We’re Never Going To Be (SA Idols). The song pokes fun at the competition

The Brothers Streep Launch New Idols Single

Sunday 5th June saw the launch of the new Brothers Streep single, We’re Never Going To Be (SA Idols). The song pokes fun at the competition, whilst referencing past and present Idols icons such as Gareth Cliff, Proverb, Randall Abrahams, Liezel van der Westhuizen, Unathi Msengana and Heinz Winkler.

The song came about after the Idols producers contacted the Brothers and asked them to write a song for the new season of Idols.

“We’d just got back from having written and performed a song for The Comics Choice Awards up in Joburg, and Idols called us saying they’d watched our song about Anna Paquin on the Graham Norton Show, and wanted to know if we’d write a song for them. Idols is probably one of South Africa’s biggest locally produced TV shows – it was a pretty easy call to make,” says singer and guitarist Simon van Wyk.

The single is currently available for free download off The Brothers Streep website, www.brothersstreep.com.

“We’re hoping that making the song available for free will make it easier for the song to get around. All we ask is for people who download the single to consider sharing the link with others and maybe even request their favourite radio station to play it – that would be nice,” says singer and guitarist Dylan Hichens. “The song laments ‘we’ll never have a single charting in the Top 40’ – we’re holding thumbs that lyric will become ironic.”

Idols and The Brothers Streep came up with quite a unique way to present the song.

“Idols asked us to perform the song live to the judges as if it were a real audition, so the judges didn’t really see it coming, and we didn’t really know exactly what to expect. Standing in front of someone and singing that they look like Voldemort isn’t necessarily the best way to make a good first impression on them,” says van Wyk.

“We realised that carting in full band equipment wasn’t going to be possible, so we decided we’d just blatantly mime the song and hope it adds to the comedy,” says Hichens. “Actual pop stars mime all the time, if anything, it was the most professional thing we could have done.”

A music video for the single is on the horizon, and the Brothers have already had further song writing requests, penning the soundtrack to an upcoming advert for Geely which you can look out for later this month.

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For further information please contact:
Kim Coppen

0825796882

kim

www.brothersstreep.com

Barry Varkel will present the Danger-Zone show at 8.30 pm on Saturday 23 April 2011 at Ragazzi.

Barry Varkel will present the Danger-Zone show at 8.30 pm on Saturday 23 April 2011 at Ragazzi.

Are you not tired of listening to clean comedy in Cape Town?

Are you not looking to hear material that has a punch and is not for the faint-hearted?

If you would like to hear the boundaries being pushed to the limit on adult humour that is risque, politically and socially incorrect, and possibly unspeakably obscene, then this is the show for you to witness.

Tickets are R30 each.

For bookings call: Barry 082 8996611 or LNK 073 243 9615

definitions for the phrase “Waka Waka”

This is my mates Kevin McCallum’s sport column I have lifted it from iol.co.za ..have a read and email him at kmc. The piece is a good laugh

The Urban Dictionary has a good few different definitions for the phrase “Waka Waka”, which is also the title of the official World Cup anthem (Waka Waka – it’s time for Africa). Waka Waka is the noise that Pacman makes when he eats a dot; it is also the sound Fozzie, the bear from The Muppets, makes after he tells a joke; and, for those who still play vinyl, it is the sound DJs used to make when they “scratched”.

Hmmm … Pacman, Fozzie and a noise made by moving something the wrong way – sounds like the perfect definition of the official World Cup anthem. The voice of Shakira, whose hips don’t lie, sounds a little like Pacman munching her way through a series of lyrics so cliched they seem to have either been cobbled together from a collection of primary school poems or first team rugby pep talks.

Still, there are some small mercies. The Parlotones aren’t singing it so we can be sure that it won’t end up on an advertisement for fried chicken, short-term insurance or a supermarket chain any time soon. Mind you, Safa have not yet announced whether there will be an official song for Bafana, but as they struggle to organise matches and accommodation for their own team, it is highly unlikely.

England will not have an official World Cup song, which has been greeted with some relief by their countrymen. They have had some crackers in the past: New Order wrote World in Motion for the 1990 tournament which was co-written by Keith Allen, the father of Lily.

David Beckham’s future missus, the rest of the Spice Girls, Echo and the Bunnymen and the Lightning Seeds sang (How does it feel to be) On top of the world? Then Becks got sent off against Argentina and England got knocked out, so that didn’t work.

However, one England fan, the incomparable Mark E Smith of legendary indie band The Fall, has recorded an unofficial World Cup song for England called England’s Heartbeat. The lyrics are a bit feisty: “This is not 1974, this is not 1976, you are not at Stamford Bridge, but you are on a Boer Ridge”, and “take care of the invention of your nation”, “socks up at last or be a Brazilian breakfast”.

It’s certainly a lot better than “Waka Waka oh oh” and “Waka Waka eh eh”. Waka Waka is, I fear, kaka kaka.

