The Diesel Whores splash it up
I know it’s late notice but just in case you’re in the mood – the Diesels have a TATTOO party tonight at Roxy’s in Melville – 3 bands and lots of DJ’s… Get down there. R30 with a tattoo R45 without YOU GOTTA LOVE IT. Tell us Linny – who are these nutters? This is an interesting bunch of guys. A four piece band hailing from the mean streets of Jozi they consis…t of (the infamous) Jaxon Rice – lead vocals and air guitar, Keith on bass (his real job is working for the Daily Sun subbing ‘tokoloshe stole my penis stories” , Dan Vegas on lead guitar and Kevin Leicher on drums. A high energy performance – they certainly have a lot to say and are determindly going places. Quotable quote : It is our ambition to play in as many strange and unusual places as possible – we are not ruling out the Ladysmith town hall. To download one of their tracks MAHALA go to this fabulous site Mixtaper...
K-dorp – Wild Wild Woes
We discovered the bargain hunter streets of Krugersdorp about two years ago while passing through there by mistake (don’t ask) As you know we at Represent like to share the good things in life so we thought we’d tell you all about it. You really want to go to K-dorp if it’s offbeat second hand furniture you are after and you don’t want to be ripped off in other more establishe…d areas (won’t mention those suburbs on this forum – but its places like Parkhurst, Melville etc) . There are two main areas – Krugersdorp West and Luipaardsville – there’s a whole bunch off second hand furniture and pawn shops where one can really pick up a bargain and lots of Art Decor, Kitch and Antique gems… But like any dodgy place – you got to really dig through the pile to find the rough diamond. K-dorp is a strange place – it’s almost like going back in time and turning our past on its head as you see these really poor tired looking white folk and then well off happy looking black folk… There appears to be a high level of alcohol abuse and from what some shop owners told us, drug abuse too…I guess hence the big pawn and second hand trade. There are loads of big exhaust zoomzoom noises filling the air as ‘heavies’ cruise around in their jammies… lots of eye candy for the mullet hunters… But – this is all softened by some of the most beautiful architecture in Joburg – Check out Die Herberg Hotel, Jubilee House and the gorgeous whitewashed townhall and then just look up and around you for buildings in pristine condition from the beginning of last century!!! Many of them have the dates on the buildings. To truly go back in time – once you’re in K-dorp ask for directions to West Rand Cons – a tiny old mining village (incidently where my father grew up) just outside K-dorp which MUST BE PRESERVED and set-up as a tourist destination before the quaint buildings fall down… For furniture shopping – the best thing to do is head to Commissioner St – in Krugersdorp West. Go all the way along it till the end and then drive back, most of the shops are on the left hand side as you drive back into K’dorp – keep em peeled for the gothic and bizare HOLLYWOOD PARTY SHOP – a draculas castle kind of shopfront. Then once you get into the city area, ask for Ockerse and Rissik st (where they cross) there’s some awesome places round there. Disclaimer: I know some really...
Ohhh my head – SAMC closes with a lotta Doofdoof
The afterparty of the SA Music Conference was a real success… i can attest to that first hand as I sit here with a throbbing skull and sore feet – I don’t know when the last time was that i got home at 4am singing out loud in the car and still wanting to gaan maar aan… We got to carfax at around 10:15pm to find that the jol was not that full – I got a little nervous about …the night taking off and being the success we were hoping for – a little selfish I know… But you can always trust in Joburgers and the next thing, by midnight – one o clock the place was humming with beautiful happy people… Damn! – rhythm abounded! We got down and dirty to Greg Maloka, Vinnie and Christos, Monde, Ready D and the boyz and the skilled Charles Webster who were all in superb form (there were loads more DJs but those are the ones I remember). By the way Charles – siyaxolisa for your Gogo that passed away on Friday – hope you smile again soon. Celebs were few and far between – I spotted David Kau looking friendless (go figure) – but then again he never does bother to greet or remember anyones name, some skinny Ya Mampela chicks, I think I had my photo taken with one of the Skwatta Crew, we had a dance with Coco Merckel from Max and Mona and spotted some z-lists hanging around the VIP area – Despite it being a YFM gig we never saw any of the crew – except Greg! We were under the impression that our fave – DJ Fresh – would be in the N-town – alas – he was not to be seen nor heard… The VIP area was a big farce… the only kiff thing about it was the view down on the grooving bodies below – despite Millers sponsoring the event there wasn’t a free drop of beer to be dripped… strange non? It was very boring and empty most of the night – I always say that the VIP area sucks. Stick to the pleb areas you’ll have much more fun. I love the passion that South Africans have for great music and dance and you couldn’t but be Happy Sindane with the 4 dancefloors each offering seamless smooth sounds – It was so awesome to be somewhere where all four areas could be your stomping ground rather than one room you cant handle… Speaking to DJ WIcked (how u bru?) from Swaziland and DJ Prophet from Cape Town, it sounds like...
