Steve Biko had a message beyond politics
It has been 36 years since the death of Black Consciousness founder Steve Biko. In this rare TV interview he speaks about his political ideology, but also refers to economic theory. If alive today,...
View ArticleWhy Jimi rocked
This video of Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock in 1969 is a three minute and fifty two second demonstration of fearless creativity that’s just pure inspiration. At the biggest...
View ArticleMetallica: Through the never
When Metallica played in Cape Town as part of the My Coke Fest, at the old Greenpoint Stadium, a few years ago, the electricity went off at the beginning of their set. After a short delay in total...
View ArticleHerb and Dorothy 50×50
Herb was a postal clerk and Dorothy was a librarian. Over the years, on their meagre salaries, they managed to accumulate one of the most comprehensive private collections of contemporary art in New...
View ArticleThe First Grader
Kimani Ng’ang’a Maruge holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school—he enrolled in the first grade on January 12, 2004, aged 84. In 2005 he boarded a plane for...
View ArticleThe Armstrong Lie
Everybody loves a good story – and Lance Armstrong knew that better than most. Based on the remarkable story of his life, he led the world down a roller-coaster of lies and triumphs that all ended in...
View ArticleArt Sale: Perception is everything
An original Banksy goes for about $150 000, that’s a lot of money, but you are buying something produced by the world’s most famous street artist. Recently Banksy set up a street pop-up shop and sold...
View ArticleAnthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: Copenhagen
Not only has Copenhagen been voted the ‘Happiest city in the World’, but it’s also home to NOMA, one of the most innovative restaurants on the planet. Celebrated rockstar chef and now highly...
View ArticleHow money and privilege affect the mind
Have you ever wondered how money affects the psychology of people, or how the mindset of being privileged may influence society? A study done by the University of California at Berkeley reveals some...
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Bicycles of joy
Yesterday two beautifully hand-crafted bicycles – seemingly belonging to the statues of Jan and Maria – appeared on the streets of Cape Town. Each had been completely covered in bright orange crochet...
View ArticleBeyond the Crush: If wine were made by Iggy Pop
You may have already picked up that we love wine. In fact our favourite course at the University of Stellenbosch was the weekly Wine Culture Society outing where a carefully selected wine farm was...
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Finding Vivian Meier: The Secret Shooter
In 2007, a man buys 10 000 undeveloped photographs at an auction for $380. What he later realises is that he is now the owner of the work one of the most important and secretive street photographers of...
View Article[Gentlemen of Letters] Sign of the times
Has technology changed the world forever and made once celebrated occupations of craft null and void? No, of course not. The world doesn’t work that way. We live on an extraordinary planet where...
View ArticleV&A Waterfront High School Band Slam 2014
South African high school bands are surprisingly good. The kids are not only talented, but remarkably fearless – life hasn’t as yet made them too jaded. So it’s nice to see that the V&A Waterfront...
View ArticleDesign Indaba FilmFest 2014: Sound City
They had us at Nirvana. Sound City Studios looks very much like B&S Studios in De Waterkant*…without Arnold, of course. More great albums have been recorded there than anywhere else. Nirvana, Nine...
View ArticleDesign Indaba FilmFest 2014: The Human Scale
The future is here and the vast majority of the Earth’s population of humans live in our cities. Sadly modern cities are designed to work better for cars that they do for humans. This documentary,...
View ArticleBusk: A film about passion for performance
New York City is a place that oozes the promise of the American dream. It’s a city that attracts millions from across the world looking to make their fortune…or just to make their way. BUSK is a...
View ArticleTokyo reverse
This clip, Tokyo reverse, was part of a 9 hour sequence featuring this guy walking backwards in Tokyo Japan. It’s part of a Nordic TV trend called Slow TV – think, single shot of a camp fire for a few...
View ArticleHow to make a sick mountain biking video
You’ve always wondered how to inject sickness into a video – here’s how. The post How to make a sick mountain biking video appeared first on Cherryflava.
View Article[Movies] Amandla – A revolution in four part harmony
There are some movies that every South African should see and perhaps at the top of that list is the documentary film, Amandla! – A revolution in four part harmony. The film documents the songs and...
View ArticleThe Art of Taxidermy
Truth be told, we know a taxidermist – a very good one in fact, and the skill and craft involved in not making a dead animal look like a dead animal, is astounding. It’s hard physical work, but at the...
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Publik Wine Bar – Cape Town
The Western Cape is one of the most important wine producing regions in the world, but ironically Cape Town is a little short on good wine venues that dedicate themselves to the craft of wine curation....
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Top 10 old school movies for a winter’s day
These movies are not exactly block busters, in fact many of them you may never have even heard of before, but as far as we’re concerned they are essential viewing for anyone looking to expand their...
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Lefty’s – Cape Town
We stumbled across Lefty’s quite by chance, on our way to an economics lecture of all things. From the outside Lefty’s looks suitably dodgy, but call them to make a reservation for dinner and you’ll...
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The Wisdom of Warren Buffett
This past weekend, 38 000 people from around the world flocked to Omaha, Nebraska just to listen to a couple of old guys answer questions in an auditorium. However these were not just any old gents...
