WEBVTT - SJ's Top Picks 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:05.920 Sarah Jane Laking talk every weekend morning. 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:09.920 All right, sh Jay's topics is how we kick off 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:12.920 the show every Saturday morning, and first up this morning, 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:17.480 Beat Bangers DJ Academy's Lab Session is happening today. It's 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:21.560 a free workshop designed for aspiring DJ, seasoned professionals and 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:25.000 actually anyone who simply loves being where the music is 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:27.720 alive and pumping. I'm delighted that joining me on the 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:31.640 line with all the details is organizer Grandmaster DJ Ready 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:33.600 do good to have you with us this morning. Thanks 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:37.199 so much for making time why a free workshop of 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:37.839 this nature. 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.879 Good morning to you, and thank you so much for 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:46.000 the opportunity to be on this show. The Lab Sessions, 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:52.560 we have a long tradition were doing these workshops and 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:59.840 these I would say, this programs in so many different communities. 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.080 And because a lot of people know us of being 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.720 entrenched within hip hop culture, that's also one of the 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:09.000 important things as well. It's to go into communities and 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.840 offer these workshops, and for us, it's also a great 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.920 opportunity to bring together all these different communities as well, 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:20.959 and also to create networking opportunities, especially for the young people. 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:25.639 Because we have so many young DJs and they seem 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:30.280 to look for more direction and within this space we 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:34.440 bring together, you know, all these different personalities with different 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:37.319 levels of experience, and it's also just a good space 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:41.240 to be in for creatives within that ecosystem. 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:43.920 Won't you just talk to us about some of the highlights. 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.679 What can people expect if they come through to the session. 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.880 Sure, I would say one of the bigg highlights is 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.680 the fact that we're launching the new space as well. 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.960 It's called a tiny Warehouse, and people will kind of 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.400 get a sense of the space and what's the because 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.600 it is a work in progress. We also speak about 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:09.760 the different levels of technology that DJs use, everything from 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.680 the turntables, you know, we come from the vinyl error. 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:16.560 We also speak about how we integrate that with the 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.919 digital technology that exists as well, and people will get 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:24.240 to see, you know, and year some of that. People 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.840 can also expect a few demos. And then we have 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:31.200 a thirteen year old young man that we regard as 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:36.480 a hip hop scratch genius. This young man is so 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.560 far ahead of his time it is mind blowing. So 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.400 people will have the opportunity to hear him play and 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.680 also to hear him demos some of his really really 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:50.920 interesting scratching routines, and then we will do Q and 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.320 A sessions as well, and people will get to jam 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.359 on some of the latest technology as well. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.079 And who are some of the other DJs involved. It's 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.800 not just you heading out for workshelf, is it? 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:07.560 No, we are collective s it's myself, it is DJ Azol. 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.200 We also have DJ e twenty that's on board as well, 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.840 another gentleman called Himid and he is pretty much involved 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:18.880 with sound and audio technology and he is also an 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.720 expert in this interface known as a record box. And 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.240 then of course there's Malica Daniels as well. She is 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.400 the wife and she is the BOS. She runs the 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:32.880 whole operations. It's quite a huge collective. And then we 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.720 also have a gentleman that owns the space and he's 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.520 been involved from a distance because it works out in 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.040 the Middle East. So yeah, there's a lot of moving 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.320 parts and a lot of input from different people. 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.360 And won't you just give us the address for where 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.960 today's lab session is happening from eleven to one o'clock today. 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.920 Yeah, correct, it is happening all the way out in Woodstock. 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:01.640 The road is called a drag close. I always tell people, 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:07.080 unfortunately somebody who's told the road side. But if you 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.480 look for the space rather search for Poets Corner and 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.680 it will bring you into the road. You can't miss it. 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:15.960 You'll hear the music playing, you'll see the cars, and 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.680 we'll be a lot of movement. And I don't think 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.520 the weather's going to hold dijits back badges. Yeah, they'll 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.160 come out in any weather. So we in Woodstock, Trackler 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:27.000 Street or search for Poets Corner and you'll find us there. 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.880 It's just of Albert Road and it's quite central though. 