Sweet! As you know, I chatted to Rob from Fox Comet last week and I was at the gig on Saturday which was absolutely phenomenal! And they also won on Saturday, sending this Cape Town group up to Joburg for the final of the Durex Ultimate Battle on April 2 at Cool Runnings in Fourways. So a huge congratulations to Fox Comet, that is awesome news and they really did play a crazy set on Saturday. Frontman Rob sings, plays that brass thing from American Pie and the harmonica and generally ensures that the crowd go mental by headbanging, jumping and making a Fox Comet gig one full of mad energy.

If you’re in Joburg (Clue: You’ll be wearing Ed Hardy or drinking a protein shake) then this is going to be a gig to get down to.

I stole some photos from Moonbeaming to let you in on what happened on Saturday night if you were not there (Odd):

Nick

Kyle

Rob

Stephane

Click HERE for the rest of that photo album on Facebook (A ’social networking’ site, that to be honest, probably won’t really take off)

My particular Saturday night ended at Tiger at 3am, thanks for that! You know to leave at 3am, because come 4am you’re being lunged at by the drunkest people on the planet.

Photo Credits: Moonbeaming.co.za

I know Constantia is generally a place for rich people to move once their drug trafficking/child slave/environmental destruction/ money laundering days are over, and they do tend to have their own set of rules in Constantia that don’t apply anywhere else.

For example, you are allowed to cheat on your wife in Constantia, granted you keep allowing her access to your credit card.

You don’t need to let the tax man know what you really earned last year.

You can put as much as you want on your work expenses account.

“Mr Jones, you really spent R7 million on lunches last year for clients?”

“Ummmmmm….ja…I suppose”

“Okey dokey!”

Anyway, it would seem hunting is still legal!

Not particularly lucrative, but still legal. I’m talking about MILF hunting, and you?

I kicked to vida e in Constantia last week with Gary to scope out the scene and see if their were any rich moms that would want to adopt me or Gary and allows us access to their credit cards. It would seem the day in question was not particularly ripe for the picking. I went in search of marriage material, someone who would allow me to live the Constantia lifestyle without even a mention of ‘working’

SLXS MILF Hunt: ‘Operation Werewolf’

This is what I aimed at, but was not interested in:

The second most popular type of coke in Constantia

Where are my ladies?

Hmmmm….anyone know what days/times all my potential foster parents descend upon vida e in Constantia?

I normally send out one warning shot, and anyone left at vida after that is liable to be lunged at by me and my hunting team.

Granted your husband has a large credit card with an AMEX Black being preferable.

So we heard from the Locnville guys that their debut album is available as of today exclusively at Musica which means…you better get it!

This actually ties in nicely because I was chatting to our mate Grant from Zoopy yesterday (While they were drinking coffee at Mugg & Bean which according to JP ‘tastes like a gunshot’ — Sensibly I drank some orange juice) and he has just done a celebrity co-op with Locnville! Grant has the job that you want because he plays games. For a life! Seriously you’ve probably seen his name in GQ because he is the games contributing editor, then he also presents Gamestate on Zoopy and does more presenting on TV. Hmmmmmmmm. Anyway, check out Locnville playing some TV games and having an interview while they’re at it. And ladies…yes they do sing in studio, check it!

Ok now put your pants back on…excuse me…miss! Control yourself.

And that is a look into the lives of the best jobs in the world…professional game players and professional musicians. Mind you I’m professionally lazy for a living…that’s got to count for something.

Fox Comet

Local Cape Town band Fox Comet, alongside Autumn Of  August and Deathlikedaisies are going to be battling it out this Saturday at 43 De Villiers Road in Cape Town AKA Mercury Live.

SLXS Cape Town caught up with Fox Comet frontman Rob Coutts on being the tallest ginger in Cape Town, acting for a living, and sometimes not acting for a living when he turned down a role in History Of America because he would have to cut his ginger locks.

