Bolla to skipper Kavaliers
11 Jan 2010
Boland Kavaliers head coach Eugene Eloff has named Bolla Conaradie as his new captain.
Eloff said he believes that the former Springbok scrumhalf, whose contract expired with Western Province last season, is the suitable candidate to captain the side in the First Division this season.
‘Bolla is a level-headed player and has the necessary leadership qualities and experience to lead the side,’ Eloff told keo.co.za. ‘I know him quite well from my days when I coached the Lions U21s and I tried to recruit at that time. Now we will have the opportunity to strengthen our relationship at Boland.’
Eloff added that Conradie is also capable of a coaching career once he retires.
‘He has the ability to inspire to motivate the younger players in the squad and that is one of the main reasons we signed him. He could even venture into coaching once he stops playing.’
Conradie is currently training with the Stormers as he fills in for Ricky Januarie, who is on loan at Welsh club Ospreys. The former will arrive at Boland at the end of the month.
By Gareth Duncan
46 Comments
11 Jan 2010, 08:16 am
All the best to this Dragon!
11 Jan 2010, 08:19 am
Still get nightmares when i see him, Big Joe and the rest with their gloves playing in brilliant sunny weather…..
it was horrible…. glad that gimmick died……..
11 Jan 2010, 08:24 am
Bolla never let any team down….solid player….hope he does the business at Boland…seems Loffie hell bent on turning them around….can only be good for Stormers!
11 Jan 2010, 08:24 am
@Staal:
Earl Rose still plays with them
11 Jan 2010, 08:27 am
@PissAnt: As does Rocky Elsom. Makes them look like drummers from an 80′s hair metal band like Poison.
11 Jan 2010, 08:30 am
@katman:
I kinda like the gloves…but then again I’m just a kommin pyl from Parow
11 Jan 2010, 08:32 am
@WP Till I Die:
Speaking of which…
Saw some dude on TV the weekend, Jack Parrow…
Just confirmed why I do not live in the Northern Suburbs…
11 Jan 2010, 08:34 am
@PissAnt:
Yip, Jack Parow is bringing Afrikaans rap to the masses, Brasse style!
He’s actually another brainchild of Francois van Coke and Hunter Kennedy et al of Fokofpolisiekar, A-King and Van Coke Cartel fame.
11 Jan 2010, 08:34 am
@PissAnt:
Did he look like Johnny Depp with dreads?
11 Jan 2010, 08:35 am
@WP Till I Die:
Loved his work.
11 Jan 2010, 08:36 am
@Dawn:
Not really…
He is a combination of Piet van Zyl and Eminem if you can imagine that.
11 Jan 2010, 08:43 am
@PissAnt:
And he has one moerse cool cap!
11 Jan 2010, 08:44 am
@WP Till I Die:
Moerse being the operative word…
11 Jan 2010, 08:52 am
Jack Parow truly is original, he is in fact the “original donker dodgy Afrikaans rapper”. The rest are just “****** copies”.
He never really thought about a stage name as such, the name Jack Parow came about as he was “drunk, and then Pirates of the Carribbean was on e-tv and I tuned, f*ck Jack Sparrow the pirate of the Caribbean, I’m Jack Parow the pirate of the caravan park…luckily I remembered it the next morning!” Afrikaans and South African rap are not one of the most listened to genres, with Brasse van die Kaap, Dokte, Waddy Jones and Jitsvinger being the leaders in the industry. Jack’s inspiration as such is “Eminem. He is always king. He is one of my favourite rappers, but I was rapping before he came out, so I’m not like some white kid trying to be Eminem. Waddy is a good tjommie of mine and we roll the streets together, but I’m straight Afrikaans, they are more English, and thus have a different approach to the market, but other artists don’t inspire me, I get inspired by drunk people mostly, the best lines come out of drunken people’s mouths, I also get drunk before I write sometimes, it’s kief. People that also inspire me are zef people, like myself and most of my friends…”
11 Jan 2010, 08:54 am
@PissAnt:
Jack Parow is the original donker dodgy Afrikaans rapper…
11 Jan 2010, 08:55 am
@PissAnt:
So White Man can rap.
