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Synergy Live: Day 2

Posted on: December 2, 2011

Sat 26 November 2011 An early thought waking up on Saturday morning was ‘thank God for sunglasses’. We emerged slowly from our tents to access the damage from the previous night – Jess’ near-empty bottle of tequila was still outside … Continue reading →

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Tagged 7th son, aking, american, black rebel motorcycle club, boschendal, brmc, cape town, desmond & the tutus, double bass, events, f.o.o.l, favourites, friends, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, isochronous, jax panik, like knives, mountains, music, my flawless ending, nature, outdoors, photography, river, rock, shadowclub, singing bassists, sixgun gospel, south african, southern gypsey queen, stellenbosch, summer, supercancer, swedish, tasha baxter, the great apes, the narrow, the sleepers, tumi, tumi and the volume, we set sail, weekends

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Synergy Live: Day 1

Posted on: November 30, 2011

Friday 25 November 2011 Synergy Live 2011 – wow, definitely a highlight of the year. Three days full of fun fuelled by booze, adrenaline and awesome music; the experience has left my body broken and my mind racing. I want … Continue reading →

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Tagged ashtray electric, boschendal, brass, cape town, crimson house blues, das kapital, dogtown, electric fans and long hair, favourites, fox comet, gigs & festivals, good luck, holiday murray, inge beckmann, jumping musicians, long hair, mountains, music, nature, photography, rock, sabretooth, saintfearless, saxophone, shadowclub, south african, stellenbosch, summer, synergy, taxi violence, the lottery tickets, the mysticcs, weekends, wild eyes, your LMG

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Synergy Live 2010

Posted on: November 17, 2011

26 – 28 November 2010 Next weekend is Synergy Live, something I’ve really been looking forward to this last while. Last year, Synergy was my inaugural music festival and I had an awesome time – the weather was super co-operative … Continue reading →

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Tagged afrikaans, boschendal, cape town, dirty skirts, feeder, foto na dans, franschoek, friends, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jax panik, memories, outdoors, papa smurf, photography, stellenbosch, synergy, weekends

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Miller music series: Pretty Blue Guns, The Windy City & Wrestlerish acoustic at The Assembly

Posted on: October 26, 2011

Saturday 22 October 2011 I don’t entirely understand how The Assembly’s Miller Music Series works (themed by international cities in some way…?) but so far their line-ups have been really cool; from VCK & Foto na Dans last month, to … Continue reading →

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Tagged acoustic, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, photography, pretty blue guns, rock, singing drummers, stepdog, the assembly, weekends, windy city, wrestlerish

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Mercury’s 9th birthday with Taxi Violence, Pretty Blue Guns & Junkyard Parade

Posted on: October 20, 2011

Friday 14 October 2011 I didn’t know how old Mercury was until last week when they celebrated their 9th birthday with the ever-entertaining Taxi Violence as well as Pretty Blue Guns and Junkyard Parade.