8 May 2008
	Aloha once more. My time in Hawaii is almost over; tomorrow morning I fly out of Honolulu, bound for Sydney, where I will spend a couple of days before finally going home to Byron Bay on Monday. It's been a busy feast of beach-going, eating and shopping, as well as hanging out with friends, seeing Chicago, and much more. So once I am home I'll sort through the photos and put up a page on my blissful Hawaiian getaway. Mahalo!
	23 April 2008
	Aloha from Maui!! Never been here before, very excited. I'm staying in a condo across from the beach in Kihei. So much to do in the next 10 days – so many beaches to lie on, swim and snorkel in. So many shops to shop in, restaurants and cafes to eat in. And this Friday night my other favourite band is playing here on Maui – Chicago! Yes, really! Some of my friends think I planned this trip especially, just as I went to London for the Eagles last month, but no, in this instance it is purely a coincidence. I had already booked the trip, and then found out Chicago would be playing here while I was on the island. Very happy. Also happy that my great pal Henry Diltz from LA is going to be flying in and hanging with me here in Maui for the weekend. So there will be lots to report, lots of photos to share. Gotta go take a sunset swim now...
	22 April 2008
	More site updates as promised. Some nice photos from Sydney, a couple of weekends ago. I was down there en route to Hawaii, primarily for the consecration of my darling mother's headstone. Five months already since her passing. It was a good occasion, with lots of her dear friends in attendance. Around that event were some get-togethers with some of my dear friends and there are some nice photos to share on the Sydney These Days page.
	Things are just wonderful at beautiful Lanikai, an exquisite beachside area in Kailua on Oahu's windward side. The wind is a bit full-on, but if you have to be sandblown, it might as well be with the finest, whitest tropical sand anywhere. I've been taking lots of photos of the magnificent beach scenes, and will share them on the Debsite in due course. Meanwhile, one more day working on the tan here, and then on Wednesday I'm flying over to Maui, and have some amazing things planned for my time there. Watch this space.
	19 April 2008
	Aloha! I am in Hawaii, have been here since Monday, working on my tan, lying on the most exquisite beaches on Oahu's north shore, and staying up late each night in my Sunset Beach cottage to get the Debsite updates on last month's London trip done for you, as promised. To check out the story and photos of my whirlwind London trip, click here. To head straight for my coverage of the Eagles concerts, go here.
	I have a few nice photos from last weekend in Sydney to share with you, lovely gatherings with friends. That's what I'll do when I move down to the windward side of the island to stay at Lanikai Beach, in Kailua, for the next few days. Check back again soon.
	9 April 2008
	Lest you think I have been lazing around and neglecting my responsibilities, let me assure you that I have been very busy working on the photos from London to get them up on the Debsite for you. But it is slow work and I have been fighting lingering jetlag and dealing with other stuff as one does... And now I am on the move again: tomorrow I head down to Sydney for a few days, and then on Monday I am flying to paradise. During last year's ordeal I promised myself some healing time in Hawaii once it was all over. And now, having suffered Byron Bay's worst summer ever (it is still raining, as I type!), and the freezing cold of London, I am headed to a place that's warm and fine. It had better be! The old iBook will be with me, so those London photos will still be uploaded and I will keep you posted on my beach-going activites as I work my way around Oahu and Maui. Keep a watch on the weather button on my front page so you'll know where I am. Aloha!
	3 April 2008
	There have been some heart-wrenching farewells on TV shows, copious tears shed over losing favourite characters, usually tragic deaths that resonate for years. Molly Jones on A Country Practice... Bobby Ewing on Dallas (before it turned out to be Pam's bad dream)... Marc Green on ER... And tonight on Home & Away, Sally Fletcher's poignant farewell, thankfully not a death (despite her previous kidnapping and two stabbings) but a journey into a vague and promising future. I have been an unashamed Home & Away viewer for 20 years. I love it. It's not a guilty pleasure, it is just a pleasure. I record it when I go away (thanks to Mystar I watched 11 episodes in one sitting through my jetlag haze on Tuesday night). I believe it is consistently one of the best Australian TV dramas ever. And for 20 years I have loved Kate Ritchie's portrayal of Sally along with millions of other viewers in Australia and around the world. I think she's awesome. Congratulations, Kate. I'll miss you madly.
	I'm sorting through hundreds of photos from the London trip, including many many Eagles pics. Should have new section up on the Debsite in the next few days.
	31 March 2008
	Back from London. Very jetlagged. Report to follow.
	18 March 2008
	Big week ahead here in Byron Bay, with Easter approaching, and arguably the best-ever lineup for the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival. John Fogarty, John Hiatt, Sinead O'Conner, Ray Davies, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin and stacks more... wow. While on the other side of the world, the Eagles kick off their new Long Road Out Of Eden Tour in London with a series of shows starting this Thursday night. Hmmm, what to do? Stay at home and deal with the crowds and traffic and noise and likely wet weather in order to see some of the best talent to ever visit Byron, right on my doorstep? Or sit on planes for 24 hours and go to a cold, damp climate and spend a fortune to see one of my all-time favourite bands and hear the songs off the new Eagles album live for the first time? So I'm off to London! Today! Got the woollies all packed up (they are forecasting snow showers on Sunday - snow!), a diary chockablock full of lunches and teas and dinners and shopping and theatre, spending time with beloved cousins and friends. And tickets to three Eagles concerts!!! I'll let you know all about it when I return.
	11 March 2008
	I've put up some photos from my friend Neil's 50th birthday party in Sydney last month. Head over to These Days to see them.
	The ensuite renovation is just about done and it's fab. I had my too-small walk-through wardrobe re-fitted at the same time. It's much, much better. Still not enough room for all my clothes – when could there ever be? But it's working very nicely. Think Carrie in Sex & The City, picture her on her ladder picking out the perfect pair of shoes from the plethora of shoe boxes in the top section, above the hanging clothes. Divide what she had by at least one-eighth, and that's me. Speaking of Sex & The City, have you seen the trailer for the movie that comes out on May 30? Fabulous!!
	And if you're one of the few out there who hasn't yet seen those killer Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel videos with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck respectively, head over to YouTube immediately and watch this and this. The best laughs I've had in a long time.
	18 February 2008
	Not a lot of updates to the Debsite but various bits of news to share...
