#49

Stones, Hatfield

Good music + good friends + a great student hangout in the centre of a student hangout. A good mix of all sorts of music (no "Oldies" however, when I was there). Urban nightlife at it's best.

http://www.whatson.co.za/venue.php?venue=259&name=Stones%20Hatfield

#50

Ko'spotong...
...hip hop, Kwaito, house, RnB, rock, drum and base, dubstep. All in the arty farty space of Newtown. Do yo'self a favour and go dancing there at least once.

http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/pendock/2010/06/30/strongbow-synchronicity/

Friday the 13th (of July)

http://elegantlysaid.com/2012/01/10-fun-facts-about-friday-the-13th/

Did you know that there is no row 13 on an aeroplane?

For some reason Friday the 13th is deemed a bad luck day yet no one can properly and accurately trace its origin...

But did you know that on such a day 17-21 millions Americans suffer from increased fear and stress that something is going to go wrong (in this world we seem to love to be scared of something. All the time. "Scratching your nose could cause early onset of bankruptcy")... Apparently people stop going about their regular day for fear of something terrible happening and instead stay locked up at home.Who says their house wont burn down in Death is really after them.

Since the adoption of the Gregorian Calander, in the last 4 800 months since commencement, there have been 684 Saturday the 13th's, 687 Wednesday the 13th's BUT 688 Friday the 13th's.

Tupc died on September the 13th 1996
On the 13th January 2012, the Costa Concordia sank

On the 13th January 2012, we had out first Friday the 13th. Thirteen weeks later we have our next Friday the 13th (today). In thirteen weeks time, on the 13th of July, we will have our third Friday the 13th.

Legends of the number 13: 

- If 13 people sit down to dinner together, one will die within the year.
- The Turks so disliked the number 13 that it was practically expunged from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894).
- Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
- Many buildings don't have a 13th floor.
- If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck (Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names). - There are 13 witches in a coven. (http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th_2.htm)

The Devil's Dozen

Consider this, that the idea that 13 is an unlucky number is as old as counting. In cave days, we had ten fingers and two feet to serve our counting means. That means we could count to 12. What lay beyond, 13, was a mystery and couldn't be comprehended.

The LUCKY number 13

The Chinese consider 13 as a luck number...  So did the Egyptians. For Egyptians, life unfolded in stages; 12 on earth, the 13th on the afterlife.

The crucifixion

Took place on a Friday... And staying with the Bible legends, Eve tempted Adam on a Friday. Friday is a bad day.

The number three

The number three, and numbers in groups of three, numerological-ly speaking, is a lucky number, or combination of numbers. Therefore, because there are three Friday the 13ths in 2012, people are taking that as a sign of good luck. And because apparently the world is ending this year, we need all the luck we can get.

Conclusion

So, in conclusion, 13 represents the mysterious, fearful unknown, because we could not physically count further than thirteen when our great grannies and granddaddies lives in drafty caves. And Friday is bad luck day. I suppose it is that day when masses celebrate the end of a tough work week, and end up regretting what they said, how much money they spent, who they kissed, where they woke up (Eve shall forever more tempt Adam - to Adam's never learn?). And because it is bad luck Friday, it had absolutely nothing to do with how intoxicated you were.

Shall we get entertained in the city?

The second edition of the City of Gold street art festival is rolling closer and I am going to be having some fun this time.

The festival and a fantastic blog called http://1000awesomethings.com have inspired me to do something mind-blowing and un-put-downable with my blog.

I want to count down the top 50 dance places in the greater Gauteng.

Sound undoable? Maybe a bit of a long shot, can there really be 50 of the top in Gauteng? There is only one way to find out and that is to get started.........

PS keep glued for other non-top-50-dance-paces related posts.
Awe! 

Credit: Ballerina Project NYC