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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]