I love working for myself. I came to the conclusion many, many years ago that I am essentially unemployable: I’m a big challenge for an employer. For a start, I’m really driven. Secondly, I have high standards – often so…
About the author
This post was last updated on 3 January 2010. I try to keep it up to date. It doesn’t always work. ~ L. I established this blog as a means of keeping track of my music journalism work. While I…
On self, self-esteem and related topics
As you grow up, it’s pretty well bashed into you that you’re going to start to “wonder who you are” when you’re an adolescent, that you will suffer self-esteem problems and depression, and that when you’re older – besides coming…
On addiction
In the middle of a darkened room is a desk, at which sits a person shrouded in black shadows and with a bright light shining up in its face from a computer screen. The curtains are still open, the house…
The story of my journey into metal music journalism
I have been writing interviews and music criticism for a long time. It all started many years ago when I was just an undergrad at UniSA. Back then (prior to 2004), the student paper, Entropy, was a thriving beast. Underpinned…