Helicopria.

A Helicoprion is an extinct shark:

The raison d'etre of my old band, Sulene van der Walt, is in a new band named Helicopria.


I cannot describe to you why you really do need to check out their stuff.

...okay, actually I can.

There's a great tendency (I find) for young artists to have a serious case of all-talk-no-do. So many bands, so many actors, so many kids spend more time talking about what they are going to do, rather than doing what they talk about doing. I'm a culprit. So are you.

Helicopria is not.

From singing happy birthday to writing personalized 'fan songs' to touring in Turkey to having a name original enough to have the first twenty plus pages of hits on google - they're a busy bunch of sharks and they put in the effort that makes your effort to check 'em out absolutely miniscule. And worth it.

If you enjoyed it, share it. Put your effort in.

We no speak Americano.

Don't have time to blog at the moment, so instead I'm reposting things I find funky enough to show you.

This is the epitome of funk:

Osamacide.

FB post of the day by Daniel Jake Sher - kak funny:

Have a good one.

Jason Oosthuizen

FB post of the day - by Tara Notcutt - is a drum cover of Eminem and Rihanna's 'Love the way you lie'. Makes me wanna be a drummer again. Wowaweewa. Watch it; it's awesome.

My Friends + Grammy Winner = makesmefeeldope.

I've blogged about them before. They're a great band called The Windy City - beautiful music, beautiful boys, beautiful video. Right here:

Catch their website here: thewindycity.co.za

Over and out.

Where is my mind?

I was playing with the chords from the Pixies' "Where is my mind" this afternoon and thought I'd make a little music video playing with the irony of the lyrics. Except I couldn't play the piano swimming.

It's a very elementary cover of a great song that I'm not in any way trying to do justice.

All hail the pixies.

xxx

Deuling Cellists.

Facebook Post of the day today is by Jesse Wentzel... I love the music, and the video is really fun and pacey and the conviction that both of the cellists express is hilarious. Proves my theory that muso's often make for good actors - or, at least, good muso's often make for better actors than non-muso's could. Make sense?

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Civil Twilight.

Local band. International music. That's cool.

Nic Danger and the Rise of the Space Ninjas... and his moustache.

My friends at the Pink Couch and another friend, Nic, are putting on a show at the Arena Theatre from tonight till the 19th of Feb.

It's brilliant.

Nic graduated from UCT at the end of last year with this piece as his final theatre-making project and it was extremely well-received on the evening I watched it. I'd say that if some awesome punk were to put together a play doing whatever he wanted - hilarious kick-ass songs written by himself, action man games, Americomedy (South Park) humour and a story line that totally blows his own horn - this would be the epitome of that awesomeness. So I'd say watch it, for sure, because you'll leave the theatre with tears in your eyes from laughing so hard. Booya.

Actor: James MacGregor.

If you wanna be cool, kiss my ass for event details.

Cheers x

Imogen Heap.

A graphic depiction of 05.02.11...

Apple thieves waiting to be crushed by a plutocrat in a Hummer and then watch IMOGEN HEAP!

Paul Cluver Amphitheater. What a set.

Look who we spotted in the crowd...!

...and look who we spotted on stage...!?

Arb Single Guy

Finally, we're introduced to Imogen fucking Heap. Wow.

And then something not-so-wow.

And then a suspenseful wait before Heap's set starts, for real, sans Emma.

She comes on stage and explains which buttons mean what,
and which instruments were given to her by 'mum'.

She plays and she plays and she plays and we just watch. And watch. And watch.

"WE LOVE IMOGEN" - our sign (thanks, Catherine!) goes up on the branch of donations.

The mission for the front seats was so worth it.

Someone's boyfriend really wanted some sex.

And then Imogen dared us to sing her song.

More music. More awe.

"If I could do this part every morning, my life would be pretty sweet. Well, actually it's already pretty sweet,
but it would be even more amazing if I could do this every morning."

Curtain call with the awesome drummer and cellist couple.

And, last but not least, Hide and Seek.

What an evening...