Wolf and Cub’s new single
Wolf and Cub are back with a brand new single and after listening to it, I feel like I should be out in the streets, warning my neighbours of the apocalypse. The song is huge, forceful, damming and painfully exciting. Joel Byrne’s half-drawl, half-howl proclaims the end, while (in true Wolf and Cub) the drums are epic and unsettling. And then, that moment, the bass against the fading echoes. My heart broke and my brain exploded. It’s too much to take. This band will be the death of me.
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Ummm, Beyonce’s Single Ladies anyone?
It’s not surprising that the fifteen-year-old boy I tutor introduced me to this video. Spatial geometry and the causes of the Vietnam War gathered dust, as he made me view it numerous times, pointing out which girl was his favourite and why: the one on the left, because she’s hot; the one on the right because she is ‘hittin’ her moves’; and Beyoncé, because, well she’s Beyoncé. To be honest, after the first ten seconds of our first viewing, I became a very willing participant in the whole discussion. We talked about why Beyoncé’s pseudo-feminist lyrics sometimes annoy me (Jay-Z did ‘put a [HUGE] ring on it’) and which moves were our favourites (mine occurs at the 52 second mark, he likes the one at 1:32). Truthfully, I barely like this song, but this video is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. I wonder if we could cut the sound and get Sir David Attenborough to narrate it.
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The John Steel Singers’ Rainbow Kraut video
I can say with an unwavering amount of conviction that kaleidoscopes are the greatest things ever invented. Well, one of them at least. Brisbane band, The John Steel Singers, take that statement and turn it into a super cool video for their song, Rainbow Kraut. I think Oliver Sacks would agree: phantom hands should always play keyboards.
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Max Johnson said | 11 June, 2008
Personally to Huna Amweero:
My name is Max Johnson, a Namibian living in Tsumeb, Namibia. I have read your articles but was struck by your name. 34 years ago, I attended a Roman Catholic High School, Dobra, near Windhoek in Namibia.
I had a friend, Wendelinus Amweero, who moved with me to a university , Universitry of Western Cape, in South Africa in the late 70s. During this apartheid days we had to return to Namibia because of the struggle that was waged by our comrades in South Africa and which affected our stay at the university. We had to leave the university. For 28 years I haven’t heard or seen my friend.
Dear Huna, I know this is not the platform to address this. Please, if Mr Wenndelinus Amweero is related to you or if you know such a person in Australia, please connect him to me. My E-mail adrress : maxz5john@yahoo.com : Tel/Fax +26467 220501
Mobile phone +264812486958