Category Archives: Music

The SA University Blues

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Ed Rybicki

I often alter other people’s songs, seeing as I have no talent to write my own, generally for the purpose of some light-hearted parody. This is less light-hearted. Piet Swart, you gave me the idea – so it’s your fault. … Continue reading →

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Legends II: The 5DJ Concert

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Ed Rybicki

I’ve been coming back to the Guitar Boogie Bar for some time now – and it’s an interesting thing: it’s never in the same place twice. Somewhere near where I found it, always somewhere a little out of the way, … Continue reading →

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Legends

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

It was purely by accident I found the bar – it had started raining, it was cold, I had no umbrella, I could hear music, and the door was right there – and it was the luckiest accident of my … Continue reading →

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We all came down to Montreux….

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

Well, to Lausanne, actually – but it’s just a boat ride to Montreux, so for the second time in ten years, we were where: We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a … Continue reading →

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Music of a certain age

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

And here we are, in 2015, listening to music we grew up with – again.  The good wife and I, sitting in our bedroom during an electricity load shedding episode, listening to The Best of Bread newly downloaded in iTunes, … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Wisdom from the Rolling Stones

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Ed Rybicki

…or from a list of their song titles, anyway.  Restricted mostly to the “40 Licks”CD  that is presently in my car.  

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Bubblespace

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Ed Rybicki

Hey, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks…a weekend that started well, slumped into depression, picked up on a Monday with some seriously good news, went on into a virology conference Anna-Lise and I organised (huge success, thank you!), through … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs 2: my secret shame

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ed Rybicki

After the success of our familial visit to Nostalgia – not far from Arthralgia, a bit north of Myopia – we did it again, early this year. This time, to an even earlier era: that of the Beach Boys…. I … Continue reading →

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Going back to Pompeii

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Ed Rybicki

Warning: anecdote follows! Back in around 1977 or thereabouts, when the Three Arts Theatre in Plumstead here in Cape Town was still doing these things, I went with a bunch of friends – yes, you, Paul Buck, Justin and all … Continue reading →

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Crime of the century

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Ed Rybicki

Close to it – being that long (as in, last century – do keep up??) since I last listened. And why was that?  Pure inertia, probably – that, and I had none on vinyl or on tape, and saw none … Continue reading →

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