Category Archives: Entertainment

Searching For Sugar Man South African TV Advert | YouTube

The TV advert  says that the “Searching For Sugar Man” soundtrack “includes 3 previously unreleased songs” but this is not true. “Street Boy”, “Can’t Get Away” and “I’ll Slip Away”, recorded in 1972/73, were first released on the Australian “At His Best” album. They are also included as bonus tracks on the 2009 US releaseContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man South African TV Advert | YouTube”

ARD MATTHEWS AND FRIENDS CONCERT 27 SEPT

Ard Matthews & Friends Charity Concert set to rock Cape Town! The annual Ard Matthews and Friends Charity Concert will be taking place for the third year running, on Thursday 27th September 2012 at the Upper Eastside Hotel in Woodstock. The popular South African singer, Ard Matthews who is also lead singer of the acclaimedContinueContinue reading “ARD MATTHEWS AND FRIENDS CONCERT 27 SEPT”

CTMS review: Rockville 2069 showcase performance | samusicscene.co.za

‘Rockville’. The word alone would seem to demand a respectful rock-on hand gesture to be waved proudly in the air (lizard-like tongue and crazy eyes optional). However, this is not your average hard-hitting, what-you-expect-is-what-you-get rock musical. If anything, it should be called a peace musical. Inspired by the ‘flower power’ concept of peace and loveContinueContinue reading “CTMS review: Rockville 2069 showcase performance | samusicscene.co.za”

Rockville 2069

Had a great evening on Saturday night at the launch of Rockville 2069. Rockville 2069 is a futuristic rock musical that is at heart a love story set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world and steeped in the philosophies that characterise the rebellion of the sixties, the seventies and those that are currently shapingContinueContinue reading “Rockville 2069”

The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue

Originally published on Sugarman.org, 28th September 2001 HATE STREET DIALOGUE Woman please be gone You’ve stayed here much too long Don’t you wish that you could cry Don’t you wish I would die Seamy, seesaw kids Childwoman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss theContinueContinue reading “The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue”

Rodriguez: The John Samson Story

Guest post by John Samson, author of Cold Fiction. I often joke with people in the UK that I didn’t leave South Africa of my own free will, but was actually kicked out because I was not fanatical about rugby and I didn’t drink, both activities that white South African males are meant to excelContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: The John Samson Story”

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