	It appears summer, even in paradisical Byron Bay, has been cancelled this year. Never have I experienced so dismal a summer in Australia. Let's not even talk about Sydney, where I had to spend five days earlier this month, and where the weather was nothing short of wintery! (Went to a wonderful 50th birthday party down there; hoping to add photos to the Debsite when I receive them.) Beautiful Byron is so very green and lush (and soggy, so soggy) but at the expense of my suntan. Not impressed!! So what have I been doing to pass the time? Renovating! My ensuite is having an overhall, and bigger plans are afoot to transform my country abode into Club Deb. And there is travel on the near horizon! More on that down the track.
	Meanwhile, you might have noticed a new widget on the front page. It's Debchat. I'll try this for a while and see how it goes. If I'm online and you're visiting the Debsite and would like to say hello, just type something into the Debchat box, courtesy of Meebo, and we can chat. Please be nice.
	Did you know that even dogs have their own version of Myspace? It's called Dogster, and it's woofin' wonderful. Now even though my beloved Morgan has passed on from this earth, she is still with us in spirit, so I've given her a Dogster page. Just scroll to the bottom of the Morgan the Angel Dog page and click through from the Dogster badge. I found out about Dogster from my Texan pals, Lisa and Melissa, whose gorgeous pups, Ike and Amos, have their own pages. If you want your dog to be more social, maybe you should check out Dogster, too.
	Bad weather is good for film-going. It's Oscar time so I'm doing my best to see all the nominated films. My favourite so far is Atonement, followed closely by Into The Wild, which has criminally been overlooked for a Best Director nomination for Sean Penn or a Best Actor nomination for Emile Hirsch. I can't pick any of the winners at this stage. Yes, Daniel Day-Lewis is brilliant in There Will Be Blood, but it was ever so Citizen Kane-ish, I thought. Anyway, very much looking forward to the ceremony in a week's time. The corn is poppin' already.
	Speaking of awards ceremonies, I was very glad that Amy Winehouse did so well at the Grammys last week. I just hope it helps bring her back to a sense of her own brilliance and an awareness that she is very close to sacrificing it all to senselessness. And speaking of music, I have the new albums by Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne and kd lang in my car CD player. Sheryl's is terrific, brave, delightfully musical. Shelby's is a sweetly seductive re-telling of some of Dusty Springfield's songs. kd's is turgidly disappointing, but I will give it another try or two.
	Oh, before I forget, because I am trying to forget, my ABC Coast FM segment is no more, so don't bother trying to listen on a Tuesday any more. Programming and scheduling changes meant there was no more room for me. Alas. I have a couple of recordings of my segments which I will endeavour to get on the site some time, so you can hear how fun it was, while it was.
	11 January 2008
	Happy New Year from soggy Byron Bay. Since Christmas it has rained almost continuously, although earlier this week we had about four or five days of beach-going conditions, but you had to pick your time accurately between showers and storms. I have taken my time to get the Debsite updates done because I am currently opposed to the practice of multi-tasking, and if I'm only doing one thing at a time, it's slow going. But it's been worth the wait.
	I've had a lot of visitors through the homestead since returning home four weeks ago, but none so special and wonderful as my cousin Cyndy from London. She flew out to Sydney on December 7 and helped me through the last difficult week in Sydney, before driving to Byron with me and helping me ease back into life at home alone. She had never been to Australia before so her coming was a grand event! I've chronicled The Adventures of Deb & Cyn in three sections: These Days, Beach Baby and Byron Bay Bliss Part 2. Head over to each section and you'll get all the details.
	Since Cyndy's departure just before Christmas, I've kept as busy as I've wanted to, joining in the odd social occasion with local friends, learning how to use my (kind of) new coffee machine, and having various Sydney friends pop in on their way up or down the coast, meeting the horse, taking my avocados. You can check out all that activity here.
	Two weeks before I came home permanently, I had to fly up to Byron from Sydney to meet the removal truck that brought up all the boxes and furniture I was taking from my mother's home. I wanted to get most of it unpacked before I came back with Cyndy. While I was back home that weekend, there was a party to celebrate 30 years of Sunspirit Aromatherapy. I did PR for Sunspirit for a little while some years ago. Even though the company has been sold, many long-term staff still work for Sunspirit, and the original owners, Dave and Melanie Dane, decided to throw a big party. I went along. Check a cool pic from that here.
	There was another very special reunion a couple of weeks before that, in Sydney, for students who went to Masada College in the school's first ten years of existence. That was 1967-1977. Although Mum had only passed away a week before the reunion, I felt a strong desire to go along. It was lovely. Details and photos are here.
	I saw two wonderful concerts in November and December. Elton John played at Sydney's Acer Arena, his three-hour solo show featuring lots of early songs, extended versions and amusing banter. Apart from the godawful traffic getting to that venue, and my sheer exhaustion from all that was going on in my life, it was wonderful. Then in December, Crosby Stills & Nash were here. I had a front row seat at Brisbane's Riverside Stage, and I took Cyndy along and got her a seat in the 10th row. The guys were great, and they brought such a good band, including David Crosby's son James Raymond (from CPR). I was so enthusiastic all the way through the gig, a roadie gave me the setlist at the end of the show. I have no idea what to do with it.
	Until the last few weeks of Mum's life when I was based in her hospital room, I did spend some of my time in Sydney catching up with old friends. Vanessa from Melbourne came up to say goodbye before she left Australia for a new life in France, and I spent a lovely day with Terri and her daughter Taylor. Some lovely photos to be seen in These Days here and in Beach Baby here.
	Due to all the upheavals in my life, and the fact that I was about to drive back home to Byron Bay the next day, I had to miss the annual school friends' Christmas drinks and dinner that always takes place at Phillip's Foote in The Rocks. Peter decided to change to venue this year and two of the others who attended have informed me that the new pub (The Australian Hotel) was not a good choice, so if Phillip's Foote or somewhere better is booked for this year, I'll resume my attendance and fly down to Sydney especially.
