You are So Gonna regret this!

When we normalise something it becomes less taboo. For many, many years we have associated alcohol with a rip roaring good time. We commit the unfortunate events that happen after the abuse of alcohol as the anomaly but the negative effects are more usual than an anomaly. I talk about my own experiences with alcohol and the decisions I have come to. This is also the last episode in this iteration...

I have been fortunate to be exposed to opportunities for growth this year. I am grateful for this. It has also taken the podcast into a new direction as a I attempt to do this on my own for a while, inviting different collaborators. I talk about staying true to your core values and how change is perhaps the greatest gift you can be presented with. I am grateful to go through this life with these t...

Peter Smit has been a friend to me from a paralell universe. When we met we understood each other and there is not much we can do that will upset the other. A loyalty born from a shared experience of pain and trauma and though we all suffer trauma in one way or another because our exposure to life and the tribulations thereof is different from one to the other, we must all visit the shores of tear...

I met Bboy Duanne when he was still in high school. I was instrumental in getting him to join Black Noise. He would move on to become one of the most important figures in South African Breakdance and has cemented his place in that history. I am grateful to have toured and spent time with him, doing fantastically creative things from recording the Rotational High Album to getting drunk at a party w...

The year comes to a close and the brake on this 2023 buggy just failed. The Rev has been out of it for two weeks and I am calling it done for 2023 also. We will start up in January 2024 again. But as the year careens to head first into a Mariah Carey Christmas song, I feel the need to touch on some important points. For school leavers the ugly truths of what awaits them cannot be understated and I...

I have had the pleasure of using some really useful bits of gear and in this episode I speak about some of the practical pieces I have in my EDC and why I find them useful. In trying to remain unspoilt by the consumer agenda, I feel what I acquire must have multiple uses and must improve my life and the lives of those around me. Please listen as I explain what those items have been this year. Enjo...

Well we made it, almost. Some of us have scars and others or dragging ourself across the line. But we must still be aware of our environment. We must still stay safe and keep our families safe so here is some things to think about. How do we keep aware this December? When we leave the house we take it for granted that we will be safe and coming home as we left. Sometimes that doesn't happen an...

Maintaining a state of humbleness is essential to your self awareness. Excess hubris overshadows our incremental spiritual and mental health gains. As I get older I prepare myself, mentally for a time when I am no longer there. This all has to do with my objective and subjective relevance. For how long will I be relevant? Will I be relevant long after I am gone or will I start to die while I am st...

It seems that we like to argue. We love to be opposed to something. We can call it virtue signaling or just being difficult but the path to understanding each other is through discourse. It is not through anger. Rev and I have a heartfelt conversation about the times that we live in and our lack of ability to manage our mental health or to be able to direct accurate and appropriate responses to ch...

The older I get the more I realize I must invest into my own mental health. Because the older I become, I realize that a questioning reliance of providence is less likely in these times, and no one will invest in my spiritual and mental health because everyone is so self involved. Creativity helps us to find the quiet places in our mind where sense and logic resides. But a logic according to us. T...

There things that we must observe as we grow and as we guide those who grow older under our charge. We must allow them to grow organically and guide them and we must accept responsibility for how we guide them. If you are older, you are a guide, a mentor no matter how old your charge is. The opportunities to guide and teach exists daily and if we as parents and mentors fail to observe them and onl...

The gentlemanly way is perhaps all but lost. It is described in these times as being kind and agreeable. But being a gentleman is not agreeable. He is about living deliberately and with a keen awareness of consequence. Are you a gentleman of are you something less?

We get locked in the race. We are blinded by the bright lights and distracted by the gladiators and the dancing girls. They keep us doped up like cat nip. I talk about 7 things men must learn to do if they are to be of value to their families. 7 things that will enrich your life beyond measure.

Have we lost a sense of gratitude for what the planet provides us with? In our daily need to fill the role of a consumer as opposed to a replenisher we move further away from a sustainable lifestyle. The act of finding your own food or interacting with people who can tell you about where the specific food came from is no longer relevant because we choose to have an impersonal relationship with wha...

It is really difficult to maintain friendships in this time. We live in a society that has become so sensitive and must comment on everything as if they have been hurt by life. But what does it mean to be a friend, a true friend? Perhaps you will find value in what I have to say this week.

It would seem that our goal in social environments is too find the person willing to complain about life and all the shit that billions of people before us has had to endure. No one is happy anymore. I mean really happy or spiritually fulfilled. fewer people live their passion today than 20 years ago. Everyone is so eager to be offended by an opinion or ready to attack someone else's position....

I have always wondered why men fear confrontation and why when they feel they have no way out they default to violence. We cannot allow disrespect to prosper but we must find the appropriate responses. How do we teach young men what those responses are. If we teach them how to carry themselves and how to speak a language that will let others know that disrespect will not be allowed, from the onset...

To write is to be able to publish your thoughts to paper. To be able to do this you must be skilled at getting your point across. To do this you must first be able to comprehend what you hear, see and read. I think every employer should ask an employee to write their thoughts on a range of topics. This is one of the most accurate ways to determine if someone is competent. Writing by hand has becom...

What can you believe when you are looking for answers about human trafficking? What is the Police doing? Is kidnapping becoming a viral epidemic? If I read social media threads it seems to be a frightening reality. But how much of what I read can I trust and where do I go for the answers? There are many credible organisations doing splendid work around human trafficking around the world, even in S...

I have always been a fan of old, dead tech, only to find that it's making a resurgence nearly 45 years since it first appeared. I have books with entire chapters dedicated to why it is better to listen to 90's boom bap on a cassette deck that on a CD or why it is better to listen to Wes Montgomery on vinyl or Chicago on CD. What Rev and I agree on is that the appreciation for the artist is...

Gossiping, spinning the yarn are two types of the oral tradition scorned in most company, but the history of the oral tradition perhaps relays the truest form of historical preservation. Because history is written by the victors or those with the biggest soap box, the truth is sometimes lost. Telling stories have informed us of the times before us. It speaks of our family history and the reasons f...

There is something about siting in a barber chair with your feet on the metal plate, paint long since worn off the intricate design. Leaving behind polished metal. A billion finely etched scratches from feet reacting to the conversation and wisdom of the OG's sitting around the shop. Combs and straight edge razors marinating in a strange emulsion. The smell of hair products and clipper oil. Old,"...

In the eighties and the nineties we grew up with a clearly defined idea of what a hero was. A muscular man with a penchant for breaking people in half. It changed with the introduction of MacGyver and the like and as the world changed the idea of a hero changed. For many Gen Xers the idea of Sara Conor as a hero revolutionised the way we saw women but we were not the epitome of a negative male ste...

What do you have in your pockets? What do you need to get through the day. I need a few things like a knife, pen or sharpie, bandana, business card holder, fire scorcher, some kind of pocket tool, my coin, skull ring, 133 ring and my wedding band and flashlight. These were not carefully thought out, I just started using these things daily. They now form part of the ceremony every morning before I...

It is painfully clear that South Africa is at a pivotal moment in history as it was is 1976. Th latter came to a critical mass with in 1994 with the first free and fair elections which removed the system of apartheid. This time we must remove what has been put in place by democracy without accountability. We must remove predatory capital practices giving rise to unabated corruption in our governme...