I’ve declared our appreciation for The Sick-Leaves, South African rock musician Eksteen Jacobsz’ solo alter ego, on these pages in the past.
Now, having had his latest release Breaking Away on a bit of regular rotation over the last few...
Wed, 08 February 2012 7:02 PM / no comments
MasterChef South Africa is promising one of the most beautiful settings for its debut series with the high-profile Nederburg winery the star venue of the first SA season of the reality cooking show.
“This could well be the loveliest venue...
Wed, 08 February 2012 5:06 PM / no comments
Rumoured yesterday and officially announced this morning, South Africa’s best all round media personality (imho!) Sasha “@F1sasha” Martinengo will be leaving national music station 5FM at the end of March.
The Official Announcement appeared...
Wed, 08 February 2012 11:00 AM / no comments
Zef-rappers Die Antwoord appeared as the music act (in tamed-down, suitable for family viewing style) on David Lettermans’ Late Show last night.
Watch their performance of their new single I Fink U Freeky now before CBS pull it from YouTube!
The...
Wed, 08 February 2012 10:07 AM / 2 comments
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Tue, 07 February 2012 11:13 AM / 3 comments
The annual climax of the American football season, the Super Bowl, has become a traditional opportunity for advertisers to showcase their new television adverts for the first time.
Last year’s game saw Volkswagen launch their now legendary...
Mon, 06 February 2012 1:28 PM / 2 comments
She’s Back! Perennial Queen of Pop Madonna is back to reclaim her throne from the usurpers and pretenders to her throne (Gaga, Katy I’m looking at you!)
At 53, Ms Ciconne-Penn-Ritchie has a career spanning longer than many of her fans have...
Mon, 06 February 2012 12:06 PM / 2 comments
Richard Steven Valenzuela was just 17, Charles Hardin Holley was 22, and Jiles Perry “JP” Richardson, Jr. was an old man at 28 when the three of them (together with their 21-year old pilot) died at around 01:30 in the morning on 03 February...
Fri, 03 February 2012 11:28 AM / no comments
Update: 20 January 2012 @ 12:10
Rock rumours alive and raging again this morning with news that Attie van Wyk (Founder & CEO of Big Concerts) let slip to local radio station Highveld 94.7 Breakfast Xpress show that RHCP will be coming to...
Fri, 20 January 2012 12:20 PM / 4 comments
The local division of the burgers and fries, I love it when you speak foreign, fast food restaurant chain Wimpy are all the talk in town today. This after a video showing their efforts at communicating with their blind customers went viral...
Thu, 12 January 2012 2:24 PM / 1 comment
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Wed, 11 January 2012 3:58 PM / no comments
Our favourite multi-talented rock guitarist and performer (and still ridiculously underrated) Eksteen Jacobsz who is The Sick-Leaves has just released the first single from his upcoming new album. And he’s made it available for free downloading.
Breaking...
Thu, 08 December 2011 8:39 AM / 1 comment
With the imminent release of the Apple iPhone 4S in South Africa on 16 December, this very funny ad is fairly topical.
Released by Samsung a couple of weeks ago, the total campaign comprising a variety of clips raked up of 4.5 million views...
Sat, 03 December 2011 2:34 PM / 3 comments
LA-based ad agency 72andSunny were contracted by games producer Activision to produce a live action advert for their recently released global blockbuster first-person shooter game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3).
They roped funny man Johan...
Sat, 03 December 2011 1:41 PM / 2 comments
Who likes Christmas advertising? Thought so.
The ridiculous adults in elf costumes; the plink-plonk of a cheap Casio keyboard renditions of “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells”; the gaudy streams of tinsel spelling the pseudo-word “Xmas”...
Wed, 30 November 2011 11:49 AM / no comments