Design your own Makaraba on Facebook!

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blogs, Lifestyle, Tech

I had to laugh, I recently received an email about something called a Makaraba. Now before you patriotic-patronisers go too far and say “but it’s a hat vincent, and it and it is a symbol of South African support of soccer” – I’ve never been a football fan – this time though it’s in my [...]

The Bioscope shows “In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones”

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in featured, film

The Bioscope, an independent cinema project run by Red Team Go is set to air what they describe as a cinematic ‘rarity’ in the form of ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’. Set in the 1970s, In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones is a focused on students in their final year of college. Mercifully unlike [...]

Neill Blomkamp set to direct Die Antwoord’s next video!

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Music, featured

Amos Barshad of the New York Magazine recently interviewed Ninja of Die Antwoord, and apparently it appears Neill Blomkamp is set to direct Die Antwoord’s next feature video!

A list of my favourite podcasts

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blogs, Lifestyle, Podcasts, Tech, featured, technology

I listen to podcasts to and from work each day. I listen to the same podcasts whilst storming through the malls of Johannesburg. One could say that the podcasts I listen to are my therapist, tutor, news-anchor and go-to-guy for the latest in metal-news. So I thought it only fair to share a few of the podcasts I listen to, with you.

Eshowe is all blinged out!

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blogs, featured

On Saturday Eshowe hosted a wedding for a ANC family at the sports centre. They trashed the fields with broken bottles and glasses.There were a lot of people there, including some imports from Durban, obviously with a lot of money. Besides Merc Coupes, Porches etc, there was also a Lamborghini and a brand new Ferrari, [...]

Win 1 of only 10 New Young Pony Club T-Shirts

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Music

Moral Fibre is giving away 1 of 10 New Young Pony Club T-Shirts. All you have to do to win one is tweet @moralfibresa and tell us why you deserve the t-shirt more than the rest! You’ve got until the day after the Topman CTRL gig with New Young Pony Club in Sheffield! We’ll [...]

New Young Pony Club Live @ Bungalows and Bears

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blogs, Music

By now it ought to come as no surprise that our featured band this week is the New Young Pony Club. Our friends at Topman CTRL have arranged an opportunity for New Young Pony Club’s fans to get inside the heads of their favourite band!
So if you’re interested in watching this one of a kind performance head [...]

The Lost Girl & Chaos from New Young Pony Club

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Music, music-reviews

New Young Pony Club are an electro rock band from London, England.  New Young Pony Club infuse slick bass grooves, with a sinister disco sound and touches of LCD soundsystem’s electro pop. Added to their beats their lyrical compositions ,which no doubt inspired Yacht (DFA record’s new find), are short, snappy and sticky – making [...]

Topman CTRL interviews New Young Pony Club

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Band Interviews, Blogs, Music, featured, music-reviews, news

Topman CTRL recently talked to to Andy and Tahita of New Young Pony Club and Moral Fibre tagged along to listen.

Q: What new bands have you been listening to?

A: Well the new bands that I’ve been getting into are Is Tropical, Plugs, The Invisible and Les Corps Mince De Francoise.
T: My favorite one is [...]

My quick take on the Woolies Lovebirds campaign

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Business, Marketing

I was recently asked to comment on the Woolworths LoveBirds campaign and in a matter of a few minutes jotted down some notes on the campaign for Bizcommunity. Please take note that this was done in a rush, but I like it like that. Feel free to correct any inaccuracies which might appear in the [...]