Category Archives: this is south africa

Tori Amos in Cape Town, Joburg – November 2011

By 6000 | 6000 | September 5, 2011

Much excitement last night as someone (@frantaljaard?) while (presumably) searching “Tori Amos” and “Concert” and “South Africa” and “November” on Google, discovered that Tori Amos is due to perform some concerts in South Africa in November as part of her Night Of Hunters tour. Isn’t Google amazing? The dates currently held are Saturday and Sunday 12th & [...]

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Le Onde

By 6000 | 6000 | August 31, 2011

It might not seem like a big deal for many people, but I didn’t enjoy being stuck in hospital, even though it was just for a couple of days. I was bored, sore, drugged, a bit scared. It wasn’t nice. What kept me going was Ludovico Einaudi – more specifically his music – and even [...]

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0834319513

By 6000 | 6000 | August 30, 2011

I’ve mentioned before that I don’t think that hanging bog roll from trees in Cape Town is art. I’m not really sure that the 0834319513 “interactive social project” is art either, but at least they provide a bit of a laugh to Cape Town drivers and they clean up after themselves. This one seemed particularly [...]

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Theatresports

By 6000 | 6000 | August 25, 2011

As this post publishes itself (via the magic of WordPress), I will – if all is going according to plan – be lying on a bed in an operating theatre in a hospital deep in the Southern Suburbs (no, not that one – I want a decent chance of survival) with a highly accomplished and [...]

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Old pics of Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | August 23, 2011

Look what  found on flickr: the Bygone Cape Town Set by user Etiennedup, who says: A while ago I looked for some sixties and seventies photos of Cape Town on the Net. To my amazement I could not readily find any. Having spent some of my most memorable times in the Mother city, I undertook [...]

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