	I've done plenty of reading in recent months so I've updated the Essential Reading page. Don Felder (ex-Eagles) has a book out called Heaven And Hell: My Life in the Eagles that I really enjoyed. A book that's been out for some 12 years which I only just discovered is Giles Smith's Lost In Music, a witty memoir from a British music writer and wannabe pop star. Then there's another huge tome of interviews with songwriters called Song – the world's best songwriters on creating the music that moves us, which took me all year to wade through (well, I left it behind in Byron while I was looking after Mum in Sydney, so I only read it on respite breaks back home). And I just added a songwriting craft book that I'd read years ago but had never gotten around to reviewing, John Braheny's The Craft And Business Of Songwriting. My library of music books never stops growing! Just in case you're interested in what I read when I'm not reading music books... In the past year it included (in no particular order): Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns, Isabelle Allende's Inés of My Soul, Gerald Stone's Who Killed Channel 9?, Carmel Bird's Writing The Story Of Your Life, John Grogan's Marley & Me, and my friend Suzanna Clarke's gorgeous book A House In Fez. I'm also midway through Thomas Keneally's Searching For Schindler.
	On my To Do list for 2008: Take trips Hawaii, Los Angeles, London and maybe Italy, France and Romania... renovate my house, inside and out... Get fit and lose some weight... Do less PR and more writing... Start work on a new book... get Henry Diltz to take a new photo for the front page of the Debsite.
	31 December 2007
	Life goes on, of course. But it's been hard, and especially hard to do regular stuff like update the Debsite, even though I do have much news to share about what I've been up to lately. I had hoped to get a ton of News items up by today so that I could well and truly put 2007 behind me, but it will have to spill into the new year. Check back later this week and there will be a lot of news, new pictures and anecdotes. I am home in Byron Bay – permanently, at last – and am slowly coming to terms with life without both parents and without my great love, Morgan. And I am fine.
	Meanwhile, what I can tell you is that music is a mainstay that gets me through the hardest times, and so the new releases I fell in love with this year had a huge part to play. There were such monumental new albums to savour, not the least of which was the Eagles release. Head over to my Top Ten Lists page to see what else I was listening to this year.
	By the way, my ABC Coast FM segment has been on recess for the past few weeks, and I won't be back on air until some time in January. I'll let you know when that will be.
	12 November 2007
	And now this. Since early this year I have been back in Sydney more than I have been at home in Byron Bay, and have alluded to a family illness as the reason. Now I can reveal that it was my mother, who was diagnosed with a crippling terminal illness in March of this year, and I have been with her for the past eight months as her carer. Now with a heavy heart I report that she passed away last Friday 9 November. She was only 67. As always in a time of need, my friends have been amazing over the last few days, rallying around me here in Sydney, and calling and sending incredibly touching messages from home in Byron, around Australia, in England and in the US. My cousins in London have all been calling and reminding me of the ties that bind, even with half a world between us. And my mother's circle of devoted friends in Sydney have been right by my side through these days. The funeral was today. There is still much to do here in Sydney before I can finally return home to Byron to enjoy the summer there. But I will be going home without my precious Morgan, and without the security of having a home base in Sydney with my Mum there waiting for me. It is a new era.
	3 November 2007
	Oh what a sad, sad day. Never did I imagine when I went to sleep last night that I would awake to such a terrible morning. Morgan passed away today, aged sixteen and a half. The details are on my Morgan the Angel Dog page. My sweet darling girl, now truly an angel. Rest in peace, Morgie.
	29 October 2007
	I've got it. The new Eagles album, Long Road Out Of Eden. And it's beautiful. Beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful...
	28 October 2007
	Just finished yet another book... it's a big year for reading. American Troubadours chronicles the careers of some of the groundbreaking and influential singer-songwriters of the 1960s, including Tim Buckley, Fred Neil, Phil Ochs and Tim Hardin. I've rated it on the Essential Reading page, in the Songwriting section of course.
	It's also a big year for album releases. While over the past week I've been ingesting Raising Sand, the remarkable new album from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, I've been chomping at the bit in anticipation of the Eagles release tomorrow. I'll be picking up my copy of Long Road Out Of Eden first thing in the morning, and then playing a couple of tracks from it on Tuesday morning on my weekly segment on ABC Coast FM.
	15 October 2007
	I've been back home in Byron Bay for a few days and the weather has been perfect, so I've had some time on the beach to finish another music book. This one was Pattie Boyd's autobiography, Wonderful Today. You can check out my review on the Essential Reading page.
	Last Wednesday I recorded an interview for Aussie tv current affairs program Today Tonight, about songwriters. It aired last Thursday night but by then I was at home in Byron and we don't get TT up here, so I haven't seen it. When I get back to Sydney I should be able to get hold of a copy and then I will figure out a way to put it up on the site for all to see.
	Before flying back to Sydney tomorrow I'll be on the Gold Coast to do my segment on ABC Coast FM. I'll be featuring a track from Ann Wilson's sensational new album Hope & Glory, so you should have a listen. Just head over to the ABC Coast FM page and follow the links.
	Speaking of new albums, it's less than two weeks now until the new Eagles double album, Long Road Out Of Eden, hits the Australian stores. Very excited. Wish I could be in LA this week for their series of concerts at the new Nokia Theater, but never has such a dream been so out of reach as right now in my life!
	And while I think of it, and on an Eagles-related subject, here's an interesting fact about the Debsite. The most popular page on the site, the page that gets the most direct hits, is my JD Souther interview. Go figure. He has zillions of fans out there. And 10 years after that interview, when he said he was working on a new album, he actually has the album finished and before he releases it he's doing a slew of interviews – remarkable for the man who wanted to be "elusive and hard to find" – and has just done a little tour of the UK. Hmmm. He's got a website in development and a Myspace site with some new songs to hear, so I've put the links to those pages at the bottom of my JD Souther interview and now all those zillions of fans have somewhere to go to get some info, instead of emailing me, as they have done for years, asking questions about JD's plans that I generally don't know the answers to!
	24 September 2007
	Vale Frank Hyde, the greatest rugby league commentator that ever was. He passed away today aged 91. He's on my 2SM page here , a reminder of his greatness.
	16 September 2007
	Warm spring sunshine in Byron (albeit with a terrifying electrical storm last night), so I spent several hours on the beach this weekend, most of it reading the fabulous and outrageous account of Warren Zevon's life in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. Just added it to the Essential Reading page. Highly recommended.
	Other than that, no updates to the Debsite as I have been too tired during this short break at home. I have to head back to Sydney on Tuesday, but not before I do my weekly radio segment in the ABC's Gold Coast studio, where I'll be talking about the great Steely Dan, who I'm seeing in concert that night – back in Sydney. You can listen live (to me on radio, not the Steely Dan concert); just head to the ABC Coast FM page and follow the links.
