Just 12 more sleeps ’til I return to the working world and how far have I got on my quest….. I said I would have the ‘bones’ for the two albums done by the end of the 107 days. After going through archives and cassettes and even journals from yesteryear! I think I have a [...]

The concrete cutters I’m waiting for my chicken tender-loins looking out over Fawkner park the trees seem to be having an afternoon nap a lunchtime class in kick boxing is under way merciless pounding upward thrusting sexual energy being released. Is it a bunch of workmates working out their frustrations over the boss is he [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Well I haven’t done one of these for a time so thought I’d fill in some gaps. I got four new songs underway over the last week 3 co-writes and one all of my own making. I’ve been listening to the latest Christine Kane album and she has a song called ‘Virginia’ [ a co [...]

AIRPORT LIGHTS Dots of light mushrooms glowing in the dark cat’s eyes and white lines Red and white dots as I round a corner Hazy yellow lights on lamposts create star patterns on the windshield COLLINS PLACE a cathedral of modernity an arching dome of light above me sparrows come and sit as I sip [...]

The next dash of salty inspiration from the muse was when I had to get that first ‘extra’ doona/blanket/cover after the first night with a seasonal chill. Here’s my random train of thought: Autumn mornings start to bite have to pull those covers tight bring you in even closer it might be a nasty winter [...]

Tall stories always adding an an element of  drama and intrigue making things larger than life bigger than they appear he wa great at doing that telling those tall stories tall as the masts on the square riggers he sailed on tall as the glasses of beer he laerned to do it with tall stories [...]

I recently had a song of mine -Another Perfect Morning  Critiqued at a seminar by none other than Mr Pat Pattison himself- generally he liked the song – as did the crowd – and made some suggestions for improvement- I thought it would be interesting to document the initial inspirations and ideas and see how [...]

Well just 39 Days to go now before I aim to have the ‘backbones’ completed for the two albums – progress is at about 40% so I’m going to have to ramp it up a bit. Last week I did a draft of ‘More than sometimes’- hopefully it will be on the site soon. I [...]