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To Listen to the fantastic Matjies Show 'n Tell podcast 2009 By Kristin Palitza !!!

35mm slides

Il be bringing along a vintage slide projector.. please bring your old 35mm mounted slides and we can have a peek into the past Saturday morning over breakfast..

Air Guitar!!!!

Good peoples of the Matjiesfontein Show ‘n Tell. This year’s air guitar competition is set to be bigger, badder and more awesome than last year with drop-knee noodling, stage-diving and advanced axe grinds and to top it off there will be /prizes! They will include trophies made by Stuart Boyd, a real guitar (not made of air) and a few kick-ass albums from talented people who play real guitars. So pack your air plectrums, your spandex, leathers and pelvic thrusts and bring your A-game. If you have a specific song you want to play to, then bring it. Below is a list of songs to choose from, already on our playlist.

Voodoo Chile -Jimi Hendrix Experience
Still Got The Blues -Gary Moore
Run To The Hills -Iron Maiden
Nancy Boy -Placebo
My Sharona -Knack
My Generation -Who
Misirlou -Dick Dale
Let Me Entertain You -Robbie Williams
Layla -Derek And The Dominos
Johnny B. Goode -Chuck Berry
Gimme All Your Lovin' -Zz Top
Fool For Your Loving -Whitesnake
Down Down -Status Quo
Crossroads -Cream
Can't Get Enough -Bad Company
Born To Be Wild -Steppenwolf
Bohemian Rhapsody -Queen
Black Betty -Ram Jam World
All Shook Up -Paul Mccartney
All Right Now -Free
Ace Of Spades -Motorhead
20th Century Boy -T-rex
Wipe Out -Surfaris
Wild Thing -The Troggs
White Wedding -Billy Idol
Walk This Way -Run Dmc/ Aerosmith
Tie Your Mother Down -Queen (Air Guitar Edit)
The Boys Are Back In Town -Thin Lizzy
Summertime Blues -Eddie Cochran
Sultans Of Swing -Dire Straits
Song 2 -Blur
Smoke On The Water -Deep Purple
Since You've Been Gone -Rainbow
Silver Machine -Hawkwind
Rocky Mountain Way -Joe Walsh
Rebel Rebel -David Bowie
Paranoid -Black Sabbath
Monkey Wrench -Foo Fighters
Hi Ho Silver Lining -Jeff Beck
Free Bird -Lynyrd Skynyrd
Black Magic Woman -Santana
Animal -Def Leppard
Tush - ZZ Top
Please Don't Touch - Motorhead & Girlschool
Bad To The Bone - Thorogood, George & The Destroyers
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
Back On The Road Again - REO Speedwagon
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Vengeance - Malmsteen, Yngwie
Peter Gunn - Eddy, Duane
No Particular Place To Go - Berry, Chuck
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) - Offspring
Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd
Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
Over Under Sideways Down - Yardbirds
Have A Cigar - Foo Fighters
Suffragette City - Bowie, David
One I Love - REM
Unwanted - Lavigne, Avril
Gay Bar - Electric Six
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Can't Explain - Who
Eruption - Van Halen
Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade
Fool For Your Loving - Whitesnake
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Spirit Of Radio - Rush
Going Underground - Jam
Still Got The Blues For You - Moore, Gary
Don't Believe A Word - Thin Lizzy
Hero - Kroeger, Chad & Josey Scott
House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
Somethin' Else - Cochran, Eddie
Rock Around The Clock - Haley, Bill & The Comets
Bad Case Of Lovin' You - Palmer, Robert
Man Of Mystery - Shadows
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Caroline - Status Quo
Badge - Cream
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Unbelievable - EMF
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
White Wedding - Idol, Billy
Summer Of '69 - Adams, Bryan
Now I'm Here - Queen
God Save The Queen (live) - Brian May
Parisienne Walkways (live) - Gary Moore
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
Wishing Well - Free
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon
F.B.I. - Shadows (The)
C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
Saturday Nite At The Duck-Pond - Cougars (The)
Hold The Line - Toto
My Sharona - Knack (The)
Inside - Stiltskin 2008/07/16 05:15 PM
How You Remind Me - Nickelback
Jean Genie, The - David Bowie
All Night Long - Rainbow
Roll Over Lay Down - Status Quo
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Black Night - Deep Purple
Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
Pinball Wizard - Who (The)
Hate To Say I Told You So - Hives (The)
Teenage Kicks - Undertones (The)
She Sells Sanctuary - Cult (The)
Paper Plane - Status Quo
Hocus Pocus - Focus
Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture
Fat Lip - Sum 41
Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden
Action - Sweet (The)
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks (The)
Walk Don't Run - Ventures (The)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Clash (The)
Fight For Your Right (To Party), (You Gotta) - Beastie Boys (The)
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Run To You - Bryan Adams
One Vision - Queen

Oh, and have a look at this.

have you got gas.......?

ciao amici!

the arribiatta massive who will be cooking and serving us a delicious lunch of penne arribiatta on the lawn, are looking for an extra gas cooker/stove to use during the weekend. if you have a camping stove that you are happy to bring with, please could you email the head chef. i'm sure you'll get an extra portion out of it too!

tante grazie!

