I'm a big fan of Chloe Sevigny for her very individual yet still awesome sense of style.. she's got herr own line out, but these pics are from a campaign she did for UNIQLO, she's cool, weird looking but nevertheless cool...
Friday, June 27, 2008
Foamo-ing at the Mouth!!!
Jeeeeez!!! just got the new Foamo track, sickness personified, this UK based dj/producer is proving that he's got talent in bucket loads, Previous Phat tunes of his are: Moving it over here (now's there's also a Phat Nick Supply remix) and his remix of Hold me Down by Primary 1.
Presenting:
Foamo - Everything CoolSouth Africa: Need for Zuma to Denounce Killing Talk
John Kane-Berman, 26 June 2008
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says God appointed him so only God will remove him from office.
Jacob Zuma says the African National Congress (ANC) was blessed in heaven and will therefore rule until "Jesus comes back". What's the difference?
We know that Mugabe means what he says. Can we shrug off Zuma's de facto prediction of permanent ANC rule as harmless hyperbole? Perhaps, except for other things he has said. One, with reference to Cape Town, is that "we should not allow anyone to govern our city when we are ruling the country". Numerous attempts, some of them foul, to unseat Helen Zille as mayor are reminders that factions in the ANC do not recognise the legitimacy of a democratic process when someone other than their party wins.
How strong these antidemocratic factions are within the ANC is impossible to say. Unfortunately, some of them are among Zuma's most vociferous supporters. They include people who brazenly threaten public violence, confident they can do so with impunity. Unless they are denounced they are likely to grow in confidence, number, and influence.
Although Zuma has recently voiced some blunt criticism of Mugabe, his public response to the recent threats of violence emanating from some of his own supporters has been mealy-mouthed. It was left to the ANC's deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, to repudiate ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's threats to "die, take up arms, shoot and kill" for Zuma. Malema was also rebuked by the party's official spokesman, Jessie Duarte. But other senior party people have been loath to denounce him. Perhaps they agree with him. Their silence over the thuggery at the youth league's conference in Free State in April suggests they may also be afraid of him. Perhaps, like some commentators and cartoonists, they think he is just a baby buffoon.
KILLING talk from buffoons can be dangerous in a country where violence simmers around the clock 365 days a year. Malema's threats to kill were issued after at least 60 deaths in the violence that erupted in Alexandra. They were also issued in the context of legal proceedings against Zuma, and therefore constitute an attack on the judicial process. When Malema "clarifies" that he will "die in the defence of the revolution" he sounds like some of Mugabe's associates. No doubt some of them were also once laughed off as clowns.
Shortly after Malema's remarks, another Zuma associate, Zwelinzima Vavi, secretary-general of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), said "we are prepared to lay down our lives and shoot and kill" for Zuma. Vavi recently condemned "state-sponsored" violence in Zimbabwe. These are crocodile tears when he threatens violence in SA and some of his followers are guilty of union-sponsored violence.
Two years ago some 60 security guards were murdered for not obeying a strike decreed by the Cosatu-affiliated South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union. During the strike Vavi called for workers defying it to be attacked. Not long ago an official of another Cosatu affiliate, the South African Democratic Teachers' Union, threatened "extreme violence" against pupils and teachers in Alexandra who failed to observe a boycott call.
Last year two bus drivers were executed for defying a strike decree.
Despite the advent of democracy, a legitimate government, and every constitutionally guaranteed right ever thought of, some of Zuma's supporters think violence and the threat thereof are acceptable political instruments. Zuma cannot be held responsible for union-sponsored violence or even the inflammatory remarks to which some of his supporters are prone.
But these men are a public menace and he needs to repudiate them without hesitation or equivocation. Failure to do so will at best suggest he is too beholden to them. At worst, it will indicate that he condones what they say.
Kane-Berman is CE of the South African Institute of Race Relations.
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says God appointed him so only God will remove him from office.
Jacob Zuma says the African National Congress (ANC) was blessed in heaven and will therefore rule until "Jesus comes back". What's the difference?