We met up at the hallowed grounds of Kelvin Grove in Newlands for a quick chat ahead of the epic condom and lube sponsored battle of the bands. Hey…this sounds like the place for us! Finally…an event after my heart…

If anything, there is a confidence and easy going nature around Rob that is hard to miss. When he talks he’s animated and loud, and at 6 foot who knows how much, arms motioning all over the place as though he were trying to act out everything he says, Rob is the perfect frontman for a band. The quiet guys play the instruments and the frontmen are there to entertain as much as they are there to play.

He arrives casual, approachable and with the most retro shades in the business.

“Well yeah my background is in acting ‘cos I studied at AFDA, but I’ve always been like this so I wouldn’t say AFDA taught me all this but the studying did help…you know to get those big jobs”

Wait…those shades…

“Ja I picked them up in an 80’s store, because I was going to an 80’s party but they’re quite cool actually so I just wear them”

Fox Comet is an unusual name and as Rob says, the origin of it is a little blurred, but he came up with the name and it sounds really cool, he also mentioned something about a Comet coming towards earth and a fox jumping on it, the story of which lasted an animated 10 minutes.

In between sips of Grapetizer (He’s on medication at the moment), Rob is passionate about keeping the ginger dream alive.

“Ja you know it’s tough being a ginger, and it’s especially difficult when I see a little ginger kid walking around, oblivious to the fact that he still has to make it through school. It’s so cruel! Junior school as a ginger…ah man. But I really think I have a mission here on earth, to keep the ginger dream alive by spreading some ginger love. I guess it’s my mission”

“But with the band it’s actually worked out really well because it’s just one more thing apart from our music that separates us from all the others. You’ve got this 6 foot 6 guy up on stage throwing out a lot of energy and people now recognise us for that. Not to take away from any of the band members as they are all such talented guys, but the whole ginger thing has been a really good point to identify with.”

“It’s weird because we were playing with Hog Hoggidy Hog and Half Price and we were referred to as ‘that bunch of gingers’, but it’s only me that is ginger, and we only have one song that speaks about gingers. But people do recognise us for that”

The band have taking some huge steps in the year since they started playing.

Rob was at school with Nick Catto (Bass), and while they knew each other they weren’t quite high-fiving each other as they walked to classes. A chance encounter last year had them chatting about what had happened since school days (E2003 — Widely known as the greatest E year ever in the history of learning) with Nick chatting about his music and about starting a band, and Rob letting Nick know that he had always wanted to be in a band.

A few practice sessions later and the guys just worked perfectly together. Kyle Gray has been drumming since forever, and being friends with Rob, they pulled him in and the band was complete, well, complete with Stephane Corneloup on guitar.

“I think one of the things we really bring is an amazing energy and I know people always speak loosely about ‘energy’ on stage, but we really do. We get the audience involved and quite pumped. But we also want it to really be about the music, getting a good balance between that and interacting with the crowd. Especially at the battle of the band events now, a lot of judging is based on the size of our fan base and the noise they make and how enthusiastic they are, so this is going to be quite powerful in ensuring we win on Saturday”

Obviously musicians in South Africa tend to struggle money wise, even when they are doing relatively well and playing gigs around town and at festivals, so that is always a concern.

“Well for us it’s a passion, and we’d be doing it either way, money or no money. But it is nice to be paid for something you love and if we could make a living from this it would be rad, but we’ll get there. We’ve only been going a year and getting some good gigs. Great gigs actually.”

Favourite gig

“Definitely Up The Creek. In the local scene, it’s always good to have connections, and when you are set up with something, to really go all out to kick ass. So we managed to score a sort of wild card ticket to Up The Creek which was amazing. We were actually put on a smaller stage at the river and some people would have thought this would be a disadvantage as nearly everyone would be at the main stage, but it worked. The weekend was so hot that a lot of people ended up just chilling in the river, where we were playing. So we were rocking out to about a thousand people, all sitting in the water and this was amazing. I don’t think you’ll get that at too many other places, all your audience sitting in a river.”

“But we are playing another gig at an event called Rock The River at the end of March, that’s on the banks of the Breede River which will be a good party. And being on the river well have that same experience as at Up The Creek”

As with anyone in a band, long hair is nearly a prerequisite, one Rob knows all too well.

