A student has reinvented the good old Rick-roll in one of the best ways imaginable by turning his essay into the classic bait and switch meme from a few years ago. Check out the essay after the jump.
The legendary Canadian actor, Gordon Pinsent, reads us his favorite parts from musical monolith Justin Bieber’s memoirs. Bieber has a tremendous amount to say about his 16 years of experience, and we are grateful for his sharing with us.
If you value your freedom of speech, you may want to get involved in voicing your disapproval against The Man’s attempts to throw a black curtain over every mote of data it feels tetchy about. If you couldn’t be bothered to pipe up, then I suppose you won’t be losing much in the transition to a police state, anyhow. That’s right kids, we’re talking about the Secrecy Bill.
Remember An Inconvenient Truth? You watched it, right? This may shock you, but the vast majority of the planet we live on is constituted of aquatic environments, and inhabited by aquatic species. A new film premiering in South Africa later this month, The End Of The Line, is An Inconvenient Truth for the ocean. [VIDEO]
The Simpsons have been hiding a religious agenda, apparently. Sunday’s edition of L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s daily broadsheet, declared that ”Not many people know it, and he does everything he can to hide it. But it’s true, Homer J. Simpson is Catholic.” I guess drawing conclusions from nonexistent evidence isn’t entirely new to the region.
At a glittering function, coincidentally held at Seth’s Johannesburg residence, The Westcliff Hotel, GQ last night hosted the Best Dressed Men In SA Awards. And what an evening it was, as the who’s who of South African fashionati came out to play. Even more exciting was the fact that your very own Seth Rotherham walked away with the top honours! But that wasn’t the spiciest part of the evening..
Look, I can’t imagine anyone is upset about the decision to put Candice Boucher on the cover of the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine. I mean, having recently KILLED in the US edition of Playboy magazine, she IS one of our hottest exports! Check it out after the jump.
We interviewed Duran Duran’s Simon Le bon on Friday afternoon live on 2oceansvibe Radio. If you missed it then not to worry – we’ve got the podcast right here for you to download. Find out what’s in store for us when they come to Cape Town. Pleas enjoy Simon’s enthusiasm about the yacht we’ve got lined up for him. Listen after the jump.
You know that feeling when you get into the car after having a few too many? Don’t deny it, you know you have done it. You turn the corner and wham, there’s a road block! There is no adrenalin quite like that. So would it help if they did away with the drunk-driving laws?
You know when life just passes you by and then you finally have a moment to yourself to contemplate what has been going on, and you realise how crazy things have been? That happened to me last night when I was checking my iPhone after a long day. I took a screenshot of my inbox and thought you might enjoy..
An Indian businessman, the country’s richest, has moved in his humble new residence which sports panoramic views of the Mumbai slums, allowing him to literally look down on the poor. The property is valued at a cool six-point-eight-billion-rand, which, experts agree, is roughly one metric shit-ton of cash.
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Ed Chamberlin is Sky Sports’ elite football presenter. That’s right, he’s a pretty big name on British telly. Funnily enough, we can’t shake the memory of him as the beloved stooge of Founders House, Bishops, in 1994. We chat to him about the Currie Cup, the Liverpool shenanigans, and the state of English rugby, live on 2oceansvibe Radio.
In a story with the headline I’ve waited my whole life to write, the future Mr Katy Perry has been referred to as “pointless” by one of Britain’s most celebrated talk show hosts and, perhaps most crushingly, had his talents compared to those of an acting dog.
The Dutch are an interesting bunch and certainly do have a unique sense of humour. In this case it is hard to tell whether the guy needing the loo is a prankster or not. He’s either a legend or an idiot. Either way, it doesn’t matter – the result is hilarious. Check out the video after the jump.
