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Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Cape Town Stadium

Posted on: February 9, 2013

Tuesday 5 February 2013 I remember, ages ago, this email petition doing the rounds, ‘Get the Red Hot Chili Peppers to play in South Africa’…fast forward a few years and they actually did! And I really hope everyone who signed … Continue reading →

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Tagged bass, big concerts, cape town, die antwoord, double bass, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, greenpoint, guitars, international act, jumping musicians, photography, red hot chili peppers, rock, south african, stadium

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EARKILLER presents: Black Lung, Shaman & Tannhäuser Gate (DJ) at Mercury

Posted on: January 21, 2013

Friday 18 January 2013 Always keen for something new, I’d been looking forward to last Friday’s gig at Mercury for a while – the first of a series that will run one Saturday every month, EARKILLER #1 featured live performances … Continue reading →

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Tagged black and white, black lung, cape town, dj, earkiller, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, monochrome, new, photography, punk, rock, shaman, south africa, south african, summer, tannhauser gate, underground, up and coming, weekends

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Sublime Tribute show 2013 at Mercury

Posted on: January 13, 2013

Friday 11 January 2013 Déjà-Vu; the first gig I attended last year was the Sublime Tribute show, so it’s amusing, and fitting I guess, that the event (back by insanely popular demand) be my inaugural gig of 2013.

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Tagged 7th son, barefoot, beer, boardshorts, brass, cape town, captain stu, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, ensemble, friends, gigs & festivals, graffiti, grassy spark, guitars, half price, injuries, injury, little kings, long hair, lp show, mosh pit, music, pantless, peachy keen, photography, reggae, rock, rudimentals, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, sublime, summer, tattoos, taxi violence, tribute, weekends, your LMG

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Music : 2012 in review

Posted on: January 2, 2013

MUSIC Happy new year! Today marks my 6th anniversary of joining last.fm; I’m a graph junkie and love the listening stats the site generates, especially round this time of year when it makes compiling best-of-the-year lists easier. Lists of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, best of, british, danish, electronica, end of the year, favourites, hip hop, indie, international act, last.fm, list, local, memories, music, new year, nostalgia, pop, rant, reflecting, review, rock, south africa, south african, swedish

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Yoav & Tailor at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: December 31, 2012

Sun 30 December 2012 I can’t think of a better way to have spent the last Sunday afternoon of 2012 than at Kirstenbosch Gardens watching Yoav and Tailor.