“So I have an agent and I do television work, and in the industry it’s all about having a look that is unique and that people can identify with, and my hair is very much a part of that. I also studied acting so that helps but the look is also key, and I was actually offered a job in a series called ‘History Of America’, and it’s…ja just a history of America…shot in South Africa for some reason. Well they wanted me to cut my hair and my agent was against it, and I was too. I could have made some great money, but then with my hair all cut off, you know, maybe I won’t get work until it grows back! Plus I like to rock out on stage and throw the hair around, which is hard to do when it looks like you’ve got a school boy cut. So if people do ask if I’ll cut my hair, the answer is no. Takes a long time to grow”

Recording, music videos?

“Yeah we do book into a studio because it’s important to have time in the studio with the band, it also costs a bit but it’s something that needs to be done. That’s why with any money we make from gigs, we can’t go out spending it because it always needs to be invested back into the band. We want to shoot a music video because they’re so powerful and lately SA bands are making sick music videos and we feel it’s important to pair one of our best songs with a really well produced video. We have some connections though which will help when it comes to filming and editing. It will all come together and we really need to make 2010 a big year because we’ve had such great opportunities in our first year, that we can’t waste them now. We really need to go all out in 2010″
Locnville

“Ha ha, we used to always play at their house because they know Nick, so we were always hanging out there and having jam sessions. But then I think we got too loud so we had to move on”

Big mentions

“We’ve been getting some good press but a highlight is being noticed by 5FM, by Catherine on the Fresh Drive Show for her gig guide. That was awesome. We were also interviewed by a journalist working on stuff for the FIFA website, you should check that out, I’ll give you the link”

And how is this Saturday going to work

“Okay the main thing is to print out a flyer from our Facebook page, it highlights our name so when you arrive with it, you get in R10 cheaper, but the flyer is collected and then these are counted to see who had the most fans arriving. You need to print one out beforehand from the Fox Comet page, and then we’re ready to win” Alternatively, just print the following flyer:

With that our time was up as Rob had another meeting ahead of Saturday, but we did get some time to snap some photos of the rocker showing off…well…a more sensitive, enigmatic side on the grounds of Kelvin Grove.

That’s grounds for having a Kelvin Grove membership revoked!

Check out the following links ahead of Fox Comets’ performance on Saturday at Mercury Live. The winners go to the finals in Johannesburg, offering a massive opportunity as an up and coming band. We’re behind these guys from Cape Town all the way and we’ll be there on Saturday to support the guys.

The free condoms and lube are just sort of a benefit of Durex sponsoring!

For the Fox Comet website, click HERE.

For their Facebook fan page, click HERE. There you can print out a photo of the flyer that needs to be taken to Saturdays gig.

For their mention on the FIFA website, click HERE.

See that? Hey hey!

Sharp for a Thursday morning!

Just a quick one to tell any of you that are good looking and in good shape that the Sports Illustrated New Model Search is on. I already know some people who would clean the current competition, but they don’t seem to want to enter. I guess not everyone is built for extreme fame. Damn!

So I was cruising through the galleries and let’s just say that unless you actually have a chance, please don’t enter. Two examples who actually submitted their pictures:

No. Just a plain no. I hate to break your heart, but seriously now. Let’s not be silly Sally’s!

Let’s not embarrass ourselves in front of a web audience.

We should be looking like this (No pressure):

So yeah, the new model search is on and I really think we need to all look through our Facebook friends and ask “Would I tap that?” If you have good taste and the answer is a ‘yes’, then tell that gorgeous thing to enter!

It’s for the greater good of mankind.
Click here for the website.

Ha ha ha! They’ve already brought us Chris Jack and the Get Dumb maniacs, now check this, FML Friday’s. Tame!

FML… That will be the word on everyones lips after the 5th of March as we launch the extreme party night known as FML Fridays.

Your liver has been very nawty and is in need of some serious punishment – and we have just what you need to do that.

