I remember The Photographer wearing these for most of our lives. I never knew where he got them from and he seemed to want to keep it secret. I kind of wanted a pair, but never asked. They reminded me of the shoes that ninja’s wore, which certainly appealed to me. Anyway, I let him carry on, and continued to wear my Prada slip ons.

But now I’ve found a loophole in his little game, via this place that you can’t see, hear, smell or touch – the internet!

www.loveespadrilles.com

They come in 15 different colours (I used to be able to do that) and cost something like R150 a pair and you can buy them online! That’s right! You buy them on your computer and they come out of the printer!

Just kidding. They don’t come out of the printer. But they do magically appear in your post box after a few days!

Which, in a way, is even more amazing than them coming out of the printer. I mean what’s so hard about that? Through the wire, out the printer. Basic stuff. Try getting that shit over an OCEAN!

Point taken.

Click here to check out the website.

I AM ASHAMED TO TELL YOU THAT, FOLLOWING SOME ATTEMPTS TO BUY THE GOODS – THEY DO NOT SELL TO SOUTH AFRICA. SO, ESSENTIALLY, THIS ARTICLE IS RUINED. RUINED!

HMM, SO YOU GUYS DON’T SELL TO SA?

SORRY FOR YOUUUU!

We’re not in the business of sensational news and this is not one of those bizarre stories that you read in People magazine. This is all over CNN and SKY this morning. In short, a man was attacked, stabbed and beheaded as he slept on a Greyhound bus in Canada.

Associated Press reports:

A Greyhound bus

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba (AP) — Passengers aboard a Canadian bus fled in horror as a fellow traveler viciously attacked his seat mate, repeatedly stabbing him and then severing his head, witnesses said Thursday.

Police said a 40-year-old man was arrested after the grisly attack late Wednesday night aboard a Greyhound bus en route from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The suspect was captured as he tried to escape from the bus early Thursday about three hours after the violence, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Steve Colwell told reporters.

Authorities declined to provide details beyond that the victim had been stabbed. They said a motive hadn’t been determined and refused to identify the suspect or the victim.

But passenger Garnet Caton said the victim, who appeared to be about 19, was sleeping with headphones on when his seat mate suddenly began stabbing him as the bus traveled a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway, a dozen miles from Portage La Prairie. Read more here..

Ja, very sad.

Another case of someone playing their music too loud through their headphones.

I enjoy this. If you want to find out if you’re awesome, go to www.amiawesome.com

Hah – did you like that?

Of course you did.

Never before have I felt more sorry for those of you out there who are unable to play videos over the internet. You know that is a basic human right, righdon’t you? I know that Woolworths head office struggles to get videos and only deals in static things. Like paper and pictures and words.

Nonetheless, this is the video of Cape Town’s Spiciest Inidividual taken last week friday. You’ll remember the lead-up article with the still pic we showed you earlier this week.

You are strongly advised to sit down, turn the sound up, and to empty your mouth of any food and/or whisky.

Check it out – the song is AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long.

 

CLICK HERE if that doesn’t work
(and when you get to that page, use ctrl-F5 to refresh REPEATEDLY)

 

You will never see anything like that again in your life. Thank you Nicholas H for capturing this incredible moment in history.

What did he say at the end? Something about “Ten million Dollars, mother fucker?”

Nice!

Here’s a pic of Bar Refaeli taken in St. Tropez this week. DiCaprio has been tapping her, on and off, for over a year now – following his tenure with Gisele Bundchen.

Bar Refaeli – supersonic

Nice. Good vibe. She should come to Cape Town. She’s been here before, but I’d urge her to come again.

I’m glad to see the red-head kid on the right of the photo is taking note of what is going on. You can do anything if you put your mind to it, my love.

It should be mentioned that I found this article written last year, quoting one of Leo’s friends as saying that he (DiCap) was finding Refaeli “really clingy.”

Christ. Are you serious?

Get rid of her.

(More pics here)

Nice. I enjoyed that.

Quite mean how De Beers don’t need to mention their name.

It’s easy when you’re basically the generic.

Now we’re not going to get over excited and snap into “The Office” mode and send me millions of clips and pics and quotes. Seriously, we’ve seen them all. This is just a moment. Just a quick David Brent moment from the UK (the real) The Office .

