Hype hype hype hype

As the coolest and indiest fucker on this over-commercialised planet (fuck the system lol), it's only natural that I resist all forms of fads and hype. For example, I still don't "get" donuts because really, guys, they're just donuts, they've always been there. Of course, I enjoy eating a few now and then but I don't feel the need to blog about how I travelled overseas and DUNKIN' DONUTS DUNKIN' DONUTS DUNKIN' DONUTS FUCKIN' DONUTS URHRHGGGGGHHHHHHHHH I'M CUMMING URRGGHHH.

The worst fad that has hit Singaporean youths lately has to be skinny jeans. Never has one single piece of clothing been able to separate the utterly style-less from the others like skinny jeans. I've found myself afraid to go to Orchard Road because of kids in skinny jeans and the worst are jeans that are divided down the middle with one colour (most probably red) and another (always black) on the other. I honestly hope the Taiwanese don't hear of the music genre they call "Emo", oh God please don't.

That being said, I own two pairs of skinny jeans which cost $560 in retail pricing. But it's okay, I was there before the trendwhore kids hopped onto the 38-year-old-prostitute-like bandwagon which looked pretty damn good before but is now an overexposed and sagging hag because of the number of people who have gone on her. Creating analogies like a hero, Goddamn.

Don't worry, I haven't gone crazy from getting scammed yet. That was just the blogging equivalent of Craig Nichols going crazy on national TV. It's okay! He's an Autistic!

That brings me to my main point (The music, not the Autism) of fads and hype, I wasn't kidding when I wrote about resisting hype because that's just what I've been doing since my Secondary School days when I felt the need to be different. I was never one of the popular kids so I refused to consume what they consumed but like I said, Secondary School days.

Hence, I missed out on the entire Garage/Indie Rock thing which was ENORMOUS from 2000 to 2003. I heard The Strokes on Internet radio and dismissed them because, shit, their name is everywhere and if they're popular now, I mustn't listen to them.

What a mistake.

I got the band's entire discography and I can't believe what I've been missing out on. The third album was a mediocre effort but if your band's portfolio consists of "Hard to Explain", "Last Nite", "12-51" and "Someday", you probably won't give a shit about some pseudo-indie dickhead's opinions anyway. Same thing with other bands such as Hot Hot Heat, Bloc Party and The Arctic Monkeys. The latter two made good music but God, there was way too much hype.

So, am I a pretentious faggot for listening to music that's only past its prime so I won't look like a trendwhoring faggot instead? Well, maybe but I should upload the glossy and extremely 2.0-ish logos that I've been creating lately and you all can e-lynch me for being an e-hypocrite.

What am I listening to now? I'm so indie that I'm listening to The Ultimate Motown Hits Collection now. Beat that, you electro-listening, threadless-wearing hipster dicks.