My Articles
Walking The Past
I spent a year in Bloemfontein from August 1989 until July 1990. I was a medic during my national service stint at Central Medical Command, Bloemfontein. I was 19 n n n n n n nn nineteen. It has as a result always been slightly strange coming back here.I will be in...
Dankie Sondag!
Angola Badprop published an awesome review of For Your Or Someone Like You. Angola Badprop (Writer / Journalist) published an awesome review of For Your Or Someone Like You in Die Sondag this Sunday, 9 September. Thanks Angola!If you are not usually a reader of the...
The Wild Youth
A couple of years ago I was part of the team making a documentary film called Punk In Africa. I grew up on punk rock from when I discovered it, admittedly a bit late, in 1985. In many ways, its ideas, look and ethos were to become the biggest influence on my choices...
Kabloooieee
Yup, it has happened! After two months of sustained output and 7 chapters of book, my momentum has been derailed and kinda smashed to be honest! And the culprit? Why, making a living of course. I am in the middle of generating a large pile of learning materials on a...
Hey Hey It’s Friday!
I suppose this can no longer be called early in the year, but it has been an interesting start! The on-going merry-go-round of events, birthdays and such like has been keeping me out and about more than I am used to at this part of any year.Coming up are a couple of...
Punk Rock to Punk Art
One of thing things I love about living in Johannesburg is that you are constantly turning corners and finding amazing, unexpected things. One of these came to light a little while ago, but the full extent of it has only recently begun to emerge.Way back inthe 80’s...