Three Lists
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..
December 11th, 2008 - 20:36
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…
December 12th, 2008 - 13:32
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.