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don motswako's urbantainment - issue #26 - 11/02/2000

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APOLOGY ACCEPTED

after lengthy verbal deliberations with mine own self(and a few e-mails
from readers, especially miss gondwe) i came to the conclusion that i
have to be true to myself and like spike lee DO THE RIGHT THANG...

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APOLOGISE TO ALL THOSE READERS
NOT BORN SOUTH OF THE LIMPOPO FOR A RATHER FUCKED UP "GENERALISED" COMMENT
THAT EMANATED FROM MY CEREBRUM IN THE 24TH EDITION OF THE URB...
I NEVER MEANT TO COME ACROSS SAYING THAT ALL NON-SOUTH AFRICAN AFRICANS
ARE HERE BY FRAUDULENT MEANS AND THAT THEY SOMEHOW BREATH SOUTH AFRICAN
OXYGEN ILLEGALLY... FORGIVE ME.

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in this issue:
 *mamela
 *wat gat an?
 *eish joe!
 *advertise-zing
 *hiphop
 *deejay talk
 *lastly

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MAMELA!

"..with never a good word for anybody as usual.."

this is a rather detailed description of me as the editor of the now
3 500 subscriber strong URBANTAINMENT... according to william bowles
of yfm digital services. kinda makes me wonder if that's what every
one of you readers think of moi... please tell me.

DAMN - did you see that hoochie on phat joe live?
DAMN is vusi twala pissed off about that shit?

talking about vusi... bongani modondo of the daily news in durban
describes vusi as a guy with firecrackers tied to his voicebox, and
somebody lighting it every time he tries to speak.

that's some funny shit right there...

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GIVE-AWAY!! GIVE-AWAY!! GIVE-AWAY!! GIVE-AWAY!! GIVE-AWAY!! GIVE-AWAY!!

our lucky receivers of dj pepsi ceedees and levi's t-shirts are:

Simunza Muyangana from Malvern, KZN 

D. Dalgleish from Benrose, Gauteng

J. Anderson from Observatory, Capetown

Claudine Abrahams from BELHAR, Cape Town

Mziwamadoda Mbuqu from Zwide Township, Port Elizabeth

Hunadi Semenya from Johannesburg 

Lauren Beukes from Sea Point, Cape Town

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WAT GAT AN?

Ker-boom presents
GAULOISES ESSENTIAL MIX
A DEEPER, HARDER, FURTHER SELECTION.
DJ'S: BASIL, ROB WHITE, GAVIN FITCHIE, BARRY TOBIN, CRAIG DE SOUZA
11 February 2000
21h00 (Doors open at 20h00)
Rhythm Divine, 156 Long Street , Cape Town
R20 

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Balearic prestents NIGHT LIGHT
The third in the series.

Friday 17 March 2000
The Jam & 206 - 43 De Villiers Rd, District 6, Cape Town

2 Floored event Featuring:
An Exhibition/Instalation by Lisa Brice and Julia Clark
Visuals by Sightori.[live video mixing]

Floor 1
Live RAM [performing a live soundtrack to a silent film]
{RAM, is a trio of experimental musicians using electronic and live
instruments.}
Live Moodphase 5ive [Hip Hop, Dub, Funk]
{Moodphase 5ive are 2 MC's, 1 vocalist, a drummer and a keyboardist.}
DJ's: Unbeat [Pickle / Geto 3000]
READY-D [Geto 3000 / Boogie Down Knights]
And ON 4 DECKS:
Fletcher [Krushed & Sorted] and The Bonanza Clone
Chesh & Anton [Pickle]
[Nu School Breaks & Beats, Hip Hop, Blockrock, Drum & Bass and Big
Beats.]

Floor 2
DJ's: Leyton [206 live][Breaks & Beats]
 Clint [Subsonic][Electro]
 Trouble [Cause & Effect][Drum & Bass]
 Wasabi [Geto 3000][Breaks & Hip Hop]

R25 before 11pm
R30 after.
Tickets R20 available at Scar [183 Long st.]
For Info call: Adam 082-649-3545.

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D*I*S*C*O on KZ Net Radio www.kznet.co.za

* Watch out for next weeks show featuring some Exclusive Club Mixezzz
from Wales, U.K.!!! 

Show #1 - 70's D*I*S*C*O brought to you by the KZ Net Team in Durban AND
Show #2 - Stepping back in time with some Retro D*I*S*C*O Tunezzz on
Mac's show! Featured are various Disco Classics from bands like The Village
People, Boney M, Abba and more....

* Remember to e-mail those song requests and web site addresses to dj@kznet.co.za 

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12 february 2000
Sizzling Kwaito and Pumpin House
Planet Katzys - Benoni Lakeside Mall 

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Sumo Stylz 2 - The Big One
12 february 2000
206 Live, 206 Louis Botha Ave, Orange Grove, JHB
featuring
Pepsi
Dogstar
Shaun Duvet
Myles
K
The Blunted Stuntman
Bionic and Chop Su
DJ Fonque
Gez Tha Tyrant
The Cohen Brothers -
Cover Charge: R20 

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Party on the Roof
13 february 2000 - 2pm til midnight
Reality, 248 Jeppe Street, JHB
DJs -
lino B
Tavi
John Justin
Garrick
Arman
Foo
Grant
Owen
Shuan
Cover Charge: R20 