11 Jan 2010, 09:02 am
@PissAnt:
He also says he is inspired by drunk people, and people who are into cars and systems, as they “come up with the best one-liners”…
11 Jan 2010, 09:19 am
@Dawn:
Apparently so, I have heard much worse, this is actually kak funny and he can keep a beat and a rhyme!
@WP Till I Die:
Again confirms why he is called Jack PARROW!
11 Jan 2010, 09:19 am
@PissAnt:
Sorry, cant remember if his name has one or two R’s
11 Jan 2010, 09:20 am
“Jack Parow, ek is #$!@ woes!”
Guy is bloody funny.
11 Jan 2010, 09:23 am
@PissAnt:
Oh dear!!
11 Jan 2010, 09:27 am
@wpw:
Ja bru, now us whities are getting gangsta too.
11 Jan 2010, 09:29 am
Drunk people who are into cars and systems have the best one-liners …………………………………….
Sorry.
I don’t get it.
Monday and all that.
11 Jan 2010, 09:29 am
Jack Parow pirate of the caravan park
By: Ruth Cooper
Gevaarlike, romantic Afrikaans rapper Zander Tyler, better known as Jack Parow, seems to have exploded out of nowhere and is taking over the SA rap scene, working with big names like Fokofpolisiekar, Heuwels Fantasties and Die Antwoord. Meneer Parow is spreading his dirty-and-dangerous lyrics and music to all he can. BizLounge, keen to get in on the action, invited him round for a coffee and chat – and to find out who the real Jack Parow is.
Parow has pretty much always wanted to rap since Std 3, after he heard Snoop Dog’s Doggy Style, and because of the rise of the Afrikaans culture coolness phenomena brought about by the many musical talents emerging from the other side of the Boerewors curtain, he can now claim it as his full-time career. “I bought that Now Monster Hits 4 and Snoop Dog’s Doggy style was on there and since then I always wanted to rap. I was in Std 3 or 4, that’s when you first decide what type of music you like. And I always liked Dr Seuss, I have always liked things that rhyme – its fun I dig it.
Parow started out rapping in English, but quickly discovered that Afrikaans worked and sounded a lot better for him. “I rapped in English for long and then I did this song. I was with Juda from Brasse Vannie Kaap and MC Dread and everyone was rapping English cause at the time there wasn’t really an Afrikaans rap market, but we did this one track called Hard Headed Hobo, where they were the Hobos and I was tuning them as an Afrikaans Boer. And it went so easy and sounded so nice and I thought: why haven’t I be rapping in Afrikaans before?”
From an outsider’s perspective Parow comes across as a slightly scary take-no-kak kind of guy, into hard partying and speaking his mind. Half true, Jack explained to us that he really is a nice guy who tries to avoid conflict, which seems to be a bit of an occupational hazard when he is performing in those little dorpies at places like the 100% Biker Bar, where sometimes his music and style is not the most welcomed.
“I think sometimes people don’t know me so they’re thinking I’m taking the piss, but actually that is who I am and I’m not trying to rip off Afrikaans people.” On asking if Jack Parow was an alter ego of Zander Tyler, or if the two were one and the same, he replied: “I am a lot like him in a way. I don’t drink before I play, so when I perform I just go into my drunken self I talk and swear a lot. It is very much me, but just sort of my party version.”
Future plans for Jack Parow include releasing his EP around the end of this month. It will be a collection of tracks and video, all cleverly packaged on a flash drive, which will be shaped like an ice cream. Only 600 will be released, so make sure you head down to Musica to get your hands on one of those. He will also be working on his album, which should be released sometime next year.
11 Jan 2010, 09:30 am
Q&A
You have written with some big artists. Who would you say have been some of the most memorable collaborations?
I love working with Heuwels Fantasties because they are my friends and Van Coke Kartel. I dig working with Francois a lot. He is the roughest one of them and when we on stage we complement each other. And Die Antwoord is also fun. I like working with them; we went to Belgium together.
Where do you get your inspiration from when creating tracks?
My friends inspire me the most, my friends are dik one-liners and we would sit around and get drunk and drop up all these fucked-up lines, chat-up lines. I think partying inspires me the most. I also got deeper **** about stuff that happens to me. The stuff that people like the most is when I’m just talking honestly.
Which Super 14 team do you support?
Stormers, Bulls second, just because the fans are all so super-common.
Is there any message you try to convey through your music?
