It’s quite hard to say that one person turned out to be the ‘best thing’ about the Rocking The Daisies festival, held this last weekend in Darling. But no-one can deny the pure unadulterated awesomeness of ‘Festival Fireman,’ as he became known. From his outrageous outfit to his willingness to just rock-out, this 50+ year-old […]

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A little over 52 years ago, a young, unknown magazine intern in New York sat down, drank himself into a “frenzy of drink” and wrote the greatest application letter in history. His name was Hunter S. Thompson.

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The New Bond Baddie – Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un Appears In Public – Secretive North Korea’s leader-in-waiting, the youngest son of Our Dear Leader, ruler Kim Jong-il, took centre stage during a massive military parade on Sunday, appearing live for the first time in public. Kim Jong-un stood near his father on the […]

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Well I couldn’t think of a better way to get the weekend started than with a browse over the new Victoria’s Secret range, entitled ‘Sexy Little Fantasies.’ Naturally, it stars 2oceansvibe favourite and South Africa’s very own Candice Swanepoel!

And she’s so multi-talented too. Not only is she skilled at the ways of the cowgirl, but also the air hostess, sailor, kitty, nurse, bride and more! See the rest after the jump!

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Cell C’s highly publicised poor coverage can finally be explained. It appears that there is a toxic, root-and-branch misunderstanding of the fundamentals of cellular telephone technology within the company.

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Sometimes you watch a video and it sticks with you for the rest of the day. This is one of those videos. Have you heard about Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit? Check out this broadcaster pronouncing her name.

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There is growing concern amongst British police about an emerging generation of young football hooligans. Almost half of the incidents across England, Wales and Northern Ireland last season involved youths. The BBC has spoken to two upstanding, young squires who give an honest exposition of the lives of these ‘right geezers’.

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Justin Bieber, the runt who says he’s the Kurt Cobain of our generation, published his memoirs at age 15 and has discovered the only hairstyle that can actually ruin my day has been kicked off Facebook. Wait, what?

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It is the most powerful woman in the world’s 25 birthday (not Michelle Obama) and it is only fitting that we celebrate her here on 2oceansvibe. She is after all He-Man’s twin sister!

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This fixture has been on my mind all week. It’s been inescapable. I’ve tried to bury my head in my work but I’m genuinely concerned. If Western Province manage to negotiate their way through their Sharks bogey tomorrow, they will avoid the the possibility of daunting trips to both Bloemfontein and Durban. The situation calls for a vociferous Newlands.

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Incredible scenes here, as we witness a man on a motorised scooter taking his anger out on the elevator doors. This after he missed the ride down. But he got a ride down in the end – when he broke through the door and plunged 20 floors. Not ideal.

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The Great Tripod on a Prius has made it’s way to Brazil, not long after wizzing by 2ov’s HQ in the Cape Quarter, I’ll have you know. But, as inevitable as portraits of maniacal bergies on the Cape Town records of Google Street view, corpses have begun popping up at an alarming rate as the Street View car chugs through Brazil, and specifically, Rio de Janeiro.

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Officials Rule France’s Burqa Ban Official – France’s plan to ban the burqa and other Islamic face coverings in public places is legal, top constitutional authorities in France ruled Thursday, clearing the final hurdle before the ban becomes law.In September the French senate approved the law – making France the first European country to nationally […]

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Can your brain even compute that headline? I mean seriously, WTF? And you know what kind of basejumping they’re doing? It’s not the one where they jump and pull the wire immediately – no, no – it’s the one where they wear a bat-suit, fly down the face of the mountain for a while and THEN they pull the wire. Insane! Check out the video!

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Chichester City is an amateur football club you’re probably completely unaware of. Well, it seems that the directors of that particular club will do whatever it takes for the club to climb the echelons of British football. They remarkably sacked the club’s manager Mark Poulton, while he was on the sideline of his team’s Cup match against a local rival. Stitch-up.

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The R4,4 billion rand Cape Town Stadium is officially ship sans rudder. So who is going to pick up the operational costs? Don’t look at me, alright? Ah, but you already are. Dandy.

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There was a time when a real man was expected to pay for dinner, hold the door open or even go as far as pretending to like Jack Johnson if he wanted to be regarded by the fairer sex as anything more than a grunting caveman. How times have changed.

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You know when you click on someone’s profile on Facebook to leave a weird little comment on their wall only to find out that you have been unfriended, ya it’s an awesome feeling. But there is generally a reason. A new study gives the 5 reasons you might have been unfriended.

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It’s been an awesome few days for the South African swimmers, but there are more problems for the organisers of the Commonwealth Games, as the warm-up pool in the Aquatics arena is being blamed for causing several upset stomachs. Some of the swimmers have had to withdraw from competition. Pooh.

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Die Antwoord have released their latest music vid on the interwebs, as they’re prone to. They’re pushing the usual Die Antwoord boundaries with copious bad haircuts, gold teeth, permanent markers, penises, tokoloshes, and handcuffs.

Oh yeah, probably NSFW, but in a comical, ridiculous, “is that a huge wooden knob?” kind of way [VIDEO].

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If Twitter is a cocktail party, an informal place to chat with new people and get to know them better, then IJustMadeLove.com is the waiter in the alley behind the party, hooking up with the redhead he just met at the bar.

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Can you believe it’s that time of year agin? My goodness, I remember the first time I went – wet behind the ears and all that. Not exactly the festival sort, I was. But it turned out ok – they had luxury tenting you see. It was almost a disaster, if I remember correctly.I lost my car keys and found them again the next day – in the middle of the morning-after carnage. I swear. There were some guys and gals rocking out in whatever section it was that was still going on at that stage of the game. Imagine if I didn’t find my keys? Small nightmare going back to CT just to get the spare key.

But back to this year’s Daisies..

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Do you have R6.5 million just lying around – don’t know what to do with it? Well you can always buy this!

Introducing the beautifully sleek 2+2 coupe based on the Maybach 57 S. More after the jump.

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President Trump Donald Trump To Run For President – Well not quite yet, but he is ‘seriously considering’ a 2012 presidential bid. God, you gotta just love the confidence of the man. Not that it’s completely out of order. I mean if Arnie can win California, why the hell would Trump not win the White […]

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Have you heard? High-fiving is so very generation Y. Generation Z face-fives. That’s right, ‘face fiving.’ Specifically forehead-fiving.

I know you think I’m making this stuff up. But I’m not. Seriously, I wouldn’t fib about something called ‘face fiving!’ How could I make up something like that? [VIDEO]

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Manchester City fat cat Sheikh Mansour, has reclaimed his perch on top of Football’s Rich List. The oil magnate has seen his worth soar from £3billion to £20billion. Jealous much Roman?

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Corporate deception, along with the recent catastrophic failure of the Kin, his massive bonus penalties for sizeable losses in the mobile market and in particular, this Youtube video, make watching Steve Ballmer fail in the web browser market, traditionally one of Microsoft’s strongest fronts, all the more delicious.

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Technology has claimed its second victim in as many weeks. Not long after the Segway Company owner plummeted to his not-so poetic death (he was attached to a Segway at the time), a Spanish man has perished after plunging his Peugeot into a reservoir, at the instruction of his GPS. Maybe he had the Yoda voice activated?

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Repo Men is based on the novel with the “fruity title”, The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia, who also co-wrote the screenplay for Repo Men. It’s a science fiction exploration of what the world would be like if medical agencies sold manufactured bio-mechanical organs with a severe repayment scheme – think credit card companies.

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If you knew you were going to die, what would you take with you to the grave…literally? I think I would take a cellphone, just in case…

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