Matter and Antimatter

[analog_sa]

Ah, come on! You shouldn't insult other people's national heroes. We have so little else to be proud of.

 

[Bas Horneman]

Ah, come on! You shouldn't insult other people's national heroes. We have so little else to be proud of.

Jeffrey is a hero in South Africa?

 

[analog_sa]

The twins are South African. There is too much local competition for Jeffrey to be a celebrity here

 

[Steve Eddy]

The twins are South African.

Are they?

I came across the photo some years ago and don't recall if it was ever said who they were or where they came from.

What do you know about them?

se

 

[analog_sa]

Platteland: Images of Rural South Africa by Roger Ballen '94. Pics of Dresie and Casie were taken in '93. Let me know if a full-size pic is required Despite what one may think they were not audio reviewers.

 

[Steve Eddy]

Platteland: Images of Rural South Africa by Roger Ballen '94. Pics of Dresie and Casie were taken in '93. Let me know if a full-size pic is required Despite what one may think they were not audio reviewers.

Thanks! Mystery solved.

Found a nice high resolution photo. I see that Dresie is a drooler.

se

 

[SY]

So they didn't eat human flesh. Thanks, but I'll stick with Binky.

 

[Salas]

Is MS a Texan? Did you ever see KD Lang live also?

 

[Bas Horneman]

Dresie and Casie

I wonder how they are today. It somehow pisses me off that a picture was taken of them. Just like Roger says he does not know why he takes those kind of pictures. I don't know why it angers me.

 

[SY]

Is MS a Texan? Did you ever see KD Lang live also?

Yes, she is, originally from Dallas. Plays here regularly. I'm already likin' Texas.

kd is Canadian, but also comes through here pretty often. She's terrific in person; I've seen her twice, but never at a place this tiny and intimate. Seriously, this was an insanely good show.

 

[Pano]

Matter and Antimatter indeed! Bud and SY talking audio, that should be a hoot!

Bud told me y'all were meeting up, thought it pretty funny.

Oh, keep binky, he's cool.

 

[SY]

It was pretty funny. And fun. I wish everyone had the same good-humored attitude- we're not curing cancer, we're building hifi gear.

 

[jackinnj]

How about "doesn't matter"

 

[Salas]

It was pretty funny. And fun. I wish everyone had the same good-humored attitude- we're not curing cancer, we're building hifi gear.

You sound like Bud ''enabled'' in you some very elastic outlook on an objectively subjective hobby.

 

[Geek]

Actually, I couldn't think of more level-headed people TO go head to head on the topic

Cheers!

 

[Steve Dunlap]

I wonder how they are today. It somehow pisses me off that a picture was taken of them. Just like Roger says he does not know why he takes those kind of pictures. I don't know why it angers me.

In response to an email query about the background of two of Ballen's images, he writes: "The photograph of the twins was taken in Western Transvaal in 1993. While I was driving around the village they lived in, I noticed one of the twins was gardening in the front garden. His presence struck me enough to stop and start talking to him. After some time, he agreed to be photographed and I placed him against a wall on the verandah of his house.

"As I was taking his photograph I noticed a shadow coming from behind me. As I turned my head, to my great surprise, there was his twin brother, Casie. Casie's shirt was very clean as he spent his day inside cleaning the house while his brother Dresie's shirt was dirty as he spent his day gardening.

 

[jackinnj]

Michelle Shocked

I thought they taught you at Princeton to keep your fingers out of the light sockets.

 

[SY]

I think I drove by Princeton once...

 

[Fenris]

Suggestions? I've grown rather fond of Binky, and his personality fits.

Binky (polar bear) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Binky is now stuffed and in a large glass case in the building where I work. I'll think of you SY whenever I see him...

 

[Pano]

SY is stuffed? Oh dear!