SHANE ‘INTERVIEW SELFIE’S’ SHANE Rather than just writing a bunch of boring, stodgy old FAQ’s for my website, I thought it might be fun to turn my interviewing skills – more usually used on rock n’ roll musos over the past ten...
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ROCK PILGRIMAGE – TEN YEARS ON Part 2 By Shane Pinnegar When we last talked I had just embarked on my long-planned Rock Pilgrimage of the U.S. of A, ten whole years ago this week. It was a trip I’d planned for two years, and to say I was bursting...
Read moreROCK PILGRIMAGE – TEN YEARS ON Part 1 By Shane Pinnegar I decided to make the pilgrimage the day I heard that Quiet Riot singer Kevin DuBrow had died. He passed away on 19 November, 2007, though it was probably days or even weeks later that I...
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ROCK N’ ROLL GRANDMA (And the Case of the Stolen Washing) By Shane Pinnegar I’ve lived in my share of insalubrious accommodations, let me tell you. One such hovel was located in Filburn Street, Scarborough in my hometown of Perth, Western...
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Me old mate Shayne McGowan runs the excellent blog and podcast Noise Pollution, and he called recently for a chat about running 100% ROCK MAGAZINE, my forthcoming novel Jada: Mountain Warrior, interviewing rockstars (you might get a laugh out of...
Read moreNEVER STOP FIGHTING We were broken into yesterday. Brick through the window, all of our audio visual equipment gone, camera, cash, and about a quarter of my cherished record collection. The policeperson who attended thinks perhaps the sound of me...
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It occurs to me that I haven’t even written a blog post about it yet, but the crowdfunding pre-sale campaign for my debut novel, JADA: MOUNTAIN WARRIOR is ten days in and already a roaring success. The campaign was designed to fund an...
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MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE AUTHOR… OR DOES IT? I’m occasionally asked what I like to listen to when I write. Well… there’s no easy answer to that. More often than not, in fact, when I’m creating new fiction, I don’t have any music playing at all...
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I Remember When I Was Young… 1 When I was young I spent many enjoyable hours in my sandpit playing toy soldiers. I was a bit of a loner – painfully shy, terribly insecure and introverted – so immersing into a scene where I pulled the strings of...
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I can barely believe it, folks, but it turns out that I have been eating chocolate wrong my whole life! I learnt years ago that there is a chasm between good and bad chocolate. You know that horrible, cheap compound crap that Easter eggs are made...
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Ever since I was a kid I wanted to write a novel… I would sneak into Mum and Dad’s bedroom when they were out and tap away on Mum’s typewriter, inevitably getting told off for “wasting” paper and the typewriter ribbon. Fast forward about...
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CREATIVE INSECURITY IS NORMAL! ENCOURAGING KIDS SHOULD BE TOO! Driving my daughter to school this morning, she said to me, “I’d like to write a story about a wizard, Daddy, but I’m not good enough.” I was aghast – horrified. I’ve wanted to be a...
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