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:31.479 Okay, fantastic stuff. 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.680 DJ ready do what an absolute pleasure to have you 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.000 on the show this morning to talk to us about 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:42.120 the Beat Bangers DJ Academy Lab session happening today in Woodstock. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.640 Do pass the details on to anybody you think maybe 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:48.720 interested in that. That is really you're getting some the 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.280 finest DJ talent in South Africa. 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.960 For free, all right. 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.680 The Melletum Players are putting on a double bill of 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.800 Geraldine Aaron's One act Place at the Milton Playhouse. Mickey 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.000 Canis caught my eye and Bar and jerm don't know 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.880 if I'm pronouncing that correctly. Are on until the twelfth 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.560 of July. The director is Godfrey Johnson, who joins me 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:12.560 on the line, now, good to. 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.360 Have you with us, and morning to you. 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.440 Tell us if I pronounced that Barr and jerb. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:19.200 Bar and Jee. 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:23.480 So Barr is for Barry and ju is for Gerald Deane. 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:29.479 So the names Barre. 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.280 Both written in the seventies. 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.800 These plays, without giving too much away, can you give 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:35.000 us a synopsis of the place? 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:39.000 Okay, very brief synopsis. So the first well, firstly, there 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.440 one explet so they're not particularly long. The first one 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.880 is slightly longer than the second one. Mickey Canas caught 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.920 my eyes setting capt Town. Even though the writer is 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:50.840 Irish born Irish, I mean she spent some time in 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.800 cap time in the seventies. So it's about a slightly 0:05:54.839 --> 0:06:01.080 dysfunctional young couple and how they how they need to 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.480 plan their future, how they need to done the eighties 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:05.400 and the nineties and the future. So so it's a 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:10.760 very kind of a personal a person a little bit 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:15.440 of a personal insight into their relationship and about that. 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.160 The young husband has dreams, he wants to be a superstar, 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:21.040 and is it too late for him? Is he too old? 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:23.840 And how are they going to now solve this dilemma? 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.360 And remember it's set in the seventies, so it has 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:31.200 already there's there's a whole different sort of political dynamic, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.400 et cetera, et cetera. So that that's the first one. 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:37.800 The second one is is also biographical. It's about you know, 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.240 Gerald Deane's relationship with the brothers. So it's very sweet, 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:45.800 it's very heartwarming, very very sincere, and it's a story 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.880 of loss, and there's a lot of humor in the writing. 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.080 So it's not you know, it's not all depressing, but yes, 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.600 and lovely little snippets into people's lives. Yes, what's the. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.000 What was Gerald Deane's connection to South Africa? 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.640 I think she she was very interested in what was 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.520 happening here to you in the theater world. And in fact, 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.280 these players were performed at the Space Theater, which was 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:14.600 the you know, the wonderful, exciting kind of sort of 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:18.160 semi underground theater at the time where everybody performed and 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:23.520 petered as and Paul Slavelevski and their players. I think 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.720 she just enjoyed traveling. I think there was some sort 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.960 of family connection in Cape Town, but she also spent 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.720 time in Zambia and in Zimbabwe and various other African countries. 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:36.120 So I think she was just yeah. 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.760 Just had just had an interest and then just talk 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:41.960 to us a little bit about the cast. Excuse me 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:43.920 there the cast, who's who. 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:51.720 Pass Well, they're lovely, lovely, lovely. There's a lovely actor, 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.920 Gregan O'Hearn who plays Mickey Canis and he also plays 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:01.120 bar And then we have Kendra Maduro who's absolutely gord 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.720 the je Marie Squirt and Chris Cameron Doll. So it's 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.080 four people, all four in the first piece and then 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:09.800 two of them on the second piece because that's a 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:16.880 two hander. They are just extraordinary young actors with you know, 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:21.120 some have other jobs and two of them are professional 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:24.200 performers who are constantly on stage. So it's a lovely 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.640 combination of people. There's a lot of love, a lot 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.920 of very positive energy, and it's just lovely, lovely and 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.640 then different different, you know, each person has something very 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.959 different to bring and that always makes for exciting theater 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:39.319 and exciting art. 