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...
Standing SOLID in the HOSPITAL PRECINCT
This building caught our eye this week. MONOLITH. We think that it belongs to the RHRU – Reproductive Health Research Unit – it’s situated in Esselen street in Hillbrow, just next to or behind Constitution Hill depending on where you’re facing… The entire area is being upgraded to become the HOSPITAL PRECINCT, read more about it’s rich heritage and …BIG PLANS yet again on the uber-informative “City of Johannesburg website “....
ISH – Why not have two jobs?
Anyone that hangs out in Melville in Johannesburg (as you may have gathered, we do!) can tell you that it is a shifting changing place, with new shops and restaurants opening all the time. One of the five or six new places caught our eye, there’s something so ‘fresh’ about it that we just had to go and sample it’s delights. We were pleasantly suprised to find that it was not just another new s…pot in Melville. ISH is a coffee shop on the corner of 7th and 4th avenues in Melville, it’s BRAND NEW and looks very slick and tastefully put together. We popped in for a light lunch, the service, food and atmosphere all got our thumbs up – we’ll definitely be hanging out there. BUT THAT’s NOT ALL! ISH is actually the fourth ISH in Joburg, they all belong to Jason Lee, an Estate Agent aka clever Property dude whose love of good coffee gave him a unique idea. He got tired of leaving his office and cruising the streets in search of decent coffee, so he decided to instead turn his office into a coffee shop as well – that was where ISH was born. All four ISH’es are both a property office and coffee shop, the others are in Honeydew, Mondeor and Winchester Hill. Each of them focuses on property in the immediate surrounds and of course on the people that hang out there too. Nice concept bruvva. They’re only open during the day until early evening (week until 8pm, weekend until 6pm) and Sunday’s are their late night where the lights are on till 9 – 10pm. They don’t serve alcohol (per se 🙂 ) or have an extensive menu, they’re all about COFFEE. You can however have a light breakfast or lunch for a very reasonable price, there are lots of magazines and newspapers to read as well as boardgames to play and it’s the kind of spot that’s perfect for people-watching. Very reasonable too. Puma are doing a launch there soon and they’re open to hiring the place out to the ‘right kind of brands’ for a launch. Jason wants to attract the ‘hip, out there’ crowd and doesn’t want to be just another grungy Melville drinking hole (you know who you are). Good luck Jason!...
GOOGLE one of world’s most VALUABLE BRANDS
But Coca Cola is still number one! Google is number 38! “GOOGLE has leapt into the world’s most valuable brands list for the first time at no 38. The internet search engine is valued at $8.5billion (ý5billion) – more than several household names such as Heinz. And online auction site eBay has had the biggest rise in its brand value rising 21 per cent to $5.7billion (ý3.2billi…on). That puts it at 55th in the respected annual table compiled by Business Week and Interbrand. Computer giant Apple, fuelled by the success of the iPod, was among the top five gainers. It saw its brand worth rocket 16 per cent to put it at no 41. Its rivals IBM, Intel and Microsoft are all in the top 10.” Daily Mirror UK. Read all about it in this article from the Daily Mirror. Top ten most valued brands of 2005 are: 1. Coca Cola 2. Microsoft 3. General Electric / GE 4. Intel 5. Nokia 6. Disney 7. McDonalds 8. Toyota 9. Marlboro 10. Mercedes-Benz If you would like to see the complete list, click here!...
Wanna know what goes on in a Business Class lounge?
Check out this fabulara website called AIRLINEQUALITY.com, it’s a platform for people to complain about, compliment and compare their experiences of ALL the major airlines in the world. Even if flying is not in your budget, you can always plan and dream 🙂 Like this – did you know that SAA has some of the most comfo…rtable flat seats out of all the airlines? You know the incredible seats that turn into beds – apparently ours are loved by all. Click on the picture to go there. What made our day though were the reviews of SAA’s business class lounge compared with that of New York JFK Airport. You gotta love us. JOBURG – First Class (Cycad) and Business Class (Baobab) Both lounges are comfortable, with friendly staff and plenty of space. Separate smokers rooms are provided in both and the shower facilities are fantastic. The First class lounge has a separate ‘sleeping section’ where you can listen to CDs. Computer facilities are provided, but web connection can be slow. Only downside is the lack of natural light. Business Lounge – Complimentary bar and snacks provided – crisps, nuts, cakes, sandwiches etc. First Class – amazing food, cooked to order. Normally simple bistro type meals but served by friendly, welcoming staff. Huge selection of drinks available to help yourself. NEW YORK While the lounge is spacious enough the green colour scheme is very banal. Giving business class passengers vouchers for only two complimentary drinks in the lounge is rather mean – no other airline that I have flown with has restricted the number of drinks available in the lounge. I asked about the shower and eventually an attendant brought me a towel and the key to the shower, though rather grudgingly. Sandwiches and other snacks also had to be purchased- altogether a disappointing experience....
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