Humour

Music is a powerful narcotic, rivalled only by heroin, cocaine and religion

If you asked me to give up music or have one of my own fingers chopped off without anaesthetic, I'd ask only that you use the sharpest knife

28 March 2021 - 00:02 By ndumiso ngcobo

Watching footage of the Covid superspreader event that recently unfolded in downtown Nongoma reminded me of something I have been a scratched CD about for years. Music is truly a powerful narcotic that is rivalled only by heroin, cocaine and religion in its mind-altering potency...

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