DUTCH COURAGE
Ah, Amsterdam. Good, weed-friendly, sex-loving Amsterdam, how we long to visit you. We speak to a guy who did Amsterdam exactly the way you're supposed to: by smokin', walking, sleeping on the street and getting it on with prostitutes, obviously. Here he tells his tale. Turns out, however, that paying for sex isn't all it's cracked up to be. And if you're going to be travelling, book a hotel in advance.
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DUTCH COURAGE
Ah, Amsterdam. Good, weed-friendly, sex-loving Amsterdam, how we long to visit you. We speak to a guy who did Amsterdam exactly the way you're supposed to: by smokin', walking, sleeping on the street and getting it on with prostitutes, obviously. Here he tells his tale. Turns out, however, that paying for sex isn't all it's cracked up to be. And if you're going to be travelling, book a hotel in advance.
Written, directed and narrated by ADRIAN LOVELAND, Unhinged: Surviving Joburg or How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Sometimes Love a City, is one man’s look at the often maligned, but fiercely pride-inducing, City of Gold. CRAIG WILSON cornered him for a coffee and a chat about calling in favours, being your own boss, and how to get by in the land of the middle-finger brandishing GP licensees. 
Believe it or not, the Xhosa rit of passage into manhood is still alive and kicking amongst 18 year olds, even if they've grown up in the 'burbs. We are told the first hand story about a boy who was circumcised and then spent three weeks in the bush, naked, finding out what it takes to be a man.
We can barely keep up with what's going on in Gossip Girl, let alone with what's happening in the big, wide world of technology. That's why we sat down with some very smart people, to ask them all the really important tech-related questions. Like, when can we go to space? And how hard is teleporting really? All the future tech-gizmo basics you need to know are right here. 
Drop the names Eleanor ‘Elly’ Jackson and Ben Langmaid at the bar and you’re likely to get blank stares. Mention synthpop maestros and media darlings, LA ROUX, however, and eyes light up. Needless to say, Jackson and Langmaid are the duo responsible for hits like ‘In For the Kill’ and ‘Bulletproof’. CRAIG WILSON spoke to singer, co-songwriter, and androgynous pin-up, Elly Jackson about the band, German websites and Lily Allen, and got schooled about what questions not to ask. 
Johannesburg-based singer songwriter, Jamie Acheson, has been in various bands in recent years, but moreover, he’s been touting his own brand of folk as a solo artist for even longer. Calling himself NAMING JAMES, Acheson has played almost every noteworthy live venue in the country making him one of the regular names on the burgeoning folk circuit. We spoke to him about what makes a good song, touring, and the burdens of being a solo artist. 
When we heard through the grapevine that VANILLA ICE was meant to be playing a stadium in Centurion we laughed. We weren’t going to fall for that. Next thing they’d be claiming he was doing a show with MC Hammer. A visit to his website confirmed not only the stadium gig, but a tour of England thereafter with the Hammer himself. Once we’d hoisted our jaws from the floor, we tracked down the man beneath the baseball cap and the ice cool exterior, Rob Van Winkle, to talk about highs, lows, and (of course) stadium shows. 
What started out as a fun piece about Japanese animated porn, turned out to be a long, hard look at simulated child pornography and violence in the media, and the rules of the new Film and Publications Act. Do images of child porn serve as tools for paedophiles? Or is the government bordering on censorship with this new act? We find out. 
A former animator, occasional producer and art director, Ian D’sa is also the guitarist of the biggest Canadian export since that guy who wants to know if you’ve ever really, really really ever loved a woman – the far louder, and less cringeworthy, BILLY TALENT. We spoke to him from Toronto and talked hair, Africa and trying honesty. 
Louise Eksteen has been in so many bands, worked with so many producers, DJs and musicians, that even she can’t remember them all. Her latest project, BRIDE REUNION sees her blending electronic sounds and matrimonial imagery, for a live show like to other. She chatted to CRAIG WILSON about how she got going in music, drummers’ crazy girlfriends, and why festivals suck for electronic artists. 
If you thought cleaning your room sucked, try scraping bits of bone off of the ceiling with a tooth brush. I know. We go to a trauma scene, to find out how it's cleaned, who does it and what it really feels like to get down and dirty with bodily fluids. 
Hey! We went to Oppikoppi again this year and it was better than ever. Well, it was about as good as ever. Want to hear all our juicy stories of music, mayhem and drunk dancing? Look now further than this piece. 
What do you do when you’re finished varsity, really want to travel but have no cash? You do what these guys did: travel the Greek islands for a month for no more than £300. From camping on the beach to cheap boat trips, this is how you do it.