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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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2021 – Music in review
MUSIC So ends the second year of isolation! While it might not have been fun, the old cliche is still true: the time really did fly. Honestly I can’t even remember that much at all. I think especially with all … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, covid, eurovision, memories, mercury, music, ramblings, reflection, review, south africa, south african, special places, streaming, texx and the city, year end
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Tagged comfort, covid, eurovision, memories, mercury, music, ramblings, reflection, review, south africa, south african, special places, streaming, texx and the city, year end
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Music: 2020 in review
MUSIC One of the very few positive things about 2020 was the music – some really good tracks and albums were released in spite of (and sometimes even because of) everything. On this day I note my 14th year on last.fm and … Continue reading
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Tagged aces 'n' spades, comfort, eurovision, grimes, memories, mercury, music, music festival, phoebe bridgers, puscifer, ramblings, reflection, review, south africa, south african, special places, streaming, texx and the city, year end
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The Dollfins, Julia Robert, Runaway Nuns & Jett Screams at Mercury
Sat 8 Feb 2020 Hot on the heels of the Beach Party show came the turn of the Dollfins at Mercury earlier this month. Supported by Julia Robert, Runaway Nuns and Jett Screams, they had Mercury fuller than I’ve seen … Continue reading
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Tagged beach party, black and white, cape town, crowd, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, jett screams, julia robert, long hair, memories, monochrome, music, photography, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the dollfins, weekends
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Beach Party at The Raptor Room
Wed 15 Jan 2020 It’s been a while since Beach Party have been in the same city together, let alone on the same stage, and Cape Town really showed up to their once-off sold out show at the Raptor Room … Continue reading
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Tagged beach party, cape town, cbd, crowd, east city, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, indie, jumping musicians, memories, music, neon, photography, raptor room, rock, south africa, south african, summer, sweaty, texx and the city
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