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Anyone who lives in South Africa and cares even just a little bit about how the look before they step out, will have noticed that local fashion retailer Mr Price has really stepped up its game in the last while. Before, I used to go into the store because the clothes were decently priced andContinue reading “Amber Jones for Mr Price”

This video popped up on the YouTube playlist, and I was actually excited to hear something new from Alicia. I really like it! As I was listening to the music, and the lyrics- and her singing– I remembered why I loved her work so much in the first place. The graffiti artist concept of theContinue reading “Alicia Is Back”

I’ve been having a difficult time with the internet this week. The servers only communicate when they feel like it, and even then it’s like we’re a bunch of gummy, senile old people playing “Broken Telephone”…

The past week has been really interesting on the new music front. No Doubt, the band that has been elusively described as “ska punk” for as long as I can remember, as well as the one with the coolest lead singer ever, have released a new single called Settle Down: It is amazing. I didn’tContinue reading “How To Settle”

I hadn’t been over to my favourite time-wasting site in a while, so I decided to click through to explosm.net and browse some Cyanide and Happiness comics. Pick Up Lines for the Modern Man What do they say about Beauty and its Beholder…? Anything You Can Do You Are what You Eat…? I’m forever indebtedContinue reading “It’s Okay to Laugh, I Promise”

German publisher Gerhard Steidl is reported to have said that his favourite smell was that of a freshly printed book. While this may seem a little bizarre, as most people would probably site aromas from food or flowers as their favourite smells, Steidl was able to convince a perfumer and a couture giant to humourContinue reading “Paper Passion”

I have said many times before, but YouTube really is amazing. This Afrikaans version of Shaggy and Ricardo “RikRok” Ducent’s 2001 hit, It Wasn’t Me just made my day. He translated the entire song into Afrikaans, then gave a pretty good performance- lollipop in hand, and a few teeth unaccounted for- and I think he’sContinue reading “Video of The Week”

For months I was seeing pictures like this on blogs: I always wonder “how do they do that?” Well, I read about a website that helps people to make their own .gif images.I don’t really have any pictures of myself doing anything in sequence, like a dance move or anything, but I did manage toContinue reading “My First GIF”

I endorse almost anything that Pharrell is involved in, and this song just has signs of his production all over it. Leah has signed a joint recording contract with L.A. Reid’s Epic, Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def, as well as Pharrell’s I Am Other labels, and is currently recording her debut album. I really likeContinue reading “This Is Leah Labelle.”

And it continues. I decided to see what type of music Minnie Riperton did, and I found that she did the original version of what I have always known as “that song there with that really high note in it (that all the African American comedies have spoofed at least once)”. Minnie Riperton – Lovin’Continue reading “She Did "Lovin’ You"? Oh. My. Goodness.”