General Thoughts

Death by paper. (And underwear.)

Death by paper. (And underwear.)

Apart from the dodgy nom de plume (Mungo Adonis? Seriously? From someone whose second name is Ramsay???) this is a cool

Hawks descend on Arts ministry

Hawks descend on Arts ministry

Reported on Times Live ….and about time too. It has been a fairly open secret in the Arts industry that all has not been

Cell C…inspired or trying too hard?

Cell C today revealed a new corporate identity – new logo, new colours and, seemingly, a new attitude to its customers.

WWMD (what will Malema do)?

So Eugene Terreblanche has been murdered. And although it is probably unrelated, the fact that it happened while the

Just saying…

Just saying…

Grahamstown Spur. Chicken burger. Is it just me or is the chicken roughly the same size as the tomato? And, no, it’s

Marketing

Fight for Freedom of Speech – Great ads

Fight for Freedom of Speech – Great ads

Award-winning advertising agency, Ireland Davenport, have created a great series of ads to promote the fight for free speech. Creative Director Phil Ireland got his team to drop everything today [Continue]

Turning SA on its head

Came across this video on YouTube – don’t know why it is titled “Banned Advert” because the description says it wasn’t. It’s very powerful…well done SABC 1 [Continue]

Ooops….Weekender makes wrong results call

Ooops….Weekender makes wrong results call

Possibly the most famous newspaper headline blunder was made by the Chicago Tribune of 3 November 3 1948, which bannered “Dewey Defeats Truman”. When the decision to print the paper was made, [Continue]

Elections 2009: How did the media fare?

Elections 2009: How did the media fare?

So it is the evening after election day. Like millions of others, I am curious about the results – having queued at Home Affairs for three hours to get a temporary ID, then another two hours at [Continue]

ANC Youth League declares war on cocks

Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material – an idea, a reference or image to work from – that is so rich, so ripe with possibility it makes you [Continue]

Thought Leader blogs

When Music meets Microsoft

When Music meets Microsoft
Some time back I heard of a group of people on the internet who were spending their time creating graphs of songs titles and lyrics and posting them [Continue]

The Internet Buzz Election – Britney pips Obama? Not quite….

The Internet Buzz Election – Britney pips Obama? Not quite….
Every time you turn the television on these days you get more talking heads crunching numbers about the US Elections – whispering urgently about [Continue]

Sosaties and roosters: dipping a big toe into Potch

It is either slightly disconcerting or enormously flattering when you arrive at a hotel for the first time and the receptionist greets you by name. [Continue]

Thabo Mbeki Explained: By the US Congress

Thabo Mbeki Explained: By the US Congress
I don’t know if you saw this recently — but it’s an actual screen capture of President Mbeki’s diary, as published on government’s own [Continue]

Not the News

SABC CEO tunnels his way out of trouble

Staff at the SABC continued to stage a sit-in outside Acting CEO Gab Mampone’s office yesterday, despite loud hammering and drilling from the inside of the office which seems to indicate that Mampone is intent on tunnelling out. Mampone has been barricaded in his office since last week, with access being provided only to replace [Continue]

sxsw

Parlotones FTW

It’s not often that I’m moved to gush. Oh, alright, I’ll be honest. I am frequently moved to gush when it comes to music I love. It’s just that too often I couldn’t be arsed to actually do it. This time round I am so blown away by the Parlotones’ new CD I have [Continue]

Audio & Video

Music Mash #1

(If you’re reading this in Facebook you may need to come along to http://tonylankester.com/2009/10/music-mash-1/ to do this….or click on “View Original Post” at the bottom of the Note) A while back I created this audio mashup containing tiny clips [Continue]