I was reading my blog posts on this site today and I have to apologise for writing some really boring drivel that is really boring boring the old man is snoring. So I have ended that. Rad.

I got sick last week, throat infection or something and it was totally badass. I spent a few days in bed being lame and watching series and sleeping and taking photos of my dogs – they were hanging with me in my room.

I captured Abbie in the middle of a yawn… She looks badass here, but is actually really sweet.

I finally read Moxyland (it’s been on my shelf since my birthday in March) and I have to say that Lauren Beukes is one talented author(ess?)… go to Exclusive Books tomorrow and have a look at the book, read the back, want to buy it… and then go home and logon to Kalahari.net and save a lot of money and get it delivered to your house.

I watched some weird movies as well. Surveillance is directed by David Lynch’s daughter Jenny, ’nuff said – It’s violent and awesome. IMDB says it’s about: “An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims – all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.”. It got a crap rating there, but I rickommend it. Tonight I watched Public Enemies with Kid Caryn… What an awesome film! It is shot incredibly well, has a great story, is about bank robbers and is based on a true story! WIN! Go watch it! If you don’t like it, your opinion is wrong.

I will be putting up some photo’s from the past few weeks worth of gigs that the dirtyoldDisco have played at sometime soon.

Stay tuned.

Rick Disco, Over and Out!
^5!

So between now and the end of the month there are a lot of totally awesome things coming to Pretoria and Jhb!

This Thursday (20 August) my good friend Charles will be exhibiting along with a whole bunch of other talented people at Platform on 18th in Pretoria. The exhibition is called “Narrative Landscapes: Artworks generated from conceptual videos generated from personal narritives“. Check out the flyer in pretty .pdf format here, the map to the venue is here and the Facebook event is here!

Read about more awesome parties after the jump!
Read the rest of this entry »

I couldn’t make it to Oppikoppi this past long weekend, so making the most of being stuck at home Caryn and I did some cooking! On Friday night she made me delicious home made pizzas with artichokes, rosemary, rosa tomatoes, mushrooms, some fresh chillis and a whole lotta mozzarella! They came out amazingly as I’m sure the photos will show!

After eating too much we went out for a drink with my old friend Charlie… always a good time! Charlie is having an exhibition soon, but I will keep you posted on the details!

The rest of the weekend was filled with more work than I care to normally do, a good solid night of beers with Nico and Steve as well as a lovely lunch at Caryn’s family’s home. Be sure to check out Nico’s punk as f@ck band Liberty Valance out on Facebook… Two new songs up!

On Monday night it was my turn to make something awesome so I put together a few delicious stuffed peppers… this is what I did…

Grab the recipe after the jump!
Read the rest of this entry »

Dang the last week has flown by super fast… so I’m spending today catching up on all those things you miss out on when doing too many things. Nothing beats sitting back in your comfy chair listening to music and reflecting… [listening to IAMX - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction as I type]

This post includes the Drunken Banshees, Pretoria Botanical Gardens, my new controller, Cool Runnings, Juri, bad movies, dirtyoldDisco, university, work, bluetooth and a wireless antenna.

Read all about it after the jump!
Read the rest of this entry »

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

Check out more at: www.bluntcard.com!

The Mountain above us

I managed to have a quick getaway weekend this past one. Caryn and I drove through to Verlorenkloof in Mpumalanga to have a weekend with her folks. Being just what the doctor ordered, it was super relaxed! We did some chillin, some walking and I learnt to fly fish (horay for a new skill!). Verlorenkloof is beautiful, peaceful and serene. If you like that sort of thing, go go go www.verlorenkloof.co.za!

Photos and more after the jump!

Read the rest of this entry »

Friday night Caryn and I headed off to The Woods to grab a live set from Mtkidu. The Woods is a cool venue but damn, why can’t they open up the seating area? When it is so packed, all you do is get bumped around the whole time and it ends up being a bit lame. Apart from that, Mtkidu played a killer set… I love their new material and can’t friggin’ wait for their up and coming album release! Grab some of their tracks free from electrotrash!

Read all about the last few days – recording, Lotus, birthdays – all after the jump!

Read the rest of this entry »

So now that I have become totally addicted to Twitter, I have also decided on my favourite Twitter clients so that I 1) don’t have to be at a computer to tweet and 2) when I am at a computer, I don’t have to refresh the whole friggin time!

Read about all about my search after the jump!

Read the rest of this entry »

Drew and I being badass

Woah! Another semester has flown by and once again it wasn’t blogged about much… so let’s catch up…

This issue includes varsity, working, Mabula Game Lodge, HAEZER, Twitter, moving Andrew, DJing and a whole lot more!

Read all about it after the jump!

Read the rest of this entry »

In small but pretty exciting news, this past weekend (Friday 8 May 2009 to be exact) saw the first Viral Underground party in Pretoria. It was quite a fun affair indeed! Themba and I got to play our debut set as the banging electro duo “dirtyoldDisco” which was awesome even though we didn’t get to play to the biggest crowd ever! What’s even more awesome about the party was that, although we got to play a part in the first event, we get to play an even bigger part in the next one, hopefully happening on 31 July 2009! Excited face! Thanks to all of my friends that made it out to give us that loving support! ^5!

Read more about the event on electrotrash here and check out the Facebook group here!

Saturday, 9 May 2009, saw the inauguration of South Africa’s latest president – Mr Jacob Zuma as well as the wedding of our friend Jacob Israel! Themba and I got to hang out at the wedding and play a few tracks but it seems that all the dancing going on in the country was at the inauguration ceremony as YouTube gracefully shows us here!

More, soon… Thanks for reading!

^5!