New Dirty Skirts Video - Rolling like Thunder

Rolling Like Thunder, the new single from The Dirty Skirts has now been released.

I don't really get the whole stills photography to make up a music video. And why is Dom from Goldfish in it?

I am perplexed by this. I missed them at Cokefest.

Zebra & Giraffe at Kirstenbosch

Well well well. Zebra & Giraffe is the name on the lips of most South African music lovers at the moment. And why not? They have been playing together for 3 months or so and have played to more people than some bands have who have been playing for over a year. Yesterday marked their biggest show to date! There were reports of just under 4000 people gathered in the shelter of Table Mountain to witness the fitness.

Flashy guitarist, Alan, introed many songs with energy stimulating riffs and Greg had to put up with more fans screaming their affections for the overnight rockstar. Darren on drums was fashioning another waistcoat (he loves his waistcoats) and from the last time I saw them at The Assembly, bassist, backup vocals and other stuff, Andrew, has cleaned up his act with a shave and haircut. (I think he's had a haircut. He certainly still has the mullet.) I don't have anything to say about Rob on keys, but he was there. Good job Rob!

Unfortunately, the sound check was not quite complete by the time the lads came on stage and so they were forced to do a little mixing during the show. Subtle, but noticed. Andrew's vocals were adjusted to be backing rather than as loud as Greg's. It was necessary. But the average music listener may not have noticed. I happened to be sitting with two of the biggest music scrutinizers in the industry (James and Tim), and so it was clear to them and therefore us.

The sitting vibe at Kirstenbosch works...for most bands. But it wasn't long before the school kids had gathered with their cellphones to photograph and dance up front. It was novel for kids because it is rare that bands of the Z&G caliber play to all ages live. And so the generally uniformed kids had whipped out their newest item of casual wear for the special event.

Z&G played a new song, it was good. Then they finished their set. Or did they? I was reminded at that stage that they had not played their other big single, Arm Yourself. It had to be played. They could not be finished until they had played that song. And so they came back on stage lead by Darren. The words, Arm yourself my love!! wrung out into the early evening air that had turned a tad crisp as the sun disappeared behind the gathered clouds and looming mountain.

It was a super start to the summer concerts and a stunning way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Zebra & Giraffe will be back for their forth Cape Town show on 16 December, so if you have missed them up until now, make sure you are around then! They will be playing at The Assembly.

See you there Cape Town...

Daft Punk is Playing at My House!

So, rumours are running rampant on Facebook. Daft Punk are coming to SA to play a once off show at Kirstenbosch in February 2009. As of yet, I have found no literature to support this claim, but it would be cool. I messaged the guy who started the invite craze on FB and he sent me this:

"Hey Richard

I work for a media and events company called SBA2 and we have been given the info that you can see. The legal boys told us what links we could and couldn't put up and then big concerts put it together. Basically we were given the contract to make some hype about the concert and preceding the actual announcement, all we do is use every "unofficial" media source we can find to get the talk about the concert up in order to build hype before the actual announcement. Its a technique we call sink media, we basically let old fashioned word on the street to build up an event. The rumours as to whether it is or isn't happening all help. As you know, facebook is a very usefull tool for sink media and this is just one of our mediums. Another would be paying a person to phone into a popular radio station and simply ask if the concert is happening, it all builds hype. Even if people dont belive it, it will keep their ears tuned to the idea and if one person talks about it, it spreads! Due to the huge success of the David Guetta concert which we helped promote in this way, we are doing this in a similar fashion with some changes ofcourse. From what i have been told, the announcement will e made 62 days before the actual concert and for the first 31 days after the announcement all people will be able to do is book the right to a ticket and in the 31 days before the concert people can actually buy tickets. Again, these are all hype techniques, organisers know that this concert will be a sell out so they can use creative media techniques to enhance it!

See you at the concert Richard!

Guy Manning

SBA2"

So I don't know anymore. I asked him for a website to show some credibility, but he hasn't as yet got back to me. Time will tell I guess. Is Kirstenbosch not a strange place for a Daft Punk concert?If you want to speak directly to Guy, you can click here and message him.

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