Brothers kids here for 2 weeks...

wooooosah!! I'm rubbing my earlobes and trying to calm down. My beloved niece and nephew are here to visit for 2 weeks and I fetched them from the airport less than 2 hours ago.

IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS:

We now have a TV... Connected and EVERYTHING (haven't had one switched on in this house since august '08)

In all fairness a good friend found out about Marcee and I being TV-less (poor us- sarcasm) and she offered to let us use her TV. We kept it on the floor in Marcee's room because we dont see the need for a TV. The NEPHEW decided we needed to have it on because he is BORED (he says that every 2 minutes)

My nephew has taken his pants off... Because it hot!!

My niece has decided her iPod is much more interesting than us. I feel a hundred years old!!

I'm thinking of turning to the bottle. Poor aunty!!!

AND... AND... There has already been one death threat. Nephew wanted to kill niece ha ha ha!

Lost my job on my birthday

No lies... But that is not the point of this post. Although it does OFFICIALLY make me a full time musician (eeeek). This post is about my birthday.

Since today is my birthday it usually means gifts. I received a few great gifts, which I'm VERY VERY thankful for. But the one that stood out was THIS ONE:

When I received this gift on Saturday, my good buddy handed it to me and said "call me when you open it, so I can explain it to you." I thought it might need some assembling or something. OMG!!! I haven't called her because I think I have a fair idea what it is. Its sooo hilarious! I was having a crap birthday (because of loss of job) and opening that gift really cheered me up.

Now, I'm going to hide it somewhere in my room, until.... Until...

Oh who knows :)

Despite the loss of job, I have a lot to be grateful for:

Life

Family

Music

Enough money to buy me 2 months to figure out this loss of job crap

The Nosh that I'm eating right now

Friends

& an AMAZING best friend :)

Marcee thanks for EVERYTHING!!! Love you like... Like Caz loves Marcee

Why must he cry??

I love visiting Kanye's blog LMAO!!! Pleas e read this rant that I just read :)

Why wont people just let him enjoy his week without hacking into his accounts and annoying him. You don't' see how Fresh his suit is? I know he was upset, but I couldn't help laughing at "A picture says a thousand words...Look how fresh my suit is... Nuff said"

Let him be great! LMBAO!!

PS: I do think that haters need to go on vacation for a bit, seriously!

Why must I cry????

THIS... This!!! I have nothing to say. Just SMDH

I FEEL CHEATED!!!!

I was watching TV and some show was playing Soul for Real (who are making a come back by the way) and Marcee and I got talking about how cheated we felt. When we were young we thought THEY WERE IT!! And now my niece thinks Chris brown is the ish.

WHY OH WHY did they not make them like that back in my day? WE FEEL SO CHEATED!! Marc reckons it's all the hormones in the food... And in case you think I'm exaggerating, pls view the evidence below.


WHAT WE HAD:










WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY HAVE:








Now this C Breezy guy makes me wanna although he could be a little immature for me (see what I did there? LOL). But it's his lady friend below that makes me think I don't stand a chance.




But if I did (stand a chance with that young man)... At least I know that he will be able to handle all this LMBAO!!!





I feel so CHEATED right now... SMH FOREVER!!!

My gig in HELLL!!!!

A lot of people have been asking me when I'm going to do gigs and my answer is always a very polite 'soon'. since I haven't spoken about my journey in a while, I figure now is the time to talk about doing GIGS!!

Before I officially became part of the music industry I had been aware of some of the challenges. Like how there is always the same kids performing at all the same venues and how once you're one of the cool kids you're always on the team and that getting picked is hard (hence a small group of cool kids)... I understand that, really I do.

What I don't get is, how this is going to help grow our music industry? If people can't make a living from what they love or if they can't even get a gig then they will either go elsewhere (as in another country) or join the boring world of 9-5's. I understand that the venue owners are running a business and it's always safer to have the same ol' same ol' performing than to take a chance on an unknown. I get that, really I do.

After much rejection, I have decided that I have a better chance of getting a gig in HELL than getting one in Cape Town, so with that dear hearts: please don't ask me about gigs until I mention them okay.

I must admit I'm feeling like a hot mess right now because I KNOW that I have a good product and having people say 'oh we actually have other bands in mind'/ 'we only take people we know'/'your stuff is a little too Jazzy/blah blah, is not improving my mood at all. What really grinds my nipple is people who string you along, invite you to have coffee with them/ask you for entirely too much information only turn around and say (enter any of the above excuses in Blue). Why are you wasting my time? I'm already not making money from not playing gigs, never mind petrol and airtime. COME ON!!! Just give it to me straight: Sorry I hate your music/ sorry I want all my friends to play here/ sorry I hate your face/ sorry I am more interested in making money than growing the industry...

I'm in no way giving up, I'm just going to try a different route... This one might actually work. I was reading Jack Canfield's book (How to get from where you ARE to where you want to BE: 25 principles of success) and he says that you should REJECT REJECTION, which is exactly what I'm doing. Jack says whenever you ask for something always keep this in mind: SWSWSWSW!

SOME WILL

SOME WONT

SO WHAT

SOMEONE'S WAITING

And I'm starting to think that someone may not be in Cape Town LOL!!!

Listen to music here and join the page on Facebook!!

end rant...

5 in 1 this week in Zulu ONLY

This week on 5 in 1: Zulu Boy.

I heard about this guy a few years ago from someone from EMI who was telling me that Zulu Boy is the future. I took the comment and filed it somewhere in the archives of my mind. It was only a few months later that I actually HEARD him. I loved that he did not stick himself into any ones box, he created a whole entire space for his creativity.

His debut album Masihambisane was dope and he has a new one out 'Inqolobane'.

