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Goodies From My Trip

All good travellers know that the best part of coming home, is seeing how much extra clothes, books, quirky trinkets and postcards you can fit into your luggage without too much trouble. Going to Durban as a child meant coming back with a whole lot of extra food and a two litre bottle of seawaterContinue reading “Goodies From My Trip”

Music Monday: Laura Mvula

I have been hearing this amazing, Imogen Heap-like song on the radio for quite a while now, and this morning I finally decided to do a Google search on the lyrics. It turns out the beautiful music is the work of one Laura Mvula, and the song is called Green Garden: This performance is aContinue reading “Music Monday: Laura Mvula”

The Last Time I Saw Paris (Or: "Part Five")

*For the past few weeks, I’ve been posting sporadically about my trip to Paris last December. Here is the final installment, and I am seriously considering a donations button to my homepage, so that the loyal readers out there who like me, care about my well-being, and would like nothing more than to see meContinue reading “The Last Time I Saw Paris (Or: "Part Five")”

Song Of the Day

Brandon Hines – Steady.You all already know how I feel about this man. If anyone from my Alternate Universe life wants to arrange for me to be serenaded, this should be the first person on your list of artists to call. I will be your friend forever. Okay, enough fangirl-ing. Just listen, and enjoy.

Matters Of the Heart: What Is True, and What Goes Unsaid?

Last week, as part of their special O-Week programme, the Wits Downstairs Theatre hosted a performance of Chapter Untitled: Your Love Is My Fantasy. I had been looking forward to seeing it ever since I got the invitation, and saw that an old schoolmate of mine, Merriam Leeuw, had written and directed it. Writer &Continue reading “Matters Of the Heart: What Is True, and What Goes Unsaid?”

A Different Kind of Age-Old Question

I cast my mind back to primary school days when I think of the first time someone asked me “why do you act white?” or “what is with the accent?”, or any number of variations on the accusation. Over the years, I learned not to take people who choose to harp on about the wayContinue reading “A Different Kind of Age-Old Question”

When Fashion Meets Comedy: Bon Qui Qui for Alexander Wang

To promote his Spring 2013 collection, Alexander Wang teamed up with Anjelah Johnson, Simon Doonan, and A$AP Rocky (amongst others) to create this video: The notoriously hilarious Bon Qui Qui is now working at a T by Alexander Wang store, and this ad definitely proves that there is no getting the ghetto out of theContinue reading “When Fashion Meets Comedy: Bon Qui Qui for Alexander Wang”

A Week In Paris: Part Four (Disneyland and Versailles)

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Local Music #FTW: Bittereinder and Shane From the Tutus

I love a good collaboration. For this song, Afrikaans hip-hop/electro/synth/everything-cool-is-what-we-do group Bittereinder (with Peach on production, Jaco on rap and Louis as producer and visual artist) teamed up with the lead singer of Desmond and the Tutus, Shane Durrant, and came up with something “quite nice”: I think it’s hilarious that Shane is rapping, andContinue reading “Local Music #FTW: Bittereinder and Shane From the Tutus”

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