My journey with my poetry collection For You Or Someone Like You and the performances that I have been doing around it has been an exhilarating and terrifying one. And the last Johannesburg performance is on Saturday 1 December at 2pm at Love Books, The Bamboo centre, Melville. When I … Read More
Quick novel update: I have found some serious traction now that I am back home and in a routine. I have done this mainly by increasing my daily writing time by an hour up to two hours a day AND by adding in a planning session in the early afternoon … Read More
Gary Cool from 2Oceansvibe Radio asked me last week to write a couple of guest columns for HIS blog, so I duly complied. We met a couple of months back when he interviewed me about my poetry book and CD for his show… it was fun, so we kept in … Read More
My 2nd week in Johannesburg without my own private vehicle comes to a close and I am finding out some interesting stuff. Firstly, all this stuff about not being able to get around JHB without a car really is white-man’s problems. You can seriously just catch a mini-bus taxi just … Read More
This was my first week in Johannesburg as an adult with no car of my own. It has been a very interesting week! My first observation is that, the assumption that you HAVE to have a car in Johannesburg is so deeply rooted that many people find it quite horrifying … Read More
So, it’s over, my big training contract is complete and I am back in Johannesburg. As part of my celebrations, I am playing a gig on Thursday night with my old mate Jay Bones! It’s the 50th Amuse Sessions gig at Amuse Cafe in 5th Street Linden and I am … Read More
Oh look, its Friday. How did that happen? This Friday brings me to the conclusion of the training contract I have been working on since March and by implication, an end to my current stay in Bloem. Saturday I play a set at the Shanty Village stage of the Emoya … Read More
There is this guy called Simon who is doing great things to support SA Music. You should find him on Facebook and visit his web site. Like now. It’s called Love SA Music. Simple really To make this visiting easy, he interviewed me recently about the state fo SA … Read More