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Dirty, sexy rock ‘n roll: Shadowclub, Southern Gypsey Queen & Machineri at the Kimberley Hotel

Posted on: April 15, 2012

Thursday 12 April 2012

There was a lot going on in Cape Town last Thursday, so the crowd at the Kimbo was pretty modest. Still, the three power trios on the bill showed their appreciation with unrelenting energy and sheer volume…

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged cape town, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, kimberley hotel, machineri, photography, rock, shadowclub, singing bassists, singing drummers, southern gypsey queen

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Another photo in Rolling Stone SA

Posted on: April 5, 2012

April
2012

I’m honoured to once again have a photo in the current issue of Rolling Stone SA; it’s of Inge Beckmann performing with Lark at their video launch, and appears on page 13.

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The 5th issue of Rolling Stone South Africa is out now.

Click here for more photos from this gig | Check out my photo in RS SA issue #2

Posted in Photography
Tagged inge beckmann, lark, magazine, music, photography, print, published, rolling stone, the assembly

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Crimson House Blues – Smoke, Dust & whiskey Album launch at Mercury

Posted on: March 31, 2012

Thursday 29 March 2012

I’ve had a weird month and haven’t really gotten out much, so figured a night of blues courtesy of Crimson House Blues and friends would be a good way to ease back into things…

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged album launch, banjo, blues, burlesque, cape town, crimson house blues, dancers, double bass, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, seated, sixgun gospel, tombstone pete, violin

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Comfort in feathers

Posted on: March 16, 2012

Monday 12 March 2012

I’ve been having a bit of a tough time lately – I’m stressed and miserable and generally not cracking it, it’s pretty bleak. A bit of escapism can go a long way in dark times, even if the effect is not permanent; on Monday I took the day off work to visit the World of Birds and am so very glad I did.

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Posted in Birds & Animals, Out & about, Photography
Tagged birds, cape town, day off, favourites, feathers, hout bay, ibis, macro, memories, nature, nostalgia, outdoors, owls, pelican, personal, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, south africa, starlings, summer, taking a break, trees, water, world of birds

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Wild Eastern Arches & The Future Primitives at the Kimberley Hotel

Posted on: March 9, 2012

Saturday 03 March 2012

Given that I spent the rest of the week battling zombie flu, I probably should’ve headed the warning symptoms and had an early night last Saturday, but my curiosity got the better of me and I headed to the Kimbo to check out two new bands, Wild Eastern Arches and the Future Primitives, performing their first and second ever shows respectively.