I was somewhat bowled over the other day when I learnt that a number of my friends and loved ones were yet to see the music video for Eminem’s hit We Made You. I would just like to fix that, right now. It’s awesome and I want you all to watch it. He pushed it […]
Ever wondered what a world map would look like if it was customised to fit the stereotypes of any one country? If nothing else, this series of maps created by Bulgarian graphic designer, Yanko Tsvetov, teaches us that foreign policy in Europe will always be more about friends and relatives than actual reason. Much geographical […]
Branson Launches Virgin Hotels – Sir Richard Branson has announced his Virgin Group plans to invest around £320 million on a string of new luxury hotels. A new website www.virginhotels.com leads with the strapline: ‘Fancy getting into bed with Virgin’ and describes the project as ‘our next (ad)venture’. The site says that Virgin Hotels will […]
2oceansvibe was selected as the official exclusive release site in South Africa for the new James Blunt video for his single, Stay The Night. It’s off his new album, Some Kind Of Trouble. Check it out: James Blunt – Stay The Night (Muzu) Alright, so there you have it! So what do you think?
I must apologise to the overseas readers for lack of content today. It’s a public holiday here in South Africa, you see. Heritage Day to be precise! Or, more to the point, Braai Day! This is where I am. At ‘Hunter’s Moon’ in the Karoo. Pretty kak, I know!
The Pale Blue Dot Carl Sagan is a deceased astronaut astronomer. And that miniscule blue dot inside the blue circle is Earth. He is one of the few people to have ever existed who could claim to have pondered global events with a truly broad perspective. When you’ve considered the earth from 6,1 billion miles […]
I missed this wonderful little video taken earlier on in the year at the BBS Sport Relief Night – featuring Smithy, who is turning out to be one of Britain’s most loved comics. But that’s not the only person it features. It’s got everyone from Becks and Fabio, to Jenson Button, Wayne Rooney ands Andy […]
Justin Bieber arrived in Johannesburg this morning. Heat magazine caught the horror unfolding on film. Mass hysteria has been reported in the greater Gauteng area, as the great walking insect zapper carves a swathe of destruction along the Ben Schoeman highway. Droves of moth-like recently pubescent girls are reportedly flinging themselves at his moving vehicle. […]
Stunning video right here of Prince Charles moved to tears. But not tears of sadness. Oh no – they were tears of joy. Such was the effect of the cat organ – an organ made with toy cats, each with a different note – and played to perfection. Check, check, check it out: The BBC […]
Hilts – chilling at the airport.. Paris Hilton Barred From Entering Japan – Following her recent guilty plea for cocaine possession (this, after being caught allegedly smoking pot in South Africa), Paris Hilton has been barred from entering Japan. She flew the whole way there and spent a few hours in the airport learning about […]
The Hartley 2 Comet’s Whistle Stop Tour Itinerary The periodically visible Hartley 2 Comet will make its best appearance since its discovery over Cape Town skies from late September through to early November. Please, enjoy this simple explanation from the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa.
