The Old Tin Shed

The last couple days I have been thinking of the legacy that was felt behind when Chester took his life. The sheer volume of work they created I think will keep his memory alive, and now I am not upset I am loving it all over again.  Chester is your watching us from above, please know your music will keep on saving lives, even though it could not save yours.  RIP buddy and one day we will meet where the oceans bleed into the sky, Horse

Another timeless classic for you all.  I remember a time when Cyndi & Madonna were all over the charts, where clothes were mad and hair styles to match.   I find the lyrics to this song amazing  My favorite verse is this  After my picture fades and darkness Has turned to gray Watching through windows You're wondering if I'm okay Secrets stolen from deep inside The drum beats out of time If you're lost you can look and you will find me Time after time If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting Time after time A real song writer in the 1980's who would have thought it, remember pop had no meaning right ? Lyrics below Lyin' in my bed I hear the clock tick And think of you Caught up in circles confusion Is nothing new Flashback warm nights Almost left behind Suitcase of memories Time after Sometimes you picture me I'm walking too far ahead You're calling to me I can't hear ...

This is the last post in this vein, but thought the previous posts would show people that even in our darkest hour there is hope.  I got through the bad stuff yet again, and I am well and happy and contented.  This song by creed has some interesting lyrics so thought you might be interested in a listen  Dancing" Ringtone to your Cell     "Don't Stop Dancing" At times life is wicked and I just can't see the light A silver lining sometimes isn't enough To make some wrongs seem right Whatever life brings I've been through everything And now I'm on my knees again But I know I must go on Although I hurt I must be strong Because inside I know that many feel this way [Chorus:] Children don't stop dancing Believe you can fly Away...away At times life's unfair and you know it's plain to see Hey God I know I'm just a dot in this world Have you forgot about me? Whatever life brings I've been through everything And now I'm on my k...

This is just a personal one.  When i first started down the road to recovery I could not listen to music, I would become over emotional and crash.  I can tell you my life was very empty without it. Then one afternoon down the strand watching people run by a car pulled up playing the song below, and I could listen without the emotional overload.  So this song though most of you will have never seen or heard it before, brought me back to the joy of music.  So please look listen and enjoy. Crowded House "Dont dream its over" Lyrics There is freedom within, there is freedom without  Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup  There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost  But you'll never see the end of the road  While you're traveling with me  Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over  Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in  They come, they come to build a wall between us  We know they won't win  Now I'm towing my car...

After reading about Sharron at  Jewelling the elephant  and her effort to go see some live music it made me all sentimental about the music we all used to listen to. So I thought I would add a few of my favorites from the 80's and 90's for everyone to enjoy. Firstly  Simply Red Starship "We Built this City" Mondo Rock "Come Said the Boy Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" Guns n Roses "November Rain" For those who dont know the video clip was based on a short story.  The story for those who are interested can be read here  Dell James "Without You" And I cant finish a music montage without Roxette "Listen to your heart" I grew up listening to this music, it still takes me back to times and places I wont forget, but more importantly for me, a place and time where I was learning about the world around me.  These songs gave me hope, and they ...

I think part of getting older leaves you to wish for the past.  I don't know whether that is because we wish for better days, or that we don't feel comfortable with the way the world has changed around us. When I was younger I couldn't understand why older people insisted on listening to older music, and how uncool that was.  Yet now I find myself in my late 30's and lamenting the music we left behind.  Please don't get me wrong I do like some of the new music, but I find time and time again, that I go back and listen to the songs of my late teens and early 20's. So I find out a couple days courtesy of my partner that the bands I like listening to is bogan (red neck) music.  How did something so cool end up with that status.  I do listen to a lot of Australian bands from that time.  But the way of life I enjoyed has gone now and I know that no matter how much I lament the loss it will neve...

Hey all; As stated above some music for your ears, Linkin Park at their very best, new album out soon, will pre-order mine this week.  I have included the Lyrics below. Enjoy LYRICS: The cycle repeated as explosions broke in the sky all that I needed was the one thing I couldn't find And you were there at the turn Waiting to let me know We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground The colors conflicted as the flames climbed into the clouds I wanted to fix this / but couldn't stop from tearing it down And you were caught at the turn caught in the burning glow And I was there at the turn Waiting to let you know You told me yes / You held me high And I believed when you told that lie I played that soldier / You played king And struck me down when I kissed that ring You lost that right / to hold that crown I built you up but you let me down so when you fall / I'll take my turn and...

Whats started.  Not something important to others but to me its a major step forward.  It means mentally I have changed position yet again. That is really important in my longer term recovery and understanding of my own illness. So whats started.  I can listen to new music again.  Doesn't sound like much but it is.  Until recently new music made me tense and paranoid.  Then after all the stress of the last week changed me.  Now I crave new sounds new music.  It also has another meaning one that is extremely important to me, it means that I can now enjoy my gaming without having to give it up after 40 minutes. I am becoming the old me, the me that was ok that enjoyed to explore the world around him.  If I gain one more thing back, I will have recovered the parts of me that I wanted back.  That were taken away by the illness and medications.  I just need to be able to write short stories again.  I miss that creative ou...

Another one of my musical posts, that I promised you I would annoy you with.  This is a bit of a classic, but I was unable to listen to it for many years.  Amazing how when a song is close to your life it stirs up feelings you would rather not have. My Dad is gone now, we lost him after a huge battle with cancer lasting most my adult life, his end was horrible, wasted by the cancer and in pain that they could not manage.  I was not there for the end, I just could not do it.  I had left him 2 weeks before, knowing it would be the last time.  But somehow there was peace in his eyes he knew it to.  I miss him terribly some days, I have his photo above my desk. Anyway listen to the lyrics of this song and don't ever let a conflict get between you and the ones you love.

Every now and again, a song comes along that changes the very way you think.  The way you see your world, or even more importantly made you feel something you hadn't before.  In my life I am happy to say there has been many of these songs.  I often relate a place and a time in my life to the discovery of that song. An example of this, though not a song is Fanfare for the Common Man.  To me it goes back to when I was a very small child, when it was the opening music for the ABC news in country Victoria.  I would get excited because it meant that dad was back from milking for the day.  As I grew older my music tastes changed from top 40 to stuff that was far darker.  By my early teens I was heavily into heavy metal music (the devils music according to some).  I look back at this period of my life, and I was searching.  Searching for what I don't know, maybe the real me, the one who wasn't the show child for my parents. The first heavy metal...

Waiting to pick. Phill up from airport.  That view is hard to get used to.  The island is magnetic island