Quote, Unquote.

Vogue UK, December 2009.

Anywhere

Asia's current spate of torrential monsoon weather means instead of dreaming of visiting faraway, far-flung places I'm dreaming of discovering supernatural-seeming pastures that wouldn't seem out of place in a magical realist novel.

(Images: Various sources that can be traced through my Tumblr.  Which I've given a bit of a makeover.)

Bring Your Own Ghetto Blaster

I love living in Seoul.  I get to go to parties under bridges.  Like a tramp.

(Image: thexoxokids)

The Growlers

I want to go on tour with The Growlers and pretend I’m in Almost Famous.  They can be Stillwater to my Penny Lane.

Any band that sound like The Doors and have Bill Murray as a fan are definitely worth ambling around America for.

Any band in the world are worth living an idyllic, sedentary lifestyle of surfing, eating and vintage shopping for.

GENERATION OS13

This is an enlightening and artistic short documentary about the current shocking state of Britain and its economy, and who is to blame for the continual recession.  (I'll give you a clue: It's the rich and the powerful).

I've always felt politicised and yet apathetic.  A paradox perhaps, but one that is recognisable in much of the people of Britain today.  We seem to be struggling with finding an outlet for our frustrations when making our voices heard on marches, sit-ins - even riots - draw a total blank.

What can we do apart from get angry and self-educated when our government is blatantly ignoring us?  How do you overthrow a leader when there seems to be no-one qualified enough to replace them?

Please send your answers on a postcard emblazoned with a funny political slogan, along the lines of the ones below.

You can vote for your favourite in Don't Panic's placard competition.

P.S, I used to work at the same place as Anika, the blonde musician in the documentary.  I had heard that she made really bizarre, crap music and that has truly been confirmed.

New

New hair, new shoes, new toes.

Subway Shopping

What do you use as a merchandising technique when you only own a tiny space to display your clothing, in the narrow path of a subway station?

You take polaroids of hip Korean girls wearing your wares and you glue them onto your displays.