Ten Worst Predictions of 2008 is US-centric, but still amusing. New York Times columnist Bill Kristol did not have a great year – not only did he predict that Hillary Clinton would sweep the Democratic caucuses, Kristol was also the man who pushed for Sarah Palin’s Vice-President nomination. I’m still not sure whether to thank him or not.
Fifty Things Every British Girl Should Have amuses me. Beret? Check. Breton top? Yup. A pair of gold leggings? Of co… what?!? The fifty things ranges from the sublime to the absolutely ridiculous – and so they should. I’m just not sure how a lot of these things would hold up in Scottish weather conditions.
2008: The Indie Music Alphabet takes you from A to Z in a ‘ironic New Wave folk by way of Oregon and Lapland in a faux-Ossie Clark dress and checked shirts’ way. I recommend Wolf Parade because I’m quite predictable.
And one final thing: Silent Star Wars. Turn up the volume and lean back to watch what Star Wars might’ve looked like in 1923..
Wigs and false eyelashes? Who are these people? WHITE CORDS? Are they insane? I think all I’ve got from that one list — which, I suppose, I’m American, it matters not — is a grey hoodie (… whoops. Not anymore. Blue, though, and black) and maybe one boatneck tee hidden somewhere…
Seeing as I have a bob, I cheerfully reject the wig suggestion. I think it may be something cultural: I remember finding a similar US list (and I will prob blog it later this week) and thinking the author a) in need to a style check, b) wacky and c) weird for some of her suggestions.
As for this list .. they lost me with the gold leggings. It’s not a generational thing. It’s a TASTE thing.