HERE ON ‘PLANET JOHN’ LIFE IS GOOD

I’ve been an extremely lucky in that I’ve been able to make a living doing things that I love to do while working with people I admired and trusted. I now move into the next phase of my life. After thirty-three enjoyable and productive years in Sydney, Australia, I’ve...

FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN

Have you noticed how movies set in the future unfailingly paint a picture of a burnt, bleak and desolate place? Is this simply overly pessimistic left wing propaganda spawned in Hollywood, or is it really going to be the world our children’s children will...

REALITY CHECK

We are trapped in the cold empty heart of The Age of Disposability, a time when nothing is designed to last or expected to. Your old tube TV lasted 25 years your new LCD will last maybe 5 years – at best. The new mobile phone/computer/iPad you bought was out of date...

Good Pirates.

I’ve just returned from New Zealand where, among other things, I finally compiled my 40 song retrospective which, I’m assured, will be released by ODE in time for Father’s Day this year. It was an interesting exercise trying to choose 40 songs...

The quiet before the storm

I’ve no doubt that people who spend the most time with me, occasional dining friends and regular golfing buddies for instance, would tell you that I talk too much. And it’s true, at times I do. You see I live alone with only a cat for company and...