//VAMPIRE 9000

As it is nothing new that I'm a music elitist,...yesss,one of those who can get really annoying and that will keep insisting that they are always in the right I might as well just make this a brief post...
Vampire 9000 is definitely clever people music.If you don't have the endurance to sit through a Battles song, then you can forget it...Vampire embodies the sound of dysfunctional machines mixed with subdues glimpses of emotion...does that make sense?Maybe not, but neither does trying to sum up the force of the Vampire 9000!

check out their blog here.

//SIMPLY AWESOME IMAGES. I have been a little occupied the last few days, so I haven't really been posting as much as I would've wanted to.NOw that I do have a gap, I don't quite know what to post...Thus, I figured you can never go wrong by simply posting awesome visuals right?Indeed...:P

//KOOL KANDY

I went to a sweet store yesterday to kill some time.I came across this "owl candy".Haven't seen any sweet packaging this rad for a while, so I stocked up (makes a nice gift)... to cool hey?Can't help but get excited over this type of stuff, so thought 'Id share.

//PAVEMENT TRAIL by Casey McCusker
check out Casey's extraordinary blog Siblingmine here.

Time: Saturday morning round 9 am

Places: Hazelwood, Maroelana, Alphen Park and Waterkloof

Companion: your best mate

Mood: Market trampling, spruit chilling, movie collecting, pampering planning calamity Highway exists off N1 Atterbury and (brand new) Garsfontein.

2.Start at Hazel Food Market-a firm favourite amongst locals, which features fabulous food fare and a mountain of tasty treats.You can park your car here for the morning, car touts abound promise to take care of it.Enjoy a coffee and pasteis on bales of hay, absorbing the atmosphere with a Saturday smile.Buy some quality cheese, flaky floury roles, mean Polish salami and a freshly squewezed orange juice for your picnic basket-ready to head off to number 3.

3.Follow Pinaster street down to the Waterkloof spruit, where you can while away a good part of an hour under the bluegum trees,augmented by treacles of water closeby.Gorge on your market goodies whilst spotting cloud shapes and reflecting on the week gone by.

4. Maroelana centre, right on the spruit, houses both Gaslight and the fabulous Chinese supermarket YAt Kee.The former is a specialist dvd and video store to fill your every art house and foreign film fancy, Yat Kee will take care of any Chinese ingredients or other miscellaneous goodies you may need.Good to know, hidden around the corner you can find Full Moon (previously Cafe Arc).Find out what's happening at this alternative lounge- should Metal, Industrial or Goth form the basis of your music library-or not.


5.Explore Cape Connection, a small haven nestled amongst the bustle of east heading traffic.Book some pampering sessions at the centre-titled spa, treat yourself with a fabulous new haircut at Cheveux and enjoy a decent cuppa or recommended chai tea at La Vie. Lastly, pick out some uniquely sourced flowers, such as White King Proteas at Carri' Flora.



6.An interesting stop awaits you at the corner of Garsfontein and Dely at number 6, on the last stretch back to your vehicle on Dely Rd. It's a great spot for an ahem, cigarette, if that indeed tickles your fancy.The grafitti changes infrequently at this bizarre, desolate, half-disposed erf.Pass by the Pretoria Country Club and golf course to your left.The clubhouse and larney drinking hole,The Saffron, is a good place to afternoon tea or for a glass of champagne.Pick up your vehicle and take a short drive up to classic suburban indulgences


thanks Casey for making such a mission...loving this contribution.

//THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP.

I've been pretty busy the last two weeks or so.Had been studying for the biggest and last (for now at least) Art History exam and have been trying to make art while doing so...I never pull all nighters, as me in zombie mode is more likely to just make a mess of whatever I'm busy with, so sometimes I guess it's just better to hit the sack 'n deal with it tomorrow.Nonetheless I haven't had the greatest or rather longest of sleep lately, so it is time to catch up... if only it could be in this beaut of a bed.

//STRAW DESIGN.

Wow...I literally had a fit of excitement when I came across this!I made a sculpture from straws last year, and can confirm that it is not an easy job...mine definitely didn't look as "spiff" as this..I think I ended up only using 220 straws or so...

Well...this is not quite the case with Scott Jarvie's straw designs...
his Clutch Chair consists of 10,000 rainbow coloured straws!

He even made a spotlight from straws!Amazing...just wonder if they won't melt?





Nonetheless, Jarvie's Chair was selected by Zaha Hadid as her curators choice at Noise Festival 2008!



Go check out some more Scott Jarvie here...

//MOONMILK
Ryan McGinley's photos are really out of this world ...I suppose since his new body of work is titled "Moonmilk" it is okay to make us of clichés!McGinley likes photographing naked people, but what differentiates his photos from the usual naked portrait, is that the subject is photographed in a manner which makes him part of his setting (outdoors), and in a subtle manner obscures the nudity making it part of the scenery or the background.Some images do not even feature people but merely suggest a moon landscape, which I would say Mc Ginley skillfully achieves through the colouration of his photos.

go to his site here.

here are some images from Moonmilk