We’re massive fans of dance music over here at MCBN and have always been big supporters of radio shows that promote the culture and music.

The boys over at Halo Live- a premiere events company and also the same characters behind the very succesful Halo Live FM radio broadcasts on UCT radio and podcasts on the internet have invited MyCityByNight around to the studio for a chat.

If you’re keen to listen to some of the best dance music on the planet and my somewhat sultry voice (so I’ve been told), tune in to the show either on Saturday night live from 21:00 on UCT Radio 104.5FM or on an edited podcast at www.dancewebradio.co.za or www.comedownmonday.co.za

We’ll be talking smack and get into what’s happening in the local entertainment and lifestyle scene in the upcoming Summer months (dropping some exclusive info about a very special never seen-before party coming up)…

Catch you there… BOOOOOM!!!

Crowded house tours SA and we’ve got tickets (of course) but we need you to check out a couple of things first in order to get these tickets.That is if you want them. Trust me, this is going to be well worth it.

Real Concerts Facebook Group (click here)

The Crowded House Facebook Event (click here)

The MyCityByNight fanpage (click here)

Real Concerts in association with 567 Cape Talk, Talk Radio 702 and East Coast Radio is proud to present multi platinum recording artists- Crowded House live in South Africa from 26 to 30 October 2010. If you’ve ever been listened to the radio- you’ve probably heard at least one song from each of their albums spanning over what must be close to 25 years in the mainstream music industry (which is more than the time some of you have been around).
 
The tour kicks off in Cape Town at the Grand Arena on 26 October, then moves onto Durban ICC Arena on 28 October and ends at The Big Top Arena at Carnival City in Johannesburg on the 29 and 30 October 2010.

These guys are freaking legends and this promises to be an absolute must-see concert!!!

Tickets are available from Computicket on www.computicket.com or call 083 915 8000.

BIOGRAPHY
  
From humble beginnings as a 3 piece band that used to kick in one rental car Crowded House went on to become one of the world’s biggest performing and recording artists eventually ending up as a 4 man band consisting of Nick Seymour (bass), Mark Hart  ( keys / guitar ), Matt Sherrod (drums) and Neil Finn ( singer, player )- And guess what? They’re Austrailian! J

Real Concerts shares our love for giving away absolutely ridiculous prizes to you boys and girls and thus have awesome enough to supply us with 2 double tickets for Golden Circle to the Cape Town leg of the Crowded House tour (you’ll be so close that you can quite possibly get a sweaty towel used by Neil thrown on you, if that’s your thing).

TICKET COMPETITION

What we would like you to do is leave a comment telling us about your favourite Crowded House tune and any of the memories associated with it- for example releasing hundreds of multi-colour balloons on a deserted beach while playing ‘Always bring the weather with you’ through your Ipod docking station (or something equally believable).

And then secondly- Copy the following into your Facebook status and “like”/reTweet this post:

I want to go to @Crowded House with @MyCityByNight & @Real Concerts for FREE! (Remember to @ Tag all of the following events and fan pages above in order to win these tickets, for all the information to the fan pages, and events, look at the top of the post)

MyCityByNight are whores for mooiness cars… Don’t judge because we know most of you are too!
So yesterday when cruising to a cheeky MCBN meeting (stay locked for big things people) we came across the 1st to arrive in SA Ferrari 458 Italia rolling off the floor at Viglietti.

SEXY AINT SHE!

HOLD UP, is this a epic vuil by Viglietti? You see, there is a small problem, and I didn’t have the heart to tell him (and who would), that they being recalled, as of yesterday, because of a small problem that gives new meaning to the name burning or flaming red… Did Viglietti not get the memo on this?
A Ferrari press release said that the luxury supercar is being recalled in order to make modifications to the wheelhouse assembly.

“In rare instances the heat shield could become deformed, bringing it too close to the exhaust system and igniting,” a Ferrari spokesperson said.

