Along with some mates, I had the great honour of meeting my long time musical hero Dave Matthews. He's here in South Africa promoting the film his production company has put out, Joshua. Interviewed on Jacaranda FM this morning, I was lucky enough (along with Sam, Mike, Pete, Celeste and Justin) to be included in the studio audience.

Initially we were only going to be allowed to watch from outside the studio, but at the last minute got ushered into the studio along with invited guests.

There was a collective sound of breaths being lost as he entered the room (Celeste even made a pretty funny snortling sound). Besides just being in the same room as the maestro, he serenaded us with an impromptu performance of Grave Digger, signed some of our CDs and even signed my guitar strap.

*he faints*

More photo's here.

... a little dream I have: to one day be a Talk Show radio host. If you can stop your eyes from rolling, and put aside that "Here we go, another media-mogul wannabee!" thought, let me self-indulge for a little.

You see, a few years back I decided that I wanted to facilitate conversations for a living. The pinnacle of that goal is the opportunity to facilitate conversations on a national scale. Getting small groups to talk meaningfully is great (and exceptionally rewarding), but to be able to facilitate national conversations where one gets to grip with the narrative pulse of a nation and a truly diverse range of discourse is one of my ambitions.

This dream had a little but of confirmation today as David O'Sullivan graciously let me be a fly on the wall of his Drive Time show on 702 Talk Radio this afternoon. Thanks David ... it's a pity we don't hear more of your off-air quips.

Photo courtesy of Cordan