Day: 12 April 2023
Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes is an American, Los Angeles-based post-rock band, comprising current and former members of Isis, Marriages, The Nocturnes, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.
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Planning that Ultimate Road Trip
After spending every other week on the road for the previous six years, a travel journalist shares tips for planning that ultimate road trip.
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WEATHER PATTERNS: As El Niño looms, SA’s southwest may be in for a dry autumn/winter; northeast in for a wet one
South Africa is in the twilight of a protracted La Niña weather pattern that is expected to shift to ‘neutral’ conditions over April and May, with an El Niño – which heralds drought in the region – expected to form in early summer. This winter may be unseasonably dry in the southwest and unseasonably wet in the northeast as El Niño looms.