My (much mentioned) (and well deservedly so) friend, Elaine, has an ongoing project in which she sources, sorts, scans, blogs etc etc slides from wherever she can get them. Elaine holds the occasional themed slide show with theme(s) such as 'boats and beaches','urban spaces' or 'people and families' for interested friends. Pete organises some music and voila: an evening of art and entertainment.
These slides provide a voyeuristic glimpse through the eye of random South African photographers & photography enthusiasts' slide collections from long ago..
One of the many extensions of this project is the Back in the Day SA blog which features a pick of amazing slides which have been scanned...
...with a few pondering remarks as to what was going on. Visit the blog for a view into 'yesteryear South Africa'
I found these mohair colours at the waterfront when Geoff and I went through last Saturday - The result is one of many...of which one is that my double bed blanket of granny squares as taken a further step back from a completion date.
I am totally smitten with the African Flower pattern! I went to the Wool Boutique in Fish Hoek on Friday and got some cotton, new wool and bamboo colours to compliment my mohair colours:
About 7 years ago, my brother came to wake me up at midnight (I was sleeping on the sleeper couch for 2 months between places) to watch what I can only describe as a phenomenon: 3 beer bellied Afrikaans guys at the side of a dam with a tree...skinny slutty looking girls walking around looking "koel" & posing all over the guys & next to a Ford Cortina... the worst kind of Afrikaans lyrics (and Afrikaans can be DIRTY!) being rapped out of the guys' mouths...It was freakin' hilarious.
I was with a group of people a short while back who were talking about this 'new' form of Afrikaans rap - a sub-culture of people doing really South African, "bad taste" but really cool music with ridiculous music video personas.
We had a pizza evening with Pete & Elaine tonight. They always have something amazing to show & tell.... & tonight, they introduced us to Jack Parow.
(I think that Jack Parow is a great example of this "sub-culture")
You have to understand 'South African' to get this & its worth every bit of bandwidth!
(Hey T: Jy's dink jy's cooler as ekke: want jy ry in 'n Peugeot 206!)
One of the many extensions of this project is the Back in the Day SA blog which features a pick of amazing slides which have been scanned...
