Hey readers sorry its been quite sometime but have been mad busy with a New edition :)

Thats right! Im having a baby boy! :)
Hes gonna be here in Feb, so for now I still wont be writing much.


Hope you keeping it casual and living like its beautiful!

What a great way to start the morning..
Hearing from that one special person in ones morning first thing can make everything seem as though it's a dream
as there's only smiles all day :)
Even the stress the rest of the day may bring with over worked jobs and too little time seems to be just a phase of the day that's made so much easier when the thoughts of her are on ones mind.

Brimfull of Ashes playing in the background has upped every thought of the day.
It's a wonder how music really does have a real effect on the mood of a persons emotion and mindset.
I've heard of-course of the stories of how it really has been scientifically proven to change it all but never really believed it as there's many doubts for oneself to this because I enjoy some of all genres of music for the brilliance and genius of the composers and writers and even some of the performers.
But it really is so that even with a mixture of all the genres, that feel good music does really exist in every part of the genres out there..
Oldies music though, as I've discovered has more of these feel goods than the newer age music.
Elvis even has songs that are uplifting! Little More Satisfaction is playing now.

Newer music has fallen into a very deep emotional state, which can be bad for the listeners as it can affect us in different ways, example.. I enjoy Jason Mraz's Love is real song, listen to it every now and there. But there's a friend or two who are saddened by the lyrics..
The good thing is that music really becoming an expression for some artists because it means they are still being people. There are those artists in certain genres that sing only about what their managers tell them it's what people want to hear. When I heard the Whisper song I was appalled by the lyrics but the beat is strong and catchy.
So why should the song be so lyrically mean? Why couldn't it have been about sonnets or things that are romantic to whisper in someone's ear?
Because simply our society today. The general younger age has become to de sensitized by the actions of the world today that it's just another song to any of them.
I know I'm not really making sense because hey I'm part of that generation myself, being only 19.
But then again, maybe it's just because of my love for oldies type music being a clash with the newer more forward music.

You decide..
Let me know what your favorite feel good tracks are? Old or New?

ELE : everybody love everybody!
- Jacky Moon :)

Ciao for now!

Africa is not for sissies!
- the most amazing words from Syd Kitchen, one of, if not the only, artist to have performed at the splashy fen in underberg for all 20 years of the magic that is and forever will be SplashyFen!

After a hectic twelve hour drive through Carolina in Mpumalanga through to Ermelo and Newcastle finally making our way onto the highway and then we were set for underberg. Not even the mist and gravel and huge ass trucks that seemed to comeoutta no where on the on lane road works could keep us from the Splash!

Set up camp and the party starts, met up with a few old school mates and had a few catch up drinks.. well one or two more than just a few.
Had an early night with my lovely girlfriend,whom I must say a hyoooge thanks too for making the trip so great!

Saturday morning woke up to a cold beer and a trip to the river for a bath, water was ice cold, not that I know personally cause I somehow forgot my board shorts :(
There was an awesome phoofy slide and this rope slide thingy that was going on down there too.
The people of splash were absolutly rocking, so chilled and happy about everything even the glas they stood in now and then..
heaven...

Stealing love jones under the big tent, amazing. The cover of "if I was a boy" they did before they ended their set created a new found appreiciation for great covers! I loved it! plus the coldness of the black label draft and the wonderful company of Merese made everything feel so ment to be.
Syd kitchen, after a lengthy visit to the beer tent and a bunny chow that was off the hook, at the smaller tent by the stalls.
Syd Kitchen, there are no words. His music took us to another world, the emotion and raw puriy of his sounds are intoxicating! If you ever where to read this Syd, Many Many Much Love to you bro, you are a true legend!

A surprise followed Syd to the stage, a band called Customized, they sang a sort of pop rock and their lead guitarist is very well fast with his fingers.The surprise that came from this band was not that the first thing they said to us before performing was " This is for the Drunk dogs out there!" The surprise was that they were all between the ages of 10 and 14!

hitting the tent again to catch up on some alone time, we had another beer or two and then headed our way back up to the tent for the rest of saturday's main tent performers.
Hotwater, who rocked. Very sick style of indie rock thye had. I won't lie.
Naplama, blew my mind. absolutly fucking amazing!
and Goldfish who had a huge standard set fr them by napalma and they did alright ..

drunk drunk drunk drunk... Now as fromthe time I'm writing this, I have 349 days to plan for the next
magical easter weekend..
SPLASHY FEN 21

www.splashyfen.co.za for details!
Hope to see you there!