Welcome to SA JayJays
While casually strolling through her second favourite shopping centre “Campus Square” in Melville (the Rosebank Precinct gets first place) Editorista suddenly found herself abducted from her people watching reveries and the gorgeous man on her arm. When the dust settled, she found herself surrounded by a bunch of good looking and grinning young party people, inside a groovy new clothing store called JayJays. “So what do you think? Does she deserve to win the crop jacket? Does she not look amazing in her outfit?” Staring down at the microphone the over-enigmatic punk-haired MC had shoved into her space, Editorista realised she was somehow holding the future of the lithe young teens modelling career in her mouth… ” Yes I reckon she looks awesome” Good Answer, the party picked right back up as the young teen climbed up on top of a display cabinet and started shaking that ass as her final ‘task’ to win the skimpy and sexy and very Tokyo-style outfit she was in. Nice opening concept. Make a noise, play some house music, have a few camera men catching ‘live footage’ and the crowds will roll in. You know how we love to stand around and stare. Good Job to Australian clothing label JayJays who have just arrived on South African shores. The clothes are young, hip and super trendy – a little like Legit but at least one season ahead according to our sources. The clothes all have a hip-Asian feel to them – well positioned for our trendy youngsters. Legit must be sweating or at least glowing a little round the brow. JayJays is an interesting newcomer and according to Fin24 is “…the Just Group is testing the waters in SA for a possible expansion of its JayJays discount brand. The company said it would open three Jay Jays stores in SA partnered by privately owned retail group Pepkor, which owns the Best & Less brand in Australia.” This is their six-month trial to see what our market offers them, we reckon they won’t be disappointed. It’s not YDE or the SPACE, but it’s heaven for any young fashionista on a pocket-money budget that wants the latest global looks and doesn’t mind mass production. Represent recommends the opening two-t-shirts for R120 deal – super bargain central. And you know we love a quick fashion fix bargain. JayJays next to Clicks and opposite Jet Campus Square Melville...
K-SWISS finals in CT on Fri
The competition has run it’s course and we’re down to 10 finalists who will be showing their customised shoe designs on Fri 8 Dec in Cape Town. We wish them all luck as their work is judged by international graf guru Logan Hicks, Lorne, we’re backing you and Jozi buddy. After a four-month campaign which saw some of SA’s hottest underground artists putting stencil-to-sneaker in t… he K-Spray Custom Kicks initiative, footwear brand K-Swiss has stepped the project up a notch with its announcement of the Top 10 finalists. These creative geniuses will have their customised shoe designs exhibited at the finale event in Cape Town on Friday 8th December, and are the competitive crop from which visiting international street artist Logan Hicks will select the final winner on the night. They are: Motel7 of Cape Town, Nic Lewis a.k.a. The Formidable FINK DaFOE from Durban, Scott Robertson a.k.a. Dirty Sanchez of Durban, Paul ‘Senyol’ Loynes of Cape Town, Nick Herbert of Cape Town, Wes Van Eeden of Durban, design collective Love and Hate of Pretoria, Lorne Schnugh of Johannesburg, Rowan Toselli a.k.a. PS of Johannesburg and Shayne Walker a.k.a. Rist One of Cape Town. The ten artists have emerged from a wide range of backgrounds, some hardcore graffiti and street artists with no qualms about ‘bombing’ or ‘tagging’ blank walls or trains, others from more commercially accepted fields like graphic design and advertising, but they have all been brought together by the common desire to be acknowledged for work in a largely frowned upon medium of choice. All ten artists were among hundreds who responded to the call from K-Swiss months ago to use a blank white K-Swiss Clymar as the ultimate canvas, with a variety of stencils and paints transforming the shoes into serious eye candy. Finalist Nic Lewis, 27, said that for him graffiti was a means of escape. “When you look at that wall, it’s all you’re really thinking about. I don’t really express any opinions in my painting, but I do think that graffiti is definitely one of the best ways of putting a message or a point out, also, it’s not about being heard, it’s about being seen.” Rowan Toselli, 18, of Johannesburg adds: “Graffiti and street art are the ultimate way of expressing oneself, as it allows one to incorporate anything, there are no limits to this art form and it is endless.” For others like Nick Herbert, who has been in the graffiti game for the past nine years, the intentions are perhaps less ‘deep’. “I don’t express my opinion through graffiti,” he says, “it’s more something for myself than for...
Scholars explore Democracy through photo’s
Check out the Market Photo Workshop photography project with high school students – looks interesting – great to get them visually aware and photography fluent at such a young age – hopefully the beginnings of some future brilliance. Tied into the 10th anniversary of the signing of our Constitution – it looks like an interesting mix of art and democracy – the Conhill is an awesome place to visit … and the Bag Factory in Fordsburg is really interesting too. Get amongst! Democracy Begins with Conversation A project of Market Photo Workshop in collaboration with the Living Together Project It is not often in the era of video games, the internet and cell phone chat rooms that high school students come together to discuss and learn about citizenship and constitutionalism. But they do come together in the Democracy Begins with Conversation project of Market Photo Workshop and the Living Together Project. People working in the arts created a creative learning environment to develop an understanding of the constitution and democracy, focusing on photographs, poems, prints, music, drama etc. On 9 December 2006, 150 high school learners from Orange Farm, Duduza and Soweto participating in the Living Together Project’s Democracy Begins with Conversation Project will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the South African Constitution at Constitution Hill. The proceedings will be opened by one of the Constitutional Court Judges, after which learners will present the performance pieces, poems and raps on Constitutional issues that they have created over the course of the 8 week project for their family and friends. After the performance there will be a discussion with the audience on where we have come from and where we are going 12 years into democracy. The afternoon programme will be hosted by The Bag Factory in Newtown, where photographs taken by learners during the programme at Market Photo Workshop and other visual artworks created during the project will be exhibited. This will be followed by a discussion with artists from the Bag Factory as the guest speakers on the role of art, culture and conversation in building democracy. Venues Photography Exhibition Opening: 9 December 2006 Time: 13h30 for 14h00 Venue: The Bag Factory Artists Studios 10 Mahlathini Street Fordsburg Johannesburg Closes 12 December 2006. The gallery is open daily 10h00 – 16h00. Performances 9 December 2006 Time : 09h30 to 10h30 Tour of Constitutional Hill and Court 10h30 to 13h00 Performance by Youth Venue: Constitutional Hill Kotze street Braamfontein Johannesburg For more information: Market Photo Workshop Iqbal Tladi or Nonceba Ntintili Tel: 011 834 1444 Fax: 011 834 1447 info@marketphotoworkshop.co.za or The Living Together Project Betsi...
