I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONFRONT ‘THE ENEMY’ . . .

Years ago I was in a working relationship with a group of young men who, like myself, had dreams of taking our adventure to the highest levels possible. Unfortunately it all came crashing down when a principal person decided he wanted to separate the group and a couple of us were left stranded. It hit me very hard, to say the least. In fact, it hit me so hard I stopped doing something I had a passion for simply because I was full of so much frustrated anger and blame towards this person, feelings I have carried for the ensuing 33 plus years. In hindsight it includes feelings of dis-empowerment: that horrible emptiness when you believe you no longer have control over the important things in your life. And then, not so long ago, this person came back into my life in an unexpected way: asking to ‘friend’ up on social media. My initial reaction was confusion. I asked myself: ‘what can I gain by spending any time interacting with this man? Why bother? Life is too short

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Like coins through the holes in your pockets



One of my favourite inclusions in TAGG was John Taylor and Dan Nash's Gigs of our Lives fortnightly cartoon strip.

The strip, wild figment of their bent imaginations, also holds some timely messages that still hold true today and even reports on some events of the era that shocked the industry and also made them laugh their guts out.
Enjoy!...