June Shitbeat

The unfortunate dead air on Miscellaneous Shit Bits has been truly unfortunate. I blame the economy, the job crisis and the sinkhole…

So really, if you think about it, you guys still love us. It’s that sinkhole you should set on fire! Without further adieu, I present this month’s shitbeat, The Black Keys. Maybe I’ve been watching too much Supernatural and thus, have begun to crave whiny electric guitar music accompanied by bouncing bikini clad women. Two things that Dean Winchester loves. I love that man.

So here’s an “unofficial” Black Keys video.

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Desperately Seeking

I’ve been trying to hunt this toy down for a while now. It started with this book that I stumbled upon at the Strand in NYC.

Looking at all that 1980’s pixel goodness just made me realize how much of an impact this one toy had on my life.

I had a tablet in my hands when I was 5 and I didn’t even know it. (more…)

April’s Shitbeat

April’s Featured Shitbeat is…

Pomplamoose!
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We especially like their Gaga cover…

Telephone!
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I prophesied Peaches

Remember this fated post back in December? I spoke about how with all the quality music acts coming to our hot and cold, strangeland island of Singapore, there needed to be more TRASH for crying out loud. I mentioned that Peaches should come to Singapore to shock and perturb local men by asking them to impeach her bush while looking like a butter factory ape. Well boys, it’s time to get perturbed, the technogods have spoken and number 2 on my list, Peaches, is coming and performing at Zirca. It’s cool. But eurgh, it’s at Zirca. But hay, it’ll be trashier than trash I suppose. Squee!

Alas, to accompany this short post, I give you… lazertits.com! No explanation required.

A 13 year old > Me

When I was 13, I was worshipping the Spice Girls and thinking platform shoes were the coolest thing in the world. I liked my stuff shiny, gaudy and silver. I was today’s equivalent of the girls in their tweens who think Avril and Miley are the shiz. Looking back, my closet is filled with much regret and heartbreak. I wish I was a smarter teenager, I wish I knew better. Luckily, the internet has made things better for the most part for future generations. I find my 15 year old cousin indulging in Muse albums, picking up Lomography and yearning for those gorgeous Chloe boots that I myself wouldn’t mind getting my hands on. It’s quite lovely.

Tavi Gevinson, 13 year old fashion blogger of www.thestylerookie.com

Then there are some young’ns who luckily, have the smarts to get it right. Way more than I had it right back then anyway. About a year ago, Tavi Gevinson, 13 year old blogger, was featured in New York Times. Now, she’s practically a reknowned fashion blogger. At 13. One wonders how appropriate this is but once you read her, you’ll realize, it’s totally appropriate. The girl has smarts. Take this post for example. The girl actually refers to Dave Eggers and discusses the future of fashion blogging in detail.

Here’s an excerpt from one of her blogposts:

“You know, in the beginning of The September Issue, Anna Wintour says she thinks some people mock fashion because they are intimidated by it. As much as I do admire Wintour, (and I still think she wouldn’t be criticized for being cold if she was a man, but this rant is for another time) I rarely agree with what she says, but this is an exception. Yeah, it’s snobby, but you know what? So is turning up your nose at a runway collection because you thinks it’s weird and you just don’t get it. This, in fact, makes the nose-turner-upper not too different from those horrible “fashion” magazines – dismissing something because it’s strange. How very narrow-minded.”
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