are aired I end up writing another kind of song. And dammit! I write as though I […]