Days like Television: Rebel Alliance 4 Trailer!

Seems like this blogs become pretty over-run by space kittens in the buildup to Rebel Alliance 4 on Saturday. I'd like to write a "happy new year everyone" post and get round to listing my favourite stuff from 2011, but just not getting round to it between juggling preparations for Saturday and getting into the Nigerian educational video scene. Till things clear up a bit, you'll just have to make do with this torrent of Alliance related posts.

Today I'm happy to share the trailer for the next instalment of our cinema-rocking "fuck yeah" fest!

We do this all the time: I'm not a DJ, I'm in a band!

I'm not a DJ, I'm in a band - Thu 23 Sep - Tings an Times
photos by Anja Venter

You are invited! I'm not a DJ, I'm in a band!

This is gonna be awesome.

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Come and listen to your favorite band people play their favorite songs!!!!
Cocktail Special between 7PM and 9PM - Buy one, get one free!!


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- Professor Mystery (Havoc Vultures)
- Liam Lynch
- MakAttak vs The Tourist (Pity The Fool)
- Sassquatch (Eyes Like Mirrors)
- Virus DJ Set (Isochronous)


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RSVP here!

P.S. Friday is a public holiday!

Link Highlight: Doktrine!

Meet M.J. Like most of the awesomest kids I know, M.J. is from Pretoria. Not to say I haven't come across my fair share of fantastically cool,creative kids from around the country. It's just that for every one of them i know of two from Pretoria.

Maybe it has something to do with growing up in the shadow of the shitty, ultra-conservative, genrally crap mentality that Pretoria was built on. Maybe it's the aftermath of Seedys, Nile Crocodile and the once complete anarchy that was TUKS FM. Maybe it's kids devolving super powers to resist evil radiation emanating from the voortrekker monument. Whatever the reason, Pretoria has over the past few years been birthing and (as in the case of M.J.) attracting some of the most creative, fun, rockandrollasfuck individuals I've ever had the pleasure of sharing dancefloors, stages and all around awesome times with.

But yeah, this post isn't supposed to be a chance for me to fan out over Pretoria, it's supposed to be a chance for me to fan out over Doktrine.

Doktrine are masters of making awesome stuff for your eyes. Major fixations with bad-ass wildlife, retro porn, cosmic psychedelia and wolves help them churn out some of the coolest illustration, graphic design, motion graphics and photography in town.

I really won't start fanning out about this stuff too much because honestly, nothing I can say can really do justice to the insane radness that shoots out of the big wolfs mouth like so much godzilla fire. So instead I offer you a few pictures and a video, a tiny fraction of the awesomeness Doktrine have been bringing into the world over the past few years.

OUT OF THE LAW - HAVOC VULTURES from Doktrine Beeldradio on Vimeo.

Head here and here for previously Animal called about Doktrine photography, check out M.J's hard-art-concept-core-rock-band Havoc Vultures and obviously pay a visit to Doktrine HQ!