Johnny Is Nie Dood Nie – maar Kerkorrel is dalk…

Ek het aanvanklik – nes met meeste biografie-flieks – vreeslik gewonder hoeveel van Johnny is Nie Dood Nie die waarheid is, en hoeveel is aangelaste fiksie. Maar nes met die Bob Dylan “biografie” I’m Not There, het ek naderhand besluit dis nie regtig belangrik om te weet nie. Want Johnny is Nie Dood Nie Continue Reading

70 Going On 25: Going In Style review

It’s cute how Zach Braff’s filmography as director goes from the 20-something anxiety-riddled coming-of-age flick Garden State, to the midlife crisis-centered Wish I Was Here to the septuagenarian bank heist movie Going In Style. But despite the hijinks surrounding Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin and Michael Caine as bankrobbers, Going In Style might be Braff’s Continue Reading

Misfit Misfire – Table 19

Weddings are one of those places in life where the social order (at least for the night) gets re-established. The bride and groom are the focus of all attention and affection for the night, and the seating arrangement indicates the social hierarchy downwards. In Table 19, the titular table is the Continue Reading

Sunset Sweatshop – Move It at Splashy Fen

Sunset Sweatshop is an exciting new funk/folk/reggae feel-good band from Cape Town. Their first single, Move It, is grabbing attention on radio, and they’ll be playing at Splashy Fen for the first time this coming weekend. We got the opportunity to ask acoustic guitarist and lead vocalist Ian Heyns about the band, Continue Reading

May the Prawn be with You: Satanic Dagga Orgy’s The Prawn Awakens

Some bands are talented and make good music, while others have to resort to silly gimmicks in order to get attention. In which category would you guess Satanic Dagga Orgy, the “Acousticore Polk Funk” band from Joburg who loves playing shows in speedos, belong? Their new EP, The Prawn Awakens, prompted an Continue Reading

Die Bekende Rebellie: Lafras Verwey

Ons almal ken ‘n Lafras Verwey. Daai stil outjie in die IT-afdeling wat soms staan en praat met homself, fiets ry werk toe, en dikwels lyk of hy nie luister as mense met hom praat nie. ‘n Gawe, ordentlike ou wat droom, die teiken van kollegas se poetse is, en Continue Reading