Ed Rybicki s personal rave site
I notice the last lot seem to be missing one stereo track such are the problems of recording off someone else s setup! Here s another two sets from a couple of months later. Retroid Rock 1-5-96 tape 1 Retroid Rock 1-5-96 tape Continue reading
From mid 1995 to mid 1996, I hosted a weekly 2 hour music programme on University of Cape Town Radio: UCT Radio, FM 104.5 within about a 5 km radius of UCT Upper Campus. I called the programme Retroid Rock , Continue reading
I have for a number of years been popularising Kwanzukanaliamaseid a mashup of all faith-based solstice or other astronomically-defined celebrations via what is now Xwitter. I used our collection of animals, flowers and trees made from fencing wire Continue reading
As COVID ground on, so I bought Kindle SF books quite a LOT of Kindle books and read them, and quite often reviewed them on the Amazon site. As I have now done a few times, I am Continue reading
I ve done a fair bit of reading in lockdown, so here s a selection of reviews! It only takes me back to my birthday this year, in fact B-) The Omega Protocol (Cade Korbin Chronicles Book 4; 4/5) Unexpectedly good So Continue reading
Even as a science fiction fan AND a virologist, who binge-watches zombie series and is trying to write a couple of virus-themed stories I never saw this coming. Sure, I d been scared in 2003 when the original SARS erupted and Continue reading
Because I have nothing else to do (ha ha!!), and I have done quite a lot of reading in the last year or two, I decided to collect my most recent reviews from the Amazon Kindle site. Enjoy! A wonderful Continue reading
Professor David Hedding from the distance-learning hub that is the University of South Africa, recently published a “World View” editorial in Nature decrying what he calls the “publication payouts” that are given by SOME South African universities to their staff, Continue reading
Despite the fact that we are in what is rapidly becoming a MONUMENTAL water crisis here in Cape Town, and folk are bleating about mass closures of schools, businesses and yes, Universities, at my place of work we do not Continue reading
From anaesthetics: I really do wonder, as I fade away into that fuzzy darkness, whether I ll come back this time. I ve had a fair bit of practice, you see: I was counting them up prior to my last adventure in Continue reading