So it’s been a pretty interesting year so far… And everything still feels all bright an shiny.

I started this year with a new job and very “opgewonde” as what to expect. The new job is awesome! I get to build cool stuff, learn rad things and be surrounded by cool tech all day. The people are awesome as well. It’s been a great experience so far.

I started doing capoeira with Jay Sizzle so as to get in shape… What a rad sport! It has also taught me to count to 10 in Portuguese. More on the sport to come I’m sure this year…

Drew put his hands up for Detriot and went to go train some people over there. In his travels he managed to pick up a 6th generation iPod Nano for me… in green!. What an awesome little gadget! Having to install iTunes (who needs it when you have MusicBee?) to manage the damn thing made me do something I haven’t in years: Listen to podcasts.

One podcast that Nico rickommended has been providing me with a lot of audio pleasure… and that my friends is “Joe Strummer’s London Calling”. The show is an 8 part (split into 16 29-minute podcasts) radio series and features Strummer and his awesome eclectic music taste… think reggae, rock and folk… real world music stuff. Read a bit more here or grab it on iTunes here!

Do yourself a favour and grab the series and give it a listen!

^5!

The dirtyoldDisco got invited to play at FestiVAL 2010 in a small town called Val in Mpumlanga… We made a road trip out of it… here is the story…

It’s really small, even on a map!

I rolled through to Game to get a nifty little tent (they were having a special… it was fate), packed my stuff and loaded up the gear into T-Bones car…On the way through town we got to see some Eugene Terror respect art outside the University of Pretoria…

Eugene Terror!

Bravo Pizzeria!

We picked up some Bravo’s pizza (it’s the shiz niz… find it on South Street, Hatfield, Pretoria) and finally made it onto the highway. Check out the shenanigans after the jump!

Tea Baggins!

The R23…

We drove behind this truck for a while… it was the most exciting part of driving to Mpumalnga.

The most eXciting part of the trip…

Finally after about 2 hours we rolled into Val, set up my new bitching tent and checked out the scenery. T-Bone even pushed a hoe.

Welcome to Val!

Pushin the hoe!

The local bar, the Moeggeploegkroeg, was pretty rad. We got some drinks there, watched some bands outside there, ate some sarmies in there, rick-overed after getting too wasted with drinks from there, took crotch shots there, drew in the guest book there and welcomed the bears there.

Moeggeploeg Menu!

Rick-overing…

T-Bone adding to the guest book…

Nice, we were there!

Chuckles and Will!

T-Bone and I played a cool set to those that were still awake enough to party with us, there were no photos, no one could see.

Saturday morning arrived and everyone felt like sh1t. I walked along the train line for a bit, checked out the town a bit more and then sat in the bar until we left. I ignored the drive home.

Feeling less than awesome…

Walking…

More of the town...

Even more…

And even more!

FestiVAL is a pretty rad little festival, it’s not too far from Gauteng and the get a way is good! I’ll see you there next year! Goodbye!

Kay bye!

^5!

Witty – perhaps a bit offensive? – e-cards… worth a laugh

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