F*$k My Liver Fridays at Bang Bang Club is a fun, fast paced, filthy night out where you get to not only dance your ass off to the sickest beats by an all star DJ Line up on rotation, party with some seriously hot up-for-anything people – you get to do all this while enjoying FREE VODKA!

Thats right – F R E E V O D K A from 10pm till 2am – which means to those of you still struggling from last nights hangover:

Vodka shot neat – R0
Vodka + Lime = R5
Vodka + Lemonade = R12
Double Vodka + Lemonade = R12
Double Vodka + Redbull = R25

And so the list goes on. Join this group to keep up to date with more info, competitions, prizes and much more.

Join the group HERE.  And while you are there, check the photos that have been loaded for the group. Keeping it tidy!

They are seriously going all out there with free neat vodka shots! They would never have done that in my day at Blink and Conti’s…

I still love going to digs parties, because they are always raucous! They’re the type of parties where you think “Thank your mom and sister this is not my house” Generally they are raucous, but kind of cool. I haven’t seen a car set on fire in many years so things seem to have cooled a bit.

But the guys are still sending out the invites on Facebook and one that has been popping up on my news feed a lot lately has been The Clinic Digs Party…on Hospital Street.

Good God!

So far there are 344 confirmed guests, 351 awaiting reply, 375 not attending and 289 maybe attending. So the boys have not been shy with the invites there!

So I’m not sure where this party is, but I think maybe just maybe we should click attending and make our way there.

Click here for that.

“Open bar duuuuude!”

“Farva’s number one!”

Click here for the Pro-X website.

I’d be lying if I said my mind was not going into a spin about the 2010 Pro-X Games in Cape Town. Naturally it makes sense to have it in Cape Town where people actually have lives outside of an office and a gym…ahem…

Anyway I was there last year with the Bourne2Ride wakeboard crew…aaaaaaand…I’ll be there this year with the same people!

Now I’m not going to make you go because that will be stupid. I’m not here to tell you about events and say “Yeah…like…so I know these people and like…I think you should go because I’m mentioning them…and I’m getting free stuff”

That’s not what I do.

What I can do however, is show some photos of the Pro-X last year. And you know how events just keep getting better as the little flaws are ironed out? Like the Dirtopia MTB Festival and all the local music festivals? Well Pro-X is going to be insane this year. The venue has changed this year which for me is one of the main draws of this year…more space, less congestion and more awesome.

With Bourne2Ride taking care of the wakeboarding, I have been assured that we’re looking at the biggest mobile wakeboard set up. Remember, this is the same crew that brings you those crazy urban wake missions at a pond near you (Click HERE to read up more on that), so I’m confident in their abilities to pull off something awesome that I probably don’t yet know about.

We’ll be chatting to Andrew Bourne from Bourne2Ride about the whole set up in a little more detail, but for now I’ll leave you with two photos that the Bourne2Ride crew took last year at Pro-X:

The B2R Rig

I enjoyed the custom bikinis there…Bourne2Ride…

But seriously, you don’t have to go.

I’m sure you have something better on that weekend.

Click here for the Pro-X website.

Don’t you hate it when you’re at the beach, literally sweating your tits off and there is sweat running off you, mixing with sunscreen and then going on your sunglasses. Then there is the steam baking off your ripped, tanned, toned and desirable body, misting up your lenses.

What you really need is a pair of sports sunglasses designed to counteract all this with the proper technology.

You need an open design, perhaps vented lenses and then something on the lenses to prevent water and oils from sticking to the lenses.

Enter the Oakley Radar, seen on the world top sporting professionals in every sporting code. From the ferocious heat of cross country mountain biking, to the electric sprints of road racing and the changing terrain of a triathletes world, Oakley Radar are there protecting these guys.

But you might see a pair in the shop that don’t quite suit you. Like me for instance, the regular ones don’t suit me. You see, white brings out this Greek God tan, while purple lets people know that I care about the way I look and moisturise…but I’ll still seduce you right in front of your lover. Yay yeah!

