The investigation of the murder of Anni Dewani, a newly married British tourist who was gunned down in Gugulethu last month, has taken a spicy twist this afternoon. Yes, you can all roll your eyes and gesticulate wildly. Feel free to throw in a “I told you so” if you like.

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Well, well, well. I guess we’ll be seeing that insurance policy of his sooner rather than later. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been nicked in London on charges of “sexual crimes”. The warrant was issued in Sweden. Look, sex, the Swedish, and foreign people almost always leads to confusion.

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Most of you will no doubt be familiar with PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. As their name suggests, they are an animal rights organisation, with branches the world over. They also have a branch in South Africa, and this afternoon they’ll be skirmishing with Brian Boswell’s Circus in Fourways. Beautiful.

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It’s a Tuesday morning, so I can only assume you’re hung-over too. Right? Yeah, see, we understand each other. You don’t want to read anything too demanding right now. So how about an image that you’ll stare at for a couple of seconds before snorting, and saying ‘I see what you did there,’ before going on with your day?

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The Grammy Award-Winning artist and singer of the much-popularised single, Hide And Seek is coming to our temperate shores in early 2011. She’ll be playing in Johannesburg and Cape Town for two nights only, respectively. Check out the details after the jump!

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With the year rapidly drawing to a close there are various sporting awards handed out. Richie McCaw scooped the IRB player of the year award for an unprecedented third time last week, but now the lads at Keo.co.za have presented their own: The 2010 Keo.co.za Awards. Prepare yourselves for some heavy analysis and jocular categories!

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That’s right my lovelies. The beach boys. At the Cape Quarter. More specifically, in our studio, this morning, at 1oh00. I don’t think there’s much more to be said here, except that you can book tickets for their South African gigs right here. Make sure to tune in before 10hoo if you’d like to listen […]

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No, I am not pushing it with that headline. This is for real. Chamona! Game Software developers, Ubi Soft, have introduced a novel (and thoroughly heart-warming) anti-piracy measure into the Nintendo DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience – vuvuzelas. That’s right. Copy this game at your own aural risk.

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The thing about music, or any art form, or anything that human beings do for that matter, from inventing something to being nice to strangers, is that it has an effect on the quality of our lives. If someone does something brilliant, like ending world poverty, or serving a beer at the perfect temperature, they are in some way making the world a better place.

If you were a hippy, you could put it down to simply putting out good vibes. On the other hand, you could get more specific and say that by doing something excellent, you are furthering the cause of humanity by adding quality to lives and in turn inspiring people to also do something excellent.

This is why bad music should not be taken lightly. If we let people get away with it, then other people may start believing that it’s okay to have zero talent and not bother trying to do excellent things. If we don’t watch ourselves, the standards of the world will drop even lower than they already are and we will start devolving – that’s right, I’m talking about humans getting stupider and the world going backwards. Are you listening Paris? Any more flirtations with music (or any form of entertainment for that matter) will be dealt with in a zero-tolerance manner. Not quite sure what “zero-tolerance” implies exactly. Murder is clearly over the top. Any suggestions are welcome. Confiscate her Bentley? Something unbearable.

The Black Keys are the kind of band whose existence makes the world a better place. They are influenced by Hendrix, The Doors and Led Zeppelin, as well as the original Chicago bluesmen like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf and the old time delta bluesmen like Robert Johnson and Lightnin’ Hopkins. All of these musicians shaped modern music in some way. They all attempted do something magical and thankfully they all had the God given talent to pull it off.

This is the Black Keys’ sixth album. They’re the kind of band that many people are glad to have around, but this hasn’t necessarily translated into cementing them into our collective conscience in the same way, say, The White Stripes have been. Some people compare the two and say The Black Keys wouldn’t exist without The White Stripes, but the fact is they’ve been around for just as long and it’s clear they would be making their music whether their counterparts existed or not. Follow link for more.

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This is hardly breaking news, but our inboxes have been haunted by it in the last few days, so we thought we’d fill in those of you who haven’t seen it already. Brandhouse is this festive season’s latest corporate entity to launch an anti drink-driving television and print campaign. Let’s just say “prison” and “enforced spooning”.

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During World War 2, a dead tramp from London was shipped to Italy, given an elaborate backstory by Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame), dressed as a British soldier and supplied with fake British invasion plans. What I’m saying is he was a zombie spy. So as it happens, zombies have been du jour since the mid 1940s.

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Living in South Africa we are used to dodgy vehicles on the road. You know the kind. Hell, even our taxis are sometimes held together with ducktape, while a monkey wrench substitutes the all important function of steering wheel. But you might be safer in that than in any of these cars. Auto Shippers has listed the ten least safe cars of all time.

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This weekend saw some rather unfavourable weather conditions. The South Easter unleashed her fury over Camps Bay yesterday, and so Clifton 4th it was. Still, it wasn’t ideal, as the gusts hit every umbrella on the beach, sending the ice-cream men running. But nothing could disturb these beauties…Check the earphones.

