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Foyin Og July 2, 2013

Current Obsession: Alt-J

To say that my Alt-J obsession is only current is a bit of an understatement. I’ve been obsessed with English indie band since last year, and probably even before that, but you know those songs that you know but have no idea who they’re by? Yeah, Tesselate was definitely one of those.

I had their album for months before I even thought of YouTubing them, and I’m still not sure if that was one of the greatest or worst decisions I’ve ever made. Suffice to say, they have some very… interesting music videos, but they do help me understand the as equally interesting lyrics.

I’m so excited about Alt-J coming to South Africa in October for Vodacom In The City (Johannesburg) and Rocking The Daisies (Cape Town) – just like Bloc Party did last year – because all I want to do is hear Fitzpleasure (my fave Alt-J song) live and I’ll be a very happy girl.

Enjoy!

xo

Foyin Og June 11, 2013

Current Obsession: Petite Noir

I’ve known about Yannick Ilunga for quite some time, but only recently have I really gotten into his music.

Check it out below!

xo

Foyin Og May 25, 2013

Sushi Date With Jay Gatsby

If you are too young to have read this book for school or you haven’t read it for your own general interest, fair warning, if I accidentally spoil it for you – oops.

Every once in a while, you have to take your gal-pal out for a girl date, and last night, that’s exactly what I did. My friend Meghan and I decided to have a little sushi date and see the highly anticipated The Great Gatsby.

We went to this amazing restaurant called Tataki right across Montecasino in Fourways – they have amazing sushi. They have an All You Can Eat sushi deal for R130.00, so all I could say was, “Challenge Accepted.” Although I was full to the brim by the end of the night, I ate my money’s worth in sushi so it was a dinner well done.

We went across the road to Montecasino to see The Great Gatsby, and fair warning, do not go to Monte on a Friday night if you aren’t ready to be bombarded with couples and overwhelmed in movie lines. I seldom go on a Friday night so I had forgotten the amount of people that are usually there at those times, so if you want to go to the movies, I suggest you book online beforehand (just for your sanity’s sake).

The Great Gatsby is actually Matric (Grade 12) set work for English, but I had read the book earlier this year because I am the kind of person who will insist on reading the book before watching the movie – I love/hate making mental comparisons between my own vision of the movie and what the director had in mind (I literally finished Twilight the day before I went to see it at the movies), and let me tell you, my imagination fell short of this movie by 295923758604%.

I had just finished learning about the Great Depression in History this term, and Baz Luhrmann perfectly visualised the opulence and extravagance of the Roaring Twenties. I know parties weren’t actually like this back then, but the way everything was so overdone, from the flappers to the decor to the houses to the cars, it was absolutely beautiful. The costume designer must have had a field day working on this – the flapper era is one of my favourites. It was so classy.

Do not even get me started on how perfect Leonardo DiCaprio was as Jay Gatsby. He had the hopeful smile, the anxiety and obsessive compulsiveness down to a T. He had all the subtle Gatsby nuances down (he was also just as annoying with the excessive use of the phrase, ‘Old Sport‘). Carey Mulligan also played a beautifully ditsy and fickle Daisy Buchanan.

Now to stop myself before I say too much, let me just take a few seconds to rave about the movie soundtrack. The film score was done by Jay-Z (and The Bullitts) and on that alone, how could you expect it to be anything less than extraordinary? Florence and the Machine, The XX, Beyonce and Andre 3000, and not to mention the amazing Lana Del Rey featured on this new school + old school soundtrack. Young And Beautiful by Lana Del Rey was such an appropriate song for the movie and it’s currently one of my favourites.

The only critique I have for the movie is at some places, Baz went a bit overboard and that caused some of the elements (in my opinion) to seem incredibly… fake. That ruined certain aspects of the movie for me but overall, The Great Gatsby was A Great Movie (maybe Leonardo DiCaprio can finally get an Oscar…?). I highly recommend it.

xo

Foyin Og September 4, 2012

B’Day

Appropriately titled, as today, September 4th (4 – fitting, no?), is the queen of RnB’s birthday.
Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter, aka Mrs Carter, aka Sasha Fierce, aka Queen B, turns 31 today – hip hip hooray!

I’ve been a fan of Beyonce since before Destiny’s Child had Michelle in it, and it has been a dream of mine to see her majesty perform in the flesh. I will love her until the end of time (see what I did there?) – she is classy, she is smart, she is inspiring, she is down to earth, and calling her beautiful is the understatement of the century.

Beyonce released the music video to one of my all-time favourite songs on the album 4, it is something that I aim to aspire towards. I’ll post the video and the lyrics below, it’s a truly inspiring song.

Beyonce, I love you, I hope you had a wonderful and blessed birthday and I wish you nothing but more happiness and bliss 🙂 oh and maybe a concert in South Africa 😉

xo, Foyin Og.

I Was Here

I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time

Know there was something that, and something that I left behind

When I leave this world, I’ll leave no regrets

Leave something to remember, so they won’t forget

I was here… I lived, I loved, I was here…

I did, I’ve done everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know I was here…

I want to say I lived each day, until I died

I know that I had something in, somebody’s life

The hearts I have touched, will be the proof that I leave

That I made a difference, and this world will see

I was here… I lived, I loved, I was here…

I did, I’ve done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here… I was here… I lived, I loved, I was here…

I did, I’ve done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will knowI was here…

I just want them to know

That I gave my all, did my best

Brought someone to happiness

Left this world a little better just because…

I was here… I was here… I lived, I loved, I was here…

I did, I’ve done, everything that I wanted

And it was more than I thought it would be

I will leave my mark so everyone will know

I was here…

Foyin Og September 2, 2012

My City, Does Indeed, Rock

Yes, I’m talking about Johannesburg. Do you know how I know that my city rocks? Because I witnessed it, first hand at 94.7 and Santam’s Joburg Day.

September 1st 2012, otherwise known as Spring Day and in this case, Joburg Day, meant that it’s get your shorts and sunnies out, ’cause we’re heading to Riversands Farm. It was hot and dusty, but it was a most definitely a jam with artists like ChianoSky, Goodluck, Locnville, Mi Casa, Prime Circle, Pascal & Pearce, Crazy White Boy, Goldfish and more. I love some of these artists with a burning passion – I will belt ChianoSky’s Walking Away like I have the long hair, bangs and red lips; everyone knows Zoma by Crazy White Boy, and whether or not you actually know what it means (I fall into the ‘or not’ category), you will sing along and start a party. And if you didn’t know how to greet in some of SA’s native languages, These Streets by Mi Casa just taught you something new. Is it even possible to forget about Goldfish and Goodluck? These artists are showing the South African music charts flames – South Africa has some amazing local talent – we are a force to be reckoned with.

The weather was great, the company was greater, but the vibe was the greatest. Partying with a group of strangers, foam fingers in the air – nothing beats that, but just a word of advice: don’t wear white shoes to an outdoor event unless you don’t want them to be white anymore.

I also got to wear in my DIY’ed ombre shorts, and even the white on that ended up slightly brown. My shirt and handbag are from Mr Price and my boots are from London.

Enjoy pictures of ChianoSky, Locnville, Goodluck and Joao from Mi Casa (aka my future husband)! 🙂

xo, Foyin Og.