Ferrari is recalling all its 458 Italia vehicles after five fires were reported in California, Switzerland, China and France. However there have been reports of more.
Ferrari said the company is asking owners of the cars produced before July 2010 to bring them in to have the glue replaced with mechanical fasteners. Lets hope this guys didnt slip through the net!

Not going to lie, I would be hesitant to have driven that car home yesterday… Then again ignorance is bliss!

Ferrari PR, bring out the best fire fighters you have (mind the pun), you going to need it!

So let’s hope that this guy doesn’t get a call this morning from Viglietti asking him to bring it back, because that would be like taking the guy to the top of the mountain, showing him the view and saying sorry guy, you can’t have that!

So just when you hated people that have cool shit and are loaded, take some time to think about the dud they may have bought and enjoy a subtle ‘screw you’ smile!

Oh well, I was about to buy one and now this, guess I’ll just hang out for a while till something less firey is released!

LIFES A BITCH!

How cool is this one though!

The Day the Penis asked for a Raise

I, the Penis, hereby request a raise in salary for the following reasons:

I do physical labour.

I work at great depths.

I plunge headfirst into everything I do.

I do not get weekends or public holidays off.

I work in a damp environment.

I work in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation.

I work in high temperatures.

My work exposes me to contagious diseases.

Sincerely,

 P. Niss

 The Response

Dear Penis:

After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have raised, the administration rejects your request for the following reasons:

You do not work 8 hours straight.

You fall asleep after brief work periods.

You do not always follow the orders of the management team. You do not stay in your designated area and are often seen visiting other locations.

You do not take initiative – you need to be pressured and stimulated in order to start working.

You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift.

You don’t always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing the Correct protective clothing.

You will retire well before you are 65.

You are unable to work double shifts.

You sometimes leave your designated work area before you have completed the assigned task..

And if that were not all, you have been seen constantly entering and exiting the workplace carrying two suspicious-looking bags.

Sincerely,

V. Gina

The identity of The Stig has long been a well-kept mystery on popular BBC show Top Gear. The silent, anonymous tame race driver has been a mainstay character whose fame was largely propelled by the mystery of his actually identity. The strange and unusual nature of The Stig was often used in humorous introductions on the show before he drove stupendous laps in one of the many super-powered (and not so super-powered) cars that were reviewed on the show. They even played on the mystery of The Stig when they recently revealed The Stig to be Michael Schumacher. Most of the show’s fans accepted it to be a hoax.

His identity has, however, been blown out of the water after BBC lost a legal battle to keep his name secret. Ben Collins, a former Formula 3 level race driver, was named as The Stig after London’s High Court refused to grant a temporary injunction preventing Mister Collins from revealing The Stig’s identity in his upcoming autobiography.

BBC argued in their application to the High Court that The Stig was bound by a confidentiality agreement and that revealing who he is would spoil viewers’ enjoyment of the popular programme. He is not the first driver to have been used in the role on the programme. The original Stig (‘Black Stig’) was axed from the show after British racing-car driver Perry McCarthy revealed his identity in an autobiography in 2002. Black Stig was shortly ejected from the show by being shunted out of an old aircraft carrier in a Jag.

Despite the argument that BBC should support free speech and open media and that Collins should be allowed to disclose his identity, I actually back the BBC here. This has nothing to do with abiding by legal agreements over disclosure, nor am I opposing free speech. I just believe that the mystery behind the Stig’s identity needs to remain, as it is such a significant part of the Top Gear brand which drives fan interest. According to the Top Gear site, The Stig’s popularity has grown so much that his be-helmeted head is often all that’s needed to identify a genuine piece of Top Gear merchandise. There is an aura around The Stig that needs to be kept, and I sure hope that Collins no longer has the role of our favourite tame racing driver going forward.

What I also don’t understand is why Collins would really want to claim to be The Stig. Over the seasons, Jeremy Clarkson has said that The Stig had a small brain, worthless opinions, upside-down genitals and that he once had an affair with John Prescott. Surely that’s going to give you more cringe than cred.

Mirror UK is already running a betting ring as to who will be the next Stig. There won’t be much point if Top Gear follows the tradition they have set for the show and keep it hush.

