Sep 11, 2025 2 min read

So I joined a cult...

Heya peeps,

It's true, it happened at the end of March, I've been 10 times since, and I don't think i'm gonna stop...

The cultists love taking photos of other cultists whilst they are culting.

It's taken 10 attempts to finally get the combo jump shot photo perfected by the designated photographer cultist....

The cult of course is Parkrun.

The main idea seems to be walk/run/jog /enjoy 5 kilometres of beach side foot path while a whole bunch of 'randos constantly affirm you with stuff like: "you're doing great!", "good work!" or "keep going!" which really is quite benign as far as cults go.

Of course I did attend one in Narrabri (North Western NSW) and that was not beachfront, more lake-ish front. Still the rando encouragement persisted.

Allow me to now list the downsides of said cult (there are always downsides to being in a cult):

The event commences at 8am on a Saturday morning...this effectively puts the Kibosh on me having any sleep ins AT ALL every week.
If you are a 'stats' person, you can reflect on how your fare relative to other parkrunners in your age cohort/location/gender. The best I've done so far is being in the bottom 54% of males my age globally. Your mileage may vary.

Upsides, are - well it is free - and possibly good for your health.

In the coming warmer months the plan is to do the Parkrun, then take a dip in the adjoining beach, not a bad start to the weekend!

In other news, its no secret my favourite band of all time - Survive Said The Prophet (SSTP) - just dropped their latest album 'Luv Sux Sessions' (hey, no one said they were good spellers!).

In a feat almost entirely never acheived by any other band in living memory, once again they continue their untarnished track record of not ever releasing a crap song.

From the screaming & drumming combo of drummer Show Okuda to the heavy emo rock vocals of lead singer Yosh Morita whispering a single word dramatically (in the songs State of Mind and Adue) its your standard recipe of SSTP delivering banger after banger after banger!

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Fun fact. I discovered SSTP as a spotify recommendation. The first track I ever heard was Paradox, which for some reason features again on this album. At any rate, as Molly Meldrum would have said, " do yourself a favour" and take a listen.

Stand out tracks for me were Adue, State of Mind, and X-Axis. Check it out on the spotify or the youtubes.

No surprises here, it gets a 5 star rating from me.

"I can't see past the light but the future is bright for me" - Survive Said The Prophet, State of Mind

I think I've added a store link to this here website. I'm not a super IT guy, check it out and let me know if its working?

Click on the store link to check it out!

I'm currently in the midst of remastering some classic stuff, big news soon!