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Interview | Sgrow

Together, Vilde Nupen and Kristoffer Lislegaard create the Norwegian electronic duo, Sgrow. Nupen sings while Lislegaard is in charge of the electronics, guitar and visuals. Their sound merges pop-esque melodies with haunting guitar riffs and beats to create a sound all their own that’s addictive. On May 8th their self-titled EP was released and we...

Brett Willliams | Chalking the Colour in Vulnerability | Part II

Capetonian artist Brett Williams has a knack for exploring rawness and vulnerability in the human form through his daring art pieces. In part one of our discussion, he talked to one small seed about his craft and his process of creation. In part two Williams tells us about his discovery of his colour-blindness, his art...

Brett Willliams | Chalking the Colour in Vulnerability | Part I

Colour-blindness and art may seem like an unlikely combination, but Brett Williams is chalking the colour in emotional rawness and vulnerability through art. The Cape Town-based artist is diversely talented with a penchant for acting and an ability to re-create and re-interpret the human form in his striking artworks. His subjects are people of all...

A Tarantinoesque Birthday

He has long been celebrated as one of Hollywood’s most esteemed legacies, and today – March 27 – Quentin Tarantino turns 50 years old. From his early start as an usher in adult film theatres to his dynamic breakthrough cinematic triumph, Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino has revolutionised the film industry. His brutally violent, non-linear, sound-energetic movies...

Kyle Thompson: an inside story

How many stories can a picture truly tell? Kyle Thompson shows that an image can evoke an abundance of tales beyond the scope of the imagination. Hailing from Chicago, the young photographer was born in 1992 to a generation where photography and self imagery were as viable as a Hollywood dream.

INTERVIEW | BEAT DIMENSIONZ presents ERIC LAU

The final installment of the multimedia & audio visual feast – Beat Dimensionz – featured a live beat installation by the British producer & internationally acclaimed DJ, Eric Lau. For someone so revered in the beat-making world of music, let alone hip-hop, Eric Lau is a pillar of humility and kindness. He seems like nothing...

Okmalumkoolkat: Fresh a$ Fuck

Smiso Zwane is the highly inventive, mustachioed and bespectacled 29-year-old going by the name of Okmalumkoolkat; co-accused at the visual/performance art outfit, Dirty Paraffin. Having partnered up with the likes of Spoek Mathambo, London dubstep trio LV and the Ruffest, this Umlazi-born, Jozi-based cat is not just a musician. He’s an artist, a writer, a...

SANELE CELE & TEMPRACHA | SUNNY CITY STYLE

Sanele Cele is the founder and designer of Durban-based lifestyle and clothing brand Tempracha. Over the past six years, he has been crafting a niche for himself as a maker of progressive urban wear while collaborating with the likes of Dirty Paraffin and Spoek Mathambo. Our contributor, Sihle Mthembu, caught up with him and spoke about style, inspirations...

‘Art is like a Weapon’ | Q&A with LoRo VeRz

Dazzlingly vibrant and playfully grown-up is the work of Brazilian graffiti artist, illustrator and humourist LoRo VeRz. After graduating from the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in 2001, he has exhibited in cities around the world and has customized adidas trainers for the 2012 Olympic Games. And just recently, he was asked to transcribe...

| interview | Old Money: real life black science fiction

Ahmad Julian aka Scheme and Andre Oswald make up the New York duo OLD MONEY. Together they create music which blends influences of global bass, soul, dancehall, spoken word and hip-hop to stretch the limits of new-age music. They’ve performed and DJ’d alongside the likes of The Cool Kids, Maluca + Paul Devro (Mad Decent),...

