Ha ha ha ha! Firstly I was on the regular Thought Leader Reader Blog, and now…well now I’m published on the Mail and Guardians Sports Leader Blog in a piece entitled

“Is KFC the right image for the Proteas?”

Sheer word brilliance.

Click HERE to read that beauty. Vote for it. Comment on it.

Touch me. It’s the weekend baby!

Sean Lloyd

Editor

Shane and the boys over at The House of Marketing work for Gold Creative, and if I’m correct, are trying to win themselves a sick Foosball table. I must say, their design is awesome.

The Gold Creative design

They need you to vote for their design so they can win this Foosball for their agency. It’s easy really, just click HERE and give it full stars. It takes less than ten seconds.

We’ll be watching this, good luck guys.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

It’s ALL happening!

Click HERE for more information and to buy tickets for Godskitchen and Armin van Buuren live in Cape Town and Joburg.

Sean Lloyd

Editor

Remember guys and girls, Armin van Buuren is coming to Cape Town on Monday June 15 2009 and you have to be there!

Click HERE to buy tickets for Armin van Buuren in Cape Town.

Sean Lloyd

Editor

During the recession, there is nothing more hysterical than vulgar displays of wealth. I’m not talking about buying a house, because everyone does that and it’s not exactly vulgar. I’m talking smaller things that have more of an impact and are more socially unacceptable.

Like my batch of “Fuck the recession I’m still rich” T-shirts, and our Blue Pussy (HERE)

Another way to clearly show your disgusting wealth is to open your champagne bottle with a saber as all the cool kids do. A little bit of information on sabrage from WikidCool:

Sabrage is a technique of opening a champagne bottle with a saber and is most notably used for ceremonial occasions. But if you live the life of decadence and luxury, you can just open all your bottles with a saber! Sabrage involves sliding the blade along the bottle towards the neck. The force of the blade hitting the lip breaks the collar from the neck of the bottle.

The technique of sabrage became popular in France when the army of Napoleon visited the aristocrat domains. It was just after the French revolution and the saber was the weapon of choice of Napoleons cavalry, The Hussar. Napoleon had good reason to celebrate due to his victories across Europe.

Sabrage on Veuve with a Swiss Army Knife? Not ideal

As Napoleon so wisely said “Champagne: In victory one deserves it; in defeat one needs it”

Wise words!

So there’s another little trick to add to your already ridiculous bundle of tricks to completely avoid the 2009 recession. We’ve also been avoiding it quite nicely,  for a quick recap click HERE.

RAD-NESS!

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

If you’re wanting to catch the very best of the DLF Indian Premier League in South Africa, SA Sport Travel have just thrown down an offer for you to see the final thrilling end to the IPL in South Africa. A three day package that includes the two semi-finals as well as the IPL final game is now on offer.

Check out the details:

This package includes:

All meet and greets at the airport if you are flying in for the game

All transfers from the airport to hotels and return

All transfers to and from games

All accommodation at GlenBurn Lodge — situated 30 mins from Johannesburg

All match tickets — both IPL semi finals as well as the IPL final

Breakfast everyday

This package does not include:

Travel insurance

Lunch and dinner

Beverages

Any daily activities not scheduled

Any non-scheduled extras

Flights to all games

Package cost: R5200 all inclusive

Click HERE to enquire.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

Mmmmm…so it seems our one bedroom apartment in Sea Point is up for rent, and you can live here, rent your own piece of the dream, live where the legends have roamed!

Here are the details:

Spacious one bedroom apartment for rent in Sea Point off of Beach Road, close to the shops and within walking distance of the Sea Point Promenade. A large open plan living area leads onto a wrap around balcony.

Small kitchen, bathroom with shower and bath, clean and well looked after with new wooden flooring.

Secure complex with electric fencing.

DSTV dish installed

One secure under cover off street parking bay.

Top floor — Views of Table Mountain.

Quiet secure block, very friendly and chilled neighbours.

Price: R5500 per month

Available from 1 June 2009.