Money, money, money, MONEY… watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps may remind you of Donald Trump. That’s because it’s like Donald Trump… full of swagger, big talk, power suits, business tycoons, a young apprentice, a smug look and the stock exchange… it all feeds back to the mantra “Money Never Sleeps” as uttered by Gordon […]
News24 reports that 91 Eskom employees suffered radiation contamination while doing maintenance at the Koeberg nuclear power plant on Monday. During maintenance on Koeberg Unit One, 91 workers tested positive for cobalt 58 as they left the site on September 12, said Eskom spokesperson Karen de Villiers. The workers then had body scans to search […]
Vatican Faces Money Probe Vatican Facing Money Laundering Probe – Italian authorities are investigating the Vatican Bank over possible violations of money laundering regulations. Another Italian bank alerted Bank of Italy investigators to two Vatican Bank transactions that did not appear to comply with anti-money laundering requirements, the Bank of Italy said. When Bank of […]
Savour him while you still can… We may well be into the final week of Kim Jong Il’s reign, ladies and gents. The Dear Leader, bless him, is not well. Kim Jong Il is ill. So ill, in fact, that many so called “doctors” of the Great Western Devil are speculating that he may have […]
Twitter is abuzz with realtime reports of clashes between police and residents of Hangberg, in Hout Bay. News24’s Dan Calders is on the ground, posting an up to the minute photo essay on Twitter. Eye witnesses have reported plumes of smoke rising from the area, and police firing rubber bullets at residents, who are firing […]
Those of us who have lived, or are currently living in the UK, will have seen scenes like these. On an almost daily basis, I might add. Freaks are not hard to come by in London or any big first world city, for that matter. Jonty Fisher just came back from New York and says […]
Hilts Pleads Guilty Paris Hilton Pleads Guilty – Paris Hilton was in a Las Vegas court bright and early this morning to plead guilty to misdemeanor drug possession and obstructing an officer (and there didn’t appear to be any fingernail messages for the judge).In exchange, the judge ordered her to pay $2,000 in fines, complete […]
Not the worst thing to be called – ‘Maverick,’ is it? I’m absolutely fine with it, truth be told. ‘Elegantly Wasted?’ – hey, I can work with that too. We’re big INXS fans here at 2oceansvibe anyway. What a dick (download 2-page PDF here) You know, it’s funny, that shoot took about 20 minutes. Reason […]
My God but the internet is on form today. It delivered unto me an email from Devon someone or other, to do with “hipster bashing.” Well, well, well, I thought to myself. What do we have here? I gave it a whirl and, JEEPERS HUDDERS, it is something quite special. I’m sure some of it […]
Ladies and gentlemen, you may or may not be aware that South Africa is home (or is it?) to a competitively-ranked homeless persons’ football squad. Furthermore (as they say), they’ve qualified to take part in this years Homeless Soccer World Cup, held in Rio over the course of the next two weeks. But they need […]
You know at school when you were playing cricket, or tennis, or badminton, or javelin, or whatever, and the coach lent in for a little advice? “Go hard.” That’s what every self-respecting coach tells his charges when the moment demands it. Even if you fail, at least you’ve failed hard. And Marine Taxis have gone […]
Sacha Baron Cohen to play Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury Borat To Play Freddie Mercury – Sacha Baron Cohen, the man behind Borat and Bruno, will take on some serious fare when he stars in the role of Queen’s Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic. The as-yet-untitled film will track Mercury’s career from the beginnings of […]
A national hero For breakfast, it’s steak porridge. For lunch, it’s steak. Around 3pm it’s a blended steak meal replacement. For dinner, it’s steak, with a side of biltong. We could be talking of no other than South Africa’s freshest Guinness World Record holder, Jan Braai.
It’s not just fast cars, luxury villas, beautiful models, fine clothes, good service and champagne that we care about here at 2oceansvibe. Oh no – science and technology are right up there as well. How else could we have created SilverStreak, using merely my thoughts and a strand of hair from the TBG? Correct – […]
Television personality and social media philanthropist, Alyssa Milano, is breaking new ground with social media and money. Stay with me now. She’s auctioning a follow from her on Twitter. That’s right. The highest bidder on her Twitchange Ebay page will win a following from Milano’s twitter handle, @Alyssa_Milano.
Scarlett Johansson And Sandra Bullock – Graunching TIME Magazine Publishes Serious Article About Girls Kissing Girls – Weekly current affairs reader Time magazine has published the results of its investigation of the phenomenon of girls kissing girls. In the interest of solidifying this human sexuality study in the annals of Internet in-jokes, we’ve selected the […]
Remember that story we ran yesterday about Bob Skinstad’s foundation ‘Bobs For Good’ following through on Julius Malema’s broken promise? You’ll recall we included an old newspaper article about Malema’s 19-month old promise to the kids and mentioned the fact that the Bobs For Good Foundation had unwittingly made good his lies. We even called […]
A Johannesburg saint tweeter, @PigSpotter, has come in for a lot of stick lately. PigSpotter debuted on Twitter at the end of July this year, and in the space of less than two months, they’ve racked up over 11 000 followers, and that figure is growing at a rate of a few hundred per day. […]