Page 19 - 200908 - The 'X' Chronicles Newspaper - August 2009

19 Michael Tellinger - Adam’s Calendar 19 Michael Tellinger - Adam’s Calendar Discovering the Oldest Man- Discovering the Oldest Man- made Structures on Earth. made Structures on Earth. Continued From Page 18 Continued From Page 18 This is after all the place where most of the gold in the world has been mined in modern history, and it was no different in ancient times. Is it a coincidence that the richest gold mine in the world today, Sheba Gold Mine, is located right here in Mpumalanga, South Africa? These may seem like naïve questions to some, but after witnessing the enormous ancient cities and civilisations in southern Africa myself, I am convinced that what we think we know about our ancient human history is further from the truth than we ever imagined. It is also important to note that the word 'Ophir' stems from the ancient near-eastern name for Africa which was 'Afir' or 'Aphir'. This later led to the people of Africa being referred to as "K'Afir" and we all know where this expression led to. Adam's Calendar firmly places the many ancient ruins of southern Africa at a point in history that we modern humans have never faced before some 100,000 ago. An aerial view of the calendar site perched on the edge of the Transvaal escarpment consisting of black reef quartzite. The tree on the right is the north marker. All the About Michael Tellenger monoliths that make up the circular calendar structure are dolerite. The closest vein of igneous dolerite is about 500 m to 1 km away. Note the sculptured pointed monolith Michael Tellinger graduated from Wits University in 1983 closest to the edge. This is one of the 3 monoliths that aligns with the rise of Orion - with a B.Pharm degree. While studying he spent most of his time 75,000 years ago. moving within the entertainment circles performing on stage and screen. He started his career in Nick Taylor’s musical “Christian” at His Majesty’s theatre in 1980 and followed this by playing the part of “Joseph” at the opening of the State Theatre. At this time he launched his solo career as a musician and released his first single called “Hazel” in 1981, which was nominated for a SARIE award. In 1982 Michael teamed up with Russell Stirling and formed the musical duo “Stirling & Tellinger”. The two played together for four years and had a number of radio hits with “Call Me” and “What’s a Nice Girl Like You, Doing In a Place Like This” Their videos took the market by storm and laid the foundation for many of the SA music videos of the early 80’s. The “Call Me” video was voted among the top two most popular videos at MIDEM in Cannes 1984. In 1985 the duo recorded an album in Nashville, under the guidance of Terry Dempsey. During a year in Los Angeles he attracted the attention of various agents but because of the cultural boycott against white South African musicians, the duo was bluntly rejected. Michael worked for Cannon Films as a sound designer and editor, returning to SA in mid 1986, when he recorded the controversial anti-apartheid song “We come from Johannesburg” which was banned shortly after its release. Michael continued his Founder of Adam's Calendar, Johan Heine, examines the carved edge on the career as an actor and musician, appearing as one of the leads in leading monolith which casts a clear shadow on the flat calendar rock. The South Africa’s first soapie called “Orpen House” and as the lead in wider monolith became the calendar on which days and weeks were marked a six-episode series “The Star Shooters’ in 1987 for which he as the movement of the sun stretched perfectly from one edge to the other, created the soundtrack. He presented a variety of hit SABC shows left to right, and than back again. like “Graffiti’ and “Fast Forward”. His experience with SABC led him to get involved in TV production and he created shows like the talk show called “Late Nite Live” and “Weekend Bonus”. Began a career in advertising as a writer and received a Clio award in New York in 1989 which caused Michael to join partner Philip Botha in a specialist radio ad agency called Airheads which became a highly competitive and visible niche player in the South African advertising industry.In 1997 Michael returned to music and launched Nebula BOS Records. His latest contribution to the arts was “Side By Side With Angels”, a moving collaboration of SA musicians for the TSUNAMI disaster fund, which Michael wrote and produced with Verny Scholtz of Just Ginger fame. The song and video featured a host of leading SA artists like Malaika, Dr. Victor, Watershed, Dawnay and others. In 2000 he was given his own weekly radio show on Cape Talk radio that dealt with science, innovation, technology and success stories. In 2001 Michael developed an educational TV show for the SABC which resulted in him staring a publishing company, writing a number of children’s educational story books, developing a literacy programme, and a range of games and AV products. He A close-up view of the Johan Heine Stone Calendar (Adam's Calendar) on has written a number of screenplays but “Slave Species of god” is a summer's day 2007. This view is from south to north dissecting the two his first published non-fiction book, as a result of a 25-year main monoliths in the centre. The tree in the centre is where the north obsession with science and the cosmos. [] marker stone is located. (More Photo’s on Page 20)