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Monday, February 06, 2006

Boulevard of Broken Songs

If you haven't already heard this - check it out. This is an "intermix" rather than a remix... Boulevard of Broken Songs. Green Day vs Oasis vs Travis vs Eminem.
Beautifully done!

Acid Alex by Al Lovejoy - South African Author

Acid Alex by Al Lovejoy - South African Author

I cried my way through this book - as did everyone I know who has read it - this is a tough story - from reformatory to international drug smuggler - it could be just another hectic South African story. But it's the devastating insight that floors you and puts it up there with the likes of Nadine Gordimer and Andre Brink.

Click through, read the prologue and buy one of the most important books to come out of this country...