Where the Streets Have No Name One of the challenges of UK ambulance Trusts trying to meet response times in rural areas is that sometimes the streets have no name. And the cottages and farmhouses don’t have numbers. In the centuries old lanes and byways of country England, some no[…]
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“Who has a why to live can bear most any how” Neitzsche Freedom House In July, I stopped over in Pittsburgh, caught up with some of my dear friends there, and made a remarkable discovery. In the late 1960s, a bunch of Pittsburgh doctors and civil rights activists set up[…]
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Los Angeles, 4th July weekend I’m staying in a condo in the City of Angels, in downtown LA. In the heart of Little Tokyo/Arts District. Organised last minute via an international home exchange site. In a condo owned by private detective Bob N. After 30 years in the LAPD, Bob[…]
Read More »Hope everyone had a wonderful valentines’ day, especially everyone who participated in the One Billion Rising happenings, actions to put an end to violence against women around the globe. Here is a beautiful clip Amnesty International put together for their Rising celebration in Melbourne. I wrote and recorded the music,[…]
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I just finished a 14 minute mockumentary about a music road trip I took through the Appalachians in October last year with old musician buddy Lucy Foley. Its called Skeltys and Foley: The Journey of The Band of Discovery. Edited in Melbourne with the invaluable help of the wonderful, and[…]
Read More »I’ll be doing some readings, showing some videos and playing some tunes at the groovy CineMartSpace 17 in New York City next Friday 3 June. The venue is a multimedia performance space at 43 Murray Street (between West Broadway & Church Streets, Tribeca area). I’ll be kicking off at 8.30pm.[…]
Read More »On Sunday 22nd May at 6.00pm, I’ll be holding a video event at Longplay, Melbourne’s grooviest micro-cinema and bar (318 St George’s Rd, North Fitzroy, near corner of Holden St). I’ll be showing some videos and telling some stories about my USA adventures thus far, including the world premiere of[…]
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I’ve organized a night of readings at KGB Bar, New York’s best known literary bar, for Tuesday 4 January 2011. The theme of the night is showbiz. I’ll be reading stories about my illustrious on-screen career as an extra on big budget movies shot here in Pittsburgh. I’ll be joined[…]
Read More »I attended Moogfest in groovy Asheville, North Carolina, a month ago and realised a long held dream to pay my respects to Bob Moog’s family. I caught up with the lovely Michelle Moog-Koussa, and recorded an interview with her where she talks about the work of the Moog Foundation, Moogfest[…]
Read More »This Sunday 10 October is World Zombie Day. A whole lotta shambling is going to go on in downtown Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh’s video journalism portal has kindly put up I Walked With A Zombie as a feature video. The fun clip features footage from Pittsburgh’s 2009 zombie walk at Monroeville Mall,[…]
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