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South Africa is up in arms about the increase in violence against women and children…in Woman’s Month. Of course my daughter is horrified and horrifies everyone in turn. What happens to the mass consciousness of a country when events like this trigger us? Do we see a greater outpouring of love and empathy or more […]
My daughter gets depressed about climate change, political corruption and the way women and children are treated in South Africa. It is so easy to get sucked in by the stats, the news, the fuckery on social media. Of course change does not happen in one fell swoop. Baby steps I remind her is what […]
It’s my last few days in Cape Town before I head home. I was summoned home by my Mother. Daddy needs you. In truth, she needs me to keep her sane. As my Mother knows all my time will be dedicated to the family and ensuring everyone is okay. I don’t mind as there is […]
Everything is energy. I think we all know the power our thoughts can have if it is fueled by very strong emotions. Things will come unexpectedly, because they were invited in. I know that might seen ominous in places and perhaps it is. We all know of someone who is going through a rough patch […]
I have been using all manner of sharp objects to free myself of past experiences and people. The best bits of who they are is placed into music, the lesson they taught me is absorbed and processed but they are… discarded altogether. Out of my life and most certainly my heart. I know that sounds […]
I am reflecting on the last three weeks and my songwriting journey. I blogged often in order to straighten out my mind and compose music. As I was always checking where on the emotional spectrum I am while allowing everything I feel to voice itself. I end up writing the best love songs when I […]
It was a good performance…for three reasons. First…I remembered all the words to the new songs. You must understand the last time I sang….I lost an entire verse of one particular song. It just disappeared from my mind. And dammit, I rehearsed! Of course, I improvised and made up shit along the way. Only Rodney […]
This is the song the entire band was so upset about. We didn’t get to end the Ben Harper show with When World’s Collide. Here’s a rehearsal. And yeah…I look all kinds of Dodge….but I never sound it. Hehe…and my band are assasins!
This is a taste of where I am heading with the new album. The song is called Silently, and came like a download many years ago. I always liked it but it never fit in with any album before. I played it to my one friend and the response made me laugh. Afterwards I said….well […]
Life is strange. Stranger than we think it could ever be. The book I need to finish is about a line of women who are caught between here and the other side. They all are given a gift to unravel an ancient curse. Nothing new about this storyline at all, I agree. But strange things […]