This episode features some of the highlights of Season One of Tune Me What? As we approach our 50th show, you’re bound to enjoy hearing how we’ve developed! Remember, the old episodes are still available in full right here at tunemewhat.com.
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This is a very serious episode of Tune Me What?. We stumbled upon this sensational exposé on News24.com of what is happening to the South African Music industry. We weren’t entirely clear what the specifics were – we guess we may be victims of this “technology” ourselves – but apparently mind-control and Kurt Darren are involved in this conspiracy. As South African music lovers we felt it was our duty to give this shocking report a wider audience and to do our best to present evidence of the unquestionable grooviness of SA Music.
We therefore present 12 exhibits of audio evidence chosen at random, including:
Anchors Up
Dog Detachment
Galore
Jabula
Jazz Dazzlers
Kippie Moeketsi & The Marabi Kings
Lucy Kruger
Mabi Gabriel Thobejane
MarkAlex
Sugardrive
Tribe After Tribe
And featuring Intergalactic Commander Kurt Darren
Further research has also uncovered “sensational” evidence that Kurt Darren may be a vessel for space aliens at the highest levels. Here is the visual evidence:
Please, if you have any further information about this conspiracy, contact us urgently!
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
An eagle-eyed and ever-vigilant listener sent in this photo of yet another mind evacuation stopping ‘Kurt Darren’ in his tracks. Experts agree that in this instance the alien overlords slipped up and when his mind returned ‘Kurt Darren’ had been switched with a backup alien avatar ‘Pete Burns’ 4900 nautical miles away. Astonished friends say the former Dead or Alive singer inexplicably started speaking in Afrikaans and demanding to know “the score” while performing at the entrance to Platform 3 northbound at London’s famous Piccadilly tube station. Meanwhile, back in South Africa, ‘Kurt Darren’ began singing “You Spin Me Right Round’ for startled rugby fans. However, since he did this in Xhosa, most assumed this was simply another pop star mangling the National Anthem and the incident passed largely unnoticed.
Please, if you spot any suspicious photos revealing ‘Kurt Darren’ entering a fugue state, submit the evidence to us. It is imperative this mind-control conspiracy is investigated thoroughly.
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Collaborations between South African artists have produced some wonderful music. This episode of Tune Me What? celebrates the music that flows from the partnership of one great artist with another.
In the show, we feature the music of:
Cindy Alter & Stewart Irving
Darius Brubeck & Deepak Ram
Johnny Clegg & Danny K
Koos Kombuis & Valiant Swart
Madala Kunene & Max Lasser
Miriam Makeba & Harry Belafonte
PJ Powers & Jabu Tsambo
Syd Kitchen & Madala Kunene
Tony Cox & Steve Newman
Vusi Mahlasela & Louis Mhlanga
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In this episodes of Tune Me What? Leon & Brett spin their customary collection of cool tunes from South Africa, but also celebrate the fact that three of their favourite bands have reunited and are rocking again!
In the show, we feature the music of:
Anti Retro Vinyls
Boyoyo Boys
Danny De Wet And The Lowveld Garage Band
Errol Dyers
Evoid
Miriam Makeba
Otis Waygood Blues Band
Squeal
Third Ear Experience
Urban Creep
Vusi Mahlasela
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According to the BBC, South African musician, songwriter and poet Koos Kombuis is having one of his works included as part of a literature exam for students at Cambridge University in the UK.
How do they get past the fact that Kombuis writes in Afrikaans, you may be asking yourself. Easy, the poem in question has no words. He called the work “Tipp-Ex Sonate”.
According to Mark Ford, a poet and professor of English Language and Literature at University College London, there is little point trying to decipher the text. He advises:
“I don’t think you could write an interesting long answer about the text. The pattern is not particularly complicated and there are only a handful of characters. A better strategy would be to put Tipp-Ex Sonate in a wider aesthetic context. Students could discuss the avant-garde tradition of anti-art,widely associated with the dada movement, which saw defacing or destroying artworks as a form of iconoclasm.”
Perhaps if Cambridge could arrange to have a jug of Tassies to hand, ‘Professor’ Kombuis would host a seminar to explain the work himself.
