This January 26th is my 6th Australia Day, but it’s the first one where I have celebrated it. There wasn’t a reason I didn’t celebrate the others, but to me, it was […]
Australia Day Reflection
You’re Never Wasting Time Finding the Right Way Home
On September 3, 2020 at 9:21am I received the phone call I had been dreaming about for over 8 years. Your permanent resident visa has been granted. GRANTED. I was officially in […]
Feels Like Home
I’ve been in Australia since 13-November 2015 and chasing that Australia dream since my feet hit the ground. Half of the first year, I had a place to stay, in the basement of […]
The Girl Who Waited
Those fans of Doctor Who will get the “the girl who waited” reference and those don’t watch Doctor Who probably don’t care about the reference. I honestly battled with the title because […]
The Adventures of Flat Flowers
When you’re best and closest friend of 18+ years asks if you will take her granddaughter’s “flat Stanley” on a tour, you can’t disappoint her or her grand daughter. These are the […]
Eargasm of the Week: “Hold Me Closer” by LANKS
LANKS is one of those artists that manages to take sounds that might not individually appeal to one’s ears but once he combines them all together, it is a euphoric melody to the ear. I […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: “Saccharine” by Quintessential Doll
QUINTESSENTIAL DOLL started as the solo project of Brisbane’s STEPH LINSDELL but as she says, “along the way I invited some friends to join me on the musical journey.” Her EP LET NOT THE MASTERS […]
TRACK OF THE DAY: “Love Like This” by RY X
Today’s track of the day comes from RY X (he also does vocals for THE ACID) and “Love Like This” is just as haunting and emotional as “Sweat” and “Howling”. We are already […]
LIVING MY LIFE LIKE A SONG
As 2015 kicks off, I have one target that has consumed me since January 3, 2012: Australia (and if I’m completely honest, it was even prior to that date, but that was the date of my flight back to the US from my 3 weeks in Australia.) While I was on the flight back to the US, my friend Heather said that I seemed sad, and sad was not even close to describing what I was feeling.
I felt like I was leaving home.
There are places that feel like home the moment you step foot in them and I had never understood that until the moment I landed in Key West circa 2000
Track of the Day: “I’ll Be Home(less) for Christmas” by 8 Bit Love
Those fanciful fun fellows from 8 BIT LOVE have given us a non traditional Christmas song (the best kind I say) with “I’ll Be Home(less) for Christmas”. 8 BIT LOVE‘s quasi-Christmas carol was inspired […]
Track of the Day: “Legendary Lovers” by 26
I am a bit biased, but 26‘s cover of KATY PERRY‘s “Legendary Lovers” is absolutely wonderful. Even if I am biased, I prefer the cover by 26 over the original. The song sounds […]
Track of the Day: “Sweat” by RY X
If you haven’t heard of RY X (or his other project THE ACID) do yourself a favor and stop what you’re doing (even reading this post) and listen below. I have fallen in […]