	12 September 2007
	Back home in Byron for a short break from all things Sydney. Planning to spend as much of it on the beach as possible. Will attempt to get some Debsite updates done. Or maybe I'll just sleep...
	26 August 2007
	Another year, another Countdown Spectacular!! On Friday night I went along to Countdown Spectacular 2, to sing along to some daggy old hits and fulfill a long-held desire to meet Australian rock legend Rick Springfield. And there he was in all his glory, and there I was, hanging out. I've had a smile on my face all weekend. All the details are here.
	I'll be sharing my CS2 experience with listeners on my segment on ABC Coast FM this Tuesday, as well as playing the brand new Eagles single, so be sure to tune in. Check the link for details of when and how you can listen.
	18 August 2007
	Back in Sydney after a lo-o-o-o-ong drive down today. Weather much cooler here (as evidenced by the weather button on my front page) and the demands on me are greater, but I shall endeavour to continue updating the Debsite and feeding you news as I think it will interest you. And you can continue hearing me as usual on ABC Coast FM as I will be doing my segment live from the Sydney studio each Tuesday just after 11am. I believe our next segment will feature music from the upcoming Countdown Spectacular 2 shows.
	16 August 2007
	Another birthday celebration over dinner last night was photographed, so of course I want to share those photos with you, too. Click here.
	15 August 2007
	My birthday yesterday was lovely, thank you! My house is full of fragrant flowers and the wishes via email, SMS and good old fashioned phone calls and birthday cards were much appreciated.
	I started the day with a trip up to ABC Coast FM to do the segment with no name. I played fellow-August 14 birthday person, David Crosby, from the CPR album Just Like Gravity. A beautiful song called "Breathless". Trevor Jackson was very impressed. Then I played Madonna's "Frozen" from the Ray of Light album, because it's her birthday this week, too. And then we paid tribute to Elvis Presley, who of course died 30 years ago this week. I chose Elvis's last chart hit before he died, the rollicking "Way Down". Way cool. There are now a couple of photos of me and Trev in the studio on my ABC Coast FM page so check them out.
	I then headed straight back down the highway to Byron Bay for my birthday lunch and there are a couple of photos to show for it here.
	14 August 2007
	It's my birthday and I'll announce it to the world if I want to! Plans for the day include my regular spot on ABC Coast FM, where I'll be featuring tracks by some musical Leos (you can listen in just after 11am AET — click here for the link), followed by lunch in Byron Bay with my friend Karena, a fellow Leo, and then who knows...? Maybe I'll spend the rest of the day reading all your good wishes. Send 'em in!!
	I had a wonderful birthday gift yesterday, a day early, when a beautiful furry fellow made his presence known in my front garden, climbing and taking residence in one of my tall gum trees. Can you guess what it was? I'll give you a hint: he's not a bear. Click here for more.
	11 August 2007
	Every year at some stage in August we have a glimpse of summer for a day or three on the east coast of NSW. After months of cold grim winter, it's something I look forward to with confidence, knowing that there will be a brief preview of a glorious hot season ahead. Five years ago to this day, on the day of my 40th birthday party in Sydney, we had such a day. And today in Byron Bay, I donned my bikini and lay on my towel at The Pass for a few hours. Were it not for my pasty white skin and generous winter curves, I could have sworn it was a summer's day. Ahhh...
	8 August 2007
	If you missed my radio spot on ABC Coast FM yesterday at 11am (AET) then you missed some great tracks by Robert Lamm, Heart and Neil Diamond. Next week will be a musical Leo tribute in honour of my birthday, so make a note to tune in. Details are here.
	6 August 2007
	My four-month absence from the Debsite has been unprecedented, and I am most sorry for it. Life has a way of getting in the way of best-laid plans, and John Lennon's sage words notwithstanding, sometimes the way life happens is just lousy, and those other plans you were making would be a much, much better way to go. Sadly, a major family illness has diverted me and meant that for most of the time since Easter, I have been based back in Sydney. Which has been crappy for several reasons, not the least of which being that Sydney has been going through its worst winter in over 50 years. Truly. The wettest June, the coldest July. Vile. But I am having some time at home in Byron, to rest and re-energise, and it's giving me a chance to do some long-overdue updates to the site. It's a long list, but a good one.
	Starting on a light note, have you seen The Simpsons Movie yet? If you need a good belly laugh, this is the one to see. Since Oscar season I haven't seen many movies, just three in fact. Oceans 13, so that I could drool over my husband, George, and our best man, Brad... Knocked Up because it had great reviews and it was smart comedy... and The Simpsons, because, well, you just have to. Then you have to head over to the Simpsonize Me website so you can create a Simpsons version of yourself! That's me and Morgan on the right, as you no doubt guessed. I got wind of this from L&M's Eagles Fastlane site, where Lisa and Melissa cleverly Simpsonized Henley, Frey, Walsh and Schmit. Thanks, gals.
	Morgan turned 16 in May. Yes, 16!! And despite having to live through a hideous winter in Sydney with me, she hangs on resiliently. Oh god, I love my dog. Latest photos of my ageing, sleepy pooch are on Morgan's page.
	You might have noticed the Weatherzone button on my front page. For more than five years online, the Debsite has avoided any peripherals on my front page. But I am a die hard weather obsessive, and as Neil and Tim Finn wrote, everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you. You'll know whether I am in Byron Bay or Sydney by my weather button. Which is a lot more interesting than my belly button, especially as I am belly button-phobic. But let's not go there.
	Last month I went to the Sydney Opera House to enjoy Burt Bacharach and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It was a lovely concert and Burt is just adorable. My only complaint is that he has too many hits and so rather than choosing his favourites to perform in their entirety, he attempted to give nearly every one an airing, by presenting medleys. Which meant only 90 seconds or thereabouts of "Walk On By". The guest singers were fine, but wouldn't it be wonderful to see Burt and Dionne Warwick together again?
	I've been reading up a storm. New music books on the Essential Reading page include Always Magic In The Air, a great account of the major songwriters during the era of the Brill Building in the 1960s; an updated version of the indispensable The Book – Top 40 Research; and a tedious Meanjin anthology of Australian writing on rock music, All Yesterday's Parties. And I still have a pile of other music books waiting to be read, but I've also been devouring non-music books, including the heartbreaking new book from Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and Gerald Stone's ripping yarn, Who Killed Channel 9? No, I am not reading the new Harry Potter, I haven't read any of the preceding Harry Potters, and I don't care who dies at the end.
