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Blackberry Messenger Traffic Spikes Worldwide

Blackberry Messenger has taken over many of our lives, having become the underground twitter. RIM just released some interesting facts about BBM and its usage during the World Cup.
Over the past month, RIM saw a clear correlation between BBM traffic and significant events during the World Cup as fans shared their delights and despairs in [...]

What Have You Done With Your Flag?

I really don’t know how I feel about this. In the lead up to the World Cup, South African flags became all the rage. Before, you would only see them on government and other official type buildings and spaces. Just before, the flag was on cars, in windows, on t-shirts, etc. It did feel a [...]

Alicia Keys Keeps A Child Alive

 
In this day and age, artists can no longer exist in isolation from society, looking down upon the rest of the world from their luxurious surroundings. Many come from the very world we reside in and, for us to collectively progress, it is necessary that they play their part. Alicia Keys, known more as an [...]

Red Bull Music Academy Radio’s Afro Picks Live

This last Sunday (April 4th, 2010) I took a drive to OST in Newtown to experience Red Bull’s Afro Picks, a live show that is recorded and made available on Red Bull Music Academy Radio. Initially recorded at the Red Bull Music Studios in Cape Town with telephonic interviews and music, this was the second [...]

The Red Bulletin

a man on a bike hops over a fountain
machine in full rev in mid-air
he lands at the feet of those watching, to their delight
doing the seemingly impossible in a courtyard outside a nightclub in the day time

a b-boy defies the pull of the planet’s natural forces and hovers
for a brief second
as if suspended by the thinnest [...]

The Flüds Are Coming

It had a black strap, white face with a picture of Mickey Mouse, his arms the hands to tell time. I was still trying to figure out the whole time thing but had practically begged my father to pick me up a Mickey Mouse watch on his travels. I was more into Disney characters than [...]