THE ART OF THE HUSTLE | ATANG TSHIKARE

Andy Warhol used to draw shoes in his early creative days and went on to mark an important spot on the cultural timeline – he became a pop art legend. Just like Warhol, Cape Town based artist/illustrator Atang Tshikare claims that he ‘used to have a shoe obsession’, which first led him to draw and then...

the pen and the lens: Justin Maller & Chris Knight

Fashion, Erotica and Illustration cross paths as Australian illustrator, Justin Maller and US fashion photgrapher Chris Knight collaborate to create some of their most breathtaking visuals yet. Justin is an art director by day, and is also the Creative Director of The Depthcore Collective, an international modern art collaboration he established in June 2002. Aside...

Two Dogs and a Little Bird: Arno Carstens’ “Atari Gala”

Award-winning South African music veteran Arno Carstens is still going strong and is set to release his 4th solo album – Atari Gala – on September 10th 2012. The first single and music video off the album, entitled ‘Two Dogs’, gives us a taste of what’s to come. An outstanding and profound piece of music,...

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Almost Famous - 'Tiny Dancer' - Elton John

William Miller: I have to go home.
Penny Lane: You are home.






Reservoir Dogs - 'Stuck in the Middle with You' - Stealers Wheel

Mr. Blonde: Listen kid, I'm not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get.
[He removes his razor]
Mr. Blonde: You ever listen to K-Billy's 'Super Sounds of the Seventies' weekend? It's my personal favorite.






Romeo + Juliet - 'Kissing You' - Des'ree








The Graduate - 'Mrs.Robinson' - Simon and Garfunkel

Mr. Braddock: Ben, what are you doing?
Benjamin: Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.
Mr. Braddock: Why?
Benjamin: Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here.
Mr. Braddock: Have you thought about graduate school?
Benjamin: No.
Mr. Braddock: Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?
Benjamin: You got me.






Four Rooms - 'Vertigogo' - Combustible Edison








Desperado - 'El Mariachi' - Los Lobos

El Mariachi: You know, it's easier to pull the trigger than play guitar. Easier to destroy than to create.






Trainspotting - 'Perfect Day' - Lou Reed

Mark 'Rent-boy' Renton: I don't feel the sickness yet, but it's in the post. That's for sure. I'm in the junkie limbo at the moment. Too ill to sleep. Too tired to stay awake, but the sickness is on its way. Sweat, chills, nausea. Pain and craving. A need like nothing else I've ever known will soon take hold of me. It's on its way.






Donnie Darko - 'Killing Moon' - Echo & the Bunnymen

Donnie: [matter-of-factly] First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario -- It just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?






Mullholland Drive - 'Llorando' - Rebekah del Rio

Bondar: No hay banda! There is no band! Il n'est pas de orquestra! This is all... a tape-recording. No hay banda! And yet we hear a band. If we want to hear a clarinette... listen.
Bondar: [the sounds responding to his every hand motion] Un trombon 'à coulisse'. Un trombon 'con sordina'. Sient le son du trombon in sourdine. Hear le son... and mute it... drop it. It's all recorded. No hay banda! It's all a tape. Il n'est pas de orquestra. It is... an illusion!






Pulp Fiction - 'Flowers on the Wall' - The Statler Brothers

Fabienne: Whose motorcycle is this?
Butch: It's a chopper, baby.
Fabienne: Whose chopper is this?
Butch: Zed's.
Fabienne: Who's Zed?
Butch: Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.






Stand by Me - 'Stand by Me' - Ben E. King

Gordie: Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy?
Vern: If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy-Pez. Cherry-flavored Pez. No question about it.
Teddy: Goofy's a dog. He's definitely a dog.
Gordie: I knew the $64,000 question was fixed. There's no way anybody could know that much about opera!
Chris: He can't be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat.
Gordie: Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training.
Vern: Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?






Dazed and Confused - 'School’s Out' - Alice Cooper

Mrs. Kramer, Mitch's Mother: Have you been drinking?
Mitch: No
[falls on bed and can't even take off both boots]
Mrs. Kramer, Mitch's Mother: Are you drunk?
Mitch: [clearly drunk] Psshh