Longing for the day ...

Bugger!

Lost the Grand Final last night in sudden-death extra time. We started well, leading 3-1 at one stage, and then dropped off to be 4-4 at half-time.

Got hammered early in the second half to trail 7-5 but clawed it back to lead 8-7 with a minute to go. Just needed to defend one set to take the title, but the Chelmer Cats were too good and scored the equaliser.

When it came to the three-on-three they just had too much speed for my poor tired bones ... well done. They earned it.

Still, there's always next season ... :-)

My darling won her B-grade mixed final ...

Happy St Patrick's Day

Had a great morning with Bun' Ber E down at Dicey Reilly's, Garden City.

Then Wylde Thyme took over and I went home to write a lecture for tomorrow ... which I still haven't done ...

I'm not washed up yet!

Just received the letter advising that I've been picked in the NTRA over-35s team for the annual State of Origin at Coffs Harbour this year!! What a buzz.

I guess this proves that even when you feel completely unfit, outclassed and over the hill, there are still plenty of others who feel the same way and want to be less so that you are! :-)

I guess now I have a reason to work hard at getting fit ... Fun, fun, fun!!

Cry to Heaven

Several years ago I was in a band with a guy called Adam Rogers, with whom I also shared a day job. The band never went anywhere for a number of reasons, but one of the highlights was that we recorded this song, which Adam wrote. I absolutely adored it then and could really identify with where Adam's head was when he wrote it. He told me I could do something with it, and here's my first effort, which I put together in a huge hurry for an application to the JBSeed for funding. It's not quite right yet (the vocals suck - I sang some wrong words on the demo), but you should get the idea.

Update: If you feel generous you can now buy the version of this song released on The Genre Benders' debut CD "I am leaving! I am leaving!" from iTunes, or GroupieTunes, or Payplay.FM. If you have a different favourite online store, search for it there and if it's not there, let me know so I can put it there.

Cry to Heaven (in Am)

Looking back over wasted time I'm wondering where I went wrong.
I'm thinking maybe it was all in my mind - an illusion all along.
Picking up the pieces of broken dreams lying scattered on the floor.
Is anything really as it seems? I don't know what to believe anymore.

And though I don't really have a religion,
I've never really had much faith at all,
Tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Yeah tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.

I seem to spend my whole life on the run trying to hide from the pain.
But a broken heart is like a setting sun; you know it always rises again.
They say a fortress built on bitterness is no more than an empty shell.
But if it hides my loneliness, maybe that's just as well.

I'm not really sure if it was my decision
Or if I even had much choice at all.
But tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Yeah tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.

Looking back over wasted time, how could I have got it so wrong?
I should have known fromteh start it was all in my mind; an illusion all along.

You know I don't really have a religion,
I've never really had much faith at all,
But tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Yeah tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Tonight I feel I could cry ...

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Please note: The author, Adam Rogers, owns this song and I have no idea what his views are copying. Until I find out, please don't copy, reproduce and distribute any part of these lyrics for any purpose. If you want to make something out of it, let me know and I'll tell Adam.

If you perform it or broadcast it for any purpose, please let APRA know.





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The planets are back in alignment

Last night saw the first game of the 2005 NRL season proper. The AFL's pre-season final is this weekend the premiership kicks of next week. The Super 12 is in its third week ...

Footy is back on telly, the planet are in alignment again and the world starts to make more sense...

Welcome to my UQ communications students

A big welcome to any students from my COMU2010: Communications Skills New Media class. This is my blog and you are more than welcome to read all of I and tell me what you genuinely think. This is a place for the free exchange of views.

BTW - none of this is assessable ... but of course, there's always brownie points in it for you.

Seeya Friday.

Latest offerings

I'm afraid I've been rather slack about keeping readers up to date with the latest events here, but things have gotten reasonably interesting. Yesterday, I took delivery of this, which is the latest version of Longing for the Day - title track of this Blog.

See, I'm working on getting some seed funding from the JBSeed to help get the Genre Benders off the ground. I think it's fabulous that John's offering his own money to help others, and I figured the Genre Benders is the kind of project John Butler might help with. We'll soon see - but part of the process is to cut a swag of demos of songs to show him what we're capable of.

This is the first, and there will soon be more, but regardless of what John Butler thinks of this project, the application will be an impetus to help get this stuff recorded and released ASAP. Stay tuned for that.