We know that Mugabe means what he says. Can we shrug off Zuma's de facto prediction of permanent ANC rule as harmless hyperbole? Perhaps, except for other things he has said. One, with reference to Cape Town, is that "we should not allow anyone to govern our city when we are ruling the country". Numerous attempts, some of them foul, to unseat Helen Zille as mayor are reminders that factions in the ANC do not recognise the legitimacy of a democratic process when someone other than their party wins.
How strong these antidemocratic factions are within the ANC is impossible to say. Unfortunately, some of them are among Zuma's most vociferous supporters. They include people who brazenly threaten public violence, confident they can do so with impunity. Unless they are denounced they are likely to grow in confidence, number, and influence.
Although Zuma has recently voiced some blunt criticism of Mugabe, his public response to the recent threats of violence emanating from some of his own supporters has been mealy-mouthed. It was left to the ANC's deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, to repudiate ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's threats to "die, take up arms, shoot and kill" for Zuma. Malema was also rebuked by the party's official spokesman, Jessie Duarte. But other senior party people have been loath to denounce him. Perhaps they agree with him. Their silence over the thuggery at the youth league's conference in Free State in April suggests they may also be afraid of him. Perhaps, like some commentators and cartoonists, they think he is just a baby buffoon.
KILLING talk from buffoons can be dangerous in a country where violence simmers around the clock 365 days a year. Malema's threats to kill were issued after at least 60 deaths in the violence that erupted in Alexandra. They were also issued in the context of legal proceedings against Zuma, and therefore constitute an attack on the judicial process. When Malema "clarifies" that he will "die in the defence of the revolution" he sounds like some of Mugabe's associates. No doubt some of them were also once laughed off as clowns.
Shortly after Malema's remarks, another Zuma associate, Zwelinzima Vavi, secretary-general of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), said "we are prepared to lay down our lives and shoot and kill" for Zuma. Vavi recently condemned "state-sponsored" violence in Zimbabwe. These are crocodile tears when he threatens violence in SA and some of his followers are guilty of union-sponsored violence.
Two years ago some 60 security guards were murdered for not obeying a strike decreed by the Cosatu-affiliated South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union. During the strike Vavi called for workers defying it to be attacked. Not long ago an official of another Cosatu affiliate, the South African Democratic Teachers' Union, threatened "extreme violence" against pupils and teachers in Alexandra who failed to observe a boycott call.
Last year two bus drivers were executed for defying a strike decree.
Despite the advent of democracy, a legitimate government, and every constitutionally guaranteed right ever thought of, some of Zuma's supporters think violence and the threat thereof are acceptable political instruments. Zuma cannot be held responsible for union-sponsored violence or even the inflammatory remarks to which some of his supporters are prone.
But these men are a public menace and he needs to repudiate them without hesitation or equivocation. Failure to do so will at best suggest he is too beholden to them. At worst, it will indicate that he condones what they say.
Kane-Berman is CE of the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
hmmm what to make of this
well i guess everyone's riding his fame-train, hope it lasts, either way groovebar can't afford anymore flops, i'll go just because my friend wants to support her dj boyfriend but chances are, come 10pm i'll be at Truth...
Rise from the ashes
this song isn't new or anything but its by a band i've loved for a while (Phoenix), its such a chilled track.. check out more of their stuff on you tube, especially: Everything is everything. peace
Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better .mp3
Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better .mp3
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
too crooked for school..
here's a fairly new crookers set/mix thats been floating around on numerous other blogs, diggin it but then again, i'm addicted to the croooooookers!!! Please embrace the martian!!!