So I went online and created a custom pair of Oakley Radar, complete with a little customisation on the lenses. Cheeeeeeeeck it JUS BRU:

How sexy? While those are made for sports, I have this almost God like ability (Not rating…) to pull off any look, from skinny jeans, to cardigans, baggier jeans and boots, to white v-necks and Dockside boat shoes. I turn anything into a sexual revolution. So I can totally own those just as easily as I own Aviators. It’s not about the shape of your face or how good looking you are, it’s about confidence. POW!

Enough about me, what aren’t you wearing today?

Yeah so anyway, we were talking about the Oakley Custom Program. While you cannot order custom shades from the website, I have been in contact with Oakley and you can order through your nearest Oakley dealer. I’m seriously looking into this…it’ll be the start of your love affair with me.

Oakley Radar really do make sense for the beach, and dropping over R2000 for a pair of shades just for the beach let’s people know that you care about your body and the way you feel…but you’re still sensitive, loving, maybe a little bit shallow but most importantly…you have disposable cash.

And let us be honest here, most of the relationships of high profile people in Cape Town are based on disposable cash.

‘You lose the cash, go bankrupt…you lose me’ Where did we hear this one before?

Seriously, many relationships are built on money in this town…and it’s hysterical.

But that is off the topic!

The Oakley Custom Program is available for most of the sunglasses from Oakley, so click HERE to check out the website, get designing, have fun and own a unique pair of sunglasses.

And click HERE to go directly to making a custom pair of Oakley Radar.

When the news came out (Which turned out to be a hoax) that some deaf guy had won the lottery, people were saying how awesome the story was, and how there is still some good in the world and all the rest of it. And yeah the story was cute, but in the end it was also fake.

What I really want to see is someone who will put that money to excessive use. Like me, for instance. Let’s look at what I would do with some of the R91 million:

Grab An Addiction

I would SO get a cocaine addiction! Better yet, I’d buy some of the police force, and have them deliver my cocaine right to my door step. We’d probably do lines together while my lingerie models tan around the pool.

“Your order sir…”

Keep Cash ‘In The Attic’ So To Speak

I’d always have a few notes handy to blow my nose with, or to wallpaper the new entertainment room, or to light the braai with, or just to use as drinks coasters. Or just to sleep on. It will also help in paying for drugs on demand, and those quick trips to Vegas, where stopping at the bank is inconvenient.

Reinvent Plett Rage

Plett rage doesn’t really have anything wrong with it I guess so there is no particular need to fix it. It’s the same every year — full of sexing and boozing, but we would totally redefine Plett Rage when I buy Stanley Island in Plett, and host the entire Plett Rage on the island. Imagine the branding opportunities of having all of our drunken youth in one place. You could sell all sorts of things to them.

The new home of Plett Rage

Make Bad Decisions

In general, I would just make really bad decisions with the money, but never to the extent that I’d be completely broke. I would probably be the most awesome person alive if I won R91 million and it would be something that would entertain the public so I would be doing them a comedic service.

Which is why I should have won.

None of this “Oh my life won’t change much, I’m going to keep on keeping on”. I would be clinically insane after two years from pumping too much rad into my body.

I would literally have parties at my mansion where I would arrive by helicopter, then set fire to the chopper after we are all out of it, before entering pool side for our ‘Enter The Horatio: Lingerie Party’

That’s the type of world I envision when I win.

You see that, not if I win, when I win.

Oh…my…word! Next Saturday is the BMW International Polo at Val De Vie Wine Estate where South Africa take on Italy. This is high society at it’s finest, and if you like cucumber sandwiches and talking about your estate in England, then this might just be for you. Check it uit…or shall I say

‘Have a squizz dear chap!’

It´s that time of the year again where high society don their Panama Hats and Ray Ban Wayfarers for a day of fun as South Africa take on Italy at the ever stunning Val De Vie Estate. SA Sport Travels premium hospitality and accommodation options are the only sure way for you to enjoy a complete weekend of relaxation while taking in the game of Polo. SA Sport Travel offer the following fine packages:

South Africa vs Italy

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Val de Vie Wine and Polo Estate, Paarl — Gates Open at 15:00

The Champions Pavilion – R1,400.00 per person (excl. VAT)

This up market platinum hospitality package will cater for the Corporate Market,the affluent enthusiasts and the lavish entertainer.

