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I give great thought to the things that piss me off. The second I feel that twitch of annoyance, that whiff of ‘are you messing with my inner peace you twit’ energy, I disengage. Very often this act of withdrawal is either viewed as tactic consent, lack of care or weakness. It is neither. When […]
An exploration of the work by the filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.
I am a certified Dr Who fan. If there was a fancy dress party I would dress as a Time Lord. The idea of the Doctor who has two hearts travelling throughout time and space saving different worlds just does something for me! Beyond the strange creatures and rather improbable things, sci fi series makes […]
I hate being bored and stuck, especially when it comes to music. The real issue is that I have been living with the music I wrote for the last few years. All that emotional energy constantly swirling in my system. It helped get me through the hard bits of my father’s death for sure. It […]
These last two years were so emotionally taxing, part of me wants to shout ‘Do Over!’ And scrap all the music I wrote so far. I know it is an emotional decision. As some of the music is rather good. But, the aim isn’t good. It’s brilliant or better than what I have created so […]
I listened in as my daughter give my sister her astrological reading yesterday. I must say I was rather impressed. My sister, as you know, is one of my favorite people. The only one I will hand the matches to when I feel like burning the world down. And she tells people she doesn’t have […]
I send this link to younger musicians when they ask for help of any kind. Then I ask them to listen to serious interviews of the artists they like and make notes. As I have. Ps, have you seen what the lead singer from The Weekend’s face looks like? Why man? Why?
This is the year everything in my life changes. Career, home and love. Everything. I am making it so and calling it in. Can I get a hellyeah? And this is the song to remind me, when I get sidetracked.
2020 has not been good to musicians. A few days into the new year and I am not even sure when or if I can plan a performance. As if things were not hard enough in South Africa without a pandemic before. A friend joked last night and said, ‘You wont leave without your Mother’s […]
This is going to make me cry, I just know it. As an ambassador for TLC Alzheimer’s Homes and seeing Doug die while forgetting who his wife Gilda is and not knowing who I am…