Win With Fine Brandy.By Design: Oude Meester
In September, I wrote a post on how Distell has brought their different brandies under the banner of Fine Brandy.By Design and are working to change how we perceive and consume brandy. As part of that initiative, and to get consumers to explore the brands more, they have been kind enough to...
16 Days Of Activism: Think It Over (SABC 1)
My friend and rapper/producer Amu recently asked me to feature on a track he was putting together for an SABC 1 project around 16 Days Of Activism For No Violence Against Women And Child Abuse, which runs from November 25th to December 10th. I haven't been doing poetry much over the last few years...
Midweek Music: Kendrick Lamar
Not as anticipated as his mentor Dr. Dre’s Detox album, Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city came close. That is what happens when a man who has been integral to profound musical shifts in hip hop takes you under their wing. That is what happens when a man who has been responsible for the birth...
James Bond Reborn With Skyfall
The premiere of the new James Bond Skyfall hosted by the British High Commission took place this past week and, although I was unable to attend and also meet the ‘Bond Girl’ Bérénice Marlohe (who was brought to SA by main sponsor Heineken), I did get the opportunity to catch the film after....
Digital Crates: Stop Playing Vol. 1 – The Mixtape
For those of you who love 'old school' hip hop and came up in the early years, how often do you ask yourself, whatever happened to ....? A group whose music I enjoyed in the early nineties was Fu-Schickens, especially Chip Fu, who had a delivery/flow that was unique to him. I've always wondered...
Digital Crates: All Brooklyn Everything
I write every day. I have the kind of job that forces me to, in those moments when I don’t really want to. I have this blog. It also needs to be maintained. I play on social media on the daily, using it to engage, get ideas and share thoughts. I’m not always sure what it is all for … well, writing...
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16 Days Of Activism: Think It Over (SABC 1)
My friend and rapper/producer Amu recently asked me to feature on a track he was putting together for an SABC 1 project around 16 Days Of Activism For No Violence Against Women And Child Abuse, which runs from November 25th to December 10th. I haven't been doing poetry much over the last few years...
Midweek Music: Kendrick Lamar
Not as anticipated as his mentor Dr. Dre’s Detox album, Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city came close. That is what happens when a man who has been integral to profound musical shifts in hip hop takes you under their wing. That is what happens when a man who has been responsible for the birth...
James Bond Reborn With Skyfall
The premiere of the new James Bond Skyfall hosted by the British High Commission took place this past week and, although I was unable to attend and also meet the ‘Bond Girl’ Bérénice Marlohe (who was brought to SA by main sponsor Heineken), I did get the opportunity to catch the film after....
Digital Crates: Stop Playing Vol. 1 – The Mixtape
For those of you who love 'old school' hip hop and came up in the early years, how often do you ask yourself, whatever happened to ....? A group whose music I enjoyed in the early nineties was Fu-Schickens, especially Chip Fu, who had a delivery/flow that was unique to him. I've always wondered...
Digital Crates: All Brooklyn Everything
I write every day. I have the kind of job that forces me to, in those moments when I don’t really want to. I have this blog. It also needs to be maintained. I play on social media on the daily, using it to engage, get ideas and share thoughts. I’m not always sure what it is all for … well, writing...
Midweek Music – B.O.B.
Morgan Freeman: As the war between light and darkness continues Heros and villans become harder to identify. Kindred spirits separated at birth fighting for their place in time to be solidified The clock ticks faster and faster while time runs the marathon in this Babylon But see the end is only...