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Tag Archives: end of the year
2024 – Music in review
MUSIC It’s the start of a new year which means it’s time for my annual reflection on the music in my life. Today marks 18 years since I joined last.fm, a truly sizeable chunk of time. It’s really true what they say … Continue reading
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Tagged end of the year, eurovision, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, music, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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Tagged end of the year, eurovision, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, music, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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2023 – Music in review
MUSIC Today is my 17th anniversary on last.fm so it’s time I go back through the collected data and reflect on the music that soundtracked my 2023. For me it was the first vaguely normal year since 2019, in terms of my … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, covid, district, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, francois van coke, gigs and festivals, hellcats, lucy kruger and the lost boys, mccully/mackay, memories, music, music video, new year, painting, ramfest, review, rock, texx and the city
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Tagged album, art, covid, district, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, francois van coke, gigs and festivals, hellcats, lucy kruger and the lost boys, mccully/mackay, memories, music, music video, new year, painting, ramfest, review, rock, texx and the city
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2022 – Music in review
MUSIC Year 3 of the New Normal™ has come to a close and it’s time again for year-end lists and reflection. Today marks my 16th anniversary on last.fm and I confess I still greatly enjoy the data and charts it collects and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, covid, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, fontaines dc, ghost, infanteria, international act, interpol, mccully workshop, mccully/mackay, memories, metal, music, new year, painting, review, rock
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Tagged album, art, covid, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, fontaines dc, ghost, infanteria, international act, interpol, mccully workshop, mccully/mackay, memories, metal, music, new year, painting, review, rock
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Misc photos of 2016
2016 The danger of doing something too often is that it loses its charm – I shoot a lot and sometimes having a camera with me just feels like work, but I tried really hard to make time to shoot … Continue reading
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Tagged abisko, animals, aurora, autumn, birds, blossoms, cape town, cat, cats, ceres, cherries, christmas, daisies, end of the year, evenings, favourites, flower, flowers, freya, g7x, instagram, ixus, jasper, kapstaden till kiruna, kira, kiruna, landscape, landscapes, lily, macro, maine coon, memories, monzi, moose, mountains, nature, new year, northern lights, norwegian forest cat, obituary, olivia, outdoors, personal, pets, photography, plants & flowers, pocket camera, powershot, remembering, review, rip, selfie, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sunrise, sunset, sweden, table mountain, tribute, west coast, west coast national park, winter, year end, ziggy
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Tagged abisko, animals, aurora, autumn, birds, blossoms, cape town, cat, cats, ceres, cherries, christmas, daisies, end of the year, evenings, favourites, flower, flowers, freya, g7x, instagram, ixus, jasper, kapstaden till kiruna, kira, kiruna, landscape, landscapes, lily, macro, maine coon, memories, monzi, moose, mountains, nature, new year, northern lights, norwegian forest cat, obituary, olivia, outdoors, personal, pets, photography, plants & flowers, pocket camera, powershot, remembering, review, rip, selfie, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sunrise, sunset, sweden, table mountain, tribute, west coast, west coast national park, winter, year end, ziggy
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2012: a year in (in-between) photos
03 Jan – 31 Dec 2012 It took me longer than I thought it would to put this post together – seems there were a lot of photos I took last year that I never had the time to edit … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, aftermath, animals, art, autumn, beach, birds, birthday, blouberg, cape town, cats, cbd, chris, christmas, city, clouds, company gardens, company's garden, drinking, end of the year, evenings, events, family, favourites, forest, freya, friends, garden, garden route, hammond, home, ixus, jasper, kira, kite, knysna, memorial, memories, mom, monzi, mountains, nature, new year, nostalgia, office, office humour, olivia, out and about, out in the country, outdoors, party, pets, photography, planes, plants & flowers, point and shoot, reflecting, sea, shackleton, sky, south africa, spring, summer, sunset, table mountain, trees, water, waterfront, weather, weekends, winter, winter days, work, year end, ysterplaat, ziggy
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Tagged 2012, aftermath, animals, art, autumn, beach, birds, birthday, blouberg, cape town, cats, cbd, chris, christmas, city, clouds, company gardens, company's garden, drinking, end of the year, evenings, events, family, favourites, forest, freya, friends, garden, garden route, hammond, home, ixus, jasper, kira, kite, knysna, memorial, memories, mom, monzi, mountains, nature, new year, nostalgia, office, office humour, olivia, out and about, out in the country, outdoors, party, pets, photography, planes, plants & flowers, point and shoot, reflecting, sea, shackleton, sky, south africa, spring, summer, sunset, table mountain, trees, water, waterfront, weather, weekends, winter, winter days, work, year end, ysterplaat, ziggy
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