Revival

I woke up today morning, switched on the TV only to hear the noise of a group that calls themselves "The Swedish House Mafia" and their single: Miami to Ibiza.

Listening to this new radio hit, I found myself pining for something with more substance and reminded myself of two albums that I've listened to more than any other throughout my post adolescent life: Lifehouse - No Name Face and Jimmy Eat World - Futures.

I appreciate that these aren't everybody's cup of tea, especially because radio and TV swamp us with the commercial billboard topping singles alone and that's all we get to hear. I am traditionally more inclined towards the genres of rock and alternative (and for people that know me, TRANCE! :P). Anyway, if you get a moment and appreciate good lyrics, great messages and sometimes a bit of emoness, have a listen to these two albums, pure gold!

On a related note, I've just got myself tickets to Kings of Leon live at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City for those not over the world cup) in March next year and their new album is well worth a listen if you are like me, more rock/alternative/indie minded. Here's a link to one of their first singles off the album

In other big big news, the elusive BROTHA has been spotted by a regular blog reader, apparently moving up in the world! Glad to see some things stay the same. (Thanks @MKalpee)

Anyway, the year is coming to an end, wishing everyone a safe and blessed festive season with travels, dossing, costing, weddings, partying and anything else you'll be getting up to.

Have you listened to 23 today?

State of the nation...

(doesn't anyone else really miss good old 'W'?)

There have been vicious rumours circling the web regarding the locating of brotha and that whereisbrotha is now dead and obsolete... I'm here to tell you that NONE OF IT IS TRUE!

Yes it's true that Lacost thought he saw Brotha from behind at a party one night, but it turned out to be a VW Touareg. Yes it's true that Ice thought he saw Brotha at an IPL game, but thatn just turned out to be Dwayne Leverock. Yes it's true that Jedi hasn't visited this blog in over 3 months =/

But the hunt for brotha continues, so please keep those anonymous tips coming on 0800-789-BROTHA!!! We are counting on your assistance in the hunt for the infamous and ever allusive brotha.

In the meantime however, let us take stock of the first 5 months since the inception of whereisbrotha following the 2am miracle and the recent events that have befallen the whereisbrotha team.

Ice continues to follow the path of the nomad. After having been thrown out of Australia for not having a criminal record, Ice has migrated north to the USA for the summer. A week after he arrived stateside, all the US embassies in South Africa were closed, following a 'credible security threat'. It turns out that the threat came from long time ex-lover Maveli, who stated he 'couldn't bare to be separated from the Ice lovin for another minute'. When asked to comment, Ice merely licked his fingers and rubbed him nipples while humming I'm to sexy.

In other news, we feared the world was coming to an end when Lacost found a girl who actually thought all his costs were "cute". In what appeared to be a story straight out of Revelations, this poor misguided girl actually enjoys spending time with Lacost and says 'so what if he causes the Indian cricket team to lose every now and then, he's super cute'. Naturally, unwilling Lacost room-mate Nijella took this as a self-fulfilment of the prophecies regarding the 'end of days' and decided to throw caution to the wind, live dangerously and take advantage of every remaining moment. Nijella has since taken up golfing.

There has also been speculation regarding the creation of a new website to track down the location of our only female whereisbrotha contributor. I'm here to tell you that this rumour is in fact based of some truth and there is a possibility that whereisjedi will be up and operational by the end of October (Jedi has a birthday in October, so we're hoping to use presents as bait to lure her out of hiding).

Finally, your very own Wifi will be relocating to the crime capital of the world in December. So if I haven't posted here on whereisbrotha within a month of arriving in Gauteng, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm dead... but it might.

On a more festive note however, please join me in congratulating Nijella on his recent engagement. The wedding is in December in Kerala and all brown people (except Kulfi) are invited as long as they bring him presents. Strangely enough, Nijella agreed to get married before he thought the world was going to end. We wish Nijella all the best on this new life adventure.

Well it's been a fun spell here at whereisbrotha and plenty has happened over the past 5 months. The posts have become fewer and farther between, but that was always bound to happen. But please bear with us, we aren't going anywhere!

-wifi

Brotha's IQ is 175! What's yours?

Brotha laughs in the face of these ridiculous IQ ads that have been popping up all over the internet like weeds. The modus operandi appears to require a well known person, a fictional IQ score and a tease line to make you want to prove that you are smarter than the person pictured. With ads like the one below, I can't decide if I should laugh or cry.

Now despite the fact that an IQ of 110 (which is regarded as above average) seems rather generous in this case, the more important point is... WHO THE HELL CARES? 

Sadly this IQ test 'idea' has turned out to be a rather profitable one for advertisers (no doubt due to individuals with sub-100 IQs who keep clicking on these ads hoping to improve their score... the irony of it all) and it appears we'll have to tolerate it for some time yet. These ads have made appearances in various languages, some are bizzare, some have been altered in sick attempts at humour, while others are just plain ridiculous (130? seriously? drop the 1 at least). 

Of course, knowing google ad's cruel sense of humour, there is probably an IQ ad flanking this post, no doubt with Britney's face attached. I can only hope that the readers resist the urge to prove that they have a higher intelligence quotient than a woman who shaved her head, was admitted to a mental institution and flashes her genetalia as a hobby. If you click on the ad, don't bother taking the test, I'll save you the trouble, she wins.

However, if you only take one thing away from this post, let it be this... Brotha's IQ is 175, can you beat that?

- wifi

PS: All the contributors here at 'Where is Brotha?!' have IQ scores of over 140. Can you beat them? Go on, Brotha dares you!

Fear the Cost!

For those of you non believers out there, who think that this whole Lacost thing is a joke, i give you the latest bit of proof that his force is indeed real:

"French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has been hospitalised with an undiagnosed ailment after falling ill at his home in the southern village of Lacoste."

It's no joke guys, Brotha fears Lacost!