Category Archives: music

Tickets please!

How exciting – look what I got in the post last night: Two of them, in fact. Now there’s just a couple of flights to organise, a reasonably priced hotel room in Oslo (is there such a thing?) and a couch here and there in the UK. Oh, and if you’re reading this, Mr Carter [...]

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Oh Emm Gee

Those of you fortunate enough to know me will be aware that I am rarely lost for words. Any potential struggling around in difficult social situations can usually be avoided by my finding some witty or pertinent remark, about 5% of which land me in trouble. But it’s worth taking the chance. Usually. Mrs 6k hit [...]

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Photos cos I’m drunk

Well – mildly tipsy after a surprise wine and beer braai. Now, I require coffee and sleep. So, from yesterday: Above: Greg Carlin, Zebra and Giraffe; Below: Dirty Skirts More here.

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A to Z

Afrihost to Zebra (and Giraffe). I made the switch from WebAfrica to Afrihost this evening, thus saving myself about R50 a month, upping my monthly bandwidth by 67% and – perhaps most importantly – actually being able to connect to the internet. It was almost completely painless, but having bought my router off the back of [...]

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Zebra & Giraffe just up the road?

After the melodramatic pain and heartache of Sunday evening’s traffic jams (apparently, there was some concert or other on, as well?) and most especially for those who are still stuck at Val de Vie, but might make it out before tomorrow lunchtime, a timely reminder that you can see Zebra and Giraffe and the Dirty Skirts tomorrow afternoon (Saturday [...]

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