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Some Colour Photos Of Sophiatown Have Popped Up
22 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s a pun in there, but if I’d been the one to write it I’d be forced to punch myself in the face, and that’s relatively difficult. Photographer John Mason has released a series of colour photos depicting Sophiatown’s destruction in ’59; they’re worth checking out on your lunch break. Pretty colours, historical relevance…take your pick.
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Garter Belts For Saggy Pants: Invented Just In Time For Worst 2010 Invention Award
21 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, I don’t want to sound like your grandpa complaining about saggy pants, the violent youth and how terrible television is now that they don’t have sexist cigarette advertisements anymore, but god damn I am not a fan of saggy pants. It’s like walking through soup. Made of pants.
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The Internet Had Some Things To Say This Weekend
20 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, obviously. It does most weekends. Mostly it talked about don’t-ask-don’t-tell being repealed, which is splendid – but I was focusing more on what was being said about bikes. Bikes and cars. Bikes and cars and pedestrians, and their relationship to one another. The word ‘prawn’ was implied, but not quite stated.
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Tina Fey Is Sarah Palin? Epic Sunday Tribune Fail
18 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Independent Newspapers has been providing us with little gems of unintentional wordplay for years now. And when they’re not reporting that X politician has been fingered by Y investigative body (how many times could you withstand that kind of interrogation before you cracked?), they’re making pictorial gaffs. Please enjoy this little piece of joy.
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Very, Very Cool Youtube Ad
17 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I know – it’s December, you’ve got this big pseudo-Christian consumerist monolith being forced down every available orifice imploring you to spend more money on This New Shiny Thing, and maybe you’re a little sick of that right now. I understand that. But believe me when I say that this is a freaking awesome advert.
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Who Are The Airwaves McHugeLarge Characters?
17 Dec 2010 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Recent comments under the flurry of McHugeLarge videos have called for an investigation into the characters that star in the web series (here, here and here). One reader suggested we get them into the 2oceansvibe Radio studio, which we’re working on (promise). But for now we managed to get you these pics of the two […]
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Time Travel Merchandise
17 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
826LA is an adorable store that probable has a real-world address in area-code 826, LA, but which also has some awesome, dare-I-say quirky goods on display online – ‘from another time.’ Their Dodo Chow, for instance, 1970s coffee cups, or their Viking Odorant. It’s not exactly tinned unicorn meat, but it’s pretty rad!
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Cablegate Comix
15 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Increasingly it seems like Assange is proving to be a bigger story than the cables he most recently to be released – HiLoBrow artist, Joe Alterio, tries to put that right with his series of illustrations paired with the more bizarre political activities revealed in the latest batch of Wikileak cables. Expect dirty dancing and ninja assassins.
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Are You A Viber? Make Free Phone Calls!
15 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re tired of paying Top Rond for voice calls, you should definitely get on this bandwagon. The new Viber app for iPad and iPhone allows you to make free VOIP (voice over internet protocol) voice calls. It works swimmingly with a moderate WiFi connection, and is the bomb-diggity on 3G.
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Hide Your Kids, Hide Your…Presents? [VIDEO]
15 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well done, Internet. This thing has come more or less full circle – please, enjoy singers from Liberty University in Virginia performing a Chrismas carolified version of the ‘Bed Intruder Song’ that autotuned its way into your hearts so many months ago.
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This Guy Is Just A Better Person Than You Are [VIDEO]
14 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You know that phrase ‘they put their pants on the same way we do?’ Well unless you dress yourself by doing a backflip, this doesn’t apply here. Please watch this stunt reel if you want to be inspired by the heights of badassery humanity can reach, or depressed by how much more badass than you this guy is.
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Oh Hey, Just Unicycling Across The Country, No Big Deal
14 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Unicycling has arguably been around since there have been wheels and chairs. That’s just science. Charity has been around for a pretty long time too. So it’s fitting that these two ancient disciplines would come together in the Counter Balance ‘Freedom Revolution Tour,’ which is raising funds to provide disadvantaged school kids with shoes.
