Burn After Reading
They’ve given us delicious viewing pleasure with The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, The Hudsucker Proxy, O Brother where Art Thou, Fargo and… Raising Arizona. This week the multiple Academy-winning Coen Brothers latest fliek Burn After Reading, starring Braddy Pitt and John Malkovich, has US moviegoers in the popcorn queue sms’sing, tweeting and blogging away about it. The film is being released in the UK next month, and, ahh we’re not sure when it will be released in SA but we’re sure soon after. But… you can get ready to decide if you’ll watch it at home or the mall it by watching the Trailer below, reading an interesting review here, here, or listening to one here … and…getting a Tom, Dick or Cari everday people opinion on the movie thanks to Twitter: -… great acting + decent story that fell a bit flat. Coen Brothers can’t produce greatness every time though. -…Can’t decide if I liked “burn after reading” or not. -…Funny, in a dead bodies kind of way… -…Was utterly bored by Cohens attempt at comedy Lady Killers -…I enjoyed Burn After Reading – but I’m a Coen Brothers fan. -…we didn’t get it, why were people laughing at a guy getting brutally beat to death. -…had perhaps the funniest ending of all time -…was hilarious and twisted… -…Good mindless laughs -…is proof that farces belong on the page not on the screen or the stage. -…Granted, not the best thing the Coens have ever done, but maybe the best last 30 seconds of a movie I’ve ever seen. -…probably the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen. -…there was a lot of overacting going on. Some of it worked, some didn’t....
Represent Review: Road to V Launch party
Short, and oh so sweet, that’s the tone that was set at the launch party for the first ever Road to V festival thats taking place in December in South Africa. We’re hoping the heat may still be turned up artist-wise, ‘coz ever since Snoop stood us up at his Joburg concert, we’ve been sulking. He’s cool, but he’s come and gone and we think there’s fresher, edgier artists than Snoop and Maroon 5 for a brand like V. Anyway, let’s see what happens, we’re sure the party will rock either way, as every summer party does. They’re looking for South African bands for the mix – our team Reuben ‘The Matrix’ Malema tells us what you need to do to enter below, as well as what went down at the launch, and photographer Nkateko Siweya shares a photostory of the party with us here : Wednesday night, Melville – Johannesburg. The Brits are here in full force! Well, that’s my view of Sir Richard Branson’s Empire: The Virgin Group. In this case a division of it which resides in leafy Sandton called: Virgin Mobile. This year the Virgin conquest has its eyes firmly set on ZA. A kick-butt and cash flush team made up of Sony Ericsson, Edgars Music Series, MTV and of course, Virgin Mobile will be granting a selected few South African bands (music groups) a chance to share a huge blingin’ stage with Snoop Dogg at the (already UK and USA staged as V Festival) Road to V World Music Concert in Johannesburg on 15th December 2008. The Catch The prospective band/s must upload an MP3 of their well made track on the Virgin mobile website for the scrutiny of the good people at Virgin. Yes, it’s that easy and yes it’s that difficult too, because chances are you may be amongst the selected few and chances are you might not make it at all – but then again if you do not try you may never know, right? So, go right ahead and be a good sport! Take the chance! And what a chance… The biggest prize of all is a guaranteed opportunity to perform at a sequel of the event with some of the world’s greatest musicians in the United Kingdom and the United States of America in 2009. This thrilling opportunity for South African bands to crack the extremely competitive international market was announced by Nicholas Maweni – Head of Corporate Affairs at Virgin Mobile South Africa on the night. A lot of nice to know stuff was also shared, we were blessed with good music from Jozi, KoldProduk, Cassette, Zebra &...
Do Not Date this Man. Classic!
