Rob Kennedy

The Key to understanding Canberra is the number 47

I’ve discovered a secret so dark, so well-kept, so earth-shattering that only a few people on this planet will ever admit to knowing (and that’s only under extreme vetting, I mean torture) that the key to understanding Canberra is, the number 47.

It took me years to figure this out, but after much research, multiple questionings of…

The digital past, present and future

Our lives are not completely dominated by technology, but they might be one day.

The digital past

My journey into the digital world began in 1986 when I bought my first computer, an Atari. I used it primarily for making music, but it came with a word processing program. I could now compile all my poetry and song lyrics digitally; this computer changed my life. However, with all this change, never…

5 Sure-Fire Money-Saving Hacks For Better Shopping Deals

You can save wads of cash on your goods if you shop around and don’t rush into your decision. The best thing you can do to save money is — be cool.  Try these 5 sure-fire money-saving hacks for better shopping deals and you will not only save money but you will also be saving your precious time.

Always call first

Just last month I forgot rule number one. I had to get a new internet service…

5 Sure-Fire Money-Saving Hacks For Better Shopping Deals

You can save wads of cash on your goods if you shop around and don’t rush into your decision. The best thing you can do to save money is — be cool.  Try these 5 sure-fire money-saving hacks for better shopping deals and you will not only save money but you will also be saving your precious time.

Always call first

Just last month I forgot rule number one. I had to get a new internet service…

Do you get up in the mornings and wish you’d woken up dead? I do.

Personally, I can’t wait to be rolling over in my grave. Think of the benefits of death. Number one would be not having to listen to your brain-dead boss ever again. You know, that boss; he (generally, it’s a he) he’s the one with the IQ of a houseplant, and each day insists on giving you his homespun slice of personal philosophy…

Other People’s Rights

Today, copyright laws are a good place to start when talking about other people’s rights.

A large part of the public mindset today is, if it’s on the internet, I can freely use it. I’m sure the people who think like that would be the first to complain if I took something of theirs and did whatever I liked with it. You can see the importance of other people’s rights.

The Australian government,…

There’s an old philosophical problem concerning numbers, can’t remember its author, that goes like this, “Go out and collect five things and bring them back, doesn’t matter what they are, just get five”. Pretty easy you say. Now the author says, “Go out and collect zero things and bring them back”. You say, huh,  it’s not possible. Why not the author says, five and zero are just numbers or…

Why philosophy hasn’t changed the world

Plato

If philosophy has confused you, or it seems unimportant, it may be because it does not seem practical or it’s too hard to understand. I implore you to read on.

The problem of philosophy is like the well-dressed man with no shoes

There he is, standing on the street; looking like the most successful, desirable and possibly the smartest person, you’ve ever seen. He looks fit and healthy; he’s…

Freedom is the most important thing

I will never vote for any government that puts free people into detention camps, will you?

If you think freedom is not the most important thing as an election issue, see how you feel when a government takes your freedom away because you were seeking refuge.

The Australian Human Rights Commission says that there are, 1,852 people in immigration detention facilities, and 585 people in community…

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Movie Music review David Shire — The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

You might remember seeing The Taking of Pelham One Two Three released in 1974, starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw on late night TV. If you do remember it, the music is sure to bring back this tense action thriller.

The sound is Jazz and more. Driving beats and rhythms, brassy brass, banging percussion, pushing a tense and…

Listen to your parents — don’t become a musician

Dreams, we all have them, but you don’t want your dreams to become a scary reality, do you? Then listen to your parents, don’t become a musician. Unless of course you want fame, more sex than you can handle, riches beyond your greedy desires and lasting admiration and godlike worship that endures throughout all history, then see all this fade to nothing.

Look at the life span of many musicians,…

The price of fame

                            Keith Emerson

For every human life, whether you know it or not, your life affects others.

The famous, leaders, teachers, artists, good and bad people all change other people lives.

So it was with Keith Emerson and me. I saw him as my musical mentor. Keith was the reason I became a composer. The music of Emerson, Lake and Palmer changed my life. And Keith’s sounds, and…

I am as you know me

My sixth album, titled I am as you know me, is an exploration into the sounds that represent what I love, and who I am. It’s jazzy, lots of contemporary piano, percussion and guitar, and a few funny songs thrown in. After months of working with an Italian and a German musician, we have created an original album of piano and small ensemble music. There’s 10 songs on this album, and I hope you…