Short Message Service

who needs cellphone reception in the karoo when you've got a live SMS wall? yes folks, a LIVE SMS wall - Caitlyn came up with this great idea of organising one for the duration of the weekend. All you have to is remember to bring a photo of yourself.

meet Show 'n Tell's official handyman

Locked your keys in your car? Too drunk to lift that heavy box? Is your toilet backed up? Having trouble opening a tap and aren't prepared to try using your bum hole (like some did last year)? STOP! This year we have a general handyman, Mr James Mader.

"Attached please find my publicity photograph. I will be bringing my toolbelt and general handyman supplies. Mr Mader."

our clever, talented, generous matjie......

fantastic news! our talented illustrator and doodler extraordinaire lauren fowler has offered to design a beautiful program that will be on display in the smoking room in the foyer of the hotel.

paparazzi on patrol

"Beware: I’ll be spending the Show’n Tell weekend shoving a digital recorder into people’s faces, on the hunt for vox pops, commentary and any other form of vocal contributions. I will turn the recordings into a podcast you can listen to when lying sleeplessly in bed, plagued with after-Matjies depression, sending you back into post-Show’n Tell dreamland" - Kristin

show ' n tell into the future

exciting news. we have a fortune teller amongst us.
her name is christina.

fiddlers 'n buskers!

"I will play Greensleeves on the recorder, and get my friend Becca to bring her fiddle for a bit of busking" - Andrea

everything you need is in matjiesfontein

"i will be the weekend's street merchant supplying the good people of the festival with all sorts of free goodies from a magic trenchcoat. my services will be available at all times for those who seek everyday small necessities like tampons. and roll tobacco. and chewing gum. and a lighter. etcetera." - julia grey

lipstick lady reporting for duty

Tanya is the weekend's Lipstick Lady providing a dedicated lipstick application service with a vast array of colours and glosses from a very special vanity case.

introducing....rodney

"I'll be doing a very brief photostory about an uglydoll called Rodney. It will only take two minutes." - Rebecca

doo-wop, doo-wop

word on the street is that clinton and his not one, but THREE doo-wop girls will
be performing as part of saturday night's cabaret show!

Toyi-Toyi: How to

Stressed? Life getting you down? Or is your bum in the butter?

Either way, its always good to have something to toyi-toyi about, if even just for health and joy benefits. But of course, first you need to know how to toyi-toyi. Friday night in the bar will see our first practice and screening of a version of the instructional video (clips of which are seen above and below). There will also be an opportunity to make signs with which to communicate your toyi-toyi ing message. On saturday afternoon, we hope to find a moment to toyi-toyi down maitjiesfontein main road. Can anyone film this? Be sure to bring clothing you can TT in and ponder what you might need to jump up and down about (rhythmically of course) in your life.

Yours sincerely

craigie c makhos

ok marginal change of plan

sorry, I didn't chat to Stephen properly before that previous post. Stephen in fact won't be bringing his drum kit as he's only going to bring his laptop (we're going to do our Buckfever as Pet Shot Boykies impression) but any guitarist or bassist or fun loving individual with slick dance moves is still welcome to join us during our set.

oh yes - if you want, come check (the full) buckfever play this week thursday (wellington), friday (stellenbosch) and saturday nights (cape town). wobble over to our site for full details.

i thank you all/ kamsamnida

some of our matjies are travelling from faraway places for show 'n tell

"i'm coming to matjies from san francisco! i can barely breathe properly for all the excitement. so, i'd like to contribute a small exhibition of drawings (some from matjies 2007) in a little nook somewhere. maybe one of the hotel parlours- and people could whisk by with whiskey in highball glasses. and, if i am really lucky, i'll convince gene or gustavo to let me sing something with them." - abbey

it's never too late to have a happy childhood

"How about we bring board and materials for all the participants in the weekend to create a giant mural over the course of the weekend?" - Landon and Leigh

afrobeats 'n treats

"We have been asked by Debs (and volunteered as musicians) to create soundscapes and improvised music in a Jazz/World/Exp vein, during the Koek Installation on Saturday evening" - Lisa

"We are also thinking of doing a night time treasure hunt with head torches " Carly & Landia

"We'll give the teams a headlamp each to help them stay on track and hopefully not blind each other. Think we'll stay at a fixed point for any teams needing to return for additional clues... Should be good fun :) "