If you’re interested in viewing this one bedroom Sea Point apartment drop me an e-mail at: seanl (at) slxs (dot) co (dot) za

Alternatively click HERE for the Gumtree listing and follow the details there, as well as view more photos.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

I’m sometimes hesitant to write these sorts of things because I seem to be getting called gay quite a lot these days. Not that I have anything against gay people, if I did, I would have NEVER made it through my matric year. God, it was like The Birdcage! Hilarious. Everytime I decline an alcoholic drink someone calls me gay. Then I get a drink but it’s “a chicks drink” and I’m called gay.

On a side note here, if a gay man orders a beer, is he called straight? Interesting.

But to be really honest, you can call me gay when I order a Brutal Fruit at the bar, and I’ll STILL take your girlfriend home and bang her like the prom queen.

Sorry…issues for my therapist.

So onto the Garden Route Organic Skincare range, which I’ve been using for quite some time now because it’s so damn good! At the moment we’re (Being you and me)  using the Tea Tree and Lavender Cleanser, the Kigelia, Lemon and Witch Hazel Toner and the Baobab and Rose Geranium moisturiser.

Crikey that’s a mouthful!

I’ll show you a mouthful young lady!

And what can I say…the products are brilliant!

All Garden Route Organic products are free from harmful preservatives, synthetic fragrances and colourants, as well as free from petrochemicals. Garden Route Organic is a local brand, so you reduce the mileage it has to travel to get to you, greatly reducing the carbon footprint compared to imported brands. And Garden Route Organic is as good, if not better in my opinion, than the imported brands. The pricing is extremely competitive, considering you’re getting a product packed full of real ingredients, not extracts of ingredients mixed in with a whole lot of cheap fillers.

If I’m correct, 60% of what we put on our skin is absorbed into our body. Look at your regular skincare products. Look at all the crazy chemicals. Do you want those inside you? Probably not. Do they have an effect on your health over the years? Evidence is sketchy, but if you look at the sheer amount of bizarre diseases in the world, I think they can be seen to play a large part in disease over prolonged exposure.

So Garden Route Organic not only produce a local product that is completely safe for you, but it’s also beneficial to the environment because it’s made pretty close to home and won’t wash any chemicals into our drains and into the environment. This also keeps money in our economy, instead of funding major brands overseas. Buying these organic products is basically like giving our economy a boost, sweet!

I don’t really have problem skin so I can’t say if my skin is clearer, because it’s just normal, but the products are great to use, smell fantastic and do the job very well. My skin isn’t dry, isn’t oily, it’s just all good!

So there we have it, another great range of products to keep your skin in shape this winter, and throughout the year.

Garden Route Organic also manufacture shampoo, conditioner and a body wash. Their product packaging is also completely recyclable.

Prices: Cleanser: R89

Toner: R87

Moisturiser: R165

I like it, a lot.

Buy the products online HERE at Garden Route Organic

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

Because I’m above average in the stupid department, my brain runs at very slow speeds. All my brain is wired to do is chill, go to clubs, laugh, watch Top Gear, eat, sleep, drink and admire women. When it comes to “work” my brain’s operating system seems to have a virus, probably like a trojan horse or something. Because my brain runs at such slow speeds, it never really warms up. Some might call this a problem. Well I’ve found the solution!

If you’re a idiot (Like me) your brain and head will generally not generate enough of their own heat. You won’t exactly suffer from brain freeze because you don’t have the required equipment (Like me), but your ears and stuff might get cold.

So you need a beanie of sorts! The surf stores are selling quite sick ones, and I bought two.

One in black and one in white so I’m politically correct and that way score some sweeeeet tax deductions.

They are beanies (Why do I hate that word so much?) with a slight little peak, giving them a certain radness. So you can wear them with the peak at the front, or at the back, as shown below, by me. Do ignore the ridiculous faces, but I was just informed before this that I won R35 in the lottery. MENTAL!

Ma’m I’ll lick you  if you dare come any closer

Notice the stubble? Three weeks growth baby YEAH! Woooo hoooo! (Mmmmm terrible T-Zone shine there…Garcon bring my powder! No…not my nose powder…) 

The black one is from Billabong and I think it was R130. It’s not that good though and it’s the first one I bought. Which is why I had to buy another one. The Billabong is cheaper, but it’s also acrylic which is shit and it made my head itchy (It’s not the herpes, it’s in remission, remember?). So don’t buy that one, or any acrylic ones.

The white one however is 100% cotton and it’s super comfortable. The fit is less tight than the Billabong (They’re all one size), and the cotton is way more comfortable. The white one is from Von Zipper and costs R199.

