Posted on November 16th, 2008 by marcashton
As usual on Sunday nights we prepare our top 10 lists of what is hot on some of the major online retailers.
Music wise, here’s what consumers think are hot at the moment!
Amazon.com
1. And Winter Came ~ Enya
2. Fearless ~ Taylor Swift
3. David Cook ~ David Cook
4. Twilight Soundtrack ~ Carter Burwell
5. Traveling Wilburys (2CD/1DVD, Deluxe [...]
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Posted on November 16th, 2008 by marcashton
It was the 94.7 Highveld Stereo and Pick ‘n Pay cycle race this morning. The race has become very popular with the cycling fraternity and now that Joburgers have learnt to deal with the traffic congestion and in general it seems to get pretty good press coverage.
What was your take on the race? Any feedback [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by marcashton
CapeTownMagazine.com has just launched South Africa’s first online music JukeBox, loaded with albums featuring some of the country’s most renowned artists.
“South Africans really know how to make music, and we want to help to get that music heard by as many people as possible. We want to make the world sit up and take note [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by marcashton
On Sundays we like to put together a listing of some of the top selling music CD’s via online reseller platforms like Kalahari.net and Take2, to give you some idea of what South Africans are buying.
Here’s the list for this week:
Take 2
1. AC/DC - Black Ice
2. Now 50 (Double CD)
3. Pink - Funhouse
4. Bump 23
5. Barry [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by marcashton
It’s a very quick blog posting but in terms of a great corporate social investment initiative, the 94.7 Highveld Stereo, Christmas ‘wish list’ is one of the best initiatives out there at the moment.
Every year I think a huge portion of Joburg residents drive to work and listen to some of the heart-breaking stories and [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by marcashton
Something I have been meaning to throw out for a while but it came out in some conversations I had early this week and I thought I should blog about it…
The Pick ‘n Pay / 94.7 Highveld Stereo Cycle Challenge is coming up soon and without question this is a great event which a lot [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2008 by marcashton
I’ve just been on the Loot site and have been looking through their comedy selection of music / entertainment and I came across something that might be a nice little ’stocking filler’ for Christmas this year.
They’ve got “Blast from the Past” - an 86 minute comedy CD featuring South African legend - Pieter-Dirk Uys.
Cost is [...]
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Posted on November 6th, 2008 by marcashton
I’ll admit - I haven’t been listening to much on the radio in the last week so I was quite surprised when I heard that Virgin Festival had been postponed.
I scooted onto the 5FM site and sure enough, the following announcement is up….
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Virgin Festival - due to have taken place in December this year, has [...]
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by marcashton
Alrighty it’s Sunday night and I’m a little bit bored. I’d skimmed around the Kalahari website and given you the top sellers from their music section. This kinda got me thinkin about some of the other online resellers to see what’s hot and what’s not.
So pulled together some of the local sites and put together [...]
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by marcashton
Dunno how many of our readers do the online shopping thing, but out of interest, here is the Sunday night top 10 list of online music titles purchased from Kalahari.Net.
1. Bring Jou Hart “Live”
Artist(s): Theuns Jordaan; Juanita Du Plessis
2. Mamma Mia!
Artist(s): Original Soundtrack
3. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Artist(s): COLDPLAY
4. 100 Oorspronklike [...]
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