Excuse The Absence...ONESMALLSEED internship fun.

I have been SOOPA busy. Exams + Holidays + Internship makes for a busy bee of a girl. Did a wonderful internship with Cape Town based magazine onesmallseed - THE popculture platform as they proudly state. Was a great experience, especially getting to meet awesome people and attend awesome things. They have certainly evolved since I first started reading them. In this day of going viral, magazines must resort to all manner of tricks to survive. onesmallseed have now launched a webisode series called BOOM+27, bringing you direct news and coverage of fun events, culture and art such as Balkanology, the Doccie Film Fest and most recently, Felix La Band (a legend of a DJ from my province. WOOT for KZN!) and his comeback show at The Assembly.

Check out BOOM+27 's latest episode

This features a lot of the stuff I had to research (nerd). Very cool stuff that includes British-born, Saffa-based dub DJ Indidginus AKA Michael Martin. His new album SOFA SURFER has just been released and his website has free downloads so please go check that out. PhFat and their ubiquity feature on their Worldwide Success Tour. Say what you will, they have chutzpah.

RIP DJ Solarize; 4 June 1985- 5 June 2011

For all of you out there who haven't heard, South Africa lost an innovative and talented DJ and visual artist last weekend. Leon Botha/DJ Solarize was only twenty-six years old. Famed for his passionate love of hip-hop music and culture and art, Botha collaborated with galleries and recording artists to combine the two including Liquid Swords; I am HipHop and Who Am I? Transgressions. Many know him for his musical collaborations with Die Antwoord.

Botha suffered from a rare degenerative disease that causes premature aging called progeria. After suffering a heart attack in November last year, a weakened Botha died at his home in Cape Town one day after his twenty-sixth birthday. A philosopher, hiphop lover and accomplished artist and entertainer, he will be missed. Check out DJ Solarize’s art and interview with onesmallseed and a clip of his latest art exhibition, Transgressions.