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The Cavemen reflect about how dudes interact?

Maybe it reflects how pinched we all are by

ideas that didn’t actually originate from us, rather

society? Maybe it reflects that we’re pretty dirty

blokes and will try anything – and if it wasn’t for

the said social pressure and programming, we’d

be far more debauched and degraded. It’s probably

the latter.

: I always like to think about what it would

have been like to figure out some foods. I reckon

people would have been eating banana peels and

eggshells for a while before realising that you just

want the inside bit.

04/

Which accents are you most proud of being

able to reproduce?

: Personally, I love doing the South

African accent. I grew up in St Ives, and there’s

a wonderful eclectic mix there, and a large

population of South Africans – and it’s just the

tastiest accent in the world to do. That and

Scottish! You can sink your teeth into that crusty

accent. When you do the Scottish accent, part of

DOING that accent is BEING Scottish – as in, you

start being a bit more raucous and semi-drunk and

aggressive but friendly.

: Yeah, I do a pretty good Afrikaans accent.

Like proper Pretoria boer vibes. My Dad is

Afrikaans, so I grew up copying his voice. Nick

does an amazing Vietnamese accent, too. He’s

got this character who is a white guy that grew

up in Vietnam, so he looks white but sounds

Vietnamese.

05/

There’s a definite Kiwi/Australian

bromance happening across your creative work;

for what should we be most thankful to the

Kiwis?

: I have so much to be thankful for! I love

Kiwis. I’m a huge

Flight of the Conchords

fan

and LOVE Rhys Darby and (amazing actor and

filmmaker) Taika Waititi and Oscar Keightly

(

Brotown

). There’s something so playful, hilarious

and understated about Kiwis. They can say not

much and I’m in goddamn stitches. I just think

they’re a genuinely funny people, and their accent

complements that.

: Connor and I have everything to thank Kiwis

for. Our mum is a Kiwi. So we

wouldn’t be here without them...

But their accents are still stupid.

And cheese isn’t as important

as they think it is.

01/

What prompted you to turn your

mischievous jokes/conversations into actual

skits?

CHRISTIAANVANVUUREN:

My brother

Connor and I had won this filmmaking competition

thing called the One80Project. It was run through

MTV and the prize was to get to make a one-hour

pilot that would be broadcast on MTV. Connor and

I had seen a bunch of Nick’s online stuff, thought

he was hilarious, and felt like he was perfect for

one of the roles in our pilot, called SICK! We had

great fun working with him, so wanted to keep

things going after that. That’s when Bondi Hipsters

came about.

NICK BOSHIER:

Christiaan and I first met and

started jamming together before we were “mate”

mates. Did that make sense? As in, we said we

should work together before we knew each other.

We became friends through developing the Bondi

Hipsters, so the definite point we decided to work

together was the first time we sat down.

02/

Do you think everyone has one soul mate,

and they’re the only one who can truly

understand the cockles of your heart?

: I did not expect this question from a JB

Hi-Fi mag – but I love it! You would be a good first

date!

I have two opposing answers to avoid being

wrong. On the one hand I say yes, soul mates is

a thing. We fall for strangers immediately. Why?

We meet the love of our lives on the other side

of the planet, and there are so many reasons

why this shouldn’t/wouldn’t happen. I believe in

coincidence to a point, but then I also believe in

people finding each other “again”. But, are they

a “soul mate”? The one soul you’re tethered to

for eternity? I don’t know. Intellectually I don’t see

that being the case, not absolutely anyway. That

said, I think that love, or whatever “love” is, is

something that can bind us together at a spiritual

level and can outlast the lifetime of one body…

possibly? Something as powerful as love

could last more than 80/90 years – which is just a

breath in forever. That love that could transcend

our bodies isn’t just between two people, it could

be a love for nature that pervades one lifetime, or

love for dance or machines or cats… I know that’s

on the odd side of things, but that’s where my

musings take me when I’m ASKED BY JB-HI FI’S

MAGAZINE THESE REALLY DEEP QUESTIONS!

STOP YELLING!

: You know how they say that every person

is unique? I disagree. I think there are maybe about

50 or 60 different types of people. It’s possible that

you have got many suitable soul mates, based on

the types of people that you’re attracted to and get

along with.

03/

What do you think the cavemen reflect

about how dudes interact?

: Ha ha, another good question. Dudes,

myself included, are very affected by what

society says is good or bad, right or wrong. As

cavemen, without ANY of these pressures, what

would happen? As in, would you experiment

with homosexuality just because you had a body,

a mouth and self determinism? I would say,

yeah, probably. You’d just do it coz, and further

pursuit of that action would be governed by your

own thoughts and determinism vs. not our own

thoughts, aka social programming. So what does

The creation of Nick Boshier, Christiaan Van Vuuren and

Connor Van Vuuren,

SOUL MATES

follows two dudes whose

friendship transcends time. The Bondi Hipsters talk to

STACK

[

Sorry boys – this Q&A has been edited from its cruder, original

version because STACK is a family magazine.

]

Soul Mates

is out now on DVD

a FINE BROMANCE

JB Hi-Fi