HIPSTER RUNOFF

I've been listening to a lot of electro from Australia during 2k8, and it made me yearn for more well-crafted Australian pop electro music. I uncovered a new band called Savage Garden that every blog house fan will learn to love. I would describe them as a mix of Cut Copy and Pnau, highlighting the best elements of each band.

Their hit single is called "I Want You", and it makes me thirsty for Cherry Cola.

Savage Garden also has a soft side, which most modern bands haven't found yet. Writing a slow love song made for middle school dances is one of the most difficult tasks an artist can undertake.

"I knew I loved yall b4 I met yall." -CRLS

I think 2k9 is gonna be a good year, yall!

Do yall think Savage Garden is 'the next big thing' out of Australia? Will they inspire a generation of electro pop producers that we will eventually get to experience in a decade? I'm excited, yall. Maybe Australia did win the Electro War.

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What's the deal with fashion designers making women cover up? I thought that since we live in the 'Western World', we are allowed to objectify women in public. It's rlly not fair to try to create a new fashion gimmick using the same ideology that our terrorist enemies use. I hate oppression, yall.

I would NEVER live in the Middle East/Far East because I couldn't eyeball fuck hotties/kreepily gaze at [barely illegal] hotties. Does n e 1 know why they make them 'cover up'? Do they like tugjobs over there, or are they just like 'over-protective boyfriends' who don't want their GFs to look sexy in public so they make them wear denim jumpers?

I would never live in a country/a cult where every woman had to wear possessive boyfriend jeans.

Would u move to Dubai? I hear they give you a lot of money to buy nice stuff (like Sharper Image closeout items and leather goods) if u move there. They also build a lot of stuff that isn't rlly very practical. That place is going to look like a Pixar movie in like 2 yearz.

What's the deal with HIJAB fashion?
From wikipedia:

Hijab or ħijāb (حجاب, pronounced: [ħi.ˈdʒæːb]) is the Arabic term for "cover" (noun), based on the root حجب meaning "to veil, to cover (verb), to screen, to shelter".

It's srsly taking over. I wish every1 could live in a world where women could be objectified. More importantly, I wish every little girl could live in a world where she constructed her self-concept based upon her objectification levels from ages 3 to 35. I'm a dreamer, though. :-( Call me crazie...

[Hijab meme stolen from Tumbledore]

Remember the simple days when life was all about chillin in Palestinian Scarves that didn't 'cover up too much'?

N e ways... I'm just saying that I am least likely to study abroad on the following continents:

• Africa
• Asia (except Japan and maybe the Euro part of Russia)
• Antarctica
• Iceland
• Guantanamo Bay
• Brazil
• South America/ n e where below the USA on a map

I am most likely to study abroad in

• A country where they speak English like the UK/Australia
• A country where they speak English like Germany
• A country where they speak French like France
• A country where they speak Mexican like Spain
• A country where they speak electro like France/Australia
• Toronto
• Honolulu (I hear it's really alt over there now)

What's up with the world? When did it all get s0 'random' (in a bad kind of way, not a funny kind of way)?
I will blog for social change more often. I feel like a better person now.

I'll never forget my first battle in the France Vs. Australia Electro War of 2k8. I was s0 nervous--felt kind of like my first high school dance b4 I got backed into a long-term relationship. I threw up the fruity drink I had ordered at Chili's to calm my nerves.

We were led by General Alton Livestrong (We just called him General Alt). He was a courageous man who had actually fought in the 'Operation Kill-the-Brownies Crusades' of 2002.

N e ways, I always thought he was kind of fruity since he had a big mop of hair was kind of curly, but he always made sure to have a 'dreamy, swoopy part' going over one of his eyes. He led us out to battle, kind of like they do in the film Braveheart, and he said he had been meaning to tell us something, and that he felt comfortable telling us because he knew we would love him no matter what--even if he participated in alternative lifestyle.

Anyways, he basically told us that he was a FGGT, but we already kind of knew because he listened to a lot of straightforward-entrylevel-faggy + obvious faggy electro that was popular 8 months ago. Also, we were all wearing our NEON FOOTSOLDIER gear, and he decided to dress like Coldplay/SigurRos/other FGGTs in bands. I guess he just wanted to make sure every1 knew he was 'an individual' or something. SRSLY though, who still wears colonial army uniforms?

Note: This is the camouflage featured on our uniforms (designed by Marc [via Marc Jacobs])

General Alt also painted his nails and wore fuzzy Livestrong bracelets.

N e ways, we lost the battle, and like s00 many people died on both sides. It was kind of sad, because when I killed a man, I realized that we had both illegally downloaded the new Ratatat album from the same zShare file.

I guess maybe we all are the same. I guess we should have put down our electro-lighting bolt daggers, and learned how to bond while listening to a remix of a Ladyhawke song, or something else that is meaningful, uplifting, and urgent.

[Photo by The Facehunter]

xx BONUS xx
Seen n e kute Human Mashups lately?

This Human Mashup combines Internet Banner Ad Artist Andy Warhol with Icelandic Weirdo Bjork.

I am a huge proponent of where art, party pix, and standing up for things unite to create the ultimate representation of what it means to mean something meaningful. Giving back Power to the Peaceful is the only way we can avoid both the electro recession and the nuclear winter following the Global Electro War.

"George Bush Doesn't Care About Women With Hairy Pits."
-Kanye West's Mom's Last Words

[Image by OutWithMe.com]

Check out this kid from Australia who threw one of the greatest parties in the history of parties. See what happens when the reporter from A CURRENT AFFAIR tries to get him to apologize, and take off his famous sunglasses.

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Hopefully we all give birth to kids who are free-spirited and party-loving as this kid. His glasses ARE cool, and I'm glad he didn't take them off.

COREY WORTHINGTON is not just an Australian party legend. He's an international hero.

This video = why Australia might win the AUSTRALIA VS FRANCE MUSIC WAR. Ultimately, he's a mix of WHERE DA PARTY AT + MYSPACER WORTH BLOGGING ABOUT.

Via ComixBros