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About Me

Most of you know me as the guy from Plato's

Have owned Plato's records for 23 years

I have 11 guitars including 5 Fenders, a Les Paul, Rickenbacker bass & a Maton, plus 5 synthesizers. Weapon of choice, a 1972 Fender Jazz Bass.

Bass player for the earthmen and played on the Teen Sensations album

Collect art and have around 80 paintings. I also paint but I'm really, really bad.

I write when I get time and have several published stories & articles.

Two years as Secretary for the Frankston Chamber of Commerce

I have a variety of interests and very passionate with several of them, art, music, film, the Geelong Football Club.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Already met most of them.

My Blog

From here I sit I can see...

From where I sit, I can see into the neighbours backyard. The chap who lived there died some months ago. He would buy old furniture at auction and restore it in his shed and on a trestle outside. Ther...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:41:00 GMT

Just an observation

I remember when calculators were new. Although adding machines had been around for years, calculators were new technology that allowed them to be portable. With only the basic math functions (+-x and ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:02:00 GMT

Geelong Sept 29-Oct 1

I went to the Grand Final and watched my beloved Geelong smash Port Adelaide...I'm sure you've all heard that story on the news, so I'll tell the story from my point of view. I didn't sleep much Frida...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:12:00 GMT

Weight loss now at 17kg

I've lost 17 kg now and going to call it quits there. Never thought I was that overweight to start with (91kg). I'm now at 74kg. Didn't plan on losing so much either, now there's nothing left I w...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:59:00 GMT

Best weekend ever

Some weekends are better than others. Last Friday, I went to see one of my all time faverourite bands, tthe Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Big in the 70's but were hindered when Alex died in 1983. This...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 02:21:00 GMT

Something that influenced me a long time ago

Last night I saw Roger Waters in concert. Rather than post a review (it was prettty good), this is about an unexpected moment during the concert. Although I can play a number of instruments, I am prim...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:07:00 GMT

2006 in review

The BusinessAnother year gone without incident, sales not as good as the year before but at least it's still there. The introduction of music memorabilia went a lot better than expected and the challe...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:40:00 GMT

happy times

On what has been one of my many home alone nights recently, I thought I'd play some CDs I haven't played in years. First up was the Headless Chickens album. Suddenly there was a flood of some very h...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:00:00 GMT

I lost 6 kg

I lost 6kg in a year. What's my secret? Eat less. I still have chocolate biscuits, I still have cake, I don't exercise, I haven't gone hungry, I just eat less. Who knew that would work?
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:33:00 GMT

this year........

This year I want a challenge of my own choosing. For the past ten years, all my challenges have been initially outside my control. Council closing a road affecting my business, redevelopments, a seni...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:00:00 GMT