This trendy guy I spotted in Woodstock, Cape Town, at the NeighborgoodsMarket as well, wearing this not so cryptic word-play T, with FICK FUFA & FACK FIFU for FUCK FIFA on it, it was a very cool t-shirt and very appropriate regarding the FIFA 2010 World Cup, the very first in the African continent is being held here in South Africa, so it was an interesting message or display of perception about the organizers of the tournament, which I figured would make for a good talking point. and it has this t-shirt design has even been featured in Mail & Guradian, and the shirts are apparently selling very well, which is an interesting thing to know, most of the people requesting the t-shirts are interestingly enough from Europe...why are people so unhappy with FIFA, the is it the capitalistic ideals? To see original post from Fashion Interlude click here
Heya, ok I must admit I’ve been a lil preoccupied with my life lately, mainly cuz I go away on holiday on Friday – the reason why this holiday is such a big deal for me is cuz its my first holiday to Europe this year, from going there about every 3 months last year, this year has been a lil different, hello recession! So this is why I haven’t been as good with posting new stories and blogging, but here’s to hoping all of that will change, if I decide to take my laptop with me when I go travelling, I will be sure to write lil’ snippets of my experience every 2nd day or so. Anyway today, I hope to blog a bit, I have a song in mind, which I want to make my song of the day. It’s a somewhat dark song and was inspired by thoughts I had last night as I lay in my bed before going to bed about love and matters of the heart, but more about what we as people are willing to put ourselves through just to be able to feel loved, or to love someone, even though we sometimes hurt ourselves in the process, or most commonly get hurt by others – and the topic of love, more especially relationships has always been a foreign one to me, not because I don’t date or have relationships but more because though I love easily, I’ve never been able to allow myself to fall in love easily, and I find its something I’m very weary of and will shut off completely at the first sign of the other seeming untrustworthy or at least more than capable of hurting me – anyway, oh almost forgot how awesome was the weather this weekend? Especially Sunday, I got to hang out outdoors, wear shorts and have lunch at Mouille Point again, it felt like summer, except we made the mistake to go eat at Pepenero, I don’t know how many chances I’ve given this place to try and redeem itself, and constantly it fails with flying colours. The sea food platter I had, had awesome prawns & mussels, but the calamari was like gum and the line fish of Yellowtail tasted like dry-wall, honestly, it’s a puzzler how they are still in business, I guess the location is THAT good!
Last night a friend of mine took me, against my will at first to see one of the movies showing at the 11th Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival. When I walked out I felt like I owed him an apology for my apprehension because the movie had actually enriched me, I didn’t regret the hour and a half I had just spent watching Youssou N’dour: I Bring What I Love, an uplifting, music-driven movie about the power of one man’s voice to inspire global change. The film unfolds an extraordinary moment in the life of Youssou N’dour -- the best selling and most influential African pop artist of all time, here in SA possibly most known for his 1994 hit song ‘7 Seconds (duet with Neneh Cherry)…It's not a second, 7 seconds away, Just as long as I stay, I'll be waiting, I’ll be waiting…everyone MUST remember that song, I was 8 or 9 and I remember it. The Grammy Award-winning cultural ambassador has long been renowned for bringing people of diverse nations and backgrounds together through his collaborations with such musical superstars as Bono, Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel - and for rousing global audiences with his distinctive voice, electrifying rhythms and catchy melodies. But the film sees him releases his most daringly personal and spiritual album yet, N’dour rocks his Muslim fans in Africa. Now, even as he garners accolades in the West, N’dour must brave controversy and rejection at home as he sets out to win his audience back with the sheer transcendent optimism of his music, which moves hips and feet but also hearts and minds. As director Chai Vasarhelyi tracks N’dour’s emotional journey over 2 years - filming his ever-shifting life in Africa, Europe, and America - she reveals why he has become an inspiration for generations. He initially releases his album Egypt in the hopes of promoting a more tolerant face of Islam. Yet, when his fellow Senegalese rejected the album, and denounced it as blasphemous, he took this as a challenge to go deeper, to reach out to those who would attack him and to work even harder to use the storytelling impact and infectious beats of his songs to unite a divided world. The resulting portrait is not just of a musician turning his spiritual quest into art, but also that of a brave new world in which pop culture now has equal power to incite fury and invite new connections.
