December 2010
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The Girl..
Once you’ve seen The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, you will be absolutely hooked to this series of movies, which were best selling books by Stieg Larsson published posthumously. The first movie was my favourite, went into it not expecting much and was absolutely blown away. As much as I love Cinema Nouveau movies, many of them are very simple, made on a small budget, labours of love and to...
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A Torturous Hike.
A week or so ago I got an sms from my friend Mont, asking if I wanted to do a 5 hour hike from Hout Bay to Sandy Bay with her. Seeing as she had just had a major back op I figured if she could do it, and had found out how difficult it was - I could definitely do it. According to the hike group leader guy person ‘if you can do Lions Head you can do this.’ So there’s me thinking...
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Coffee, Lately.
A cappuccino at Sixty6, what a little gem that we happened to stumble upon. Thought there were no more secret amazing coffee places (or places I haven’t been) to discover in Cape Town and then boom this appeared out of nowhere. It’s very well hidden inside Woodstock Industrial Centre, the home to my new favourite bookstore Bibliophilia. Serials this place is lovely, and hey if...
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Tretchikoff Renaissance.
I interned for the Tretchikoff Renaissance two years ago, one of the products they were working on at the time was these limited edition postcards, which I spotted today at the most amazing new bookstore in the Woodstock Industrial Centre - Bibliophilia (will do another post on them) they are selling for R250 for 50 postcards, an absolute bargain - the packaging is gorgeous, I’m a huge...
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WatchFuck Politics! Lets Shimmy - is the name of my band.
This is the essential rockumentry behind Cape Town’s first underground super group - Fuck Politics! Lets Shimmy. An insighful look at the creation of the band, it’s members, as well as the inspiration behind their many reinventions via wanting to be like Madonna.
Nicky Damata on vocals + backing vocals. Callen Byrnes on keys....
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When You're Strange.
When You’re Strange is an absolutely must see, it’s currently on at Labia Kloof at 8:15 every night - and for R25 you get a ticket + popcorn + a soda!
It’s a documentary about The Doors narrated by Johnny Depp, directed and written by Tom DiCillio. The name comes from the lyrics of their song People Are Strange. It follows the formation of the band, their creative process, the...
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