We’ve been enamoured with DoNotDateHim for a few days now, a brazen online project instigated by a mysterious ‘Yolande’ who has created a space for (South African) WOMEN to vent their anger and emotions at men who have used and abused them while at the same time warning other women to be careful of stalkers, creeps and just plain pigs. Scandalous, slanderous, shocking and pretty frightening, ditch your tabloids and read this site. We’re not sure it’s going to be online for long, as we’re sure some of the men PICTURED on the site will be suing shortly… Obviously it’s very one-sided with men not being able to defend themselves and women being able to vent as much as they like, so read with a healthy dose of skepticism and remember ‘there are always two sides to every story’ but even more importantly ‘there’s no smoke without fire.‘ Either way, we’re delighted women are speaking up and we love our multi-culturalism, quite clearly South African women are united by our wicked sense of humour despite the (at time horrific) odds, our imutable strength and resilience…What was that saying Abafazi… Imbokodvo… strike a woman you strike a rock… Have a laugh at some of the idiots on this site. Silly men. Thank goodness there are some good ones out there. Some classic quotes: “He is short, has extra teeth which grew on top of the original teeth in his gums , wears speedo undies 24/7 “, “Dames, hierdie man “charm” jou van jou voete af…”not to tall, but dark and handsome”. Jy dink dit is die beste ding wat met jou gebeur sedert gesnyde brood…BUT BEWARE!!!” and “Hierdie pes van ‘n man is ‘n ateis, maar vertel almal hys ‘n christen.” Beware of this Guy. He will smooth talk you with poems and love songs and when you need love he is slutting around in the gym or swilling beer. Hou verby!...
Represent Review: Hype Hip Hop Awards
Is Hip Hop yesterday, today or tomorrow? Rooted in the US, but scattered all over the world where young people feel urged to stand up and wax lyrically about their lives, we believe as long as there are lyrics, dope beats and issues to be expressed, hip hop’s global appeal will continue to reign proudly. We love hip hop, and have loved it since its earliest days. We believe Hip Hop is for today and tomorrow, but like every genre of music, it’s followers won’t put up with crap… they need to be inspired and uplifted. Hip Hop must continue to explore, evolve and innovate, finding new ways to surprise, engage and entice the fans. When was the first time you fell in love with Hip-Hop? Many people remember this question from the movie Brown Sugar. I was confronted with the same question at the Coca Cola Dome this past Sunday. The hippie and at times down right bizarre clothing aside, I had to admit that Hip-Hop is all but a part of our daily existence. So real and strong are its effects on the lives of youngsters that the atmosphere at the MTN Hype Hip-Hop Awards could have been wrongly mistaken for a runaway Guy Fox day parade in the US. Kids as young as 12 years old were fully adorned in similar apparel and brands to those of their favorite MTV Cribs personas. Look! There goes 50 Cents, Eminem and the entire west coast brotherhood! Sprite basketball hoop shooters were sweating it out to punt the decade old jingle: Obey your thirst! Whilst Skateboarders enticed my eyes in a tireless seesaw recurrence as I dearly wished I was 19 kg’s lighter, Darn McDonalds!!! This being the first ever dedicated South African Hip-Hop awards event, the budget must have been very tight as the interior decor and Hip-Hop related activities left a whole lot to be desired. Do not quote me wrongly! This was an exciting event, but the lack of the usual “bling” that is associated with all things Hip-Hop was very scarce. Perhaps roping in the right sort of sponsors would do the trick for next year’s event. Do it some proper justice, I mean… My specific qualm was with the inclusion of KFC as one of the event’s anchor sponsors, no disrespect to good old Colonel Saunders and all, but KFC is all about loving family atmospheres, least of all Hip-Hop, let alone the sort of hyped up culture we see on a daily basis…A little reality please. THE AWARDS The opening of the awards ceremony was down to earth, but the Hip-Hop charged vinyl...
Represent’s watching: DJ BlaQt
DJ BlaQt doesn’t only have a MySpace blog updating us on all his parties and what went down, he also performs at The House of Nsako in one of our FAVOURITE Jozi suburbs, Brixton (show it more love people, it’s an iconic suburb in need of TLC, spokespeople and preservation) and he showcases great singers like Nthabi… he’s also a nationwide artist, playing at fabulous festivals like Chimurenga’s PanAfricanSpaceStation in CT… But more importantly, he’s seriously got his finger clicking through the Web 2.0 good behaviour manual: his emails are non-intrusive but consistent, his websites and flyers are well designed and interactive and most importantly, like the rest of the music industry throughout the world, he’s making music samplers available for fans to download and sample, so they know what they get when they rock his party. Oh and did we mention we love his tunes? We’re watching you DJ BlaQt. Naas one. Represent! The B-Side presents...
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