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.640 You are running at the milnit And Playhouse until the 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:45.920 twelfth of July. I gather, folks to God than thanks 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:47.319 so much for joining us. Folks, if you want to 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:50.400 get tickets, then Cuicket is where you need to head 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:54.440 and tickets are one hundred and twenty rand each. And 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:58.760 then finally, the Zecoplanetarium and Digital Dome is the most 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:04.320 advanced digital planetarium on the planet and well on the 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:08.240 African continent, should I say, And this world class facility 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:12.160 creates a space of innovation and discovery where art, science 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:13.200 and entertainment meet. 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.120 And I'm delighted to say that Melody. 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.800 Claiinsmith that joins me this morning to tell us what's 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.640 on offer, not only this weekend but for the rest 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.040 of the winter school holidays. 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:25.480 Melody, good to have you with us. 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.400 For those who haven't been, tell us a little bit 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.280 about the Planetarium and Digital Dome. 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:37.160 Good morning and hello Cape Town. Yes, Capetown's cosmic exploration station. 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:43.560 We are ready for some astronomical adventures. The Zeka Planetarium 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:48.640 and Digital Dome is an immersive, multi seen three sixty 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:57.760 degree experience. It is how science, exploration and art meets 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:02.400 right here in Cape Town. So we have a special 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:10.080 holiday program scheduling planned for the winter holidays and every 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:15.880 day from Tuesday until Sunday at ten thirty am, eleven 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:20.120 thirty am, we have two kiddy shows. The first is 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:25.200 called We Are Starts, and there we jet off on 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:31.840 a space adventure worth exploring the universe. And then at 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:37.120 eleven thirty we have a show called Accidental Astronauts and 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:42.120 we join Psi and Annie and their curious dog Armstrong 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.640 as they explore the Moon. And those are the two 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:51.160 children's shows that we have during the swinter holidays. At 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:55.800 one o'clock and at two o'clock we have two shows 0:10:55.840 --> 0:11:01.760 that are more gear towards the younger curious explorer and 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.760 older individuals. And the first at one o'clock is called 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:13.679 Mayan Archaeo Astronomy, and this is a visual exploration of 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:19.959 the six Mayan temples and looking at the relationship between 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:25.880 the it's astronomical knowledge and the history of ancient Maya. 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.920 So that's the first show. Then for adults at one 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.200 o'clock at two o'clock, we have a beautiful show called 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.640 The Search for Life, and it finds a way in 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:40.679 which to explore the questions that we often have, and 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.520 it is narrated by Harrison Ford, and it allows us 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:48.160 to travel from the depths of Earth, the Earth's ocean 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:53.520 to exol planets and things. We usually cannot see. 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.160 What sort of age group are we talking about Melody? 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.840 From what age can we bring our young people to 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.280 and explore the planetarium in digital dome. 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:09.320 The planetarium is a really an immersive experience, and so 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:15.280 children from the ages are five, I would say would 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:18.680 be an appropriate age for the children's show. So the 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:22.359 two morning shows we are Stars and Accidents or Astronauts 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:27.040 are geared for children between the ages of five to 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:31.719 twelve and the older shows or the shows that are 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:37.000 in the afternoon are for child young people between the 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:41.280 ages of thirteen. To tell you and I. 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:43.960 Okay, fantastic stuff. 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:47.320 And then in terms of tickets, we're happy to see 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.640 that you have both international and local pricing. 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:58.240 Yes, yes, So upon presentation of your ID or SA documentation, 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:02.600 we have a family tickets and that is for two 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:06.559 adults and two children, and that is two hundred and 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:10.120 thirty rands. As an adult you would play ninety rand 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:14.120 and for a child you would play first yerrand even 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:19.720 our students South African students and pensioners can get these 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:23.680 play firsty rand. And that is upon presentation of the 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:28.840 student card or ID cards. Our international guests, thank you 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:32.520 for visiting Ezco museums. They have to pay one hundred 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.840 thirty rands for all categories visitors. 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:37.360 Okay, wonderful stuff, Melody. 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:41.800 Also, just one more thing. Enterance to the planetarium includes 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.360 entrance to the South African Museum. And right now we 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.960 have a series of new exhibitions in celebration of the 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:53.080 museums two hundred year existence this year. 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:55.480 Okay, wonderful stuff. Thanks very much. 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.360 Indeed, Melody Clain Smith, who is from the EZEK Planetarium 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.440 Digital Home telling us about what is on offer not 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:04.920 just this weekend but for the rest of the winter 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:06.000 school holidays. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:06.920 Go and pay them a visit.