Waters of Nazareth

Justice, Uffie, Dj Funk, Erol Alkan, Mustapha 3000, surkin…… MAN oh MAN!! This is the new shit!

I wish I could have gone to this release party! It is the dirtiest electro, pretty much techno I have ever heard!
There’s not too much to say other than “FUCK YES!”
I rate Justice and co will definitely take over the world of dirty electronic music. Do yourself a favour and look into this.
I think I am in-love with Uffie!
“Justice Release Party”

Addictive games.

The past couple of days I have found myself playing stupid little games for immense periods of time. The first one I started playing is a game called Bejeweled

It is an addictive game where one needs to make groups of 3 or more coloured jewels that are adjacent to each other. It is a simple game, yet effectively addictive. Why? Can someone please tell me why?

The second game is Zuma, no it has nothing to do with the vice president of the ANC. Jacob, buddy old pal.

Here you have to do the same as in bejeweled, the only difference is that the balls move toward a point. At this point, the little zuma man consumes all your balls (ah, sounds fun, the name is a bit off-putting) and you lose a life, of which you have 3. Then it’s Game Over.

Have fun

BangGang Podcasts.

So Uno has lead me to this podcast website, here. The tunes are awesome. I thought i’d let you in on the excitement.

coffee anyone?

Coffee Shops! Is it as blatantly plain as the phrase would suggest? Or is there more to it? Might there be something specific, something often referred to as the X factor, when one claims the phrase “Let’s go to the coffee shop”. I vote yes! In the past, I also succumbed to any coffee shop believing that it is as good as the next, however, as of late (ie the past 3 years) I have most definitely changed my views on this aspect. A coffee shop is not just what it suggests. I feel I have been educated and also, in a sense, liberated.

Firstly, I am talking from a South African perspective and many foreign nationals might not fully grasp this perspective, quite understandably so. In a South African context one could easily say that coffee shops pursue dismal attempts to make the perfect cup of coffee. In fact, I think it would be safe to say that an attempt to make a “perfect” coffee is very much absent with regards to the South African coffee shop mentality. However, this is changing.

Gone are the days of accepting bad coffee, gone are the days of accepting mediocre foam and gone are the days of extra-dingy holes also referred to as coffee shops. Of course I am speaking again, subjectively. It is rather clear that still, even with the ‘cosmopolitanised’ Cape Town CBD, a good coffee is still hard to come by. I know of one place that has perfected the art of making the perfect cup of coffee, or at least in a South African context. It is none other than Vida e Caffe…. Wow, old topic? Yes. Indeed an old topic, but worth being mentioned repeatedly. I have been on a quest to find the perfect coffee, and my quest has ended here. On Kloof street, situated on the buzz of Cape Town, lies Vide e Caffe. It is only here that one can find the perfect foam, the perfect coffee, absolute delight might be tagged and associated with this coffee corner.

Now my question remains, why is it so difficult to find the perfect cup of coffee in Cape Town, South Africa? I feel it has strict ties to the uneducated South African consumer. South Africans are unaware of the authenticity of certain products and beverages as well as foodstuffs. It is almost as if we are a peasant nation. It seems this way mainly because even the South Africans that are not riddled by poverty are eating terrible food, and drinking terrible coffee. Even terrible tea.

I am, however, happy to state that I feel things are changing and shops such as Vida are a turn in the right direction for consumer enlightenment and education. It will prove to be a frame of reference for the consumer. Other coffee shops will soon have to up their game and start thinking about not making airy foam and terrible coffee. Soon they will have to take on the skills pertaining to consumer satisfaction, which could be in the form of better food, better drink, better service. Whatever you like really. It is exactly what competition stands for. At least now there is competition worth competing with!

I am not punting any specific store, I am just trying to relay my perspective on the current situation in Cape Town. I just cannot for the life of me grasp why there are so many places serving horrible coffee. Even more, I cannot comprehend the South African mentality and why we accept this nonsense. It offends me. I feel ripped off when I receive terrible food and coffee, especially when I pay a sum certain in cash for it.

I take my hat off to those people trying to better the lifestyle of the consumers in South Africa. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!