One of his most memorable quotes, sent in by The Insurance Broker .

Ricky Gervais as David Brent

“People see me, and they see the suit, and they go: “you’re not fooling anyone”, they know I’m rock and roll through and through. But you know that old thing, live fast, die young? Not my way. Live fast, sure, live too bloody fast sometimes, but die young? Die old. That’s the way- not orthodox, I don’t live by “the rules” you know. And if there’s one other person who’s influenced me in that way I think, someone who is a maverick, someone who does that to the system, then, it’s Ian Botham. Because Beefy will happily say “that’s what I think of your selection policy, yes I’ve hit the odd copper, yes I’ve enjoyed the old dooby, but will you piss off and leave me alone, I’m walking to John O’Groats for some spastics.”

Come now.

Stop it.

These pics were sent in by Alasdair M of Cape Town in the old days – probably the 60’s.

Check it out:

Muizenberg

Sea Point

Adderley Street

Sea Point Pool

The N1

Hout Bay

Nice.

Very Cool.

Beetles very popular.

Far less town houses and “New York Style” loft apartments.

Petrol was cheap as well.

It used to cost a ticky for a movie ticket and popcorn – and there’d be CHANGE!

Now here’s a controversial little situation. “Havana Club” in Jersey is in the dwang for banning fat chicks.

The Mirror reports:

A group of girls hoping to enjoy a fun night out were refused entry to a club – for being too fat.

Police were called to calm the situation after they say the manager told them to “go away and lose some weight”.

Georgina Mason, 23, who was among the group, was left feeling “disgusted” by the ban.

She said: “About five or six or us got there about 11.30pm on Saturday and the bouncers said we were not allowed in because we were too big.

“I told them not to be ridiculous and asked to speak to the manager. He would not look at me directly but said they’d received too many complaints about fat people. He told me to ‘go and lose some weight before you come in – fat people are bad for business’.

“I was disgusted he had the nerve to say this. My friend, who is only a size 14, was not allowed in either.”

It’s awkward, but certainly interesting to note that the chick commented on her friend’s size (14). Almost agreeing that some girls are, in fact, too big. She kind of punished herself by adding that in. Silly girl.

For me the best part is where she said that the bouncer would not look at her directly.

Whaaah!

Christy Turlington, one of the original supermodels (along with the likes of Clauds, Cinds, Linds, Steph, Naoms and Elle) turns 40 next year. Yes, I’m serious. Click the link to check it out.

But, more importantly, check this latest pic out. Featured in the latest W magazine. You might remember Gisele featured in the same mag before that.

Yup, that’s the one.

Christy Turlington at 39

There’s no excuse, girls..

I wasn’t quite sure what was going on today when I saw mention of a new search engine, called Cuil (pronounced “cool”) on CNN. Apparently it was created by three ex-Google engineers.

Ooh, skandaal!

By all reports it was a complete and utter failure. TheStar.com had the following:

On Day 1 yesterday of its attempt to dethrone Google Inc. as king of the Internet search engines, Cuil was shaping up to be a New Coke-style fiasco.

Vitriol was flying fast on tech maven Chris Brogan’s IT blog. After waiting two hours for Cuil to return two results for his name, contributor Gopal Shenoy wrote: “(Cuil) is basically unusable – paint dries faster. Did they test this thing to see what the results are before they got coverage on CNN on how Google needs to be scared of them?”

Cuil, pronounced “cool,” is the latest in a long list of also-ran or failed challenges to Google, which displaced then-leader AltaVista soon after its 1998 launch by twentysomething Stanford University computer-science whizzes Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who became the world’s youngest billionaires when Google went public.

I searched for my name on Cuil and can confirm that is is completely useless. I mean, it didn’t even show the 2007 article entitled “Seth Rotherham is a Wanker,” which usually comes FIRST in Google’s search results for my name.

God, what a let down!

Giving the TBG (Tall Blonde Guy) a run for his money, “Cape Town’s Spiciest Individual” was spotted again, on Friday night. This time just off Hope Street at an indoor bowls party if you don’t mind!

You can’t make this shit up.

