Polkadot Monsters

Redefining humidity

sleepysteph — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:13:44 +0000

The cat dragged in something this weekend that got the whole interwebz all a-flutter. Would anyone like to venture a guess what this is?

You’re probably sick of looking at them, but come on. One can never get tired of appreciating beauty (and the hard work that goes into maintaining that beauty).

Where are they, you ask? At Abercrombie & Fitch’s first store in Singapore at Knightsbridge (as if you don’t already know), which will open its doors on 15 December.

Get in line because we’re gonna make a visit ourselves this week, just so you know, we can do some last minute Christmas shopping admire those abs up close.

The 200 yard Gong Shot

robomon — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:13:13 +0000

I’m not a fan of golf, but how can you not smile when them chaps try to hit a 9-inch gong placed in a lake 200 yards out?

London style

sleepysteph — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:27:09 +0000

Happy Weekend, y’all! Loving this video of 100 years of fashion in London from 1911 – 2011.

Favourite decades: 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and now.

Sidetrack: Have you noticed that the “goodness” of music and fashion started becoming inversely proportionate to each other from the 70s on?

Batman Plus Math

mirmirr — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:46:55 +0000

Got this off Geeksaresexy.net. Want to try to plot this one day.

Earworm Saturday: Passenger Fever

sleepysteph — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:21:26 +0000

No, we didn’t forget that it’s Saturday! We just got distra-

So today we can’t stop listening to Passenger Fever, which is really two songs in one, a smashing mash-up by Go Home Productions aka Mark Vidler of Iggy Pop’s The Passenger and Peggy Lee’s rendition of jazz standard Fever:

Excuse me while I go check out that shiny thing over there now…

Earworm Saturday: We Used to Wait

sleepysteph — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:48:55 +0000

The simplicity of this song just cuts right through. A song about secret love, longing and lost chances, this one can speak to all of us.

Who cares if no one knew who they were, Arcade Fire truly did deserve that Grammy for this album.

Where does the Taliban get their guns from?

robomon — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:39:54 +0000

Where the hell does the Taliban get their freaking machine guns from?

Why, from a gun market, of course! And yes, they build the guns with their FREAKING HANDS. Pardon the thinly disguised expletives.

If you are interested to read more, the full article can be found here.

Earworm Saturday: Wolf and I

sleepysteph — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:47:42 +0000

Now this might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I’ve just got to share it, because it’s just so good:

Oh Land is really Nanna Øland Fabricius, a former ballet dancer from Denmark who became an electropop singer-songwriter and record producer after an injury ended her dancing career.

This one was taken off her second eponymous album, and you can hear more of her electro goodness here.

Love is a many-splendoured thing

sleepysteph — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:35:05 +0000

Happy Friday everybody!

Here’s a new documentary to warm the cockles of your heart as we celebrate the end of the work week:

It’s called Love, Etc. and it follows five couples in New York City for a whole year on their journey in finding and falling in love.

Here’s one of my favourite quotes from the trailer: “I’ve been married 48 years, but it feels like 48 minutes. 48 seconds.”

A true le sigh moment.

Bird and Fortune – Subprime Crisis

mirmirr — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:01:16 +0000

John Bird and John Fortune (the Long Johns) brilliantly, and accurately, describing the mindset of the investment banking community in this satirical interview.