2oceansvibe has long had a special relationship with Kommetjie and the people that dwell therein. Shit, the main reason why we have a surf report on 2oceansvibe Radio is to look after the Kom Skom and the 2oceansvibe Characters that surf that place ‘stukkend.’ And that’s why we’re urging you to show your support for the ‘Save Kommetjie’ campaign. They’re throwing a party. A MASSIVE party.
Luckily this is a scenario that I’ve never had to deal with, as my mom refuses to go on Facebook. Unfortunately, for most of you, this is not the reality. It’s for those of you who have to deal with this problem on a daily basis that I give to you: The Damn It, My Mom’s On Facebook Filter.
There are many different traffic light systems employed today. There is, of course, the very successful and highly regarded precursor to all of the traffic light systems, the traffic light. Then there’s Everything Everywhere’s take on the traffic light.
A big thanks to the readers of 2oceansvibe who have welcomed our new look and structure with open arms! And the proof is in the pudding, as we see 2oceansvibe jumping to top position on the ‘Top Ranked’ list on Afrigator, ahead of Mail & Guardian’s ‘Thoughtleader’ offering. Nicely.
In a story that will make you ask just what the hell you’ve done with your life, a Chinese man who lost both of his arms at age 10, has gone on to win China’s Got Talent. By playing the piano.
If you ever saw the series Friday Night Lights, you should know about Minka Kelly. To recap, she was the one you were in love with. And not just talking to the guys – even the most jealous girl out there couldn’t hate Minka. She’s too cute. All the photos (and video!) after the jump.
If you use the live financial indicators on the right-hand side of 2oceansvibe, you will work out that the total winnings, in Rands, is R1.2 Billion. That’s quite a lot of tin! According to SKY News, “A UK ticket-holder scooped the top prize in Friday night’s draw, making it the country’s largest ever lottery win.” Full story after the jump.
Famed and cultishly-revered British street artist, Banksy, has struck gold. He story-boarded and animated the intro for this Simpsons episode, and it is appropriately entertaining. What a lot of people don’t know, though, is that he used the 2oceansvibe HQ as a real-world inspiration for some of the intro scenes. Guess which ones. [VIDEO]
A lot of parents are envious of the number of times Eminem manages to drop the name of his daughter, Hayley into his albums. In fact, it would be downright touching if her name wasn’t drowned in a malaise of expletives, narcotics, posturing and petty felonies. Well your kids can feel like Hayley as well, without the inconvenience of familial dysfunction.
Just look at it. Kids, music, drugs, concerned parents, American news networks, middle America – it’s all there. This report cries foul on i-dosing (not an Apple product), whereby ne’er-do-well teenagers whittle away their misspent youth getting high on binural frequencies. I’m calling BS on this one. [VIDEO]
We covered this story last week with the video of the New Zealand host loosing it as he says the Delhi Chief Minister’s name! Well he has resigned…
A little over 52 years ago, a young, unknown magazine intern in New York sat down, drank himself into a “frenzy of drink” and wrote the greatest application letter in history. His name was Hunter S. Thompson.
Cell C’s highly publicised poor coverage can finally be explained. It appears that there is a toxic, root-and-branch misunderstanding of the fundamentals of cellular telephone technology within the company.
Die Antwoord have released their latest music vid on the interwebs, as they’re prone to. They’re pushing the usual Die Antwoord boundaries with copious bad haircuts, gold teeth, permanent markers, penises, tokoloshes, and handcuffs.
Oh yeah, probably NSFW, but in a comical, ridiculous, “is that a huge wooden knob?” kind of way [VIDEO].
Corporate deception, along with the recent catastrophic failure of the Kin, his massive bonus penalties for sizeable losses in the mobile market and in particular, this Youtube video, make watching Steve Ballmer fail in the web browser market, traditionally one of Microsoft’s strongest fronts, all the more delicious.
Monday evening’s episode of Idols SA was the standard mix of tepid content, low production values, and a small group of talented vocalists vainly struggling against a tide of disinterested public, average backing tracks, and of course, inebriated judges.