Tanana’s greats to play @ Soulsa in Melville
If you haven’t lounged out yet at SOULSA restaurant at the bottom end of 4th avenue in Melville, you don’t know what you’re missing out on. We rate Soulsa as one of our favourite places in Melville (after Cocktails at Six of course – we are delighted to hear that SIx is the new owner of Color Bar by the way – we’ve always said that Six needed a dance floor. Color Bar needed a bit of div…ersity recently – it was getting a little stale – we can’t wait!) Make sure to BOOK your place. Anyway back to Soulsa – Do you remember Tanana’s? Yes, the late great Gito Baloi, Steve Newman and Ian Herman? Well Steve and Ian will perform accompanied by the incredible bassist Mlungisi Gegana for one night only at SOULSA – GET THERE! We are privileged to present for one appearance in Jozi; Steve Newman and Ian Herman. The virtuoso duo, formerly of Tananas, will be joined by Mlunigisi Gegana on acoustic and electric bass. Ian is back in the country recording with various artists and this is an opportunity to listen to new material as well as some well known tunes. This is a rare appearance of this great combo, space is limited and booking is essential. Tickets are R100 each and the buffet, main and dessert, is R85 per head. The idea is to begin fairly early allowing people to get to bed early. The first set will begin at aprox 6.45 on Sunday 29th January, followed by dinner, the 2nd set and then dessert. soulsa 16, 7th st melville, jozi 482 5572 Email...
Vegan restaurant opens in Linden
We have the utmost respect for Vegans – if you didn’t know, they are the hard core vegetarians that don’t touch ANY MEAT or Meat products – that means eggs and dairy… they won’t wear anything that comes from animals either. Imagine saying no to a boerie roll! Vegans are strong-minded! Click here to find out more about the VEGAN lifestyle. …Anyway, Joburgers check out this new Vegan restaurant in Linden called Earth2 – great menu lined up and sounds like an interesting place. “Our menu does indeed list such items as Satay Steak, Vegan Calamari, Bacon and Cheese toasies, etc., but these are all created using an unique range of totally vegan products. Additionally, our single-user oxygen bar is now 100% up and running, and we hope to expand to a 2-4 user unit within the next 6 months :-)” Click here to go to Earth2’s website and see their menu. 68 4th Ave Linden 082 5573912...
Craig’s List finally hits Johannesburg
Our friend Stoffel told us about Craig’s list mid-way through last year – at that stage Johannesburg wasn’t on the list so we didn’t tell you about it as it had little relevance – well now it is and we need to start using it! Craigs LIst is basically like the whole worlds classifieds – a list of everything you need to find – it all started in San Francisco and now no city is a functioning… city without being listed with Craig. You can rent a house in New York, sell a car in Stockholm and find a boyfriend in Sydney… or a dog. It’s appeal is that it, like google, is simple, clean and easy to use. It is a refreshing change from the usual banner-infested website. You go guys… you see, we told you less is more. BY THE WAY THERE IS ONE FOR CAPE TOWN TOO – go on, click on your city JOHANNESBURG CRAIG’s LIST CAPE TOWN CRAIG’s LIST craigslist is about: giving each other a break, getting the word out about everyday, real-world stuff. restoring the human voice to the Internet, in a humane, non-commercial environment. keeping things simple, common-sense, down-to-earth, honest, very real. providing an alternative to impersonal, big-media sites. being inclusive, giving a voice to the disenfranchised, democratizing … being a collection of communities with similar spirit, not a single monolithic entity. a little history: Craig Newmark observed people on the Net, on the WELL and in Usenet, helping one another out. In early ’95, he decided to help out, in a very small way, telling people about cool events around San Francisco like the Anon Salon and Joe’s Digital Diner. It spread through word of mouth, and became large enough to demand the use of a list server, majordomo, which required a name. Craig wanted to call it “sf-events”, but more knowledgeable friends suggested calling it “craigslist” to reinforce its personal and down-to-earth nature. He still finds it awkward that such a visible site is named after him, but he’ll get over it. Over time, people started posting items on the list in different areas, jobs, stuff for sale, and apartments, the latter in response to San Francisco’s apartment shortage. Craig wrote software which could automatically add email postings to a site which became www.craigslist.org. After being approached toward the end of ’97 about running banner ads, he decided to make craigslist non-commercial. Some things should be about money, some shouldn’t, and I make enough doing contract programming.” He was joined by other folks who proposed running face-to-face parties to make the sense of virtual community more physical, and who...
