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Coal & guests at the Waiting Room

Posted on: August 11, 2011

Tuesday 9 August 2011

I’m pretty certain that Coal are one of my favourite local bands around at the moment, but if I’d in any way needed convincing of this, Tuesday’s magical gig at the Waiting Room would’ve done the trick.

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged cape town, coal, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, long street, photography, south african, the waiting room

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Welcome to Hell at Carnival Court

Posted on: August 3, 2011

Saturday 30 July 2011

Any event with a dress-code of “you or a Zombie celebrity that has been sent straight to the gates of HELL!” has my attention, and when there’s also a killer line-up like Saturday’s – Woodstock Mafia, Genitalia, The Bone Collectors, Ann Jangle – you can count me and my zombie garb in.

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Tagged ann jangle, brass, cape town, carnival court, dressing up, favourites, genitalia, gigs & festivals, guitars, hell, long street, papa smurf, photography, rock, saxophone, the bone collectors, weekends, woodstock mafia

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Jax Panik at Tiger Tiger

Posted on: July 30, 2011

Thursday 28 July 2011

First off, I really feel the need to state that I am not a fan of the Claremont-scene, mostly because, while I love gigging, I hate clubbing but also because I don’t have a lot of tolerance for the kinds of people that go out in Claremont*…with all this in mind, the fact that I ventured waaay out of my comfort zone, on a freezing weeknight to the notorious Tiger Tiger, really says a lot about my love of Jax Panik.

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Tagged cape town, claremont, club, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, jax panik, photography, pop, tiger tiger

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Illustration Friday: Perennial

Posted on: July 28, 2011

ART

I adore cyclamens and am constantly in danger of bursting into tears of joy if I contemplate their beauty for too long. The first time I saw one was around 6 years ago – I’d never seen upside down flowers like that before and was instantly obsessed. Another thing I love about them is that they sleep during the summer and bloom during winter, something I’d do too if I could…

My drawing doesn’t do their surreal beauty justice but it was fun to do nonetheless.

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More on cyclamens | prettiness overload…

Posted in Art
Tagged art, beautiful, cyclamen, drawing, illustration friday, perennial, plants & flowers

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Jesse Clegg, Dance, You’re on Fire & McCree at Mercury

Posted on: July 27, 2011

Saturday 23 July 2011

My mom likes Jesse Clegg – which isn’t meant an insult, as she has great music taste (for the most part) – so when I told her he was playing in Cape Town and I was keen to go, she didn’t need much convincing to come watch too.