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 to Caryn Paryn’s flat we got to see some Eugene Terror respect art outside the University of Pretoria…

Eugene Terror!

Bravo Pizzeria!

We got Caryn, 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!

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Steve Aoki came to South Africa… we went along to the JHB show on 3 April… it was so awesome!

Andrew Mohawk, T-Bone, Caryn Paryn and Number 1 and I all rolled through… we ran into old friends, we drank, we raved! Steve played some awesome tunes, some African tunes and some really weird tunes…

Photos after the jump!
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Caryn Paryn and I being lego…

So everyone that comes here knows that I’m really bad at doing the regular blog thing and I always have these “catch up” posts… Here is the latest one! I just trawled through some old photos I got off my camera and this is what I remembered… (read it after the jump!)

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dirtyoldman, Andrew Mohawk, Caryn Paryn and I

Dirtyoldman and I have been bringing the chop back to the clubs the last month, playing as the banging electro duo “dirtyoldDisco”! It has been totally awesome to see how our hard hitting style of electro gets the floor asking for more! I’ve put up some photos from the last three shows we played. Thanks to all the people that took them, you know who you are

Photos after the jump!
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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!

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!
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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!

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Caryn and I decided to head down to the Pretoria Zoo to see what we could see. It’s always awesome to see that the Pretoria Zoo is constantly upgrading the living areas of their animals and that they are always in super great shape. They are currently busy building a new seal / penguin enclosure that looks huge, I’m definitely looking forward to that!

Read about our zoo trip after the jump!

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I haven’t blogged in ages, I just haven’t really had much to say. This has been a pretty interesting year for me so I loaded up the photos I’ve taken and tried to remember all the things that have happened / I’ve done etc… I know I’ve forgotten a lot but here goes anyways…

Stream the thoughts!

Partying much less, studying much more, getting a girlfriend, listening to a lot of bad music that I downloaded off of blogs, selling my car, shaving my moustache, breaking my speakers, watching LOTS of movies, Magaliesberg Canopy Tours, tennis, mountain biking, Infected Mushroom, picnics, dirtyoldDisco, radio deconstruction, threadless, blah blah blah!

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