	Speaking of books, here's some sad news about my own book, Songwriters Speak, as I celebrate two years since its release. Thanks to a feckless act by the distributors, who took it upon themselves to destroy several hundred copies for no good reason, my book is now out of print. And unfortunately there is no re-issue on the horizon, but I hope another publisher will see the merit in having Songwriters Speak available in book stores in perpetuity. Meanwhile, I still have copies available to purchase through my website, so if you have been thinking about getting one for the last two years, stop thinking, and grab it while you can. Click here.
	In April/May I did some PR work for a remarkable singer-songwriter, Sara Tindley, who launched her beautiful album, Lucky The Sun, in Sydney. We got some terrific coverage and she's been well reviewed, so it was a job well done. Details on Sara can be found on the Kruger PRofiles page. Unfortunately all PR work is on hold at present, but I hope to work with Sara again before long. She's wonderful.
	Speaking of wonderful music, I have been listening to a lot of new stuff lately, and a lot of new old stuff. Judee Sill's two albums, re-issued on Rhino a few years back, are haunting and powerful. JD Souther told me about them and about her when I interviewed him 10 years ago (my JD Souther interview is one of the most popular destinations on the Debsite, interestingly), and although I owned the albums – Judee Sill and Heartfood – on crackly old vinyl, they have come to life much better on remastered CD. I have also been enjoying Paula Cole's new album, Courage; Joan Osborne's covers of Hall & Oates' "Sara Smile" and The Manhattans' "Kiss & Say Goodbye" on her latest album, Breakfast in Bed; and Crowded House's Time on Earth. But my favourite so far for 2007 is Silverchair's Young Modern, a tour de force.
	BIG NEWS!! That music I just mentioned and more has been featured on my new radio segment recently. What new radio segment? I hear you ask. Well, I should have let you know about this many months ago, as it's been going for six months already, but I was waiting for it to settle in and become permanent, and then life got weird, as mentioned right at the top of this long news bulletin. Through all the turmoil, I have managed to keep doing my on air duties. So what's it all about? It's a half-hour segment (with no name) each Tuesday morning, just after 11am, on ABC Coast FM. How can you hear me? Click here for all the details.
	And on the subject of radio, my poor neglected 2SM page continues too get wonderful feedback from old 2SM junkies and DJs alike, but to my horror I have just worked out that it's been 18 months since I last updated the 2SM Feedback page. So that is a priority over the next couple of weeks while I have some time to myself here in Byron Bay. What I have done is finally add a couple of lines of info on the obscure old band Punkz, that Glenn A Baker sent me last year. Sorry for the delay, Glenn. The 2SM page is always worth checking out, even if it hasn't been updated, because it is such a treasure trove of info.
	Back in those halcyon '70s... sigh... my primary school, Masada College, put on some great end-of-year musical theatre productions. I uncovered a great photo of me and some of my co-stars in the 1972 production of Oliver! Check it out on the Younger Years page.
	I meant to post some photos from the Blues Festival back in April, but only finally did that now. Click here to see me backstage with Jack Johnson.
	6 April 2007
	Easter in Byron Bay means it's time for Bluesfest (East Coast Blues & Roots Festival). I haven't been to one for nine years, amazingly, but I am definitely there this year... in between the rain storms that are so typical for Byron at Easter time. I hope wherever you are that you are enjoying a peaceful and happy Easter, or Passover, or both.
	7 March 2007
	Last week when Billy Thorpe died suddenly, I was asked by The Music Network – Australia's music industry trade magazine - to write and compile a special feature on the rock music legend. Apart from my words, there are dozens of tributes from Billy's friends and industry colleagues, and it's a wonderful insight into the man behind the legend. It was published on Monday and is now on the Debsite, so you can see it here.
	5 March 2007
	I've just added another book to the Essential Reading page. Laurel Canyon: The inside story of rock and roll's legendary neighborhood by Michael Walker is a really great read. Amazing how the whole ethos of Laurel Canyon in the '60s and '70s is enjoying its most in-depth study yet, through this latest book by Walker, the recent book by Barney Hoskyns, Hotel California, and a BBC documentary based on Barney's book, that contained wonderful interviews with so many of the key players from that era and locale. It's a long way from Byron Bay, but Laurel Canyon is always in my psyche.
	I'm working with a new music client, a very talented country singer named Paul Costa. Details on the Kruger PRofiles page.
	28 February 2007
	Awoke to the news this morning of the passing of Billy Thorpe, one of Australia's most iconic and beloved rockers. A huge period of mourning in the music industry commences. I got to know Thorpie when I was writing my book, Songwriters Speak. He kept me in his studio for five hours as he told me many stories about his career. A colourful character, indeed. My thoughts go to his family and to his many friends, some of whom are my friends and who will be suffering.
	The past month has been a busy one with another trip back to Sydney, during which I saw the wonderful, wonderful Billy Crystal perform his one-man show, 700 Sundays, a truly glorious experience in the theatre. I was supposed to see Burt Bacharach perform, too, but Burt postponed his Australian tour due to an injury. Also postponing their Australian tour are Crosby Stills & Nash, who I was due to see in Brisbane tonight. Croz is ill, to the degree where he has also cancelled a US tour he was doing with Graham Nash immediately after the Australian visit. All of which points back to Billy Thorpe's untimely demise, and the fact that life is all too short, especially for old rockers.
	1 February 2007
	While kitchen renovations go on in the background and the weather here in Byron has been so hot we're all melting, I'm ironing out some glitches around the Debsite, particularly updated dead links and the like. Thanks to a nice DJ fella named Tony James from the UK, I've gone and made some updates to my Overseas Music Media page, and added a link to Tony's groovy site. More to come...
	29 January 2007
	I've updated the Byron Bay Bliss section to reflect my move back to my home there, so go check it out to find out what's happening in my blissful patch.
	Last week I was in Tamworth for the Country Music Festival, my first time there for three years. The immensely talented singer-songwriter I'm working with, Lou Bradley, launched her album there and for the rest of the week was the buzz of the industry there. I also met with some other fabulous artists that I hope to be working with in the coming months. Stay tuned for details.