CURB THE VENGEANCE – Special Assignment Tue 12/4
Special Assignment takes us on another mind-opening journey but this time into the prisons of SA – Don’t miss the show next Tuesday 12 April. South African prisons are bursting at the seams. We have the largest number of prisoners in Africa, with 185 thousand South Africans incarcerated. Problem is there is only space for 115 thousand inmates. So 70 thousand prisoners a…re crammed into our jails in steadily worsening conditions. There is barely space for exercise, let alone rehabilitation. It’s a subject that evokes much passion and anger. Victims of crime say too much is made of the rights of prisoners. But a man who describes himself as “a real jailbird”, 77 year old Judge Hannes Fagan, is outraged. “We are the 3rd worst country in the world for our love of incarceration. Four out of every thousand South Africans in prison. We are completely out of touch…what are we doing?” Fagan, who heads the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons, lays the blame for over-crowding at the doors of Parliament, which passed minimum sentence legislation in response to crime. It sets out a string of minimum sentences that courts have to impose for certain types of crime. As a result, the prison population has shot up and human rights advocates are aghast. Vincent Saldanha of the Law Society, who has visited prisons countrywide, has urged government to reconsider the legislation when it comes up for review at the end of April 2005. “No society should be burdened by having so many life prisoners. It is not the answer to the public baying for blood. We need to be more creative about our sentencing”. Special Assignment goes into South African prisons and introduces viewers to inmates like Byron Smith, who received a 15 year minimum sentence for dealing in cocaine. But he says his real punishment was the death of his mother from a terminal illness. They wouldn’t let me see her. All I wanted to do was to say goodbye to the old lady. No one feels sorry for you in those situations. For me that was my sentence. It shaped my heart. We meet Charne Brown, a mother who runs her home from her cell in the women’s section of Port Elizabeth’s notorious “Rooi He””. “There are a lot of people that don’t belong here. Why can’t we get correctional supervision? Nothing is done here to help you change. There is no rehabilitation. You change yourself”. In the words of Judge Hannes Fagan: “It is vindictive! It is vengeance!” “CURB THE VENGEANCE” was directed by Jessica Pitchford and was filmed by Byron Taylor and Thulo Monare. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT...
BIRTHDAY PARTY at 44 Stanley – 1 week to go
Not much can beat lazing around 44 Stanley in Milpark on a schoolday pretending to talk business – the laid back atmosphere is contagious… Make sure to ‘Expose yourself and get intimate’ with NIcola Deane who’s having a sexy BIRTHDAY PARTY EXHIBITION at the Muti Gallery. NICOLA DEANE THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 14 APRIL TO 5 MAY 2005 THE MUTI GALLERY, 44 STANLEY AVE, MILPARK, …JOHANNESBURG Email -gallery From the artist: ‘I have three major interests in my life: food, sex and art,’ declares artist Nicola Deane. ‘The order of importance is constantly shifting, and they also merge at times.’ Deane’s provocative body of work includes a video piece titled ‘Nicola’s First Orgasm’ in collaboration with Aryan Kaganof, and a live performance, ‘Home Economics’, featuring the artist making chocolate moulds of her labia. Her latest show, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, continues the theme of exposure and intimacy. The show presents images from her soon-to-be published book Cunt Skin Poems, and includes a collection of intimate digital works installed as light boxes, together with the title work, ‘The Birthday Party’ – a billboard-sized digital image of a Victorian threesome. Asked about the title work, Deane is characteristically playful. ‘Combining the erotic image of a Victorian threesome with the innocent title “The Birthday Party” challenges social etiquette. The threesome depicts a strange celebration, like a mad hatter’s tea party. It makes sense in some obscure and disturbingly sexy way.’ As a show, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY literally and figuratively sheds light on the intimacies of womanhood – unveiling biological and sexual taboos that are usually kept hidden. Most of the images are composed from found images and text, including erotic novels and pornography, remixed with Deane’s own text and imagery. Hers is the irreverent and unapologetic voice of a new kind of sexual liberation. Though startling, even shocking, Deane’s exploration of femaleness and sexuality is playful rather than preachy. She brings an almost-childlike innocence to essentially adult material and the result is refreshingly honest. ‘I merge the primary sexual nature of the little girl with the psycho-sexual preoccupations of the adult woman, who is always searching to reclaim that childhood sexual freedom and “purity”,’ says Deane. In an act of artistic bravery, Deane casts off the security blanket of political correctness in favour of a more naked statement. This nakedness is what makes her work both beautiful and uneasy....
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