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Wrestlerish: Sleep [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of 2oceansvibe’s favourite new acts to come out of the RSA, Wrestlerish, have released a splendiferous music video for their single, sleep. As the title card for the video states, the video is a composite of 921 still fan shots, snapped in and around Gauteng at Wrestlerish gigs (and one guy’s pool).
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World Map According To Social Networks: Mind The Gap
13 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Artist Vincenzo Cosenza has redrawn the world map based on each nation’s preferred social networking site – ranging from the reasonably well-known Facebook and Orkut to the bizarrely unfamiliar (here) Draugiem – unless you’ve got some friends in Lativa you’ve not told us about.
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Zeitgeist 2010: Google’s Year in Review
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Maybe it’s a little early to be getting nostalgic, the Google’s Zeitgeist 2010 has you ‘Re-live top events and moments from 2010 from around the globe through search, images, and video.’ South Africans can go ahead and skip to 2:05, though, because that’s where the important part of 2010 really starts.
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Friday Afternoon Tasty Treat – Retro Music Video
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Remember that song called “Jump On It!”? Sure you do. You used to graunch to that sing in your parents’ garage, with your Back to The Future hi-tops and lumo green laces. That one. This song is what that song is based on, it’s called “Apache”, and the video is face-palmingly awesome. Please enjoy the simulated keyboard dry-humping, among other delights.
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Tommy Lee Demands SeaWorld Stop ‘Interfering’ With Killer Whales Using Cow Parts
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
God, some headlines just write themselves. Happy Friday, by the way. PETA member and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee has angrily written SeaWorld protesting their apparent use of killer whale Tilikum as a “chief sperm bank,” collecting ‘deposits’ with “a cow’s vagina filled with hot water.” What happened, Tommy Lee? You used to not be crazy.
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Public Service Announcement From Seth: Money
09 Dec 2010 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Every now and then I drop one of these public service announcements, because I love you and you should know about them. Love is an action, not an emotion, okay?
Think about that. I’m acting out my love for you.
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NMA Explains Assange’s Situation [VIDEO]
09 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Watch the video – it should bring you up to speed. Oh, animated Taiwanese news clips. You educate, you entertain, you sort of fail to make sense despite sticking to the facts. What can’t you do? Are you free for lunch some time? Coffee, maybe?
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The Future Is Creepy: Now With Prosthetic Tentacles!
09 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On the whole, I am a fan of living in the future; video-phone calls, makin’ sheep immortal, that whole schtick. Except every now and then, slightly disturbing developments crop up, and I’m forced to consider a future where this is much wailing, gnashing of teeth, and zombies. Case in point: you can replace missing arms with robot tentacles.
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Tribute To John Lennon: I Met The Walrus [VIDEO]
08 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been thirty years since John Lennon was murdered by a man who got a little bit too excited about his music for his own good, and for John’s, for that matter. In any event, we bring you a truly remarkable short film made in 2007 by a man who as a teen interviewed Lennon in his hotel room. It bears repeating on this infamous day.
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Emma Stone: Still Attractive, Still A Shining Light In Otherwise Awful World
08 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So this is sort of interesting – some photos have appeared of Emma Stone with her new blonde get-up, in preparation for the Gwen Stacey role in Spider-Man Whatever. What’s interesting is that a number of people have commented on how much she looks like a Steve Ditko character – Ditko being Spider-Man’s co-creator.
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Proverbial Wallets from John Kestner on Vimeo.
Robot Wallets
07 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paying things with cards is weird for me. I mean obviously the convenience of having a plastic card that gets me stuff is great – I got to take advantage of the Threadless sale, for instance – but without that tangible sense of loss at having to fork over a wad of cash, there is the risk of going overboard is substantial. Folks at MIT have some ideas about that.
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PETA Versus Lion Tamers – Today, 2pm, Johannesburg
07 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
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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Dead Hobo: Hero Of WW2
06 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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Clifton 4th Takes It Lying Down
06 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
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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Silly Season Tips From Kevin Laye
06 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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Fantastic Cash4Gold Scam
06 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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You Don’t Need To Win The Lottery To Buy An Awesome Boat
03 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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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Lingerie, Wrestling, And Politics
02 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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