Tag Archive: 2004

2004 Castle Lager Advert

Back in early 2004 Australia were on a cricket tour to South Africa. Castle Lager (South Africa's top selling beer) released this TV advert just before the test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Castle Lager is produced by SAB Miller (the 2nd largest brewery in ...

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London Scene

In 2004 my dad and I visited my brother in London in the United Kingdom. We were in the country for eleven days and nearly froze our behinds off. South Africans are not used to cold weather. It was averaging between 7 and 9 degrees Celcius maximum during the day and between 0 and 2 ...

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British Houses of Parliament

In November 2004 me and my dad visited my brother in London in the United Kingdom. I took this photo of the British Houses of Parliament and the world famous Big Ben whilst standing across the Thames river from the buildings. It was rainy and cold on most of the 11 days that we spent ...

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William Shatner & Joe Jackson – Common People

Canadian born actor William Shatner is probably best known for his role as Captain Kirk on the Science Fiction TV series Star Trek. But he's also famous for being the presenter on Rescue 911 and his role as Denny Crane on the television series Boston ...

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Fokofpolisiekar – Tevrede

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This is probably the song that got me addicted to the Afrikaans punk rock of South African rockers from Bellville, Fokofpolisiekar, back in 2004. The song was released on their first studio album Lugsteuring. "Tevrede" can be roughly translated to "Satisfied". For those of you ...

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Muse – Sing for Absolution

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In the last few years I've become quite a Muse fan. This song, Sing for Absolution has a bizarre calming effect on me. I think this is probably because it's such a musically brilliant song. This tune is definately worthy of being named one of ...

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