Bleep: Filtered Competition
Sometimes finding a diamond in the rough is as simple as blowing up the rock. That’s the idea behind Bleep’s Filtered competition in that they are welcoming any and all independent electronica musicians to submit their tracks.
Southern Comfort Creative Exchange Winners Revealed
Coming to a tight finish, the recent Southern Comfort Creative Exchange winners have been chosen. It was touch and go there, but you’re votes have been pulled and they speak volumes. Without further ado onesmallseed presents to you the winners of a most prestigious artistic initiative.
Puma x Shelflife – 08/08/11
August 8th 2011 saw the launch of the first ever collaboration between Puma and a local independent retailer, in this case Shelflife. With the ‘Train Runner’ line for men and ‘Laces and Ladies’ line for women, here’s the inside track on the milestone release.
Beirut – The Rip Tide Album Review
There are certain obvious influences for musicians currently in their twenties. They were probably first inspired by Britpop or The Pixies or something like that and have spent their career thus far trying to sound a bit like Radiohead. But there is strong evidence to suggest that Beirut frontman Zach Condon, rather than listening to...
Oppikoppi Arranged Neatly – Survival Guide
Preparation is key in getting to a point where you can raise anarchy effectively. So we took lists to Oppikoppi and found out what goes into raising hell. Here are some of our favorites and their own survival kits for the legendary Oppikoppi Music Festival.
The Used
Fresh from Oppikoppi rocks out at the Grandwest Arena in Cape Town, onesmallseed caught up with the guys to get this exclusive interview! Length 06:37 (12 August 2011) The Used from one small seed on Vimeo. Presenter: brandon shore Location: Grandwest Arena Music: The Used ‘empty with you’ ‘blood on my hands’ ‘pretty handsome awkward’...
What’s Your Story: Richard Stanley
Returning to our shores after decades in exile, Richard Stanley has never seemed to fit in. Fighting against everything from Apartheid to Marlon Brando, he spoke with us a bit about his experiences.
The X Fest Cult Film Festival – Chapter 4
It’s what goes bump in the night and crawls steadily up your spine; it’s what challenges your existential views and unravels the fabric of your mind. It’s coming to the Labia this weekend and it will draw you in kicking and screaming.
Esther Verschoor’s Light Dark Art
Esther Verschoor artistic style was spurred on by the dolls in Virginie Ropars’ The Wasp Queen. This put into motion a series of events; the purchase of a sculpting kit, the wielding of her tailor’s chalk, grabbing hold of her dress maker’s pair of scissors – all changing her direction from designing and producing her...
WIN WITH SUPREMEBEING CLOTHING
If you love what you do and you do it well, success will follow. That is the philosophy behind street fashion label Supremebeing. For the next eight weeks one small seed in collaboration with Supremebeing™ will be giving away awesome prizes; alternating between men’s and ladies fashion week-by-week. Simply read on to win…
The Bang Bang Club Review
Highly anticipated for a release on our shores, The Bang Bang Club film was finally close enough to home for me to catch it; turns out that anticipation is as much as the film could build.
Lucian Freud Remembered
The 88 year old Lucian Freud, grandson of the famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and brother of the former MP Sir Clement Freud, passed away peacefully due to a prolonged illness. Born 8 December 1922 in Berlin and granted British citizenship in 1939, the pre-eminent British artist died Wednesday evening, 20 July 2011 at his London home....
Dr.Rey and Bruno Schiavi Nip and Tuck Away at Lingerie
From a tastefully subdued Cape Town Fashion Show at the CTICC to the ridiculously hyped two-finger waving Dr Robert Rey at Queen Victoria Street’s Old Land Bank, this collection saw the unveiling of LingeRey. Dr 90210 on E! came dressed in his self-labelled “Pimp Chic” topped with Hollywood’s clichéd signature piece – a pair of...
