tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post1418036519637856591..comments2024-03-27T00:30:30.414-07:00Comments on KASiEKULTURE!: DEAR BLOGGERKASIEKULTURE!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17478086807527032702noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-92175532337864162392007-04-25T13:04:00.000-07:002007-04-25T13:04:00.000-07:00Gee capdawg, you are hectic. Been through a time-w...Gee capdawg, you are hectic. Been through a time-warp lately? The year is 2007.<BR/>Anyway, (as I also commented on OR's blog), I was at the awards too and was also intrigued by the whole thing. The make-up of the audience, organisers and winners, the fact that most winners looked like they were the organiser’s buddies or the organisers themselves, the fact that trashmedia - a site that recently published a post featuring the pope saying “I’m a K****R” - won best entertainment and, wait for it, best design (they use a bloody template for christ sake). Now, this isn’t sour grapes. I’m not a blogger (I was invited by a friend who is) and I’m white (but colourless at heart).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-89056928485279699632007-04-25T03:30:00.000-07:002007-04-25T03:30:00.000-07:00Ya, ne! I should try pulling a stunt like that! So...Ya, ne! I should try pulling a stunt like that! Some comments here are enough to make me wanna quit blogging, writtin blogs are meant to be fun people! some of ya'll are coming down on Kasie as if he pasted a f*ckin "F*ck B*%!e" and all that represents that kinda bullshit ( figure it out)!!! We write for the love of it, to keep other bloggers entertain and to provide info for those who want it!!! Ya'll got issues of your own and Kasie just gave you a platform to let other people see the way ungakhona! Ha, Ha, Ha Don't get heart attacks and sleepless nights now!!! Go make yourself a million!Just Khens.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05505976760376409370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-82551063220007184992007-04-24T04:15:00.000-07:002007-04-24T04:15:00.000-07:00"This is the world my friend, nothing belongs to t..."This is the world my friend, nothing belongs to the past cuz we are nowhere to the future."<BR/><BR/>This makes no sense at all.<BR/><BR/>A bit like everything else you have written here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-5803718172821025182007-04-24T04:13:00.000-07:002007-04-24T04:13:00.000-07:00There is no point in trying to talk sense to you, ...There is no point in trying to talk sense to you, as many here have tried and failed and I do not believe for a second I will fare better than them.<BR/><BR/>Good luck out there.<BR/><BR/>You will need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-58238230344646038072007-04-24T03:03:00.000-07:002007-04-24T03:03:00.000-07:00Weapons down now. This sounds like a rap battle, w...Weapons down now. This sounds like a rap battle, where the best word spitter gets the thorny crown.<BR/><BR/>I have had many comments coming from different people. I guess this issue really undressed some "issues." Issues we South Africans have failed to address on other podia. I guess if a letter in a newspaper can spark such a debate, we must be going somewhere as a country. As for Dave's comment, it's good but he must realise that perhaps maybe kasiekulture was pulling a stunt that has now put it on a map. Remember guerilla marketing? This is something you can learn from. At least now my blog gets a mention. Blogs are really supposed to be serious, unless they make money. Others believe that black blogs are not proffessional. What's professional about a freebie? Somebody bes to try a website and go commercial. Yes, this is where we write for a group of friends, even if that group is a million people.<BR/><BR/>Thanx for all the love, now go to my blog and find out how to make yourself a damn million.<BR/><BR/>Yours Santa ClausKgoshii Lerabelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999403168785885935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-25651073432320774542007-04-23T23:05:00.000-07:002007-04-23T23:05:00.000-07:00Hey guys... please try not to take my response so ...Hey guys... please try not to take my response so personally. I disagreed with your post, and I think I have stated my case. I have read a few posts off your site, and I think it has been done quite well... so all respect there. I suppose my biggest gripe with the article above is the mud-slinging, where I don't think its deserved. Neway... thats my 2c: Peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-28165767149259699662007-04-23T17:53:00.000-07:002007-04-23T17:53:00.000-07:00Yes Oscar, shame on you for being so opportunistic...Yes Oscar, shame on you for being so opportunistic as to use your initials in your blog name!!!<BR/><BR/>ROFLMAO. I won't comment. Something about battle of wits with an unarmed person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-2879055625380472712007-04-23T13:00:00.000-07:002007-04-23T13:00:00.000-07:00Oscar, I went to your rant and tried to find sense...Oscar, I went to your rant and tried to find sense between the long essay and I'm sorry I found none. Don't you think it's quite opportunistic to say OR's blog? That's me. I'm sure you'll veto every attempt for me to get an SA Blog Award? Tell that to a good swimmer like Kasiekulture and this is where to get off<BR/><BR/>Poor Capdog, using the old language of calling everyone with opinions contrary to yours 'racist'. I thought you'll be innovative and call me a 'blagist'. But 'racist'? Come on man, all that pep talk of an old South Africa and a new one is for you and probably your friends who dose on optimism pills.<BR/><BR/>This is the world my friend, nothing belongs to the past cuz we are nowhere to the future.<BR/><BR/>Shame, I can help you with papers to Down Under in the event you feel that my type is giving you sleepless nights.KASIEKULTURE!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17478086807527032702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-60229822629136964542007-04-23T12:55:00.000-07:002007-04-23T12:55:00.000-07:00Hey, I chose not to publish a lot of hate mail tha...Hey, I chose not to publish a lot of hate mail that was sent to me. Guys, there's no war, relax.<BR/><BR/>Special mention goes to Oscar, I went to your blog and checked your response, man, we shouldn't try to be academic about this. These days wisdom comes tagged in Euros (I guess you understand this, unlike your failure to understand many of the stuff I said on the entry)<BR/><BR/>To Capdog, sorry you spent the better part of your life in a gulag in Siberia reciting 'all things bright and beautiful'. Welcome to the real world. Even if I was blindfolded (as you appear to be) I bet my last dime I would still see black. But I don't think there's something wrong with you, but something seriously out of place with the society that produces your ilk. I'll challenge you to check me in Google/search before you make conclusions. I don't need any white person to validate me as I guess you should have figured that I'm a proud darkie who think your type need therapy. I wish you short hours on the couch.