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2023 – Music in review
MUSIC Today is my 17th anniversary on last.fm so it’s time I go back through the collected data and reflect on the music that soundtracked my 2023. For me it was the first vaguely normal year since 2019, in terms of my … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, covid, district, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, francois van coke, gigs and festivals, hellcats, lucy kruger and the lost boys, mccully/mackay, memories, music, music video, new year, painting, ramfest, review, rock, texx and the city
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Tagged album, art, covid, district, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, francois van coke, gigs and festivals, hellcats, lucy kruger and the lost boys, mccully/mackay, memories, music, music video, new year, painting, ramfest, review, rock, texx and the city
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2022 – Music in review
MUSIC Year 3 of the New Normal™ has come to a close and it’s time again for year-end lists and reflection. Today marks my 16th anniversary on last.fm and I confess I still greatly enjoy the data and charts it collects and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, covid, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, fontaines dc, ghost, infanteria, international act, interpol, mccully workshop, mccully/mackay, memories, metal, music, new year, painting, review, rock
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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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Music: 2019 in review
MUSIC 2019 was a varied and somewhat disjointed year for me. I spent a lot of time on autopilot, in many ways. Looking back now at the topography, both personal and musical, of the last 12 months most of it … Continue reading
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Tagged aces 'n' spades, american, cape town, copenhell, drab majesty, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hellcats, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, memories, music, photography, review, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the national, tool
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Bumblefoot (USA) at Mercury
Thurs 24 Oct 2019 American guitar virtuoso Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal put on a great performance at Mercury last Thursday. Unfortunately the show was not well-attended, but this really created an intimate vibe which made it feel more like a private … Continue reading
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Tagged american, bumblefoot, cape town, cbd, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitarists, guitars, international act, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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