It seemed so surreal, the words coming out of the dining room radio. My family and I were huddled around it in a tense silence, stunned. As if he could tell that we were struggling to comprehend what he said, the announcer on Radio Freedom, in an anguished voice, repeated, “They said it was an...
Category: Editorials
Mrs Right Guy
I caught the opening of the local film “Mrs. Right Guy” during opening weekend. I must say, the consistency of local films coming out recently is quite heartening. One gets the sense that “something is happening” for the local industry. Following on the massive success of “Love Is A Four Letter Word”, it has been...
New Music Discovered …
These are some of the new music we have discovered in the last couple of months and we have been enjoying the music. We thought maybe we should share as well, hope that you enjoy as well … Noah – Airport Bar. Lord SRMPY – REMEDY//SRMPYED I Hope We Never Break Up by Emmavie (feat Ego...
The Burden of Emotion
I call it the burden of emotion, that “I’m okay” we all like saying when you really are not. You get to a point when you know that the burden of your emotional truth may not exactly get you the sympathy or the shoulder that you are so desperately in need of. There are a lot...
Conversation with Kutlwano Ditsele
We had an opportunity to have a chat with the Marvin kinda guy, he once said this on Instagram and we thought it would be a good idea to start a conversation with Kutlwano Ditsele … No one ever goes out with the intention to produce bad work. Whether you are an accountant or a football...
Conversation with Khaya Dlanga
Q:What do you do for a living? A: I feed my soul. I do things that make me feel happy and glad while I do them. Sometimes I don’t have that feeling, but I know that the feeling won’t last long because whatever I do is part of who I am. Currently I am responsible...
Hoarder of Things …
Once a year, I go through my closet – okay, closets – and give away clothes I no longer want. This year, for the first time, I gave away some clothes, not because I didn’t want them, but because they no longer fit me. It was hard, because it wasn’t really about letting go of...
No, You Can’t Have It All …
I saw a story on Facebook the other day. Like most stories that get passed around Facebook, it’s probably only 38% true and written by a 16-year-old. But regardless, I found it cool, and at the very least, thought-provoking. It was about a man named Mohammed El-Erian. Mohammed was the CEO of an uber $2 trillion...
Kaytranada Is Reaching 100%
Story by Alex Frank Photography by Alexandra Gavillet Last fall, Louis Kevin Celestin found himself in an unbreakably terrible mood. As Kaytranada, he had sold out shows all over the world with his joyful house and disco music, but when it came time to finish up his debut album, 99.9%, the 23-year-old producer was exhausted...
Envy
Need… The ghost flourishes amongst the living. I am invisible in the worlds I live in; trivial and pedately belligerent. I shared a million more opinions than I should have – the self-righteous expediently label me a hoodwink and the free-spirited have an array of designations for me that range from cold-stone to rebel. If...