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Doc Martens jumps the shark, stabs it in both eyes, then jumps it again
Working at Saatchi & Saatchi in London must truly suck. Imagine you are in one of those "idea" meetings trying hard as hell to pitch Doc Martens, which practically sell themselves among the music industry and disaffected youth culture all over the world. But the problem you're having is that your ideas are lame, you got the job at Saatchi because your Dad knows a guy from college who now runs the department. He owes your Dad a huge favor after that time he scored blow just before finals were due his senior year.
So you get this cool job and your first assignment deals with Docs, which you never even owned at any point in your life. You were always more of a K-Swiss kind of guy anyway. You're about to get called on at the meeting, its GO TIME:
"Hey guys, I got it! Let's take some images of a few dead rock stars and throw some Docs on them. How extreme is that bro? Then they'll be like sitting on top of clouds looking tough and durable, just like a Doc Marten boot. Is that kick-ass or what?"
High-five.
Wed May 23 2007 · Posted in Daily on littleradio.com
LiTTLE RADiO mixtape: Vol. 1
The times have changed my friends. No more mixtapes or even mix-cds these days, everything is heresay and word-of-mouth. Whether it stems from a lack of time, or just plain laziness, it has become difficult to burn a solid batch of tunes for someone wanting to discover some new music.
Mixtapes used to be like a resume for someone you were interested in dating. Nowadays it's nearly impossible to talk to anyone and get a solid opinion about what kind of music they love, like or even despise. People are so uncertain about certainty. These little "mixtapes" contain 10 songs that I can't seem to stop playing. The first installment goes a little something like this:
- School of Seven Bells: "Wired For Light" - From their Myspace page.
- Fields: "If You Fail, We All Fail" - From their Atlantic Records debut Everything Last Winter.
- Welcome: "All Set" - From their Fat Cat Records release Sirs.
- The Pity Party: "Dronebots and Peons" - From their handmade and painfully good EP.
- Jarvis: "Black Magic" - I know it's a rip off of "Crimson and Clover," but I don't care.
- The Twilight Sad: "Walking For Two hours" - Pulverizing space rock from Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters.
- Dr. Dog: "The Girl" - From their surprise longplayer We All Belong.
- Xu Xu Fang: "Good Times" - The Xu Xu Fang express builds momentum on this Myspace track.
- The White Stripes: "Icky Thump" - I'm so ready for this album.
- Dungen: "Familj" - I love the flute that comes in near the end of this beautiful jam.