Sidersky

This is a comment under the video on YouTube (which has nearly 19 million views now) which pretty neatly sums up most of what I saw on Twitter today: So many people are misinterpreting this video SEVERELY... This song is a "juxtaposition of black social issues" and "black culture". Many tend to see these as completely separate concepts, but they are in fact so intertwined they follow and build the personas of many black musicians and artists. This is why you see the spontaneous killing of blacks in this video (also, note the Jim crow pose at , representing the misinterpretation and profiling of African Americans in America, as well as the grim reaper riding the pale horse at shortly after the riot representing death and the apocalypse) along with many familiar rappers and their adlibs who if you note (offset, blocboy, 21 savage, vic mensa, young thug) all have been surrounded by violence and crime prior to their rises to fame. Many will nod their head to the verses of the song where it gets gritty, totally disregarding the statements of crime-infested areas, gun violence, black-on-black crime, police brutality, for they aren't topics of concern but rather means of entertainment and just music. It is only the gospel chorus and Gambino dancing to distract you from these matters at hand temporarily until somebody does die and **** gets uncomfortable again, and Gambino is never caught with these weapons by cops he hands them away before cops ever find him red handed. At the end after all of the other people are gone when he points a fake gun, Gambino is left to run away from a society that is after him for an image that really is not who he is but is more of a environment that him and fellow blacks have been segregated and left in.

Musically not my thing. But visually an incredible video. There is so much subtext and hidden meaning going on all the time.

That's awesome news. I have a friend who was at Volvo SA (now in Gothenburg with the Polestar division) and I know he has been so excited for the public to finally see and and drive both the new XC60 and XC40. Good luck!

Whenever I'm at Northerns dodging cow poop and riding through one of the inevitable herds being moved to different grazing I see some of them checking me skeef sometimes and I wonder if they KNOW...

ja well no fine.

Huge fan of live songs recorded on WFUV's channel. Here is one of my current favourites. Loved the last album and this one is even better.

Did the 54km in 2016 and 2017. Lots of fun.

I get coffee on a daily basis from the new Seattle in Sandton across the road from Sandton City as I work in a building there. I also regularly frequent the ones at The Wedge and Chili on Top. All top class staff and superb, consistent quality coffee. I haven't had to say what I want for a long time now, even if I'm standing in a queue I don't have to say anything and the order is put through for my 'regular'. Love that kind of service.

On one of the Jozi Freedom Rides I did a year or two back, we rode into Soweto on a road or roads with Rea Vaya lanes. Some guys, especially people on road bikes, nearly came badly a cropper when they unexpectedly went over the bumps in the road.

Ever seen this? If you know a bit about Aussie music, it's pretty cool.

Crikey... I thought I was bad with one tall cap a day...

Gotta love the barista's at Seattle...

When the Starbucks opened at Mall of Africa, people queued out the door for what seemed like hours to try it. Ridonkulous.

Seattle make damn good coffee, better than Starbucks IMO.

Mugg & Bean Woodmead are very patient and accommodating. So are Vovo Telo at Waterfall Corner, and they have pretty decent coffee. Remo's at Waterfall Corner have great food and are lovely if you arrive in civilian clothes but will ask you to leave if you are in cycling gear.

Was there this morning. I've never seen the black jacks this bad before. We were coated in them after 5 minutes on the single track.

Not quite as fancy as some of your stunning equipment on here but this bike has made me very proud and very very happy for a year and just under 4000 muddy, rocky, sandy kilometers. This is after this morning's ride from Kyalami to Modderfontein and back. Pre-wash, of course.

Just finished watching your Extended Cut. Very very cool. Anyone asks me what it's like doing JUMA, I'm just sending them the link for your video. You were MUCH faster than me though.

Well done! This was not my first race, but I've only been doing MTB races since 2015 so still feel like a newbie sometimes. The race yesterday was an absolute blast. I was amazed by the pace, my average was 23km/h, which I have to attribute to the race being so flat. I was also surprised by the 50km being more like 44... Next month is JUMA which is also a blast, More elevation and technical bits than yesterday, but well worth trying if you're keen.

I did the 30km race. I must admit I also thought it was open to people taking short cuts... several sections where you cut off for a loop on the 30 or 50 but you could have gone straight and no marshals were there to see... Enjoyed the race but Modders need to work on repairing rain damage. The reeds are in a poor state at the moment.

Hi Folks Been a while since I posted, stuffed up my log in so started a new profile... I actually came back onto the forum to specifically look for a thread on riding in the prison and, voila... I live next to the golf course and for ages I've wondered about riding in the prison grounds. a few weeks ago a mate and I tried it. At 4am nogal. It was amazing. the guard at the gate unlocked the padlock and let us in without a quibble. we rode all around, saw the herds of buck, rode on the single track next to the race track, on the tar roads past the houses (like time warping back to the Sixties) and everyone we saw gave a friendly wave and/or smile. Some of the prison warders look like if they gave you a snotklap you'd wake up in 2017 but we have had no issues so far. We've since been back a few times now. Not the best place to ride but it's close and convenient for me so I guess until I have a bad experience I will continue to go there. I will say though I won't wear orange kit, just in case....