	1 January 2007
	Happy New Year to all Debsite visitors with best wishes for a healthy, happy and prosperous 2007. It's gloriously hot and sunny in Byron Bay, but I've had a quiet day indoors recovering from a big New Year's Eve. So much food... so much champagne! Check in again soon for more updates. It's a busy time in the World of Deb.
	31 December 2006
	I set a goal to get the Debsite updates done by today, and here they are. Still a few things to sort out on the site, which needs a major overhaul in one particular section (and of course, another year has gone by without any progress in Jetsetter...) but most of the news that's news is ready to report. At last. Sit tight, there's lots to read. So, chronologically going backwards...
	The end of the year means I have a good listen to all the new music I've gathered and list the ten favourites on my Top Ten Lists page. Go check it out. This wasn't an easy year for that, as nothing bowled me over and changed my life. But there was some good stuff. Most notable is that an Australian CD comes in at number one for the first time – Augie March's Moo, You Bloody Choir (which surely gets best title of the year as well) – and that in fact there are four Aussie albums on the list. This is a rare thing, but there was indeed some good music being made here in 2006. There were also some real stinkers, and it pains me to say that the biggest disappointment of the year was Chicago XXX. I won't even go into it here. Bring on Robert Lamm's next solo album.
	The Essential Reading page is going to have a few new listings this summer, as I work my way through a pile of promising music books. I raced through David Crosby's new autobiography, Since Then – How I Survived Everything and Lived to Tell About It, which has now been rated in the Biographies & Memoirs section of the page. Apart from its clumsy sub-title, it's a fantastic effort.
	My PR work has been busy and two new projects are detailed on the Kruger PRofiles page, which is undergoing a few changes at the moment. Be patient if one or two links aren't working yet. There's construction going on behind the scenes.
	On the Canine Friends page are some new darlings. In Sydney, Buster, Miss-E and Remy have been added recently, along with Bender from the Blue Mountains, Neiman from Los Angeles, and Doc and Jakey from Nashville. They're all waiting for you to say hello.
	The two weeks before Christmas were spent madly rushing around in Sydney going to lunches, drinks, dinners and parties. The annual school friends gathering in The Rocks was very small and low-key this year, without any major surprises, but it is always lovely to barbecue a steak and share a drink with my mates at Phillip's Foote. A few photos are here.
	Another lovely pre-Christmas dinner was with my old theatrical friends Wayne Harrison and Justin Fleming, and Justin's wife Fay. Nice photos here.
	Big news now! In October I fulfilled a long-held dream to move back to my house near Byron Bay. In the six years I was based back in Sydney, I woke every day wishing that I was waking in my bedroom at Tyagarah. So finally I made the move back. It was a HUGE move, and it is still a work in progress. My PR business keeps me busy in Sydney as well, so there will be plenty of trips back and forth, but now I spend most nights drifting off to sleep to the sound of crickets and frogs and the deep dark calm, and I wake up to the sound of cows, horses, birds and fresh country air. It is bliss. If you have never explored the Byron side of my life, you should check out the Byron Bay Bliss section of the site. But so far all the material contained within pertains to my life in Byron during the '90s and a few visits back while based in Sydney. This section of the Debsite will need an overhaul and some new additions are already awaiting. This will be a priority in the new year.
	Just before I left Sydney, in the first week of October, my friend Ray Gillon from the UK came down for an intensive working trip. He's a film producer specialising in foreign language versions of major blockbusters, and he was in Sydney to work on George Miller's Happy Feet. We met ever-so-briefly, but of course there were photos to be taken, as we see each other so rarely. Pics here.
	My last event with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority was the Darling Harbour Fiesta, a Latin festival with good music and spicy food. I finished up my contract at the Authority just a few days after that, and said goodbye to my wonderful colleagues with a lovely lunch. Great people. Photos here.
	In September my sister Paula and I were lucky enough to be seated in the third row of the final Sydney performance of The Boy From Oz, starring Hugh Jackman. Utterly sensational!
	Morgan, my beloved dog, is fifteen years and seven months old. That's old. She's doing okay – she loves being back in Byron Bay – but in September in Sydney she had a major health scare and some surgery. At the same time, I took her for a very special photo shoot and I'm sure you will love the results. Head over to Morgan's page where I take you directly to the latest news, including some pics of her happy back in the country.
	One of the saddest things in life is to have to let go of your family home. Our Sydney house of 32 years, the home my parents built on the quarter-acre block they bought in the early '70s, was sold this year and my mother moved out in September. Check out my ode to a home.
	My girlfriend Leanne from Geelong came up to Sydney to visit me at the beginning of September. She brought her family along and there are some nice Sydney-style photos here.
	The reason for Leanne's visit was the Countdown Spectacular, which was a major event in my musical life, largely centred around the exciting reunion of our favourite Australian group, Sherbet, in August and September. I have put a fantastic page together about the whole experience, with great photos taken by me, Leanne and the one and only Bob King. Do yourself a favour and check out that link.
	30 November 2006
	Okay, the first thing you need to know is that I have not left the planet. I am still here, and have been soooo busy these last few months that I haven't even had time to share all the news with you about what's been keeping me so busy. But I can tell you it's all been BIG stuff. So hang in there, faithful Debsite visitors, and I'll get everything updated for you as soon as humanly possible. I'm working on it!
	Summer is here - yeeeaaahhhhh!!!
	6 August 2006
	One of my current PR projects, Jamm 4 Genes, came to a head on Friday night. Tied into Jeans for Genes Day, the music industry fundraising campaign put on live music around the country in support of the Children's Medical Research Institute. Last Friday happened to be the coldest August day in Sydney in the history of the universe, but everyone got warmed up at the Jamm 4 Genes VIP event at the Civic Hotel. A couple of pics are here.
	Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the release of my book, Songwriters Speak. The great news is that the book is still selling! Haven't got yourself a copy yet? Want to find out more? There's a whole website within a Debsite on my book, so click on through to Songwriters Speak.
	Nothing else to report from the last two weeks unless you're interested in the details of the filling replacements I have endured at the hands of my dentist, Michael Finkelstein (who is the best dentist in the world, but oh it hurt!). The next couple of weeks involve some travel – I'm off to Byron next weekend to do some business and celebrate my birthday with good friends, away from Sydney's endless big freeze; and the following weekend I'm heading down to Melbourne for some other business and a catch-up with other good friends in a city that is probably going to be even colder than Sydney. Ahh well, spring is not too far away now.