So if you wanna hear about the man behind the music, tune into the Midnight Xpress on Radio 2000 this week Mon- Fri midnight - 3am... Shameless advertising. You can catch us on streaming audio too. HOLLER!!!

Zulu Boy- Hail to the King


The interview didn't start so well though. There is nothing worse than calling the person you're supposed to be interviewing and hearing 'The subscriber you have called is not available. Please try again later." I wasn't gonna lose my coll though, so I called his label and they hooked me up. He had lost his phone. After that everything just flowed. Nice young man!

The only reason I get so worked up when an interviewee (is that even a word?) does not pick up their phone, is because I've had someone promise they would be available for a LIVE interview and then not pick up. This guy did it to me THREE times. I learned my lesson though! I think what made it worse was that he was a friend of mine (not anymore).

REALLY??? REALLY???

Okay, I have been hiding for a while… I have been ill and I’ve been working on a post about that, which will be posted soon (I promise). This post is about something that has me totally CONFUSED: I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Estelle’s album has been pulled off iTunes, in an attempt to get people to BUY physical copies of the album. WHAT?!

Yes…

I read this article & wanted couldn’t believe it. I know that there is no such thing as a bad experience, but I’m struggling to see how this situation will benefit anyone. I don’t even see the label winning in this case.

Maybe I’m too mad at this. So can you find the silver lining here?

She deserves to SHINE. DONE!

Too many assholes with opinions in the world

I was having a very productive and fun day today (I still am), but for about 15 minutes I was totally pissed of with ASSHOLE-ISHNESS of someone.

Why is it that when someone finally decides to do what makes them happy there is some asshole, and I can usually handle assholes, with an OPINION (far worse than a regular asshole) on how someone else should live their lives.

I am completely unsympathetic towards these sad types who never really grew into the 'super heroes' with Bentley's and mansions that they thought they would be. So these people make it their business to piss on intelligent females (in this case) who have come up AGAINST ALL ODDS and have come to know their worth. Why? Because they think this ASSHOLE-ISH behaviour makes them a better person. Whatever happened to live and let live huh? Why is that when someone displays a little bit of courage and does what makes them happy, there is someone waiting in the wings to say 'YOU WILL NEVER DO IT, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?'. That is just so messed up!

I am so sick of OPINIONATED ASSHOLES today... Maybe I'll be a little tolerant tomorrow :)

Now I know why Kanye went off at EW in this post (I love it when he says '...and if you see me... BOW!!' Classic). Some people just can't let things be, they always have to be negative and look for someone to piss off. I'm feeling that way right now. And what would a Kanye moment be without a humourous ending like: I'M STILL THE GREATEST!!! LOL!!!

Maybe tomorrow I will come back a lot calmer and post one of these as well. Rant over!

What is this thing called routine?

I am really struggling here. My new radio show requires me to be up until 3am and that means that I only wake up at about 10am: on a good day when I can convince myself to stay in bed.

Getting enough sleep is not really my problem though. I am having a hard time adjusting to my new 'clock' and it's messing with my creativity. I have been battling to write (music and the book). I thought it was because I was hungry and now I've eaten everything (except the red Onions) in my fridge... Nice! I tried to listen to music to inspire me, but I've practically listened to 3 albums (on repeat). Don;t get me wrong I love John Mayer, Coldplay and Sergio Mendes but I don't want to 'come back to bed' and the 'timeless' music makes me want to SCREAM. I guess this routine stuff really is 'the hardest part' LOL!!

I don't feel very productive today. Perhaps I should go sit in the garden in my PJ's (I KNOW what time it is- thanks) and stare at at my half done manuscript AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! I've switched to Corrine Bailey Rae, niks maar!!! Perhaps I need to listen to a little Nina Simone (It be's that way sometimes) and accept that I am not in 'the zone' today. IT JUST BE'S THAT WAY SOMETIMES!!!

Nina = PERFECTION :)

C-A-N-C-E-L-L-E-D FLIGHT (nationwide sucks)

So I was supposed to take a flight to Jozi today. So, we all packed our bags and headed off to the airport, like the good little troopers we are. When we get there we find out that our flight has been CANCELLED!!! So I start laughing because I knew that nothing goo could come from the airline that had engines falling from their planes not so long ago.

Okay, okay go ahead and judge me for being so naive and believing that what was once one of my favourite airlines could rise from the ashes. I guess I'm just one of those people: the hopelessly optimistic type.

So I walk over to the friendly people at the check in counter and ask them what C-A-N-CE-L-L-E-D means for me and mine. The man behind the counter smirks, looks at his buddies and repeats my question: 'what does it means?' Now I know I'm dealing with a genius. 'Yes... WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?' He smiles, like I'm the idiot, and says 'It means it's cancelled'. Great. So I bring down the IQ to Amoeba level and ask in baby words 'what the F&^% I'm supposed to do.' Then he tells me that I must try another airline and fill in a refund form. I walk away, laughing because I don't want to murder a person who is taking up way too much space anyway. So Marcee takes over.

It turns out the Amoeba omitted the fact that this REFUND will take a couple of months. Who hires these people? After a few painful minutes we discover that we can go to the ticket sales people and get moved to another flight. The ticket people were MUCH smarter than the last chap. So I ask 'why did nobody call us?'. The girl behind the desk smiles and says 'did nobody call you?' AM I SPEAKING GREEK?? So we get moved to a flight on Christmas Eve and went back home.

I am extremely annoyed with NATIONWIDE and after this run in with their friendly staff I have no interest in using them again. If you were thinking about giving this airline a 2nd chance... GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!

Never mind that I spent all this money paying for a taxi to take me to the airport and how that messes with my schedule: studios were cancelled in Cape Town, I had to make a million phone calls and I HATE THAT AIRLINE!!!!

NATIONWIDE SUCKS... In my humble opinion.