I don’t really have a message, but a thing that happens that I like when I play is that there are so many different people liking my music. Cause some people like it because it’s common like them, and the jocks will like it because it funny, and the punkies will like it and they all come to party and will all come together … I like to create this scene where everyone can get together and get drunk and see that the other people aren’t that fucked up.
If you weren’t a rapper what would you be?
A bodybuilder with the self-tan… And I would just be flexing.
How did the name Jack Parow come about?
We were really drunk and were watching Pirates of the Caribbean and I said: “**** **** Jack Sparrow the pirate of the Caribbean I’m Jack Parow, pirate of the caravan park.” It just stuck.
If you could be any animal what would you be?
I like watching the National Geographic channel and there were these rats; the biggest rodents like ever. They’re cool; I would like to be them.
What does Jack Parow like doing in his spare time?
Drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and playing games.
Can you tell us a little more about your look?
The hat is a big part of it. Cause I’m pretty nerdy and I like nerdy stuff, and I wanted to be like a pimp nerd and then it kinda just evolved. The cap and the moustache are the big part of the look.
Message for your fans?
Get drunk and rowdy as much as possible.
For more on Jack Parow go to http://www.myspace.com/therealjackparow and http://www.blueworld.co.za/bands/profile.aspx?id=243.
11 Jan 2010, 09:31 am
@WP Till I Die: Check out Die Antwoord. Go to Wat Kyk Jy dot com or google Die Antwoord. Particularly a clip called Zef Side. Afrikaans rap, but I must warn you – they’re on the crude side.
11 Jan 2010, 09:32 am
i bet he sings better than Ras
11 Jan 2010, 09:38 am
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, wnat jy rook Yves Saint Laurent sigarette
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want jy’t ‘n tattoo van ‘n slang op jou tette
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want jy’t ‘n plakkaat van Led Zeppelin bo jou bed
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want jy’s elke jaar by die J&B Met
Jy’s ou nuus, ek kom met rou beats
Jy lê en wag, ek gan soek iets
Jy’s ice tea, ek’s witblits
Jy’s lite bier, ek’s spirits
Jy’s die ou met die new fresh look
Ek’s die ou met die Pep Stores broek
Ek watch jou, jy koekeloer oukes
jy forward nog Vernon Koekemoer jokes
Ek’s fantasties, jy’s spasties
Ek vat an poppies, jy raak an klein kids
Jy’s Tim Voster, ek’s Chris Edwards
Jy’s innie bosse, ek roll innie vet ****
Jy’s boring soos liedjie ommie kampvuur
my styl slick sneak suutjies soos ‘n vampier
jou styl kak sag soos ‘n pink marshmallow
meisies skree vir net “one night in parow”
11 Jan 2010, 09:42 am
One night in Parow…
11 Jan 2010, 09:43 am
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want jy hang saam met models en ek hang saam met slette
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want ek’s ‘n rapper en jy sing in falsette
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ek, want ek ry op met die bus en jy vlieg op met ‘n jet
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ek, want jy ry in ‘n Peugeot twee nul ses
Jy rol met ‘n selfoon in jou pen
Ek rol nog met ‘n 3310
My styl gooi sexy korrek
Jy dra nog ****** Mr Price Red
As ek instap skrikkie hele ****** bar
Jy kry nog ****** geld by jou ma
Ek los die hele jol papnat
As jy instap begin die hele jollie pad vat
ek’s Amerika, jy’s Irak
ek bom jou lat die kak slap spat
Ek’s ‘n Bic pen, jy’s ‘n Mont Blanc
Jy loop rond met ****** skuim op jou mond-rand
Ek’s original jy’s gecopy
Ek’s ‘n flash drive jy’s ‘n floppy
Jy maak of jy alles het ma jy’s fake
Jack Parow bra ek lewe soos ‘n straatmeit
11 Jan 2010, 09:44 am
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want jy hang saam met models en ek hang saam met slette
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke, want ek’s ‘n rapper en jy sing in falsette
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ek, want ek ry op met die bus en jy vlieg op met ‘n jet
Jy dink jy’s cooler as ek, want jy ry in ‘n Peugeot twee nul ses
Jy rol met ‘n selfoon in jou pen
Ek rol nog met ‘n 3310
My styl gooi sexy korrek
Jy dra nog f*kken Mr Price Red
As ek instap skrikkie hele f*kken bar
Jy kry nog f*kken geld by jou ma
Ek los die hele jol papnat
As jy instap begin die hele jollie pad vat
ek’s Amerika, jy’s Irak
ek bom jou lat die k*k slap spat
Ek’s ‘n Bic pen, jy’s ‘n Mont Blanc
Jy loop rond met ****** skuim op jou mond-rand
Ek’s original jy’s gecopy
Ek’s ‘n flash drive jy’s ‘n floppy
Jy maak of jy alles het ma jy’s fake
Jack Parow bra ek lewe soos ‘n straatme*t
11 Jan 2010, 10:04 am
Q&A with Jack Parow
Which Super 14 team do you support?
