Friday 29 June 2012

Lady Gaga or Gagga (as in Gross)



The entire South Africa is in a buzz over the news that this International superstar will bring her "Born this Way" tour to SA, later this year. Tickets for her two performances were made ​​available and within 24 hours, the entire SA Internet network came grinding down. Hundreds of thousands tried their luck to get tickets, for she is not only Lady Gaga, one of the biggest pop stars in the world, but also one of the most controversial and I would lie if I say I'm not shocked at what I learned over the last week.

Since the news was released I could see that not everyone fancied this "lady".  Everywhere forums jumped up, horrified at the news and filled with anti-Gaga material. The most shocking for me was that she was not only referred to as a satanist, but the actual bride of satan. There were now also several web sources that analised her songs and advertised the 'real' or deeper meaning behind it.

Her hit ‘Alejandro’ has the following meaning with the names as follow:
‘Alejandro’ means: man’s defender and protector’ (GOD).
‘Fernando’ means: ardent for peace (JESUS).
‘Roberto’ means: bright or shiningly framed (HOLY SPIRIT).
‘Babe’ is the same as ‘child’

Now the lyrics again:
“Don’t call my name; don’t call my name, Alejandro(GOD).I’m not your child, i’m not your child, Fernando (JESUS). Don’t call my name; don’t call my name, Roberto (HOLY SPIRIT) Alejandro; Alejandro (GOD), Just let me go.”

This is just an example of one of her songs and I won’t get into the meanings behind "Bad romance" or "Judas" or what their videos depict according to the webhosts. She apparently also left a “bath drenched with blood” at the Intercontinental Hotel in London, where the staff saw it as part of a satanic ritual and reported it as such, to the wide world.

There are even those who go so far to widely broadcast that she as “
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta sold her soul to the devil for fame and fortune, suddenly having 8 million followers on Twitter; she is the top selling artist, and the top winner at the Grammys. This is clearly the devil at work!”

Now I stop and have to wonder about Elvis, Adele and even Paul McCartney, who at $ 67 million is the biggest earner of this year's winners at the Grammys. What about our own South African artists and celebrities? Are there no ‘weird and wonderful’ ones amongst them? I can think of a few that build big names, because of their strange-  and weirdness.
So, whether she is Lady Gaga or Gagga for you, she brings the "BORN THIS WAY BALL" to South Africa and will perform on 30 November in Johannesburg and 3 December in Cape Town.

On her website is the following: “I am SO EXCITED to be bringing THE BORN THIS WAY BALL to South Africa. Stadium shows! Its a dream come true, you'll have to show me around!”

Mmm, yes show her around...
She will have to know that she won’t be able to walk around in that meat skirt.  It’s Africa, Lion Country and many many hungry people...







Wednesday 6 June 2012

Zuma Spear & SA Dankfees

Zuma Spear!

Wat dink jy daarvan?
Waarvan?

Ek praat natuurlik van die “Zuma Spear” wat nou heellaas verwyder is van die City Press webblad en die kunstenaar Brett Murray wat onder eed verklaar het “Ek wil graag sê dat ek ‘n trotse Suid-Afrikaner en voormalige ondersteuner van die ANC is. Ek is nie ‘n rassis nie”.
Wel Mnr. Murray, ek weet nie wat jy wou bereik nie, maar jy kan mos nie ons President so ontbloot nie?  Vir reklame kon dit nie wees nie, want ons as gewone mense sal nou net verder kan lees oor die “spear” en slegs wonder oor die werklike punt van al die belangstelling.

SA Dankfees 2012
Soos seker meeste Suid-Afrikaners, is daar gou na ons dapper aankoms in Engeland besef dat dié ‘n vreemde land met vreemde mense en nog vreemder gewoontes is.  Ons het onsself in Oos-Oos London bevind, smaak my vêr verby Pella se gat, waar daar meer uitlanders as Engelse woon. Van die nasies het ek nog nooit self gesien nie en ons het vining besef dat ons ‘n plan sal moet maak om tussen ons eie mense te kom, want so ‘n vreemde besigheid kan nie goed vir ‘n mens wees nie.

Vroeg een oggend op die trein hoor ons toe ons taal, saggies agter ‘n Metro gefluister en toe die koerantjie later sak, sien ons van ons dam se ganse - Ons staan mos uit! Daai oggend hoor ons toe van die Dankfees en die datum is koorsig neergeskryf.  Dit was gelukkig net ‘n paar weke weg en ons kon nie wag om te sien waaroor al die opwinding gaan nie, min het ons geweet wat se invloed dié dag op ons sou hê.
Daai Saterdagoggend met die aanry na die hekke is ons begroet met ‘n see van tente en vriendelike gesigte.  Daar was hordes mense en almal groet mekaar soos ou bekendes. Dit was soos ons bezaar op Vredenburg en ek het amper begin uitkyk vir Oom Bunny met sy dra-stem.  Maar dié bezaar was op ‘n baie groter skaal.  Ons musiek het gespeel en ons taal is gepraat en gou is daar nuwe vriende gemaak.  Saam is daar om die tafeltjies gesit en gesels en lekker geëet aan al die lekker kos, dit terwyl  braaivleis geure die lug vul. Ons was nou deel van ‘n SA gemeenskap, ‘n gesin vêr van die huis af en net die kennis daarvan, kon die donker maande maar laat kom, die treine met die stom vreemdes wat agter hul boeke skuil en al die reën.

Wel die Dankfees is nou amper hier en vanaf  8 – 10 Junie sal ons weer op die Hop Farm wees.  Dié jaar beloof om nog groter as tevore te wees.  Daar is ‘n buzzzz onder die mense, want nie net gaan daar groot kunstenaars wees nie, maar die weer lyk of dit ook gaan saamspeel.
Daar word weer vanaf die Vrydagaand tot die Sondag gekamp, wanneer die gemeenstes  as ‘n groep saamkom en onder begeleiding van die groep Profet, die fees sal afluit. Die Saterdag sal weer gevul wees met verskeie aktiwiteite vir die jongspan (sien webblad vir ‘n volledige lys), terwyl die ouers kans sal kry om te kuier en die koskaste te vul.

Jakob Deist en Pieter Dorfling sal deur die dag mense met hul musiek vermaak en in die aand is daar ‘n Dankfees vertoning waar Kurt Darren en Pieter Smith mens die kans sal gee om bietjie stof op te skop, tot laatnag.

So tussen ons, die kaartjies is reeds beskikbaar by http://www.sagemeente.com/, en myne is klaar bestel om die toue te vermy.

So kom en geniet huis op die Hop Farm. My drie hare staan al regop van al die opwinding, ek kan nie meer wag nie!