Cape Town’s Spiciest Individual

I should also mention that we are in possession of the video of this exact moment you see in this picture. We’ll publish that for you sometime soon. I found it quite bizarre that he was gyrating to AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long - the same song I remember was playing when I arrived at the 2oceansvibe relaunch party. Surely that’s unbelievable?

The bowls theme is certainly no surprise. I’ve been keeping an eye on the “barefoot bowls revolution” that is surfacing at bowling greens around Cape Town. They’re calling it Newbie Bowls.

Check it out.

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South Africa’s number 1 online credit-card prepaid airtime provider, Big Time Airtime , suffered suspended sales for four days, before service resumed today.

The company sent out an email apology citing “payment gateway hosting failure” to all users when the service was re-activated after lunch.

Company president, Graham Flashman, expressed concern.

“Of course it hurts. Not because of sales, but because the users out there rely on us to sell them discounted airtime online 24/7. And they know we care. When we let them down, it upsets us. And it’s not just your casual users out there taking a knock, it’s businessmen in town with prepaid phones; sometimes whole teams sent over from companies in Europe and The States. It’s families on holiday, it’s parents buying for their kids. That’s a lot of people you’re letting down. It kills us to be so powerless against technological failures like this.”

Fair enough.

Bigtimeairtime.com continues to offer discounted airtime for cellphone airtime sold on their website www.bigtimeairtime.com.

Ah, you gotta love Flavio Briatore. (MD of the Renault F1 team and co-owner of Queens Park Rangers FC, for the ill informed).

Here he is with his wife, Wonderbra model Elisabetta Gregoraci.

Flavio Briatore and his angel, Elisabetta Gregoraci

Got, she must be a smooth ride.

Did you even know that he was married? Seriously, he is. He got married on June 14, 2008. And I’ll tell you something else, the driver of the bridal car was Fernando Alonso.

Swear to God – it’s all here.

With the advent of South Africa’s Medipet insurance for pets, we’re getting into this whole animal thing. Especially when we see the kind of “pet bling” that can be had!

Please enjoy this Swarovski retractable lead available online at ….. wait for it… Bark Avenue!

Bark Avenue website offers Swarovski leads at $160

That’ll set you back about a grand.

Which is fine!

I mean, look what you’re getting!

Click here to get pet insurance in South Africa online at Medipet.

Fine..

Capetonians over 40 might be lucky enough to recall nights at the De Waal Hotel, watching South Africa’s piano/keyboard Rock & Roll maestro, Rupert Mellor playing live at The Oyster Bar. If you were too young to experience it, ask your parents. They’ll tell you that it just doesn’t get any better. They were there. They were probably there the night they made YOU!

Legendary stories of constant weekly record-breaking attendances and mayhem are still doing the rounds, as elusive live concerts with Rupert Mellor continue to sell out anywhere he plays.

Ex-McCully Workshop star, Rupert Mellor, has finally made his music available online, on the Rhythm Records website (which features all the top SA artists, including our boys, The Dirty Skirts).

We managed to secure you a free download in the meantime of his number one hit from back in the day, entitled “The Weekend’s Mine“. Click here to download.

With the chorus “You can have the week, but the weekend’s mine,” I think it is all too obvious how well this summer hit fits into 2oceansvibe, with our mantra “Work is a sideline, live the holiday.” That’s why it’s not surprising that Goldfish are in possession of the track as they look at putting together a summer remix of the Cape Town classic, when they return from their Ibiza dominance! Can’t wait for that!

Check out www.rupertmellor.co.za for details on where Rupert is playing. Personally, I’ve earmarked “Rupert Mellor & The Thunderbirds” LIVE at Kelvin Grove on August the 9th. Those in the know (who knew about the last one before it was sold out) will tell you what a slick act you’re in for, as Rupert is joined by his dream team – “Richard Black (ex McCully), Graham Merrill, Jerry Barnard, Dave Evans and Storm de Klerk.”

Not to be missed.

Believe me.

Seriously, tell your folks and see what they say.

They’ll ask you if “you’re kidding.”

They’ll freak.

Honestly.

Madonna and child

Awesome.

And what better way to kick off the first Tuesday Tabs article on the NEW look website, than with Dutch supermodel, Rianne ten Haken ! I must say, it’s quite fortunate that her name features the number “ten.” Rather than, say, “nine.”