“Stormers, Bulls second, just because the fans are all so super-common”.
If you weren’t a rapper what would you be?
“A bodybuilder with the self-tan… And I would just be flexing”.
Message for your fans?
“Get drunk and rowdy as much as possible”.
11 Jan 2010, 10:18 am
This guy sounds like an original… very cool…
Let’s get our man Jack to lay down some beat and rhymes for Province and the Stormers…
gotta be one helluva lot hipper than Steve Hofmeyer…!!
11 Jan 2010, 10:20 am
oh… and BTW…
good on you Bolla… get your mojo back and have a great season…!!
11 Jan 2010, 10:38 am
old news… mynews24 tweeted it about 2 weeks ago
11 Jan 2010, 10:52 am
Interesting to see that Afropessimism is rife in the Western media again following the tragic attack on the Togo soccer team in Cabinda.
CNN and Sky News ran the story on TV showing photos of Green Point Stadium and Soccer City…unbelievable.
Britain’s “Daily Mirror” declared the incident “a disaster for the forthcoming first-ever World Cup in Africa. The machine-gun attack on the Togo players may have taken place in northern Angola last night but the shots would have been heard around the world.”
Fox News said “the fatal attack on the Togo national team in Angola has increased concerns the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa will be targeted by terrorists as violence continues to rage on the troubled continent.”
London’s “Daily Telegraph”: “Africa’s dream is in tatters. It is hard to measure the damage that has been done.”
What utter poppycock! Africa is not a country, you Western muppets! Cape Town is twice as far from Cabinda as Paris is from Kosovo, yet nobody batted an eyelid during the 1998 World Cup in France when the war was still raging in the Balkans!
11 Jan 2010, 10:53 am
Time puts it best: “There is just one sense in which the Angolan attack is a pre-World Cup warning, heightening concerns that the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be targeted by bad journalists as ignorance continues to rage in the troubled profession.”
11 Jan 2010, 11:16 am
there’s just something mysterious and sinister about Angola.
11 Jan 2010, 11:59 am
@PissAnt:
Jack Parow is pure class. If you have a minute get on to Youtube and listen to his new tune “Cooler as ekke”. He is a classic example of some of the great humour that lives within the Cape.
11 Jan 2010, 12:01 pm
Jack Parow in jou moeder se huisie…
11 Jan 2010, 12:54 pm
@Yetirat: Jy dink jy’s cooler as ekke want jy’t ‘n tatoo van ‘n slang op jou tette.
11 Jan 2010, 15:09 pm
How did the Bolla thread become about Jack Parow??
The guy is Kommin verby but he has his moments of brilliance…. and Jack Parow ain’t bad either.
11 Jan 2010, 15:26 pm
@Skim:
And yet he is not nearly as kommin as Steve Stofsuier, Pedrie or Joost met sy gaatjie onnebroek!!!
11 Jan 2010, 22:12 pm
lol, this is really cool that you older dogs know about Jack Parrow. Went to 4 of his shows and shows he did with Die Heuwels over die holidays… Hes a real cool guy. If you want a laugh, go check his tune with Die Antwoord called “Wat Pomp Julle”… Hahahaha… BTW, thanks 4 article WPW…
11 Jan 2010, 22:16 pm
@SexyTime: Watkykjy doht kom
13 Jan 2010, 07:44 am
“Ek is ‘n rapper wat hou van brandewyn en rugby, so dis al waaroor ek rap, die ou se p*** wat se ek mag nie” – Jack Parow
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