Culture & Lifestyle
We like our turkey cold, thanks.

We like our turkey cold, thanks.

I always knew it would be a riot. Let’s be honest, there’s no room for good intentions when a public holiday is there to back you up the next day. Thursday night’s sequence of now-hazy incidents led to a fast-food ‘refuel, re-think and repress’ two days inside. But all was redeemed by Sunday morning; it...
Hasta la vista Pablo!

Hasta la vista Pablo!

Last week Saturday saw the return of The Succulent’s highly successful annual Afrika Burns fundraiser – ‘Pablo’s Summer Send Off’ – at Ibis House and as expected, this tribute to beats under the sun was one hell of a jam.
BOOM+27 - Episode 02

BOOM+27 – Episode 02

For our second episode of Boom+27 we check out Toffie Pop Culture Festival, the 12th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival, Desmond and the Tutus performing at Assembly and the latest exhibition at the Woodstock gallery Museum.
James Frey takes on God, & the faithful on Darwin & The Satanic Verses.

James Frey takes on God, & the faithful on Darwin & The Satanic Verses.

It’s always been my ambition to write the most influential, most widely read, most controversial book of all time – James Frey   Fresh from his battles with Oprah and Larry King, James Frey’s got a new target: God. In his new book, The Final Testament of the Holy Bible, Jesus Christ is alive and...
Unity Gallery & the Joburg Art Scene

Unity Gallery & the Joburg Art Scene

In issue 22 of one small seed, The Joburg Issue, the notorious DJ Chubbi from YFM takes us on a Jozi street tour through all his favourite stops in the art, music, fashion and nightlife scenes. One of the art stops is Unity Gallery in Newtown, and Chubbi stops to chat to the owner, Andrew...
ARYAN KAGANOF. THE SOLIPSIST.

ARYAN KAGANOF. THE SOLIPSIST.

  It doesn’t seem fair that one man is able to express himself successfully through almost every medium possible. So is the skill of our very own Aryan Kaganof. Responisble for the controversial documentary, ‘The Uprising in Hangberg’ that screened at the Labia, Kaganof now also has a film festival under his belt. Let’s here...
The Zimbabwean's Voiceless Campaign

The Zimbabwean’s Voiceless Campaign

Just under a year ago we featured the wonderful ad campaign for The Zimbabwean by TBWA Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg, a campaign that highlighted the worth of the Zimbabwean dollar bill by using it to create actual billboards, posters and other outdoor advertising, as a meme representative of Zimbabwe’s plummeting socio-economic circumstances. This year, the same...
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

Taking place this weekend is the world renowned Cape Town International Jazz Festival. This year’s event include artists from Gazelle to Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis with a special performance by legends Earth, Wind and Fire. Never in our nation’s history has a music event been singled out in a State of the Nation address like...
GOOGLE IS WATCHING

GOOGLE IS WATCHING

When allowing everything in the free world to be photographed at random you are bound to come across some creepy, compromising snaps highlighting human imperfection… although I’m sure Google Street View’s primary mandate didn’t exactly intend to create a montage of prostitutes that would able you to compare the attire, modes of seduction and preferred client of...
OUR EVERYDAY CONCRETE HEROES

OUR EVERYDAY CONCRETE HEROES

Article featured in Issue 18 – The Original Fake Issue – of one small seed.     With hip-hop MCs People under the Stairs rhyming in my ears and change for a loose kept safe, the street is the place I catch myself smiling off-guard.  There’s a feeling of wonder. Dialogues I hope one day...
TREEHOUSE LIVING: KEEPING YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

TREEHOUSE LIVING: KEEPING YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

First recognised as the benchmark of an ideal childhood, whether it was real or a Hollywood construction, the lucky kids always had a treetop getaway in their backyard. It then became the muse of the musician and movie star, where we’d hear of conflicted creative’s shutting themselves in secluded cabin locations to heal their wounds...
THE BIOSCOPE THEATRE

THE BIOSCOPE THEATRE

Joburg has certainly reinvented itself with the rejuvenation of the historically vibrant areas surrounding the city centre. The revamp of Bioscope Theatre is the latest surge of colour brightening the streets of Maboneng Precinct on the ground floor of Main Street Life.
TAKE A BREAK

TAKE A BREAK

As yet another long weekend approaches many of us are packing our bags and heading out of town to take advantage of the break. Whether it’s a relaxing stay on the coast or a getaway to a game park, hotels have become a common holiday experience. Most of us are accustomed to the small and...
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