Music defines the times

The music of every era represents those times. The 1940’s was one of hope in darkness when so many faced certain death. Particularly if you were on the front line. Soldiers were determined to be able to be in battle for 240 days before their minds were totally destroyed. The good news was most of

Propoganda Now

If one thing from the past couple of years is plain to anyone with an ounce of common-sense is the heavy-handed and clumsy use of propoganda to push a narrative by which people can be encouraged to follow a desired path. Okay I just mansplained that, so I’ll do it for the rest of this

Cry Havoc

Is it just me or does it seem like some leaders are very keen for a war that has the potential to consume the world yet once again? I could write volumes on this but decided that a bit of a look backwards in time to when the world was filled with uncertainty, hate, and

Antipodean Angst – part 11

War Like it or not humans are violent, and war is a part of our species and our civilisations down through history. Recorded history details this over and over. The further back in time, the less relevance we place on war and its impacts on people and societies and how it perhaps was somehow simpler

Come and take a shower comrade

There are times when you take a step back from the avalanche of noise which is the modern world and look at the big picture, it is in those moments that you experience a sense of despondency at humanity and the path it is taking. It is in those moments that you despair at if