Jumpers are stripped off, furry wooly jumpers that itch a bit as the cuffs cling to bare skin. Dumped on the ground like a carcass they become goal posts. It’s a game where you all compete to see who becomes the goalie. Footer as we called it in my day. The grass is a bit [...]

A barbecue pumps out another round of snags, rolled into a wafer of white pre-packaged bread, plastic in consistency . He holds it at an angle chaperoning the sauce to stay inside the confines as he makes his way to the picket line. The salty taste of the sauce and the smoky skin of the [...]

July 5th The shining When things are wet they shine roads shine leaves shine grass shines these otherwise dull things take on life Flutes Flutes of flowers on a Eucalyptus tree muted yellow tubes with thin fingers ready to catch pollen and bees ready to mate Sun Shower Just a hint of rain not really [...]

All expenses paid, no worries , take it easy. Sponsorship by Sheraton, airfares courtesy of Qantas. Ah those were the days, no longer though. A hotel room, medium size. A plastic card to slot in the door. A dinner paid for with a voucher. Junket junket junket – it smells of elements of corruption, but [...]

Given that I’m working on 30 or so songs at this moment in time I thought it might be good to finalise a few of them and make an ‘interim’ release – five or six tracks. I’ll mull over which ones I think are close to finished and start bgetting towrdf some sort of finished [...]

You wouldn’t know. After days in a decrepit railway truck that pushes and pulls over 500 miles where you’re jammed in like so many cattle. Sharing a bucket of feces and piss that stinks worse than a public lavatory. You wouldn’t know as you were herded off and ordered to strip down to your underwear. [...]

Paul J Penton performing with the Fabulous Tesoriero Brothers at Open Studio Northcote – July 8 2009

The boards are delivered in a flat bed truck. You have to organise a time where you and the delivery team will be in the same place at the same time. The doorbell croaks their arrival and heavy set men in iridescent green tops haul in the sheets. The boards are rectangular and long, not [...]

Tramping along muddy unmade roads with a thick coat on and gloves that prickle my skin. Towed along by older sisters down to the local Church of England. Walking through a gate that is higher than me, just a simple latch securing it and then a graveyard marked with mildewed headstones, decaying with ancient history [...]

First lyric draft – hear the current draft here … http://pauljpenton.com/demos Not exactly sure what I did next, but probably a bit of brainstorming- seeing if I could find connections etc- but certainly the ‘autumn mornings biting’ and the ‘shadows stretching ’til noon’ idea wanted to come together. Here’s a first lyric draft… not quite [...]