so a gig last night at “roasted addiction” tryin’ out the new maton and the new passac pre-amp… fiddlin, strummin, whistlin, hummin, singin’ songs of freedom and chaos and drifting on… i turn to see comin’ at me from across the street struttin’ to some unheard of random beat tho?probably four four?wild eyed ruling the air waves grey and bold sailing unsold Scorey as hell… Mike Scorey, one of the dudes who influences me?in this world of sounds.. a rock’n’rolla from ‘nam battle fatigues of denim, op shop docs and leather?weather beaten younger than most you can see it in the eyes wild and alive to the sound of drums inside and the flying by kingsland nites delights… i play?lou reed?to see if?he takes the mic for a song but he’s chilled with?cigarettes?and something on the rocks and zeb talkin on the side walk?table-side seats another time?maybe..

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?flailing falling the sound aint quite right and the nerves are marauding inside like wolves tonight loose and viscious looking for something to eat why!? do i do this? “don’t bite your finger nails son that aint rock’n’roll” and on it goes… collisions colliding kaleidescopes clashing irrationally ranting too fleeting to flay or interrogate… see through i die ressurected i fly for a moment on high wings of lead hold me tight…. we kick back relaxed the gig’s?done they clapped… swap notes on our travels and i mourn the loss of a blundstone…?the lads are off to rock’n’roll while i fall from the heights hopin’ it’ll be alright… awaken from dreams of jamming with Knopfler not again yes again…

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so… skint to the bone i make a concerted effort to start job hunting… it’s a week or two?between gigs the pantry runs low and i haven’t bought olives for months… the album sounds good though, maybe that’s all that matters… i look in the mirror at the hair and the beard…?i got enough coins clangin’ together for to buy the saturday herald to look in the classifieds… but instead i find Tom Waits?on the very first page of the entertainment section.. talkin about life on the road and the stage…?needless to say?that slowed up the job hunting… i reach for a guitar an begin to pray… again….

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so it is…. head phones on, workin’ on the album, life is fine… mp3s sent around the planet?in the hope that rather talented friends will find the time to lay tracks… Read more

?so then, four weeks back in the country and all goes spiffingly… first gigs?back were rockin affairs… from the Hyatt?Regency corporate gig to a cafe/restaraunt high up in the Waitakere ranges to a show in Awhitu penninsula rubbin’ shoulders with the?prime minister… Read more