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The Bone Collectors ‘Black Love’ album launch at the German Club

Posted on: September 10, 2012

Friday 7 September 2012

Joined by Them Birds and The Dollfins, The Bone Collectors launched their debut album Black Love at the German club in Gardens. They fought bravely but sadly the strange venue got the better of all the bands…

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged album launch, brass, cape town, captain stu, costumes, fire, german club, long hair, music without borders, photography, rock, sixgun gospel, south african, tafelberg tavern, taxi violence, the bone collectors, the dollfins, the frown, them birds, weekends

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Andy Lund for Your LMG

Posted on: September 6, 2012

Saturday 18 August 2012

A while back, I had the honour of shooting Andy Lund for the September issue of Your LMG. On the one hand it was nerve-wracking, because Andy is a brilliant photographer, but mostly it was a lot of fun, because he’s such a great guy.

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Posted in Photography, press shoots
Tagged andy lund, andy lund and the mission men, cape town, evenings, magazine, music, outdoors, photography, portrait, rock, sunset, tattoo, winter days, your LMG

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Texture overload

Posted on: August 25, 2012

Saturday 25 August 2012

I lost my scarf last week and have been really miserable about it, so went on a mission today to find a replacement. It turned out to be next to impossible (you’d think it’d be easy finding a thin black scarf, but it’s not!) until checking out China Town in Sable Square where I finally found something good, along with some other fun Asian textiled stuff.

The bag in the background is locally designed and made, everything else comes from China (with love).

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Tagged china, close up, fabric, fashion, macro, photography, random, stuff, weekend, winter days

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Verona Walls Soft EP launch, with The Sleepers & The Lottery Tickets, at Mercury

Posted on: August 24, 2012

Saturday 18 August 2012

I haven’t been out that much lately (it’s too damn cold) and being at Zula the night before had made me a little uneasy, so going back to Mercury last week was like coming home. The line-up attracted a weird mixed crowd making the night rather odd, but in that comforting way it always seems to be – how I’ve missed Mercury.

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Tagged album launch, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, south african, the lottery tickets, the sleepers, verona walls, weekends, winter

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Dead Red Mafia Tour at Zula

Posted on: August 22, 2012

Friday
17 August
2012

It takes a killer line-up to get me to go to Zula (I reeeeally don’t like the place) and that just happened to be the case last Friday: Dead Alphabet, Red Huxley and Woodstock Mafia kicked off their ‘Dead Red Mafia Tour’ with a bang, and were joined by Josh Roxton.