In life, we are likely to encounter at least one crook or a$$hole who takes advantage of us. For me, there’s really only been a handful but the worst one was a greedy, narcissistic business consultant who I worked for…

There were a number of posts about the hidden cost to society of parents who have lost children, especially through stillbirth, keeping quiet about it. The concept is that when traumatic events are kept held down beneath the surface, there…

Sometimes the most unlikely friendships produce the most spectacular moments. Case in point: my daughter AJ and her mate Bella, two humans who are different in many ways, yet somehow create absolute musical mayhem together that would make the cast…

“Let The Gin Work Its Magic” came out of me one evening over a glass of Never Never Distilling Co’s Juniper Freak Gin, courtesy of interviewing their Sean Baxter for The Adelaide Show podcast. I also discovered Navy Strength gin…

Saturday night at my local pub. I watched two distinct performances unfold. At one table, fifty-somethings in serious conversation, decades of accumulated wisdom on display. But there was that momentary crack when a laugh held too long, eyes darting away.…

A reflection on my latest song, “The Champion’s Code,” inspired by Scott Fox and the extraordinary humans at Fitness Habitat SA. There’s something profoundly counterintuitive about voluntarily getting up at 5:09am to have someone systematically break you down. Yet three…

I wrote this song for my daughter, AJ’s, 17th birthday. She’s learning to drive. Not the toy car circuits around the lounge room, or the wobbly first laps on her bike down our street. Real driving, with real consequences, and…

A letter to my daughters about the scripts we inherit and the ones we can choose to rewrite. The Book That Changed Everything Reading “It Didn’t Start With You” hit like a revelation wrapped in scientific validation. The research shows…

When political power meets sitcom absurdity The Perfect Character Combination Sometimes reality writes better comedy than fiction ever could. Watching the very public spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk unfold across social media, I couldn’t help but think: this…

My AI tools went down recently. Not for long, just enough to make me realise how much of my workflow had quietly migrated to algorithmic assistance. That moment of mild panic sparked this song, a lament for the courage we’re…