Maybe it’s just me, but there seems to be a trend towards parodying the lifestyles and lives of some of South Africa’s (for want of a better word) zeffer elements. Over the past year the number of acts, musos and YouTube video clips featuring mullets, tank tops, glitter and Benoni-esque accents has gone through the roof, and I’m loving it. Guys like Jack Parow and Die Antwoord all play on the generalisations and stereotypes that we all love to embrace, leaping over the line of political correctness and slapping us in the face with their wicked brand of self-deprecating humour. And now it seems we have a new crew joining the ranks of the zef and the knee-slappingly funny. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Barry Tuck’
The X-Men are coming…
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Without wanting to offend the 0.0000000000036% of the world’s population that still believe in Creationism, I’m going to put it out there that I believe in Evolution. I believe that the human species as it is today wasn’t created by some all-powerful deity and dumped into a Garden Paradise approximately 4,500 years ago, but rather evolved and developed through generations of natural selection into the beings that we are today.
Furthermore, I’m going to state that in line with this notion, humans will continue to evolve and change, and thousands or even millions of years from now (if we survive that long without destroying our species or our planet) I believe we will be very different to the beings we are today…
So what will change? Will we have rubber bones? Diamond hard skin? Telepathic abilities? X-Ray vision and sonar capabilities? Will we be able to manipulate objects with our minds by influencing their basic structure at an atomic level? Or will we just spend more time listening to crap radio DJs like Gareth Cliff and watching mind-numbing reality TV shows?
Either way, click on this link to have your mind blown away. I think some of these cases offer a glimpse into how our species is evolving. Freaky? Yes. Incredible? Even more so. The future? Why not?
Do we look like we need Viagra?
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Gonzo
Ok now before the cocky comments start flying, that’s a rhetorical question… I mean other than Dorin’s new haircut, we’re clearly all virile, young primates that are still a few decades off needing the little blue sergeant major to help us stand to attention. So when I logged on to our blog this morning to find we had 8151 new comments, my first reaction was one of happiness, but my second was one of suspicion…
Gorilla Is Everywhere
Friday, October 30th, 2009Yes, seriously everywhere… And apparently I’m becoming addicted to Zoo Biscuits. Damn they are sooooo good!
Swayze's Not Dead
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Ok, so I’m not really into the whole ballroom dancing/latino/salsa thing… But in a moment of drunken silliness I made a bet with Colin Moss and his brother Michael – Durban’s King of Salsa – and lost… So tomorrow night I get to put on my dancing shoes, head off to the aptly named Reform Club in Durban, and participate in my first ever Salsa dance lesson!
In case you’re not sure what I’m on about, “Salsa” became popular as a nickname to refer to a variety of different music, from several countries of Hispanic influence: Rhumba, Són Montuno, Guaracha, Mambo, Cha cha cha, Danzón, Són, Guguanco, Cubop, Guajira, Charanga, Cumbia, Plena, Bomba, Festejo, Merengue, among others. Many of these have maintained their individuality and many were mixed creating “Salsa“.
Yep, not my style at all!!! I’d be happier going for skydiving lessons or learning how to skate a vert ramp… But I guess neither of those offer the opportunity of meeting hot girls (of which Mike assures me there are “copious amounts”) and every girl I know is super amped that I’m going. So maybe there’s an up side?
Either way, the first person to call me Patrick Swayze is going to taste a freshly made knuckle sandwich.
Why is the sky getting lighter?!
Monday, October 26th, 2009
It’s funny how good conversations can run away from you… On Friday night Jord and I headed out with Fee (Jord’s substantially better half) and a few of Fee’s professional dancer friends. The girls were being paid to dance at a club that night, so we tagged along to lend moral support to both them and the bar staff… The evening passed in a blur that involved a human mirror ball, a girl doing tricks on a rope suspended from the ceiling, flames, several tequilas and a horde of glow sticks… (more…)
We Won! Well Kinda…
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
DJ Fresh was stoked we allowed him to pose for a photo with us...
So I find myself sitting in a pretty rad hotel room, about to eat breakfast and then leg it to the airport to try make an 8.30am flight despite the Joburg traffic, when I look across the room and see a big certificate and a bottle of Moét in the corner when I remember why I’m here… You see last night was the awards ceremony/raucus party for the Yogi Sip “Everyone’s Doing it for TV” competition, and Gorilla’s video “Yogi Slipping” won “Most Viewed”.
