Author Archives: 6000

Leaving Newlands

By 6000 | 6000 | February 26, 2012

As in… “I wish WPRU were…” But that’s not what this is about – later in the week for that one. This was taken yesterday evening as we were heading down the back of the Danie Craven stand at Newlands after the Stormers v Hurricanes game. If we’d left earlier (or later), the moon and [...]

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You’re going to hell…

By 6000 | 6000 | February 25, 2012

Christians, hey? You either love them or you’re waging a holy jihad against them. Either way, sadly they’re here to stay and that means that there will be a continuing need for churches. Here’s one church’s lighthearted response to the apparently ever growing menace of cellphones going off during their services. My kids, who first [...]

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RIP Gregg Jevin

By 6000 | 6000 | February 24, 2012

An interesting social media experiement or just a bit of fun? Both, I’d say. It all started off with this tweet from Michael Legge: Sad to say that Gregg Jevin, a man I just made up, has died. #RIPGreggJevin — Michael Legge (@michaellegge) February 24, 2012 Which resulted in a spectacular outpouring of faux sadness [...]

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Sail

By 6000 | 6000 | February 23, 2012

Sail by Awolnation isn’t paying homage to SAIL-StadeFrance, the ex-operators of the iconic Cape Town Stadium. But it is still a damn fine tune involving a million pizzicato stringed instruments. You might also want to follow up with the debut album Megalithic Symphony: You may recognise the song from Jeb Corliss’ “Grinding The Crack” video, which is [...]

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Cape Town parties as Anele moves on…

By 6000 | 6000 | February 23, 2012

CAPE TOWN: People partied in the streets of the Mother City until the early hours of this morning as news broke that DJ Anele Mdoda was to move from 5FM back to Highveld Stereo, following the ever-popular Sasha Martinengo out of the national broadcaster. Anele will be joining other hilarious celebrity presenters at Highveld such [...]

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