· This is Kevin McCallum’s sport column, which appears on Fridays in The Star . Email him at kmc.

Platinum-selling comedian Jeff Dunham to tour SA in September!

Platinum-selling comedian Jeff Dunham to tour SA in September!

Jeff Dunham, best known for his ventriloquist character `Achmed the Dead Terrorist` has won over millions of fans with characters that are politically incorrect, insulting, and downright hilarious. Witness why Jeff Dunham is the top-grossing stand up act in North America, when he tours South Africa in September.

TOUR DATES

Saturday 18th September – Sun City Superbowl

Thursday 23rd September – CarnivalCity, Johannesburg

Friday 24th September – Grand West Casino, Cape Town

PRESS RELEASE

Jeff Dunham is known around the world for the YouTube-hit “Achmed the dead terrorist” (over 200 million views on YouTube)

Jeff Dunham is one of the funniest partners in show business. He has amassed legions of loyal fans throughout the United States and abroad with thousands of sold-out theater and comedy club performances, countless television guest spots – including numerous Tonight Show appearances with both Leno and Carson– and with two top-rated specials on Comedy Central.

He continues to win great accolades and success for one simple reason: He and his buddies are funny as hell. Oh, and by the way… Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist.

Dunham’s comedic skill, impeccable technique, and sleight of hand make him a master of his craft. In fact, audiences often forget there is a person behind the puppets. “What makes this performer the best at what he does is the believability factor,” one reviewer wrote. “Dunham’s characters have more personality than a lot of people I know.” Dunham was also voted “Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic”’ at the American Comedy Awards, an honour shared with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Foxworthy, and Robin Williams.

Sony Music is the official supplier in South Africa of Jeff’s two recently released platinum-selling DVDs: “Spark of Insanity” and “Very Special Christmas Special”. And as an added bonus, Sony Music has also released a Limited Edition Boxset that contains both DVDs. This boxset will only be available while stocks last!

Barry will be hosting The Comedy Collection’s star studded line-up – wed 10 march

Barry Varkel worked successfully as MD of his own law firm for over ten years, before going off the rails and facing a tough life choice: either emulating the Ernest Hemingway wall-head-12 gauge shotgun manoeuvre, or taking an extended sabbatical abroad. His wife Chrissie begged him to get his gun licence and get on with the job, but he felt there was still a glimmer of opportunity remaining in being able to unleash considerable havoc upon his return into mainstream Cape Town society.

Back now in Cape Town after his world trip, unemployed and looking to do anything legal for cash (except for working in the wanker industry of advertising), you can catch him performing his new found love, which he’s pretty useless at, stand up comedy.

Barry will be hosting The Comedy Collection’s star studded line-up of deadbeat amateur Cape Town comic performers this Wednesday 10 March 2010 at Ragazzi, 1st floor, 33 Long Street, starting at 8.30pm.

Catch all the action or don’t. Either way you’ll be missing out on nothing!

Barry going large on the Algarve in Portugal

Sports Chirp Of The Year?

From Lenny Mailer

Has Supersport presenter Neil Andrews grabbed the trophy for Sports Chirp Of The Year 2009 with this end-of-year cracker?

It was after the Portsmouth (2) vs Liverpool (0) game on TV on Saturday and there were 3 guys in the
SuperSport studio discussing the game with Neil Andrews as the head of the panel, Shaun Bartlett representing Portsmouth, and Mark Batchelor, the rabid Liverpool supporter, representing Liverpool, and after the game,
Neil Andrews turned to Batchelor and said to him:

“So, you’re going to have to change your surname to Knopfler, cause you’re in Dire Straits”.

Comedy this Wed night -Barry Varkel

My friend Barry Varkel, the tenacious scum sucking ex lawyer, has clawed his way out of the toilet bowl once again, and is ready to flush off his dirty mouth this Wednesday 16 December 2009,

Venue: Ragazzi, 33 Long Street, Cape Town.

Time: 8pm

Barry's free advice for today

My friend Barry Varkel, the attorney in denial on stage again

My friend Barry Varkel, the attorney in denial, will hit the stage again with more dark humour.

Venue : Ragazzi Aperitivolounge, 33 Long Street(corner Strand and Long street.)

at 8pm

Wednesday 2 December 2009

P.S the picture is of Barry giving the world the finger in the water in Monaco….

my friend Barry Varkel an attorney does comedy show wed 11 nov

Attorney now a stand up comedian

My great friend Barry Varkel who is an attorney will be doing his 3rd comedy show at Ragazzi 33 Long Street (corner long and Strand Street) on Wed 11 Nov starting at 8pm .

Barry is one of the acts on stage that night.

Read this review see attached link regarding Barry’s 1st performance http://www.bigsmilescomedy.com/events/2009/10/19/comeatzula

Bafana Bafana’s plan to win the world cup

Very funny indeed! Fun for a Wednesday

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