Henk van der Schyf is ‘n Pretoria party liaison – ‘n entrepreneur, booker, restauranteur en events man. Hy vertel ons van sy ervaringe in die musiek-, kos-, en partytjiewêreld, wat Hotbox Studios, Dogbox, Park Acoustics, Capital Craft, Mieliepop festival, en African Beer Emporium insluit. Content hosted by iono.fm Hierdie podcast Continue Reading
Floris Groenewald
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The Flow Chats 010: Henk van der Schyf
The Highs and Lows of Generation X – Wonderboom talks opening for Crash Test Dummies
Unfortunately for me, Wonderboom aren’t big enough Crash Test Dummies fans to have favourite songs, or any cool ‘how I first discovered Crash Test Dummies’ stories. But since they’re one of the local openers for the Canadian band’s upcoming Pretoria and Cape Town shows, I asked them about it anyway.
#FliekInAfrikaans Resensie: The Cloverfield Paradox
VERRASSINGFLIEK! The Cloverfield Paradox is op Netflix, en hier is ons verrassing-resensie!
Terugspoel Top40 Flieks – #40: 50/50
Ek’t besluit om #FliekInAfrikaans na die verlede uit te brei, en daarom gaan ons Terugspoel – na my Top 40 flieks van alle tye (soos op hierdie oomblik). Kyk gerus saam na die volgende 40 videos waar ek elke week nog ‘n Top 40 fliek gaan ontbloot! #40: 50/50 (2011) Continue Reading
Q&A: Foxtrot on looping, popping and dancing at Park Acoustics
Foxtrot is a relatively new band from Pretoria, who play a hard-to-define kind of “Foxpop” music (“with a scent of jazz, African grooves and theatrical inspiration”). The group consists of Siobhan Lloyd-Jones on violin & vocals, Ronald Davey on cello, trumpet, and vocals, Mart-Marie Snyman on keys, and James Robb Continue Reading
2018 Oscar Nominated Movies: A South African viewing guide
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week announced the nominations for their annual “Academy Awards” – better known as The Oscars. Now, it’s time for cinephiles all over the world to rush to see as many of the nominated films as possible, in order to play along Continue Reading
The legend of Luke Skywalker and how Star Wars: The Last Jedi is surprisingly metafictional and self-examining
One of the three* primary themes that The Last Jedi offer a point-of-view on (see what I did there?), is Legend status. The legend of a great Jedi Master, set up as the saviour of the good guys – mostly because [34 year old spoiler alert] his suffering once got Continue Reading
Gad from Adventure Man names three of Crash Test Dummies’ albums!
Gad de Combes is Adventure Man’s founder/frontman, and also a big fan of Crash Test Dummies. So much that he campaigned for his band to get an opening slot on the Canadian group’s upcoming Pretoria show. But where does this all come from? What exactly is his relationship to the Continue Reading
Crash Test Dummies on philosphy, songwriting, and coming to South Africa
“Crash Test Dummies get back together now and then when the occasion arises,” says Brad Roberts, the Canadian band’s frontman/lead singer. “I wouldn’t say it aided the band, so much as it has been a natural consequence of getting older: priorities change.” But luckily, the stars align every now and Continue Reading