	22 July 2006
	Another long gap between news updates! I have just been soooo busy! Here's some of what I've been doing.
	Trying to keep warm, for one thing! Man, what a cold winter we've been having in Sydney. I hate the cold. I mean, I really hate the cold. I don't care how many lovely warm woollen clothes there are to wear and how many sexy boots there are to slide my feet into, I really truly hate the cold. So, having said that, my job at the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, a jolly good place to work, entails working in the elements. The Authority puts on a series of outdoor concerts and festivals through the winter months – to encourage Sydneysiders to come out and enjoy their city, of course! I've been on duty in some really freezing conditions at some great events, and have the photos to show for it.
	My beloved Sherbet, the best Aussie pop band of the '70s, is finally reuniting for some performances in August/September, headlining the Countdown Spectacular. Liberation Music is releasing some re-mastered, re-striped and re-packaged Sherbet material, and my pals Garth from Sherbet and Dean from Liberation thought I should be involved. Head over to the Kruger PRofiles page to see how I've been able to play a small role in this major event.
	In June I went to launch for the new Don Walker album, Cutting Back. A really fine collection of songs by one of Australia's very finest songwriters. He's in my book, Songwriters Speak, of course. So, the band he put together for the album, and to perform with at the launch, has a name I can't write here, but check out the launch invitation to see for yourself.
	I went to a lovely wedding a few months ago. My friend Amber, who worked at APRA when I was there, but left the organisation not long after me, married her honey, Stuart, a radio announcer at 2UE. There is a lovely photo of the bride with the unmarried one here.
	In May I made a rare trip out to the Blue Mountains to visit my pals Simon and Marcus. Nice pics here.
	There are new dogs in the Dog Days section of the Debsite! Quite a few, including pooches that belong to a couple of my Foreshore Authority colleagues, a very cool studio dog, and a darling thing I met in Hawaii last December, who has been waiting so patiently to be uploaded to the site. Go on over to Canine Friends and scroll around to find Astro Boy, Ernie, Coco, Spiro and Nalu.
	10 June 2006
	I have just been too too busy to even share news with you in ages. Dang, I hate that. Sydney's ultra-cold winter has put me out of sorts, I have been coughing my insides out for weeks, while working like crazy on all my different projects. If you're in Sydney this long weekend, brave the vile weather conditions and come on down to Darling Harbour for the Jazz Festival that I've been publicising. I'll be the one in ten layers of fleecy gear including my prized Stella McCartney for Adidas pale pink jacket that I've been waiting for a chance to wear.
	I did step out last week for two super fabulous events – the glitzy red carpet premiere of The Break-Up, featuring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughan, on Monday night (how Jen survived in that strapless dress on the coldest night in living history is beyond me!), and the Split Enz concert at the Entertainment Centre on Thursday night. As I have been looking and feeling less than spectacular lately, there are no pics of myself to share with you, but believe me, I was there.
	30 April 2006
	I thought it was time I updated the Kruger PRofiles section of my site, given that my PR business is currently booming! If you head on over there you'll see I'm working with a couple of great clients – Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and Jamm 4 Genes – and plan on being very busy in the months ahead.
	My favourite Scottish songstress, Eddi Reader, was in Sydney last week and we had a great catch up. Click here for the buzz.
	Morgan turns 15 this week, so I've put a new portrait of her on her special page. Take a look and marvel and her beauty and grace. Oh, how I love my sweet precious angel dog.
	15 April 2006
	Happy Easter and, if you're one of the chosen people, Happy Pesach as well. I am already stuffed with matzoh and Easter eggs, and it's only Good Friday! Oy! I was going to be in Byron Bay for the Blues Festival for Easter, but work commitments have kept me in Sydney. Whether you're staying at home or travelling, please keep safe over this long holiday weekend.
	10 April 2006
	I popped along to the launch for Richard Clapton's new album last week in Sydney's Newtown. A pic from the night is here.
	A belated but heartfelt mention must be made re the passing of Gene Pitney last week. What a great entertainer he was, with a unique and sublime voice. All the tributes and obits have named his biggest hits, particularly "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" and "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", wonderful songs written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and performed beautifully. But my favourite Gene Pitney moment was in 1975, with a song written by Tony Wells and Jay Denison. "Trans Canada Highway" was among the songs I joyfully sang along to on the radio at the age of 13, and I still feel a thrill whenever I hear Gene growl: You know a man of hunger is a man of fear And being hungry for your love Is being hungry for my blood A jealous man can make a big man run And I am running like the devil through the morning sun RIP Mr Pitney – sing up a storm for the angels.
	25 March 2006
	A busy week just passed, not helped by the demise of my iBook's hard drive which rendered me computerless for a few days. It was like having my right arm cut off. Now that I am back in action, I'm working on the promised updates around the site. I've made some additions and changes on the Links page and added another book on Australian music (Anthony O'Grady's Cold Chisel, The Pure Stuff) to Essential Reading. The 2SM page has a couple of wonderful new photos featuring Sherbet (in the Alan Steele section), and there are new emails on the 2SM Feedback page.
	I've also added a couple of memorable anecdotes to the Killara High Reunions page (in the 15 and 20-year reunion sections). These will mainly be of value to my school friends, and of particular interest to anyone who has been curious about the origins of the item on the flagpole on my final year muck-up day. More Debsite updates to come.
	Autumn is here. The nights are cooler, the mornings no longer steamy. Daylight Saving ends in a couple of weeks, and my tan is starting to fade. Ggrrrr, I hate winter in Sydney. Good thing I've got a lot of work on. I've got exciting new PR projects on the boil; more info on those down the track.
	20 March 2006
	It's been a while, I know, and I'm sure you've been wondering , "So where the bloody hell are you?" (with a nod to Tourism Australia). Well, I've been here, doing this and that. And I have a lot of updates that I'm working on around the Debsite, which I'll let you know about in the next few days, so be sure to check back. Meanwhile, I do have a report from a music industry event I attended last week, a benefit dinner in honour of record producer Peter Dawkins, attended by some of the greats of Australian music. All the buzz on that is here.
