Praise and Blame and Tom Jones
Tom Jones Praise & Blame Island Records 2010 An initial listening to Praise & Blame, Tom Jones’...
The intellectual and social media
Here’s a transcript of a lecture given at the Cradle of Humankind to a University of Pretoria-hosted forum on...
Bought in Buenos Aires
I thought it’d be fun to post some of the ridiculous things I bought in Buenos Aires last week. Amazing the...
Not the new naked
There’s an uncomfortable new trend in sexualising kids. Only, it turns out it’s just a return to the...
Shock of Recognition: Sue Williamson
German edition of Positions. Pondering the most useful entry point for an essay about Sue Williamson, it occurs to me...
Galgut’s strange room
The opening and closing lines of In a Strange Room are like the opposite sides of an entry/exit sign, or like the...
Bite this Shark
Tight without sacrificing rawness, honest without being gauche, The Plastics’ new release, Shark, is one of...
How to drink wine
Received a press release from the strangely named Hot Salsa Media (boy, all the good names really are taken), praising...
Tanzania’s AMLC
I don’t normally put up press releases, but since I’m involved in this conference, I thought you might be...
6: Not out of 5
One listener’s poetic is another’s ponderous, and I fear I lean towards the latter evaluation of The...
Twelve Travel Shots
I’ve indulged myself by picking twelve of my favourite photos I’ve taken while travelling, and appending...
Bribing into paradise
There are still some deserted, faraway places in our immediate world. Milibangalala is one of these, a perfect and...
The Dancing Striker
I know I shouldn’t lampoon people striking for a (barely) living wage, but really, this woman’s...
If a newspaper dies in a forest
Some preliminary notes, a reading list, and the hoary question about ‘What is journalism’. Hello, Students...
The Mess
The Mess is a pop-up restaurant in Juta St, Braamfontein – good food with a twist of attitude, served on a...
The prisoners of strange
A review of Theory, the excellent new album by Carlo Mombelli and the Prisoners of Strange. Watching a performance by...
Crazy guitar shop
I visited a crazy old guitar shop in Amsterdam, in search of more Wandre vintage guitars. Followers of my bass guitar...
Benign Girl!
Received this mail from Brett of Shit That I Think About. I must say, I don’t share his loathing of Benign Girl....
The Tweeting Chris
- Follow our reporter “@MG_Reporter: #ANC spokesman Keith Khoza just told the media the #Malema NDC appeal announcement delayed til 12h30”
- Follow @mgreporter “@mailandguardian: Follow the latest news on Malema's appeal ruling today with our special report: http://t.co/JDhenDK4”
- Always intr. “@designindaba: Catch Li Edelkoort in Cape Town & Jozi for two-part trend seminar in March. http://t.co/SrzMSLsw @edelkoortinc”
- Odd. Must confirm RT @BrendahNyakudya: Insanity! The AU is a mess! RT @khayadlanga: ? Haiti becomes a member of the AU http://t.co/MjSHg2fw