Sexy Bangkok Hilton in Cape Town
Thanks to Danny in Cape Town aka Slaapstad for letting us know that the city is certainly not slaaping… Check out this sexy monthly clubnight called Bangkok Hilton in Cape Town…there’s a nice twist of live film and video kicking off the night. “Arpegiated moog bass lines.” Sounds delicious. Love the flyer. CT you know style. Here’s the word from Danny” “The club was born o…ut of an obsession with late 70’s and 80’s club culture – but this isn’t an 80’s club at all. The late days of disco – when the Italian and German producers discovered synths and drum machines and the early days of house produced produced some amazing tracks – that are being used by producers such as Felix da Housecat, Tiga, DJ Hell, Blackstrobe etc as the inspiration for the latest batch of new wave house. This night mixes up the two sounds along with whatever other party music is tickling the djs. We also start off each night with a collection of short films/video odditys.” The official blurb: 10PM – 3PM PLUS (corner of Bree and Bloem) FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER R20 before 11 R30 after for more info: 082 454 4617/Email Dan DJs: Danny Berlin (Computer Blue/333 club, London) DJ Crockett Neon-lit electro disco mixing the sound of eighties NY club culture (think Giorgio Moroder, Bobby O, Talking Heads and Prince) with the new wave of dance from the likes of Tiga, the DFA and Soulwax. Bangkok Hilton is about the sound of disco fresh out of an early eighties art school, packing its bags and heading off to Rimini for the summer. This is about the sound of electro disco. This is about Giorgio Moroder and Patrick Cowley banging out arpegiated moog bass lines and Prophet V keyboard solos. It’s about Cerrone’s Supernature. It’s about the early house music of the Danceteria and the Music Box. It’s about Madonna stalking nightclubs in 1984 looking for hot producers. About the DJs: Danny is a recent import from the UK where he was resident DJ at Computer Blue and the 333. He has DJed alongside the likes of the Scissor Sisters, Andrew Wetherall, Tiefschwarz and Alexander Robotnick. DJ Crockett returns to South Africa from exile in Berlin, where he has played numerous underground bars and...
Review: DDC/Red Eye 2005 – It’s all in here!
Don’t mess with Represent collaborators – our Deben Dee-va gives us the most thorough of reviews – read this if you didn’t go and you’ll feel like you did! Sharpile Dee-va! “Urban Edge ” This year’s DDC marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the event, making it the longest-running fashion show in the country. Over the years, the “Young Designer” category in particular ha…s nurtured the talents of several of the country’s top names in fashion, including Gideon, Terrence Bray and Catherine Deane. The show’s organisers have decided to turn the DDC into more of an all-round entertainment, so this year the DDC and Red Eye were combined and, as part of the larger inner city renewal project, the area hailed as Durban’s “cultural precinct” was closed off for a street festival, with the fashion show in the City Hall, the art installations, music and dance performances taking place in the park on the pavement, and the much anticipated DDC After Party in Durban’s Playhouse theatre. This years show was certainly the grandest that I’ve attended, staged in the proud City Hall. The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra performed on the stage behind a curtain of blue fairy lights, providing the backdrop for the ramp. While the audience were seated, three screens raised above the stage depicted black and white video footage of the contributing Red Eye artists talking on art, the South African city, history and urban renewal. Invited Designer Category Paul Botha of Ruff Tung had the models strutting their stuff to the tune of “Another one bites the dust”, wearing a range so ecclectic that it defies categorisation. With their pointy shoes, frilly tiered skirts and big hair, the models looked like Spanish high priestesses…of sorts. Fabrics included leopard print, lace, velvet and tweed; the predominant colours were browns and neutrals with splashes of turquoise and red. The Holmes Brothers’ range was typically laid back: an ageing hippy pelted out a track called “Moon over Marakesh” on the electric guitar, while pretty boys in blazers and panama hats were teamed with girls in chocolate brown 70s-inspired feminine dresses. Colours combined blue denim, neutrals and deep orange. The humour we’ve come to expect from the brothers was also subtly present in the kung-fu style orange waistband and headband worn somewhat incongruously by two of the male models. Leigh Schubert’s range was my favourite, for being refreshingly uniform and uncluttered (when compared with most of the ranges). Schubert clearly had Victorian inspiration for her entirely black range of semi-sheer bodices, frills, slips and leggings. Looking like dowagers in Dolce & Gabbanna, the models, each wearing designer black sunglasses, carried a bunch...
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