<BR/><BR/>To Bra Dave, good points. Thanks for visiting Kasiekulture and would appreciate another visit under different conditionsKASIEKULTURE!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17478086807527032702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-49846707441779599872007-04-23T10:10:00.000-07:002007-04-23T10:10:00.000-07:00You make a good point... but I'd also like to sugg...You make a good point... but I'd also like to suggest that the ossewa isn't impenetrable. Hyperlinks subvert hierarchy - linklove and commentary break down the barriers in the blogosphere. (And I see you doing this already with the blogs you mention - great. It is about community building).<BR/><BR/>Regarding the SA blog awards... I think the organisers simply had too much information to deal with, and limited time/attention to pay to it all - so it's obvios that the blogs that they participate with most often would get the most nominations. I think the system should be like the Oscars or Miss Universe - they have a whole lot of smaller awards that feed the main one and hence make the task of sorting and filtering less daunting.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, wrong approach to make this racial... Seriously. We really do need more black blofggers in the scene, and I think we're all painfully aware of that.<BR/><BR/>ps very cool blog:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-35953436470781662622007-04-23T04:36:00.000-07:002007-04-23T04:36:00.000-07:00I have written a comment to this post on my blog. ...I have written a comment to this post on my blog. I felt that it was too long to be placed as a comment here. thanks, OscarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-52851804406184426842007-04-23T02:44:00.000-07:002007-04-23T02:44:00.000-07:00So typical ... whenever blacks are not #1, the rac...So typical ... whenever blacks are not #1, the race card comes out.<BR/><BR/>Because anything white people do must be racist, right?<BR/><BR/>Did it ever occur to you that there simply AREN'T that many blogs written by blacks? I've struggled to find them. <BR/><BR/>And did you know that the one blog that did represent, ironically called Represet (http://www.represent.co.za) is written by blacks, and they were runners up in almost all their categories? And they were there because of MERIT.<BR/><BR/>No, of course not, because you are blinded by your racism and old-SA mentality.<BR/><BR/>By the way, this blog is a cute effort but has a long way to go if it ever hopes of competing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-85272121008281786142007-04-23T02:17:00.000-07:002007-04-23T02:17:00.000-07:00So you did manage to get published in the City Pre...So you did manage to get published in the City Press... cool. I would like to raise issue with the fact that you labelled the blogs at the SA Blog Awards as 'clowns out to patronise' - because that is painting everyone with the same brush, and not really fair.<BR/><BR/>Yes I agree that there are many bullshit blogs out there, focusing on other peoples celeb's and info that doesn’t affect us at all, but there are also very many quality South African blogs out there that get the traffic, which is what eventually counts.<BR/><BR/>The blog awards have been around for 3 years, so if you hadn't come across it before, it’s your own research that missed it, as no blogger was contacted or invited to part-take. If your blog wasn't nominated, it surely can't be the fault of the organisers? And if there we're not enough 'black' authors represented, this cannot be blamed on a ‘laager’ mentality, when it is up to the blogger to ensure that he/she stays up to date with what is happening on the South African blogsphere.<BR/><BR/>One major way of getting other bloggers aware of your content is to go out into the 'sphere and leave comments on other sites - bitch & complain when you see something you disagree with, praise that which is worthy of it, but ensure that there is discussion before just labelling and dismissing the awards as ill-fated, or the bloggers that partook as clowns!<BR/><BR/>I did a check on Amatomu (M&G’s online blog directory), and could find no reference to Kasiekulture. I also looked your blog up on Afrigator (an African blog directory & aggregator), while at Muti your site was not mentioned either … Which only means that you have not been promoting it in the right places! Get your stuff out there for people to find – not only your own group of friends and followers – how else are we supposed to know that you are writing quality content? I have found your site now, and will be coming back, because yes, you do have quality material, and I have enjoyed reading through your site, and surfing your links – but that’s only because I read the newspaper article, and not because I found you online. <BR/><BR/>South African information should be about South African’s, by South Africans, for the world – by bringing up so-called ‘ossewa-mentality’, race and other name-calling tactics, just raises the ugly-head of our collective past – one that we’re hopefully moving away from – because standing still and throwing tantrums is not moving forward!<BR/><BR/>I agree that the SA media should spend more time visiting local sites, and that there is enough info out there already on Paris, Britney and other social misfits, while our own national treasures struggle for glory. They just need to know that we are there first; and so vehicles such as the SA Blog Awards is a great starting point!<BR/><BR/>Keep blogging guys – the world needs to hear from you!Rouvannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485450110097005968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-1684720114914437932007-04-21T00:33:00.000-07:002007-04-21T00:33:00.000-07:00Hey, a writer friend of mine has been asking me wh...Hey, a writer friend of mine has been asking me where can i get a connection to send his manuscript to Kwela Books in Cape Town and I kept saying 'you need someone with that surname'. And finally my trouble is over, I'll send them to LIFE (http://kwaki.blogspot.com). On a serious note - one luvAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608033197949243271.post-24348915648362702202007-04-20T05:09:00.000-07:002007-04-20T05:09:00.000-07:00Its Lihwa KwelaIts Lihwa Kwelakwakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535039201681081950noreply@blogger.com