Couldn’t really be taken that seriously as a model if it was nine.

You know, out of ten – I’d want ten.

Click pic for NSFW image.

Those are GREAT little guys! Very nice, Rianne!

I also dig that classic look she went for.

Well done, angel.

Mm, ja. I went to watch Batman : The Dark Knight with The Chief on Sunday. We watched at Cavendish Square.

That’s right, Cavendish Square! Taking it back the ‘burbs. Old school.

I noticed the little picture-perfect setting with coffee tables and happy Southern Suburbs families, in that new paved area between Cavendish and The Link. Honestly, it looked like one of those drawings that you see sketched before the actual building begins. It’s always got beautiful little fern type bushes, encased in wood – with happy, healthy people, just enjoying themselves. Enjoying each other out in the open. Enjoying nature, food, shopping, pills and general pedophilia; without a care in the world. And that’s EXACTLY what we had on Sunday. The sketch had become a living, breathing thing!

“Good Lord!” I exclaimed to The Chief. “Check this new shit out!” as I gawked at the happy shopping mall setting appearing in front of mine eyes.

“That’s right, Seth. That’s actually been there for quite some time now,” he gave, smugly matter of factly.

“Oh, really?!” I retorted, in a sort of “WOW-we-have-arrived!” tone of voice.

“You laugh?” The Chief went on, “We’re (the people of the SS’burbs, it seemed) ACTUALLY busy erecting a bridge from The Link, OVER THE MAIN ROAD, to The Atrium!”

“Fuck off!” I exclaimed, clearly impressed.

{I should mention that we were quite stoned at this stage}

“Oh yes, my friend,” said The Chief, with puffed-out pride. “That’s the kind of stuff we do around here in the Suburbs,” he ended, in a kind of “Fuck-the-Waterfront” tone.

We carried on into the Cavendish car park. I don’t remember where we parked, but I do remember walking in through the Fast Food Section which was nothing short of a fuckfest.

We negotiated the Quickticket line (having cleverly booked in cyberspace) and smuggled in popcorn from the sweet shop downstairs (the queue for coke and popcorn was something I never thought possible indoors).

The movie started and, I tell you, you could hear a pin drop when Heath Ledger came on the screen.

It was good. I suppose. The one guy (Harvey Dent) flipped a coin to make decisions one too many times in the movie, but I let it go.

One thing I will, however, NOT let go is the scene on the boat. It was a pretty serious moment in the movie. The Joker was out in full force, somewhere in Gotham. Batman himself was out and about and there was definitely a lot of action going on. Cars, bikes, people, explosions, cops, criminals – general mayhem.

Then a package was delivered to the captain (or the like) on the boat. It was a tourist sightseeing type boat, with hundreds of people on it. The package had a message requesting the captain of the boat to make a decision to do with the pressing or not-pressing of a button on the device inside the package. With each decision resulting in the unknown (a typical kind of game The Joker plays on people).

So the captain makes an announcement of his decision. And that’s when it happened. Someone shouted “no ways!” as more support was given, contrary to the captain’s decision. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY’RE HANDING OUT PIECES OF PAPER TO EVERYONE ON THE BOAT, AS THEY ALL MAKE SECRET BALLOT VOTE!

I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing! The whole of Gotham was under attack – it was complete and utter fucking mayhem! And THESE GUYS are having a fucking vote! On PAPER!

WITH PENS!

Come now!

Very naughty, guys.

One of the advantages of the new 2oceansvibe site, is it now comes with RSS. Using a simple RSS feed reader installed on your desktop, you will be notified when new articles have been written on websites of your choice. Click the following link to add the 2oceansvibe RSS feed to your vibe.

This is pretty normal for most blogs. But because 2oceansvibe started before automated blog software was around, we never had it. That’s how old school and cool we are.

But now we do. So those of you who moaned about not having it, can have it. And those of you who didn’t moan, get it anyway!

Shame, David Beckham was engaging in a bit of sport spectating. These pictures capture the common process experienced by many a married man. Look, it’s not ideal that Dave was caught boning his kids’ nanny a couple years back..

Mmm..

I’d tap that..

Oh shit. Here we go..

Babe, I was looking at something else..

Christ..

Shame, Davey..