I remember the lump in my throat and goosebumps down my arms when I watched what was supposed to be the Springbok Nude Girls‘ last performance. That was back in 2001/2 at Sheperd’s Bush, London. It was a seriously proudly South African moment. I’ll never forget lead guitarist Theo Crous crowd surfing on his back [...]

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I’ve decided to do a regular Friday (or Saturday in this case) post titled “New music Friday - X“. Now when it comes to writing about music, I’m no Muso or Chiz or Oppikoppi or even Salami (knowing him for over half my life, words fail me in describing his inimitability (is that even a [...]

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David over at The Chiz is proposing “A one-day, 2 stage, 12 hour extravaganza of independent music”. He’s started a list of his suggestions and encouraged readers to comment… in the comments(?).
Although there seems to be a bit of a debate as to what indie is quite a nice list has started to evolve.
Could [...]

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Over the last few years, my interest in SA music has increased in huge amounts thanks largely to MK89, the general upward trend of the SA music scene, and Oppikoppi.
The Oppikoppi festival is pretty much permanently inked into my calendar. I’ve only been doing time there since 2004 but even after your first time, it [...]

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When is the value gained by trying to protect music copyrights outweighed by the intangible value of a whole lot of consumers hating who you are? (sorry, not the most elegantly put question)
Well over 1000 comments spread over only 5 posts on Mark

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