So go grab a couple, they’re awesome.

I bought my Von Zipper one from Billabong in Cavendish Square. All surf shops should stock them. ONLY buy the 100% cotton ones.

The acrylic is for the poor people and let’s people know you are a pleb.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

I never really know what to get my mom for Mothers Day, and when I got her a bag of coal last year, well, it didn’t go down well!

And you know I gave her Charka, the expensive coal! Dammit…

Anyway, if you’re struggling for ideas for this Mothers Day and what to get you mother, head down to the Body Shop (Go for the V&A Waterfront, Canal Walk, Constantia or Cavendish Square in Cape Town) Here you’ll find all that is good for your mother dearest!

You can get all sorts of gift packages here, and if you, like me, don’t know what the hell to get then just ask the staff and they will help you select some great products.

Trust me, the time this will save you will allow you to spend your time more wisely — like on substance abuse and devious activities.

MANIC EPIC!

Click HERE for The Body Shop website.

And click HERE for your nearest Body Shop store in South Africa.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

This is quite funny because I heard this news just as my new batch of “F The Recession” t-shirts were being printed. Saucy!

So as it goes, The Showroom restaurant in Cape Town has closed (Source). Not surprising really, considering the style of eating there. Set amongst multi million rand cars, it doesn’t quite give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside. It’s like dining in a garage. Also, the portion sizes were part of this ridiculous “fashion” food, where when you’re done eating you’re thinking “Ok so what’s for dinner?”

Not for me.

Riboville is in liquidation (Source) which is a shame as it really was something spectacular, set in the old bank in Cape Town. But I suppose that what the recession does, it knocks off all the industries of our lifestyle excess. Pity.

Riboville in Cape Town: ALL GONE!

The good news? SLXS is still open to rock out! BANG Chopper Reid!

You know, maybe that Al Gore was right in saying that there is a recession…

Sean Lloyd

Editor

So as you all know, Marshall Music and UCT Rag have been running the “Launch Your Band” competition, and we’re into the final now! Well not us…but the final of the competition is taking place this Friday the 1st of May at The Assembly in Cape Town.

So obviously Cassette and Taxi Violence will be playing, as well as the three bands lucky enough to make it to the final. These are:

• Hearth Shaped Heresy

• Reburn

• New Altum

So YOU have to be there this Friday! The Assembly attracts that rad kind of alternative crowd, chicks in tights wearing old school white Reebok trainers, sexually provocative…teenage desire! Oooooooh touch it! I love those girls man.

You like that? I bet you do!

(Sean if you were my son I would have smothered you by now!)

(Smothered me in gravy you dirty old man…)

Right.

So that’s it the final of the UCT Rag/ Marshall Music Launch Your Band takes place this Friday, the 1st of May, at The Assembly in Cape Town.

If you care about local, emerging talent, you won’t want to miss this. You’ll in all likelihood come right with a belter.

Tickets are R40 pre sold at the Rag office and HERE at The Assembly website.

Who knows, it might come with a happy ending.

PEACE!

John Lennon

Editor 

Another hour, another Facestalk:

Keep you updated!

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

I constantly write the filthiest stuff on Facebook, and I’m going to start posting it here, because it IS rad!

We’ll get this started with this beauty:

Nice, that’s how I steamroll my way through Facebook. I will post her reply, if she replies.

LOADS more to come, I am a complete Facebook slut when it comes to comments! I lay down the filth.

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

Lee just dropped a little note to offer more information on getting Armin van Buuren tickets in South Africa.

Here are the details, Urban Wave will be charging for these tickets (Fair really, considering Armin van Buuren IS the worlds number one DJ!) :

General admission pre booked for Armin van Buuren: R190

VIP tickets pre booked for Armin van Buuren: R290

Student tickets for Armin van Buuren in South Africa: R170 (Getting my brand new fake student card next week, chicka chicka YEAH! Fake student card, fake student card!)

Tickets will go on sale at Computicket, but ticket sales for Armin van Buuren in South Africa have not opened yet. We’ll keep you updated.

BANG Chop!

UPDATE: Armin van Buuren tickets on sale in Cape Town. Buy HERE.

Thanks Lee

Sean Lloyd

Editor