4 short movies in Melville – MON NIGHT
There are so many movie evening’s all over the place in Joburg – it’s fantastic – let’s hope the industry keeps on improving. You are cordially invited to an evening of excellent new narrative cinema. Four fresh and inspiring films that demand attention and deserve debate! All four directors will be present to take part in a panel discussion led by ERIC MIYENI. Both Cap…e Town films are Johannesburg premieres. BLOW was an official selection at the prestigious Berlin Festival this year. I LOVE YOU JET LI written by Stacy Hardy, directed by Jaco Bouwer, music by Felix LaBand and (IN)SECURITY written and directed by Neil Shaw, music by Ben Amato both from Cape Town coupled with two Johannesburg films BLOW written and directed by Llewelyn Roderick KOFIFI written and directed by Mic Mann, music by Ben Willem, lyrics by Joel Assaizky Thereafter TOBY AND THE VETERANS will provide live music. VENUE NEW MELVILLE THEATRE, 7 Main Road, Melville TIME : 7pm (19:00) DATE: Monday 22 August There is a cash bar open till late and a fine restaurant....
KWANI EXPERIENCE LIVE – Fri and Sat at the Bassline
SEE PICS OF KWANI EXPERIENCE LIVE AT THE BASSLINE HERE UPDATE Kwani’s at the Bassline this weekend! Bassline Friday 19th and Saturday 20th August 21h00 R 50 pppn Kwani Experience messes in the kitchen with guest DJ Kenzhero on Utensils We promise to try really hard to have fun… Any questions on who exactly inve…nted the wheel can be sent to Rick ————————————————————— UPDATE Catch Catch Catch them while you can – they’re HOT HOT HOT and we keep on talking about their incredible LIVE performance. They’re playing at Back to Basix in Westdene (near Melville) this Thursday. And remember… stay for the second set – as their manager said ‘You will dance’. Thursday 11th August From 21h00 Back 2 Basix Address: cnr Perth & Lancaster Road Off Kingsway (opposite UJ – old RAU) Westdene Tel: 011-726-6857 Email —————————————————————— 22 July Well we finally got to see KWANI and WOW WOW WOW – we don’t usually gush but WOW – all we can say is WOW … and THANK YOU. And another thing… THANK YOU for making our weekend. THANK YOU for making us shout out loud. THANK YOU for making us get to our feet and dance. YOU REALLY ARE GOLD – and your future is so paved. See our review of the night by Noxyrsox and a cd review below. REVIEW – LIVE PERFORMANCE If you missed the Kwani Experience you missed out. What a treat. The band is a mix of eight individually talented male musicians and one female vocalist whose voice is so controlled that it lulls you into a beautiful zone where you are drawn into the music. Most interesting, according to me, was the rasta percussionist who played his home-made range of instruments that included enamel mugs and bowls, and some ordinary looking sticks. One doesn’t usually notice the person playing percussion but this guy was fantastic. Plus he had some really cool gold-rimmed sunglasses. The saxophonist, too, was an act on his own. It’s so rare that you see such talent in such a young musician, but this guy was amazing and got better as he morphed into the music. But the favourite had to be the Lenny Kravitz look alike, the bassist, who jumped around the stage with such vigour that at times he stole the show. The other men, who included the keyboardist, bongo drum player and drummer, were more subdued but played their instruments with equal zest and were just as integral to creating the band’s rich sound as the others. It was really interesting to note that there was no guitarist, which is kind of a mind shift...