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Boomin Back at Ya
15 february 2000
206 Live, 206 Louis Botha Ave, Orange Grove, JHB
residents
Xero
Ben
Fegen
in the back bar get down to the tunes of:
DJ Fonque
Gez the Tyrant
Cover Charge: R20 - R10 before 9:30pm 

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Soul Sonic - featuring the best of underground hip-hop and Drum and Bass
17 february 2000
The Jam, 43 De Villiers Rd, District Six, Cape Town
Cover Charge: R10 - R30 

Fuzion 2000 - Nu Urban Funk
17 february 2000 - - 10pm
The Piano Lounge, cnr Loop and Wale Streets, Cape Town
Krushed 'n Sorted and the Mad Bras present a sexy blend of kwaito,
drum and bass, funky breaks and hiphop - a crossover of the two funkiest
underground sounds in the city
Cover Charge: R10 

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Top Dawg "Thebe" will be doing it live...
19 February 2000 - 9:00 pm
Why Not - Swaziland
Cover Charge - R50

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cool funk brings cape town...

THE FIRST OFFICIAL HIPHOP AND R&B NIGHTSPOT
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT - FROM 05 FEBRUARY 2000
PFAB CAFE - greenpoint, cape town
with
SPECIAL LIVE ACTS
HOSTS: LEE DOWNS AND ZUREIDA JARDINE(GHFM)
COVER CHARGE - R20

mmm... setting trendz huh?? 

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CAMEL EXPERIENCE PRESENTS FRANTIC
plus Steve Thomas / Spencer Freeland
12 February 2000 - 22:00
Natal Playhouse Foyers - Durban
R60 

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Savanna presents
SAVANNA UP THE CREEK MUSIC FESTIVAL 

25 - 27 February 2000
Up The Creek, Swellendam, Western Cape
The Usual
Boo!
Sons of Trout
Blues Broers
Brassa vannie Kaap
Robin Auld
Women Unite
Vusi Mahlasela & Louis Maghlanga
Sugardrive
Benguela
Honeymoon Suites
Karma
Valiant Swart
Winston Mankunku
cover R195 

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hiphop r&b and funk
every wednesday night
jetlounge, 74 long street - ct
with
adiel
redz
ricky(jhb)
cover R30

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....at the fez(cnr burg & hout str, ct)

robbery - deep house
every saturday
with
rob white
barry tobin
r30

thursdaze - funk, 70's disco
every thursday
with
nick birkby
omar hendrix
justine
adam
rob slinger
r10

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eish joe...

A Mother taught her son to go to the bathroom by the numbers:
1. Open your fly.
2. Take out your equipment.
3. Pull back the skin.
4. Do your business.
5. Let the skin forward.
6. Stow your equipment.
7. Close your fly.

She checked on him often to see if he had learned the lesson, and
heard 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. She was very happy until one day she checked
and heard 3-5, 3-5, 3-5.

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ADVERTIZE-ZING

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HIPHOP

Christopher Rios aka Big Pun died on the afternoon of Monday, 07 February
of a heart attack - he was 28 and is survived by a wife and three children
hamba kahle joe...

uct radio(104.5fm) in cape town explodes with HARDCORE HIPHOP music
6 to 9 every monday.. and tuesday.

10 march 2000 will see the monthly hiphop event boogie down knights hit
planet jozi and rip 206 to shredzzzz and 11 march - iyavaya
in cape town.it will feature two international hip hop dj's from uk...dj
semtex and dj kofi.
kofi is internationally known for his turntable skills and semtex is
known as one of the best uk party dj's.it's gonna be thje first boogie
down for the 2000

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KWAITO/HOUSE

i have something that i would like to ask everyone who is a
subscriber of urbantainment. for the past two or three years, dj's
have been coming up with compilations .......left right and centre.
now, if people can still remember well, people used to go to clubs
like mad. this was in the early 90's. if a dj was playing at a club
somewhere like in jo'burg, he usually got such a huge audience.....to
such an extend that you would find people chilling outside because it
was too packed inside and not because they don't wanna go in coz they
are bored. the reason for this was that we knew that we were gonna
get to hear songs that we only hear on radio and even get to hear
some new ones. now that compilations are flying all over the place,
clubbing tradition doesn't exist anymore because we ask ourselves"
why should i pay to go listen to someone playing songs that i can get
over the counter, have my own party and play just that one mixed
compilation?"
i these dj's making money from this? can't they notice that nowadays
we do not have variety in terms of where to go party on a normal
weekend? PLEASE .......PLEASE.....PLEASE......STOP THESE COMPILATIONS
AND STICK TO WHAT YOU DO BEST......SPINNING THE TURN-TABLES.......AND
LEAVE THE " PRODUCING A CD" TO OUR LOCAL ARTIST........COZ THE DO
NEED TO MAKE MONEY AS WELL. STOP BEING SELFISH AND STICK TO 'UR JOBS.

LERATO.

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LASTLY...

i'm gonna try and steer clear of saying bad things about people...
so i'll say ADIOS AMIGOS...

SIAS TO PINCHI MIN -EH PINCHI BONA SIAS WE SPENDEKO SALVAKEZ KOLEROS
(i'm jumpin' on the whole latino bandwagon that seems to be affecting
everyone... but i can speak spanish)

MOTSWAKO
editorial director

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