	During my absence from these pages I did a LOT of film-going, in preparation for the big Oscars night a couple weeks ago. Not that I actually went to LA and attended the Oscars, but I do like to watch them on TV with a thorough knowledge of all nominated films. Brokeback Mountain was indeed robbed. Crash is a fine film, but Brokeback Mountain is epic and grand and should have won Best Picture. I loved all the films – Walk the Line, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana (oh, why aren't I with George???) and while I wasn't wild about Transamerica overall, I did admire Felicity Huffman's unsettling performance in it. The cowboys rule, George Clooney rules, Johnny Cash rules... a great year of films!
	28 January 2006
	The Sydney Festival has come and gone, and my sole interest this year was in the internationally renowned conductor/pianist/organist Wayne Marshall, who was here to conduct and play with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for their annual concert in the Domain. Wayne is an old friend of mine from the Brisbane Biennial days. We had great fun catching up. Check out pics from his visit and performance here.
	Still reading, reading, reading. A couple new music books have been added to the Essential Reading page. One is a bit of a throwaway, a guide to depressing songs – ho hum – but the other is worth checking out: Chrissy Amphlett's memoir, Pleasure and Pain. Go check out my comments and ratings.
	I haven't met Libby from Geelong, the new canine friend in the Dog Days section of the site, but her owners are old friends of mine and that's enough to warrant her inclusion. Check her out here.
	You'll be pleased to know that in between torrential downpours and overcast skies, when the sun has been shining, I have been basking in its rays, and so my Hawaiian tan has endured thus far. Yes, I use sunscreen.
	9 January 2005
	Aloha and Happy New Year, belatedly. I arrived back from Hawaii last week with a glowing tan that has faded fast in Sydney's non-stop downpour over the past six days. It's taken me this long to get up to speed and, finally, do some important updates to the Debsite.
	First, of course, is the list of my Top Ten CDs for 2005. Fiona Apple came out ahead last year with her long-awaited and sumptuously grand Extraordinary Machine. Neil Diamond's 12 Songs was a late starter but is currently getting the most airplay in the car CD player. Yes, Neil Diamond. Don't even think of mocking until you've heard it. You will be stunned. The list features some usual suspects (Robert Lamm, Venice, Shelby Lynne) and some surprises. Check out what my ears have been enjoying on my Top Ten Lists page, which, in case you're wondering, is buried away in the BAY-FM section of the Broadcaster section of my site! One desired outcome for 2006 is for me to be back on the airwaves. Stay tuned.
	Time for some Essential Reading. I've been studiously looking through my new prescription Prada sunglasses by the pool in Sydney and on the heavenly beaches of Oahu. Barney Hoskyns' new tome, Hotel California, is required reading for anyone who shares my taste in serious songwriting, singing and playing from Southern California in the Sixties and Seventies. I had a little role in helping Barney with his book, helping him with a contact for one of the pivotal interviewees, and doing photo research – delving into the archives of Henry Diltz, natch. (Interesting aside, my JD Souther interview, which Barney quotes in his book, is one of the most popular spots on the Debsite.) Meanwhile, my interviewing mentor, Paul Zollo, has a new book out about one of his heroes, Tom Petty. Check out my ratings on the Essential Reading page.
	Before Christmas I met my best school friends for our annual eat-drink-and-be-merry night in The Rocks. Nice story about this occasion. Read all about it and see pictures here.
	A couple of new clippings on the Songwriters Speak Press page, including a snippet from the prestigous collectors' magazine, Goldmine, in the USA.
	A great new photo in the 2SM Jocks Gallery featuring the beaming faces of Barry Chapman and David White along with the late, great Harry Chapin.
	Last November I went to see John Fogerty in concert and never got around to mentioning it, but last week I went along to one of the Doobie Brothers' powerhouse Sydney shows, and I have a great pic from my trusty pal Bob King there, so go to Music & Mayhem, click on "Latest Concert" and check it out.
	22 December 2005
	This will be my last news post for the year as I'm off to Hawaii tomorrow for a well-deserved break. I'll be back in the new year, when I will belatedly post my ten favourite CDs for the 2005 and there will also be some updates on the Essential Reading page, as I've been reading my little eyes out lately and will be doing more of that on the north shore of Oahu. Happy Holidays to all of you and I'll see you – or you'll see me – in 2006. Aloha!
	27 November 2005
	Wow, I can't believe the year is almost at an end. I have so much to get done – including on the Debsite – before Christmas, and I'm still recovering from all that has happened in the last six months or so, from my Songwriters Speak book release to my latest PR gig. I have just emerged from a stint doing PR for Apple Computer. There is a whole new book that could be written on that experience. And might be!
	30 October 2005
	Daylight saving is finally here and summer is well and truly on its way - hooray. I've been deeply immersed in PR activities of late, but Songwriters Speak continues to simmer away in the background. I caught up with one of my songwriters, Chrissy Amphlett, at her own book launch last week, while a major feature I wrote for the (sydney) magazine months ago finally hit the streets. Check out These Days for all the details including pics from Chrissy's launch. Or just click here to go straight to the magazine article.
	3 October 2005
	The Songwriters Speak CD is now available through Amazon in the US and the UK, so I've provided some links from the Songwriters Speak CD page especially for overseas fans of the book who'd like to hear the music as well.
	Summer has arrived early! My weather widget tells me it's 33 degrees outside right now (4pm Monday). Yeah!!! Regular visitors to the Debsite news page will be familiar with my loathing of winter.
	Happy New Year – L'Shana Tova – to you chosen ones out there. For a humorous Rosh Hashana message, check out Shofar Idol.
	25 September 2005
	About time I tended to other areas of the Debsite now that the initial craziness of the book release has subsided. Some new feedback is up on the 2SM Feedback page. Speaking of 2SM, during my publicity blitz for Songwriters Speak, I was honoured to be interviewed by the Mighty Whitey, David White, who had also attended my book launch. I put to him that we might get together some time for a Whitey Chat, so I can put some of his fabulous recollections of his 2SM days on the site. So that's a project for me to complete before the end of 2005.
	I went to see the incomparable Jimmy Webb here in Sydney earlier this month and there's an exclusive pic, courtesy Bob King, on the Music & Mayhem page. Click on "Latest Concert" to see.
	22 September 2005
	There are plenty of new interviews and reviews on the Songwriters Speak Press page, including some video from my TV appearances and many audio clips from my radio spots. Lots to check out and hopefully motivate you to buy my book... if you haven't already. I've been getting some great feedback and will put a comments page together some time soon.