This weekend see’s two huge international acts from different genres pull into Cape Town and perform for us. Basement Jaxx will unfortunately only be playing a DJ set but they will still rock it just as hard. I have seen them twice and they are such an awesome act to watch DJ. Outer Signal, the Isreali duo will be playing the sunrise set at the Alien Safari this Sunday and will be the perfect start to the start to the trance season. I am definitely looking forward to this party.

I hope everyone is as pumped as we are for these guys to perform. MyCityByNight will be attending and looking forward to another great weekend in the Mother City of Cape Town!

AMPED!!!

MyCityByNight are SOOOOPER amped for 30 Seconds From Mars, and want you to start getting as amped! Even though its 2 months away, we know how fast that goes and before you know it, we will have ticket give aways and you’ll be there… Yes, ticket give aways! WATCH THIS SPACE….

So here is a taster of the amazingness that is TSFM (thats our new official abbreviation for them)… If this doesnt get you amped, check your pulse, as you may just be DEAD! Feel free to loose yourself to this at work, home or coffee shop that you may be viewing this in. We did!

Oh and don’t say we don’t care about you ladies, this video has the Man Mooiness that is Jared Leto in all his glory, even topless and in HD!

I think I have found my favourite Jack Parow tune. It was released a little earlier this year but I only heard it for the first time last night. It takes me straight back to the good old days of being a kid and being born in the 80′s. I am sure a lot of you can relate to the lyrics as well. I have posted the lyrics below the video. Let it take you on a little trip down memory lane…

i miss two tone clothes from Andre Carl
i miss fokken early monday morning skoolsaal
i miss the parties when my parents where gone
i miss the days when the booze was still strong

i miss those hip high fullsuite bikinis
i miss mickey mouse shirts and polkadot minis
i miss the original indiana jones merch
i miss the duck from fokken telefun quiz
i miss early morning kaalvoet rugby
i miss kfc when it was still called kentucky
i miss days when i thought movies were real
i miss my ouma sitting reading danielle steel
i miss the first childs play and jurassic park
i miss jake the snake, gold dust and owen heart
i miss it and freddy and jason volies
i miss sneaking down the to tv and watching late night movies

bad old pussycat
teenage ninja turtles
whole day long
by the power of greyskull
ghostbusters

i miss the students seats at newlands rugby park
i miss sleeping with the lights on because im scared at the dark
i miss leon schuster when he was still taking the piss
i miss screaming province with my hand in a fist
I miss doing cut and paste projects for school

I miss pollyotters and having braais by the pool
I miss Dinoryders, Bravestar and Bionic Six
I miss Cheers, Arende, Who’s the Boss and Wings
I miss puzzles with mom and playing with play dough
tell me “where in the world is carmen sandiego”
I miss giving girls lifts home on my poegie
I miss the days in Marc’s car of just smoking and cruising
I miss the A Team and Murder She Wrote
I miss the days when I was still kak scared to smoke
I miss the days when special effects were hand made
when Francios Pienaar still played rugby and didn’t eat Lays

there’s so much I miss from the old days
there’s so much that I learnt from the old ways
Another kid fokken raised by the 80′s
Kytie Kytie, jy was nie net n mytie
I was raise by girls in outfits and kop doeke
kaal bolyf, kla oortyd en kaal fokken voete
Dallas, Dynasty en Agter elke man
Kringe innie bos en Ballade vir n enkeling
Voortrekker camps and CSV kampe
Mufasa, Aladin, Bambi and Thumper
Klei lat, Swart Kat and self-built tree houses
no shoes, no worries, play holes in my trousers
there’s a lot of good things that happened back then
but I cant keep going on about way back when
so that’s enough of that, no way no how..
Cause I’ll miss all the shit that im doing right now

I bumped into Jack Parow the other night and decided to see who’s tasche was better. I think he is just ahead of me. haha. I am sorry about shit quality but you know how cell phone cameras are these days!

I really dig this tune and dig Jack Parow’s stuff. He is a straight Kaapse ou.