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Kevin who? Kevin Laye – the guy who wrote Positive Drinking: Control The Alcohol Before It Controls You! We don’t know much about Kevin other than that he’s a hypnotist and the last time he had a jol was in 1962. In his book he runs us through a range of techniques of how to stay sober when you feel a party coming on. Here are some of the highlights.

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Oh, internet. I love you. This little gem popped up over the weekend, and I thought you might like it. This guy repeatedly attempted to sell Cash4Gold ‘zip lock bag[s] of gold painted rocks,’ and eventually got an angry letter in response. Which he has framed. There are references to quadriplegic prostitutes. Click through for transcription.

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Two cricket enthusiasts are following the Ashes a little more closely than the rest of us. They’re using the power of social media and ‘vlogging’ (video + blogging) to promote their series, ‘Two Pricks At The Ashes’, where they travel around the stadiums, chatting to sweary fans, parodying the players and soaking up the vibe. Stellar idea. [VIDEO]

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I may have rushed to get to the moral of the story with the headline there. I’m sorry. It’s just that I got so excited because the HMS Invincible is for sale! The Invincible is big enough to carry 22 aircraft (not included), and is available second-hand, previously owned by a lovely old lady who only took it to war on Sundays.

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The town of Celebration, Florida, the Stepford Wives-style community that Miley Cyrus’ parent corporation, Disney, built 14 years ago, has finally entered the big leagues after experiencing its very first, bona fide murder.

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On the whole, I try and stay away from jokes that hinge on understanding two languages, because usually those jokes are goddamned awful and I mean hey, Leslie Nielsen died a few days ago, show a little class. That said, today is Friday, and there exists a product called the Mophie ‘Juice Pack Plus.’

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Rarely has a Friday been so laden with goodies and elements of weekend happiness.

We’re talking models, Corona Beer, and of course, while we’re at it, Mini. The Mini Countryman, to be exact, but more of that after the jump.

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Beyond R.E.M. sleep there’s the Nedbank Golf Challenge Coma. Both enjoyable. Both now available since with rugby season officially over (the Barbarians game is a circus) we’re all forced to venture into unchartered waters this weekend and tune in to golf. Or ‘Africa’s Major’ as they call it.

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If you read between all the English dejection after they were foiled by Fifa for the second time in 2010, you’d have noticed that Qatar was cockahoop that they’d won the rights to host the World Cup in 2022. The proof is in the pudding: these guys have plans to create the most irie stadiums ever. Think Cape Town’s is awesome? Check these badboys out.

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2oceansviber, Sugar, a regular on Cape Town’s bustling Kloof Street, spotted this Hitler t-shirt in the window of one of those shops where you might expect to see this sort of thing, if you know what I mean. Here we have an example of one man’s smug irony being another man’s reason to kick the former man’s ass. Check out the pics below.

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It’s no wonder that the South African government, and, by implication, the ruling ANC party wants to pull the plug on Press Freedom and curtail reporting of the facts, dragging the country back into the Dark Ages of Apartheid. Last Sunday’s Sunday Times (UK), listed some remarkable – and appalling – statistics on the members of […]

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It’s Thursday. Look at this video. It’s partially a rant on nanny-state politics, so you can watch it and act like you’re smart and politically engaged, and it also has footage of ladies in lingerie playing American football, which is relevant to the debate at hand, but also good for its own sake. SFW

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The seventh annual Wavescape Surf Film Festival is upon us, girls and boys. To avoid missing out on the event that will undoubtedly set the scene for a most successful summer, click through. We promise you good news, and very, very pretty pictures.

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Holiday party photos are boring. imgur user Everet Hiller make them more fun with fake celebrities! “My wife and I have a holiday party every year and every year when I send out the photos I add famous people to the images,” he says. Which is great, because now I have a legitimate reason to look through a complete stranger’s holiday photos on the internet.

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I love Twitter. You know why? Because some sportsmen and women speak their minds instead of regurgitating cliche’s from the “Sportsmen and Women’s Book of Hackneyed Ways to Respond to Interviews”. KP once referred to the ECB as a bunch of muppets in a tweet. Now he is having a go at the Adelaide groundsmen ahead of Friday’s second Ashes test.

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Our 2oceansvibe Radio Johannesburg correspondent, Lize Kay, joined us on air today, to give us the the third installment of “What’s The Vibe In Jozi?”, a run down of what’s hot and happening in Jozi. Will her report this week include witty references to parallel parking? Only clicking through to download the very small, very punchy mp3 will give you the answer…

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Did you have a Mini? Then got married, started having kids, basically grew up and had to sell the one thing that made you smile? Well Mini has taken you into account my friend and have brought out the grown up version to suit your lifestyle. That’s right my friends, Mini have stepped up yet again!

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