DUB be good to RUI 2
We never got to hear the first one, but clearly Rui ain’t messing about – he’s just launched the second DUB compilation – he’s been promoting it all over the country and it’s now Jozi’s turn – catch him at 88 in Norwood tomorrow night. We’ll go and check it out and let you know – it sounds delicious – for now, check out Rui’s MySpace (nice one!) site here…. “dub vaults: The South African Connection. Part II”, is out in stores now. Compiled by Rui Soeiro (co-founding member of 340ml), this project was produced under the auspices of the 340ml Music Label and is being distributed by Independent Music Distributors under the Ghetto Ruff Label. It promises to be a good introduction to the dub culture and a listening pleasure experience. This showcase of local talent, boasts ten unreleased tracks from artists like DJ Dope, Morafe, Richard Tha IIIrd and more. The compilation is in part a collection of demos and tapes that have been accumulated over the years. The final mix and master was put together with the help of producer and sound engineer, Gavan Eckhart The album consists of 14 amazing tracks featuring groups like Veli Shabangu, Zaki Ibrahim, 340ml, Unknown Colour Space, Sub-Saharan Dub Committee, Dubmasta China, Ben Amato, Levi Pon The Mic, Mr Mo, Jerome Arthur and more. Official launch date for South Africa: 06 December 2006. The 88 Lounge 114 William Road, Norwood, corner Grant Ave. (Opposite the Spar parking lot, next to Woolworths.) Doors: 20:00 R30 For more information on other “dub vaults” sessions visit www.myspace.com/dubvaults =================================== I remember interviewing 340ml at the Flux New Year festival a year ago. The guys were all very comfortable to chat about the band and tell us their plans…the only quiet one really was RUI, the bassist – or maybe it’s not that he’s quiet, he’s just really chilled out and relaxed. Anyway, one thing he did did speak energetically about was his plan to put together a DUB compilation and how excited he was about the project. I guess the man put his money where his mouth is and a year later…. tra laaaaaaaaaaa – see the press release below for RUI’s Dub album and make sure to get to the launches!NOTE TO MUSO’s: Hard work and patience never hurt anyone. Hang in there! Dub Vaults: The South African Connection. Part 1, the brainchild of Mozambican-born band member of 340ml, Rui Soeiro, is out in stores. The album, which is a compilation of various South African artists promises to be as laid back as the producer himself. The compilation which was produced under the...
How to avoid becoming a gym bunny.
With the first Monday of December came the first authentic post-winter exercise… yes we know, rather lazy to only get the touche into action now. But you see, when your days are filled with words, web and wonder, there’s little time for sweat. And when the year moves at three times the speed of light it’s also difficult to keep up with the changing seasons. Talking of seasons, this must s… urely be hunting season for the gyms…. preying on vulnerable fatties all hoping to shed their skin before the year end holiday which is in approximately 15 days. It’s too late for summer quick-fixes darl, you should’a thought about that in about September aka Spring. But Sista (this is for the gels) it’s never too late to make sensible, long term changes to your life, just don’t expect the scale to go down magically – in fact stay away from the scale as much as possible. It’s evil. Use it at weekly or by-weekly intervals only. If you’ve left it too late, we’d say the best thing you can do today is to just LURVE yourself as you are. Right now. Look at your curves, your lines, your flow, your orange peel, your stretch marks, your c-section scar, your flab, your flavour…. and think about how unique, sexy and curvaceous you are. Then walk it babes, live it, breathe it and be it. It’s amazing what positive thinking around your body image can do. Let’s not be caught up in the skinny girl bulldust spewed out by western media – we’re African women and we don’t need to subscribe to what other people tell us looks good. But there’s nothing wrong with being slim either… we are each one of a kind. (PS: We’re horrified to see our Minky fading away into skinny mode – what happened to our curvy babe?) Well I nearly became a gym-bunny last week – gotta admit when i realised my summer-bunny deadline was about to expire on me I got desperate and arrived in the ‘Gym Zone’ where i realised the only way for me to save my flab was to join a gym as fast as possible. Got the boy interested or rather convinced that we needed saving and by only the most expensive of evangelicals. And then I went shopping and spent my gym subscription on a fabulous summer dress. Doh! So now what… broke, fat and listless. Year end fatigue. Year end blues. What to do? And then I remembered the wonderful Zoo Lake walk. Now it’s not just any walk, the Zoo Lake Walk has it’s appeal in...
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