Crookers Essential Mix
Tracklist:Betin Cocek - Intro Ca-Ca (PIC)
Crookers Essential Mix
Tracklist:Betin Cocek - Intro Ca-Ca (PIC)
Erykah Badu - The Healer (Motown)
Nostalgia 77 - Seven Nation Army (CDR)
Dabrye - This Is Where I Came In (Ghostly)
Dabrye - Game Over (Flying Lotus mix) (CDR)
Mr.Oizo - Z - (Ed Banger)
Portishead - Machine gun (Island)
Ratatat - Bird Priest (XL)
CSS - Lost (Dj Mehdi rmx) (CDR)
Syl Johnson - Different Strokes (Twilight Records)
Benga - Pleasure (Tempa)
Rusko - Mr. Chips (CDR)
Alter ego - F**kingham palace (Modeselektor rmx) (Klang Elektonik)
Radioclit - Secousse (Mental groove)
Radioclit - Secousse (Crookers Spino mix) (Mental groove)
Crookers - Il Buono (Mad Decent)
Tommie Sunshine - Limit Of Your Mind (Nic Sarno Remake) (CDR)
Crookers -Il Cattivo (Mad decent)
AC/DC - Thunder (CRKRS 10 min re-fix) (CDR
)Plastikman - Spastik (CDR)
Jape - Floating (D.I.M. Rmx) (CDR)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (D.I.M. Rmx)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Crookers Rmx)
Boy 8 Bit - The Things That Freeks Are Made Of (CDR)
Kw Griff - The Force (CDR)
N.E.R.D. - Everyone nose - Phra re-fix
Outlander - Vamp (CDR)
Crookers - Il Brutto (Mad Decent)
Crookers - Il Brutto (Bloody Beetroots Il Bruttissimo rmx) (Mad decent)
Alan Braxe - Addicted (CDR)
AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack beats remix) (Palms Out Sounds)
Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (Crookers Tetsujin mix) (Mental groove)
Crookers - Sveglia (Southern Fried)
Crookers - Knobbers (Southern Fried)
Duke Dumont - Hoy (Dubsided)
Math Head - Get Hype (Trouble and Bass)
Math Head - Turn the music up (Trouble and Bass)
Kid Cudi - Day’n’night (Crookers mix) (Fools Gold)
Busy P - To protect the entertain (Crookers mix) (Ed Banger)
Crookers - Big Money Comin’ (Southern Fried)
Yelle - Ce Jeux Acapella (CDR)
Foamo - Rockerman (CDR)
TJR - Sonic Chronic (Lee Mortimer mix) (CDR)
Bumblebees - Rio (Crookers mix) (Modular)
Crookers - Magic Bus (Southern Fried)
Crookers Ft Kid Cudi - Embrace the Martian (Southern Fried)
watch out for some sets by local up and coming dj's. First one will be by Riso, keep it peeled
Drum roll......
saw this designers threads for the first time today on ftv and decided to look him up, really cool stuff, his name..... Gaetano Navarra
These pics are form his Spring/ Summer 09 collection.. , i dig the shorts and that double breasted jacket, too too sick, enjoy
That time again.... SS09
spring/ summer 2009
Lots of very awesome looks out there, these pics are from the shows in Milan:
First up D&G, as usual slick, fitting and interesting. peace
No matter who's included i'm saluted
Firstly all must check out Embrace the Martian by the crookers, its another excellent collab with kid cudi. Anyway what a hectic weekend, finally got into Taboo in sandton, and had a very awesome, slightly drunken time:). Anyway i also got a bit photoshop crazy and got playing around, so here a few pics, peace
Friday, June 20, 2008
Strait talking again
ok excuse all the news articles, just that this is what i'm studying this year and i find it really interesting..
Picking up where they left off in 1999
THE previous attempt by China and Taiwan to end their decades of official acrimony ended in a mutual huff. But now they are talking to each other again as if nothing had happened. At their first formal negotiations in nearly a decade, which began in Beijing on June 12th, the two sides are ignoring political differences and focusing on air services and tourism.
The two teams appeared on track to sign an agreement on June 14th that would allow Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan without, as at present, having to go through third countries (visitors to the Taiwan-controlled outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu can already go directly). The new tourism arrangement is expected to start in July, along with the launch of weekend charter passenger flights. On their first day of talks, the two sides agreed to set up representative offices to handle visas in each other's territories.
The two teams appeared on track to sign an agreement on June 14th that would allow Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan without, as at present, having to go through third countries (visitors to the Taiwan-controlled outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu can already go directly). The new tourism arrangement is expected to start in July, along with the launch of weekend charter passenger flights. On their first day of talks, the two sides agreed to set up representative offices to handle visas in each other's territories.
Please visit: http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11554243, for the rest of the article
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