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Honolulu Rock-A-Roll-A - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
Equal parts blues, swing, country and jazz, which all adds up to a whole load of amazing. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis are a group of sisters (16, 21 and 19 respectively) who make 40’s and 50’s era music. All their stuff is recorded analog using 8 track tape machines and classic BBC and RCA microphones which lends to the old-timey atmosphere of their self-titled debut album. These girls use a whole bunch of cool instruments too like ukeleles, xylophones, tromboness, accordions and harmonicas which just adds a lot of quirk to their already unique sound. Loving this album a lot.
40 Gorgeous Vintage Cigarette Posters
I know, I know, but I’m on a vintage poster binge right now. This was back when big tobacco actually could advertise. Some of them are hilarious and ironic as seen through a modern context, but try to ignore that and focus on how amazing they look. Ok fine you may laugh at the this poster’s tagline. I did.
“Blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere.”
Declaration of Romantic Intent by The Bureau of Communication
This would make things soooo much easier.
Everyone is like ooh, Captain America #600 is epic. Fuck that cos, holy shit, Archie is marrying Veronica in Archie #600! Thus ending the longest love triangle in the history of the universe. I have no idea why anyone should care about this but dammit, Archie has led many adolescent boys over the years to believe that leading two girls on for decades not only can be done, but can be done easily. This news fills the horndog in me with profound sadness.
That being said, besides being unrealistic smokin’ hot targets for a nerdy prick like Archie, Betty is clingy, needy and Archie-obssessed while Veronica is shallow, spoilt and self-obssessed. So actually, neither are really a catch. However according to wikipedia, “Veronica enjoys a very posh lifestyle; her net worth as of August 14, 2002 is almost $8.6 billion.” All things being equal, sorry Betty, I’m going with the billionaire.
You know, everyday that I follow this situation I keep thinking, nah, there’s no way things can get any more horrific. I keep being proven wrong. This shit makes me physically ill, I swear.
On an a somewhat related note, I used to think that it was a shame that I was too young to remember Tiananmen Square and that I was born after the Berlin Wall fell. Wouldn’t it be cool to see actual revolutions unfold? Not so much now.
Japandroids - “Young Hearts Spark Fire”
On “Young Hearts Spark Fire” the garage rock duo Japandroids confronts the problem of youth: aging. “We used to dream. Now we worry about dying” the group laments, but the existential panic is never heavy-handed. In fact, it sounds like they’re on a rollercoaster ride.
Just downloaded obtained this album yesterday. Post-Nothing kicks some serious ass. I haven’t heard a good garage rock band since…well, since The Strokes totally ruined the genre. Thank you Japandroids.
Interpreters
I haven’t been keeping up with Jake & Amir since like December. Very un-ace of me I know. I’m ashamed. So I think I’m gonna be catching up on missed episodes for the next week or so. Still gullies for life yo? In the meantime here’s a favourite of mine from last year.
So is everyone aware of this Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt phenomenon going on in Amazon? It’s hilarious. Apparently ironic joke reviews have made this thing go viral and boosted sales 2300%. I spent the last hour reading customer reviews. Seriously, they’re all gold. Here’s some choice snippets.
“This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that’s when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to ‘howl at the moon’ from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called mehth. I told them no, because they didn’t have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn’t settle for the first thing that comes to him.”
“Whenever I wear the wolf shirt I have a lot less issues with involuntary urination. I have not studied it long enough, however, to establish a cause/effect relationship.”
“I accidentally spilled a glass of Tuscan Whole Milk down the front of this shirt, and my soul was torn from my body and thrown into heaven by a jealous God.”
“Unfortunately I already had this exact picture tattooed on my chest, but this shirt is very useful in colder weather.”
“The wolves spoke to me in a language all their own; it was like German, Mongol, and Bitchin all mixed together. I mean, one wolf howlin at the moon is major…but three???”
“the Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt gave me a +10 resistance to energy attacks, +8 Strength… and I have successfully solved 7 crimes in my city”
“This shirt is so awesome that if I was walking down a dark alley and Chuck Norris was there, he would start running in the opposite direction because he knows that his superpowers are no match for the sacred howling wolf trinity.”
Cannot, cannot, cannot, wait for this. I don’t care how fucking twee this is, Zooey is love. I think a lot of indie movies lately have tried to up the quirk factor artificially, you know, indie soundtrack, hipsters talking in excruciatingly painful trying-to-be witty banter (eg. Juno, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist). Now I like the two movies mentioned but at the same time I fully realise it is carefully manufactured to appeal to people like me, which by definition is decidedly disingenuous. Thankfully (500) Days of Summer feels absolutely genuine. It isn’t quirk for quirk’s sake which is refreshing. Check out trailers here and here.
Back on Tumblr! To be honest I totally forgot about this for a while but Stef asked me to update again so she can keep track of me when she moves to Australia. Don’t worry, I’ll still be total geek. Oh and for the rest of you still following me (God knows why), erm, sorry about the 6 month hiatus. Regular updates forthcoming!