LIVE INNA CITY 2 at Color Bar 20 August 2005
Brother Site JHBLIVE will be hosting the Live Inna City party 2 on Saturday 20 August at the Color Bar The party offers Joburg’s party people an opportunity to celebrate our city’s cultural diversity and experience a cutting edge fusion of jazz, hip-hop, nouveau swing, deep dub, phat funk and happening house, at one of Jozi’s hippest venues. …It’s an event for anyone who has become bored with the same old entertainment. We bring you the antidote: a line-up bursting with pure quality across a large number of genres, in celebration of the launch of our new, improved website . Live Inna City 2 marks the launch of the new JHBLive by offering a line-up packed with some old favourites along with a few surprises. The live line-up features jazz band Destination Out playing with acclaimed hip-hop MC Waddy Jones; 340ml with a guest ragga vocalist and funk favourites The Undersound. The DJ line-up is just as impressive, and showcases a diverse array of beats including breaks, down tempo, dub, 206 style beats, funk and house. The DJ line-up features: Vinny da Vinci (House Afrika); DJ Mbuso (Soul Candi); Shaun Duvet (Anything Goes); Ryan Bliss; Phat Jack, The Blunted Stuntman (206), KenZero and Tokyo Star resident Richard tha IIIrd. The outside chill area is another feature of Live Inna City 2 to get excited about. Sponsored by Lipton, the area will be an exotic Moroccan style tent with all the trimmings, specially designed for us by 3D Deco. This morrocan/beduin tent is made with organza, which plays beautifully with intelligent lighting creating a spectrum of color. The tent will come complete with all the accessories such as cushions, day beds, candles, lamps, tables and carpets. Live Inna City 2 offers jaded Johannesburg party-goers a chance to indulge in a full-blown celebration: of life in general; and of their new site. This party is not to be missed. Line-up: Bands: Destination Out featuring Watkin Tudor Jones, 340ml, The Undersound House floor: Vinny da Vinci, DJ Mbuso, Shaun Duvet, Phat Jack and Ryan Bliss. 206 style funk floor: The Blunted Stuntman, KenZero and Richard tha IIIrd. Where: Color Bar When: Saturday 20th August 2005 What Time: Media launch from 8:00-10:00; Doors open at 9:30. How Much: R80 Contact: micman@jhblive.com...
Pebbles performing at Montecasino on Saturday!
You know that she is one of our favourite musicians… Do yourselves a favour and go and catch her in action… She is unique – a true star in the making. Catch Pebbles on Saturday! Pebbles will be blessing Cantare at Montecasino in Fourways on Saturday the 21st of August so be sure to be there for a night of gorgeous live music off her stunning debut. Smart …Casual is the dress code and R100 gets you in to this sumptuous joint. Doors open at 8pm and for more info call 082 332 9161 and for dinner reservations call 011 511 0505 To know Pebbles is to be sure that she just doesn’t like to do things like everyone else. Like many girls her age (now 29), the big pop/R&B balladeers of our time – Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Karyn White, etc – incited in her a desire to sing in public. Unlike with most however, that desire became a matter of urgency when Pebbles decided finishing a journalism degree at Rhodes University was just not for her. Nor was an interim job at her parents’ car parts shop in Port Elizabeth. There she initially resisted encouragement from friends and family alike to take on Jozi’s bright lights as a means to fulfil her dream. ‘I was just lazy about it. I couldn’t find it in me to get it together and part of it also had to do with being scared,’ she recalls. ‘But they all just kept hassling me until I gave in one day.’ Giving in coincided with an opening at then brand new Outrageous Records for a female vocalist. One audition won over the label’s CEO Dzino, and fast-tracked her on to the theme song for Black Rage’s TV show Bassiq and then on to the compilation CD Rage in 2001. The latter spawned Destiny, the song with the haunting melody and uplifting message, acclaimed today as an underground classic, which appears as a remix (featuring Optical Illusion’s Golden Shovel) on the subsequent Maximum Sentence mixtape. It would be the public’s first taste of a brand of R&B/jazz/soul-flavoured music with cheeky inflections Pebbles coined – playful soul. Pebbles’ debut album, titled as such, amplifies this concept, which carries sometimes melancholy subject matter (on songs like Confused Again and Lonely) with unlikely yet effective nonchalance: ‘I don’t know what it is about me but I am drawn to sad songs,’ she admits laughingly. ‘I think the way I sing them makes them listenable. I’m really not trying to depress anyone!’ Being blessed with a Manhattan Brother for a father, and being able to casually refer to...
SNOW ON TABLE MOUNTAIN – Or not?
The title of this email is ‘Snow on Table Mountain – believe it!” We believe you. We received this from our CANDO in Cape Town – thanks sista! TRUTH IS – apparently the pictures may be old ones… No-one in Cape Town is sure if it did indeed snow on Wednesday or not. Why does that not suprise us? Maybe they would have worked it out by Saturday. Just kidding…! The Mail and Guardian reports that: “Although e-mail photographs of snow on Table Mountain were circulating in the city on Wednesday afternoon, a staffer at the Table Mountain cableway said they were, in fact, images taken several years ago. The staffer said the cableway did not have staff on top of the mountain, which was covered in heavy cloud, and it was not known whether it was actually snowing there.” Thanks to the M&G. Any comments Cape...
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