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An email i sent folks early this morning
Okay folks, spring is springing so that means, in Cape Town, the Pan African Space Station is on the launch pad and about to take you to where you need to be.
If you wish to witness the lift-off live then you should come through the PASS studios at 44 Long Street late Saturday (11 September)…Hey, that’s today….
It’s a long countdown and lift off…
Just to let you know, the third stage booster will be a Big Band at ’round Midnight…
…and there will be early Sunday morning food — bring Rands
…Be there or Be rectangular…
Otherwise – you can tune in for the next 30days to the broadcasts…the end of the month will give you an opportunity to experience one of the most unique music events this planet has to offer (thanks Heliocentrics).
But don’t take my words for it; check the site at: www.panafricanspacestaion.org.za
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Evolution: Your friendly announcer to audiodramatist
Well, here we are once again. As some of you may remember from last year i am the one who is charged with facilitating the PASS Radio thingy. Last year i engineered many of the presentations you experienced as Your Friendly Announcer. That was a reference to fellow year of the Tiger compatriot Stevie Wonder. This year i’ve decided to slip into my own and be who i really am. I am at a phase in my life where (except …
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Songs for Biko
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Some othaship
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PASS 2010 Live Events
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PASS radio 2010
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Toumani Diabate – LIVE at Slave Church, Cape Town (2009)
Listen to Toumani Diabate, recorded live at Slave Church, Cape Town in 2009. Bringing Mandinka history lessons that chart 700+ years., Diabate mediates traditions inherited from Mali’s ancient Mande Empire through globetrotting jazz, blues and electro frequencies. A lifelong Bamako resident, Diabate rose to global acclaim almost 20 years ago when he recorded the world’s first solo kora album Kaira. Since then his career has been characterised by a fierce refusal to erect a line between an ancient locality and …