RAMFEST: Day 3

Sun 06 March 2011

Sunday morning started off a bit like Saturday morning: I awoke to the never-ending thud of the electro pyramid and the sleepy mumblings of Mikhaila as she stumbled out the tent, declaring that it was too hot and she was going to sleep outside.

Some hours later, the sun was properly up and so were we. Jess and I went in search of breakfast, which ended up being pizza (another reason I love festivals). She then left, along with the majority of the festival-goers, to make the long journey back to home and reality.

Somewhere after 10 I caught the last few songs from one-man-band Lonesome Dave Ferguson. I’d seen him once previously at the Granddaddy Hotel and really enjoyed his stuff; the ‘crowd’ was pretty non-existent, but those who were there seemed to enoy him too.

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RAMFEST: Day 2

Sat 05 March 2011

I woke up round 5:30 on Saturday morning, or rather, I was woken by Jess, who was leaving early for a dancing competition and then returning again around lunchtime. I thought she was crazy, but was in awe of her dedication at the same time. These thoughts weren’t the main ones in my head as she left though, rather I was marveling at how the electro was still pumping, and how there were, undoubtedly, still people dancing to it. I went back to sleep, until around 6:30, when I was woken by Mikhaila, returning from a long night.

I went out for a little while, long enough to see and appreciate the sunrise and blissful temperature outside. It was going to be another scorcher, best sleep in the cool for as long as possible…

sunrise

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RAMFEST: Day 1

Fri 04 March 2011

I love festivals – loads of great musicians at the same place, camping, having fun in the sun – but haven’t been to many at all. This is usually because the line-ups aren’t appealing enough to endure the effort of going. I’ve never been to Ramfest before and the 2011  lineup had me pretty keen but I was still undecided, until I heard Bittereinder would be playing – that news pushed me over the fence and made me utterly determined to go.

So last Friday, after a frantic week of last-minute plan changes, I found myself in Keran’s car along with Mikhaila, on our way to Worcester. We arrived at the height of the midday heat but were lucky to find a great camping spot and some cool neighbours. The obligatory pics-of-us-and-our-tent photoshoot ensued.

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Loyiso, Chad Saaiman & Perfect Score at Kirstenbosch

Sun 27 February 2011

A while back I saw Jack Parow & Van Coke Kartel at Kirstenbosch, and put a few photos up for the competition on the Summer Sunset Concerts’ Facebook group. The group admin was kind enough to give me 2 free tickets to a Feb concert of my choice for this one.

There were a couple of acts I was quite keen to see: Zebra & Giraffe, Isochronous, Jesse Clegg and then there was Loyiso…my mom’s a big fan, I hadn’t heard anything of his before but was curious and got the impression from his Idols appearances that he was a really nice guy – so that was settled.

I hadn’t heard (of) his supporting act Chad Saaiman either, and while it’s not really my favourite type of music, I enjoyed his set and voice in particular.

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The MK Awards 2011

Sat 26 February 2011

I’ve been to two award ceremonies in my life – the 2009 Loeries (and that one time was quite enough, thanks) and the 2011 MK Awards at the CTICC last Friday. I’ve heard a couple of people complain about the lighting, sound and a whole bunch of other things; maybe it’s my lack of award-show-attendance-experience, or the fact that the most recent thing I can compare them to was the predictably abysmal Grammy Awards, but I really enjoyed the MK Awards. I thought the musicians’ performances were good and really entertaining and that Corne and Twakkie made great hosts. Okay, so the models and sportsmen doing the presenting were pretty useless on the whole, but isn’t that kinda inevitable for award shows?

I liked that each of the performances had something unique about them – I mean this literally; first off Taxi Violence & Inge Beckmann opened alongside Bingo’s crazy axe-grinder-ing:

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