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neo

Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris.

About Me

I am the African Renaissance.

My Interests

cinema, digital arts, technology

I'd like to meet:

more cool people, i'm doing alright so far...

Music:

m.o.b.o , classical

Movies:

tsotsi, slam, la dolce vita, boccaccio 70', swept away, hana-bi, brother, spring summer autumn winter... spring, groundhog day, ghandi, bamboozled, a huey p newton story, re-birth of a nation, mapantsula, jim comes to joburg, hyenas, the matrix, crouching tiger hidden dragon, the godfather 1&2, drum, y tu mama tambien, the kimberly diamond heist, shallow grave, fearless, the p'tang yang kipperbang, curse of the golden flower, being john malkovich, blood in blood out

Television:

the wire, jozi-h, fawlty towers, desmonds, fat albert, the cosby show, the equaliser, the wonder years

Books:

the encyclopedia africana, siddartha, the philosophies and opinions of marcus garvey, i write what i like, transculturalism, the pillow book, the destruction of black civilization, afrocentrism, tsotsitaal - a dictionary of the language of sophiatown

Heroes:

Magwe Neo, Louis, Hugh Masekela, Federico Fellini, Spike Lee, Bruce Lee, Peter Greenaway, Lina Wertmuller, DJ Spooky, Chris Cunningham, George Lucas, John Singleton, John Woo, Takeshi Kitano, Hayao Miyazaki, Shigeru Miyamoto, Steve Jobs, Zola Maseko, Coldcutt, Nam June Paik, William Kentridge, Mark Shuttlesworth

My Blog

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Am having an awesome weekend! After a barbacue with friends yesterday I found myself at thehttp://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/all-events/meltdown  ;I was too late for the George Clinton/Parliament fu...
Posted by neo on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:35:00 PST

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I'm commiting to at least a fortnightly blog from today. I really prefer to act, but it's good to share your thoughts with the world sometimes. I'm loving Love in london. Peace "There's no crying in b...
Posted by neo on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:47:00 PST

Personified

So I finally bought myself a ticket and will be touching down in London in mid-March. BEWARE!! Lol.Just on my way back from the Goethe intitute and a cool panel discussion about Contemporary Video Art...
Posted by neo on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:10:00 PST

"Yes chama. What can I do you for?"

Downtown JHB in Braamfontein at an i-cafe. Nigerians are really friendly, it's packed and lovely in here. Been feeling somewhat detached from my surroundings since deciding to "take London." I'm sure ...
Posted by neo on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:59:00 PST

flying

Am loving summer in Jozi, but this heat is making being productive a challenge in the late afternoon... A couple of days ago I attended Sihle Khumalo's book signing in Rosebank. This brother&nbs...
Posted by neo on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:55:00 PST

flip flops

So I found the camera, but i'm not trying to be broke so i'll cop it , when I get paid ok? Weather is lovely in JHB... trying to get some swimming in at the pool @ Zoo lake.Marcus Wyatt played a nice ...
Posted by neo on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:19:00 PST