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Bob Hoffman presents: The Golden Age of Bullshit
If you haven’t watched it already, this is an interesting keynote presentation by Bob Hoffman entitled ‘The Golden Age of Bullshit’. Bob Hoffman is well known as an advertising contrarian and...
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Is Prof Tim Noakes causing a food marketing revolution?
FACT: If you run a restaurant in Cape Town and don’t cater for people following a Prof Tim Noakes ‘Banting lifestyle’, you are not catering for at least 50% of your customers. Recently we had lunch...
View ArticleMaya Angelou speaking about isiXhosa
IsiXhosa is a beautiful language – listen to the late Dr Maya Angelou speak about it. It’s always amazed us that when South Africans travel to Thailand they immediately pick up and speak a few Thai...
View ArticleThis is Africa
THIS IS AFRICA from Benjamin Dowie This is Africa. The last great wilderness, the dark continent, the Motherland. Brimming with spirit, talent, culture, openness – untamed, unspoilt, Africa is the...
View ArticleRichness comes from struggle
A Tribute to Discomfort: Cory Richards from Blue Chalk Some of our fondest memories are of hardship…and the overcoming of it. Our lives are tainted by convenience, we are enslaved by luxury. Adventure...
View ArticleThe Slap
The Slap is a kind of parody of that First Kiss video, but in many ways it can rightful stand alone as an original. It’s also an interesting look at human psychology- where we get the sense that...
View ArticleThe Putter
A Putter is literally a person that puts two halves of a pair of scissors together. These days this seems like a fairly large waste of time if you are pursuing this as a modern career option, but much...
View ArticleShield and Spear documentary
Shield and Spear is a South African documentary which is a reflection of ourselves seen through the eyes of our artists. It presents itself as a sequel to one of our favourite musical documentaries...
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The wisdom of Yvon Chouinard
Yvon Chouinard is the founder of the outdoor clothing brand Patagonia. At 74 years old, he has a wealth of wisdom and business experience that can be learnt from. We recently found a great piece on...
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Patagonia presents: The Fisherman’s Son
Patagonia have built their brand through the telling of inspiring stories that not only make you want to buy the brand, but also change the world. Through the narrative of their environmental crusade,...
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Inequality: Change begins with you
It’s no secret that one of our great interests in life is the understanding of inequality. For many, the whole notion of income and wealthy inequality in their lives is seemingly irrelevant, something...
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What you can learn from PewDiePie
PewDiePie, or Pewds (as he is known to his friends), is the world’s most popular *vlogger. His YouTube channel has over 38 million subscribers, which is slightly more than the entire population of...
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Our podcast pick of the week – Rick Rubin
We’ve really been getting into podcasts lately. With at least 4 hours of ‘in-car commute’ to fill per week, we’ve been scanning the exciting and growing world of podcasts for some productive...
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Podcast pick of the week – Amateur Hour
What does it take to survive, even thrive, when you’re a complete amateur? This hour, TED speakers share stories of plunging – or being plunged – into new situations and emerging as experts. Amateur...
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Sometimes you just need to change your perspective
Perspective is the critical element in how you see the world around you; it is essentially the way you ask questions of your reality. Often the solution to a problem is just a matter of reframing your...
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Do you ever have career anxiety?
Our worst critics occupy our own minds. Our own internal dialogue can be worse than a Republican presidential nomination debate. Mostly, we suspect, we judge ourselves against the perceived success of...
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Perspectives of the super rich
What books are the super rich reading this year? Mega investment bank, JP Morgan have released their 17th Annual Summer reading list – which is a carefully curated list of inspirational book...
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The Last Bookstore
The Last Bookstore is a short documentary about a book entrepreneur and his LA bookshop. Where it was once assumed that e-books and digital media would completely destroy the demand for physical books...
View ArticleThe counterintuitive art of saying please
As a kid, we can clearly remember that every time we were invited to a friend’s house for a visit – Mom only had one, but very clear instruction, for what kind of behaviour she expected of us while we...
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Underground farms
Underground farms are not something we’d ever thought possible before, but with urban sprawl meaning that agricultural areas are pushed further and further away from the people who eat the food – it...
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The Water Sommelier – a man who tastes water for a living
Martin Riese is a water sommelier, which, despite what your brain might be telling you right now, is a real thing. It perhaps tastes a little sweeter if you’re dying of thirst or have spent a week...
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Nick Denton speaks on what’s wrong with media these days
Nick Denton is was the founder of Gawker.com – one of the first commercial blog networks ever. In this interview he chats about what’s wrong with media in 2016 and what he would do to fix it. The...
View ArticleJay W. Forrester – a tribute
As recent converts to the virtues of systems thinking, we do not have vast tracts of in-depth knowledge about the discipline. But in a recent paper that we wrote for our University of Stellenbosch...
View ArticleEs Devlin on the evolution of the smartphone
As regular readers of this blog – and followers of our own practical past work in the field of the manifestation of the imagination – will know, for good reason – we’re huge fans of Es Devlin. As a...
View ArticleHow long can you endure?
Much of what we perceive to be difficult – is not. To endure is to overcome the limitations of our thinking. A challenge is only a challenge in the mind. There is no such thing as a universally...
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