NOTABLE RELEASES
By Don Albert
The Blue Note Group (EMI) has just issued some major new releases and a few re-issues. First up, the new CDs. I am not a great fan of tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, but Kids, recorded live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York...

FOREIGN TASTES

Quote: "Plan B is something for my sons if they battle to set themselves up in SA" Quote: - JOHNNY NEL Writing in the FM last month on transformation (or the lack thereof) in the wine industry, Stephan Hofs...

GUITARS FOR ROCKERS
By Heather Formby
Baby boomers trying to fulfil boyhood dreams of rocking on stage as Jimi Hendrix or Mick Jagger replicas are the perfect market for the iconic Fender guitars. Tens of thousands are sold in SA each year to people aged from eight to 80...

ONE FOR THE ROAD

It's that time of year again when we overindulge - stuffed roasts with potatoes and pumpkin, hams, Christmas pudding with brandy butter, chocolates, nuts, cakes and, of course, wine, beer and spirits, and the finest cognacs and liqueur...

POLO LOUNGE
By Jenny McMahon
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ONE FOR THE ROAD
By Jenny McMahon
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BACK IN THE DRUG SEWER
By Peter Wilhelm
To flaunt a title such as American Gangster in the turbulent wake of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese might seem like flying to the sun with waxy wings. So, alas, it proves: though even at 157 minutes it is gritty a...

IN THE BEGINNING
By Peter Wilhelm
In a youthful interview, J M Coetzee once reflected to a critic that he would one day like to "write in his own voice" (the quotation is from memory). After his award of the Nobel prize for literature in 2003 - and his subsequent reloc...

JUST FIRE THE PEECH
By JUSTICE MALALA
My friend Tshepidi Moremong, a hot shot at one of the country's leading private equity outfits, is a tough cookie. But even my jaw dropped when she told me how she walked into the kitchen at Bistro@The Peech and demanded an e...