A homage to Bruce. I wrote it after winning two tickets to a local Springsteen covers band. Aldo Sedevcich (A Member of the Public) set it to music and we did a wee vid. See it here —— Dirty downtown drums its ode to the city Shaking off the rigours of the night I look through my ice-paned, smoke-stained windows, The streets are just long … Continue reading Boss on Stage
Rule Britannia is fading fast The last bastion of pompous class We wear the armband of the new land But hold our history in our heart – Troop out your colours Nail ‘em to the mast Pour a shot, A sailor’s tot And drink it very fast Skull it for the old queen Piss out for the free Tell the boys, Their background noise Is … Continue reading The Old Country.
This is a piece I wrote for a friend in London and his partner, Lucia. I have recently utilised new tech for the music whaddathink? Version 1 with Amy innes Version 2 with Amos inman A Russet-red autumn London music school There was not a face that I knew But there was Lucia With cool brown eyes I wanted to count stars with you — … Continue reading Amplify Me.
Sticky post
Welcome to the actual end of the internet which, as we all know, is flat. Don’t go any further or you’ll fall off. So, as this is the last site on the internet, enjoy it, you’ve done approximately a bajillion page views to get here. And well done, you! The why and what. I’ve set up this website as a storage place for my bits … Continue reading A place to find words? Here is it…
This is about global warming and its possible consequences. I’m open minded as to whether we are speeding the process irreversibly, or it’s gonna happen over the next few billion years anyway. But ignore warning signs at your peril. Although I’m not claiming kinship, I saw this as a Leonard Cohen style work.
Continue reading The Final Stand – rewrite. Apr 2022
This is a piece I wrote with my lovely wife Trina in mind. The wonderful Jamie
McDell wrote the great music and recorded it in Nashville. Look up Jamie’s work, she is a star.
A song about dreaming that I literally dreamed up. True story. I woke one morning and scribbled the words down before I could forget them. Multi-talented Ollie Atkins, a London based musician did a demo version Continue reading Never a dreamer
This is my attempt at penning something pretty epic. In the style of a heroic ballad featuring good v evil, comradeship and conflict with a twist at the end. It needs music to fit … there’s gotta be a decent guitar solo in there some where.
Continue reading The Queen of Altazan
Rarotonga is such a special place. I wrote this after going back there a second time. I pictured a local artist doing this, a sing-along piece with a acoustic guitar based melody. It would be fantastic to see someone pick this up and run with it…….
Continue reading Rarotonga
This is written with a fast paced jingle jangle envisioned. The story of the proverbial garage band hitting the road. It seeks a groovy guitar riff, a three piece band and a Green Day energy….
Continue reading Rocket Hellelejahs
New Zealand has a long walk, Te Araroa, which traverses the length of the country. This song travels that walk. Song-wise New Zealand seems almost as untouched as the country itself, a fantastic canvas to work. Springsteenesque images were what I was trying to paint here, but with an unique Kiwi flavour.
Continue reading New Zealand.
I visited Seattle a few years ago and was struck by both the beauty of the city and the numbers of homeless people begging on the streets. What is their back story I wondered….. ? Continue reading Coffee in Seattle
fifty thousand words 