Favourite 5's with Jaco Van der Merwe (Bittereinder)
- fulka & jacob israel (they're married, so I'm counting them as one!)
- simply dead (Toast Coetzer's new band with Jon Savage and Jon's wife Jane)
- yo grapes...wait, is that more than 5?
5 best live acts I've seen, off the top of my head (I know I'm leaving lots out. that's why I'm doing 6):
- Rahzel in Rotterdam, 2005, 3 hour set, I've never seen or heard anything like it before or after. I was mesmerized for 180 minutes straight.
- a skyline on fire, The Bioscope, 2011, the Queen cover nearly killed me.
- Jacob Israel featuring Justin Badenhorst on drums, Tings, 2010, I burst into tears at one point, it was too beautiful.
- Blindside at Foundry Fly Lounge (now Arcade Empire), 2006, my favourite band in the universe came to SA, I watched 4 of their 5 shows in SA (saw them again in JHB later that week, and then drove through to Durban to watch them at Burn the following night). At one point in the show Christian, the singer, jumped off the balcony into the crowd and then started "walking" on the people, barefoot, still singing.
- Isochronous, Ramfest CT, 2011, amazing musicians nailed it that night with great sound. Peach and Louis and I were all blown away.
- Desmond & the Tutu's, Moonlight Film Festival, 2006, it was love at first sight.
3.) Places to travel:
- Santiago, Chile. I turned 18 there, in the year 2000.
- Granada, Spain, was there for an amazing week in 2005.
- Leuven, Belgium, my parents lived there for 3 years. Awesome little university town, tons of coffee shops.
- Schaffhausen, Switzerland, saw Europe's largest waterfall (which is remarkably tiny) in 2008, pretty town covered in snow.
- Torun, Poland, toured there with Yesterday's Pupil in 2008. Birthplace of Copernicus.
- Yesterday's Pupil - Mechanisms of the Universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmpBTkm9hJE
- Jacob Israel - Her Narnian Horse Analogy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1MJ3WGArOc
- Listener - Ozark Empire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-J-1CkokQk
- Fire Through the Window - Long Gone (wouldn't be able to sing the song along, but that video blew my mind)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jakZJ7zmD8g
- Simply Dead - It's Less Dangerous (check out the guy in the yellow shirt's epic dance moves)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DefEt4_aOw
5.) What makes you feel liberated:
- an epic view from a balcony, preferably at night.
- destroying bowling attacks for my action cricket team.
- when the monitors are doing what they're supposed to do on stage.
Interview: Krige Venter ▲