This Package includes:

• Cocktail style meal
• Complimentary local bar
• Pavilion ticket
• Unreserved seating (in allotted suite)
• Parking ticket

Polo Club Package – R500.00 per person (incl. VAT)

This package will cater for the Polo Players and sports fans that will turn up in their different groupings.

Picnic Package – R200.00 per person (incl. VAT)

This picnic package will be the most attractive to the avid outdoor family man.

Accommodation and Relaxation

If you want to fully enjoy the polo, why not make a weekend of it? Book in and stay at Franschhoek on the Friday night, waking late on the Saturday morning to a full breakfast and a swim to waken the senses. Then spend a few hours exploring Franschhoek and its boutique stores before the main event of the day, the South Africa vs Italy polo. After the cocktail style meal and drinks and a thrilling game of polo, you could head out for dinner or simply enjoy a quiet evening in. On Sunday there is no need to rush and a day spent at the spa will be the perfect end to an indulgent weekend. All of our accommodation and spa packages are completely customised to your specific requirements so please contact SA Sport Travel for a bespoke itinerary.

Click here for the rest of the details.

“I say old bean…”

Quick one.

I know I said last week I was looking forward to watching Wolfman.

Well I saw it last night and it is HORRIFIC!

So skip that.

Ladies and gentleman, that is all for now.

UPDATE: The winner is a 43 year old mom. She and her husband say they don’t plan to drastically change their lives. Well if crack cocaine fueled gang bangs on your own private island are not considered a drastic change, then I wouldn’t change my life much either. Except for the fact that my drugs would be delivered like the Red Cross delivers food aid…via helicopter drop. Read more HERE.

This is simply amazing and I don’t know how the dude stuffed this up and how the news sources stuffed this up, but check this from News24:

Cape Town – Cape Town cleaner Stanley Philander isn’t the winner of the PowerBall jackpot of over R91m, says the National Lottery Board (NLB).

Die Son newspaper reported on Sunday that Philander, 52, a hearing impaired man who apparently works in a hardware store in Wynberg, was the country’s latest instant millionaire.

However, NLB chief executive Vevek Ram said on Monday that someone else had pocketed the mega prize, adding that the punter prefers to remain anonymous. Where the winning ticket was bought, has also not been revealed.

In hiding

Photos were published on Monday of Philander, his wife, Diana, 50, who is also hearing impaired, and their two children, Logan, 9, and Kirsten, 6. According to reports they had been swamped by family and friends who wanted to share in their wealth.

As a result they are now hiding in an unknown place. Attempts to find them on Monday were unsuccessful.

The three hardware stores in Wynberg denied that Philander works for them.

Thembi Tulwana, spokesperson for the national lottery operator Gidani, said on Monday afternoon that Philander did not contact Gidani.

Tulwana said Gidani hadn’t disclosed the winner’s name. It is not clear how the story about Philander’s “big win” spread.

Lag! I mean come now…

Awesome awesome awesome! Just Jinjer play Kirstenbosch this Sunday. Mic…check it:

Just Jinjer has returned home to SA after a decade recording and touring overseas. Having spent eight years in the USA and two more in London, Just Jinjer is now signed to Curb Records in Nashville and is currently very much a global group with distribution of their music secured around the world.  Just Jinjer has returned to SA to build on all that they have achieved locally and on every continent they’ve had the privilege to play on. Their live shows back on home soil are already seeing their loyal local fans queuing to catch-up and continue the journey with one of this country’s finest songwriters and musicians.

Just Jinjer will be performing at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on Sunday 21 February.

Time:17h30 to 19h00.

The concert area will be open from 15h30 to concert goers.

Ticket prices: are R95 for adults and students, R85 for Botanical society members and R70 for age 6 – 21.
Children under 6 enter for free.

Tickets available HERE from www.webtickets.co.za  and at Kirstenbosch.

Just Jinjer`s new EP ”Milk and Honies” will be available at the concert.