The Whole Truth

There is something I love about the fake products which you receive at Christmas from your rich Auntie/Uncle who take it upon themselves to visit far eastern exotic locations around the world just before Christmas for a ‘last minute break’.

A few years back I was given one of those fake Rolex watches which was a very nice present, and thanks to to how cheap they are means you can give slightly naive young people a present which makes them feel immensely ‘cool’, and luckily for the well of relatives means they can push slightly more cash into their savings accounts right before the end of the tax year and still manage to make there nephew feel amazing.

That was 5 years ago, and thankfully I have become slightly more in tune with how the present giving situation works. Unfortunately you have to spend the money to make people feel special when you get to a certain age, and in my case ‘knock off fakes‘ do not impress my other half.

There are many who do not like the idea of wearing a fake product such as a fake Rolex. From a forum I frequent:

Now,maybe I’am shallow or even a bit pretentious….but I don’t get the ‘Lot of flash for little cash’ look.If I buy something nice,I do it to make ME feel good.Yes…fakes MAY look the same as the real thing…but I would know myself that it was a fake,therefore I could never feel good about it.

As much as I totally agree with the above opinion this poster gives, personally the only bad experience of having a fake product such as a Rolex was when the strap broke and I went to get it fixed at a proper watch shop and they noticed straight away it infact wasn’t the real deal. Some embaressment later and I decided that in fact wearing this watch made me look a bit of a loser.

Unfortunately, truth be told these fake Rolex watches are mostly of pretty high quality and the general consensus on the message board thread was that the watches are generally of a pretty good quality and generally never go wrong.

With the majority of us wanting watches and not really having the money to make a sound call on buying on, is the idea that we should switch and save and stick to the fake products one which rings true to you? It does to me…

Another week another pointless post with me trying desperately to force some ‘great’ music down your throats. I get a small kick everytime, so i’m going to keep going. Please feel free to add some recommendations!

Firstly:

Young Widows

I don’t know what is that I like about this band – they are heavy fairly abrasive and just ballsy. Its a great combination and has provided hours of sing along in the van whilst away playing shows.

Like a few music blogs out there who usually link to a Spotify page, I can’t in this instance so I am going to link you to a Myspace page which is available here.

You should listen to this band they are great. Even if you just look at the large bass amp set up!

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene are a pretty triumphant band. There is something completely glorious about their take on indie rock type stuff which is just enthralling and completely ’singalong’. If you like happy fun songs with lots of different instruments and a frankly amazing live show I fully recommend checking BSS out.

A link to there Spotify Page is here plus there are quite a few of them!

Part Chimp

Part Chimp are a very loud, noisy band from London, UK. Who create a wierd, loud noise which is pretty good. Mixing elements of riffage and pure aggression with melodic singing to create a perfect noise.

The album ‘I Am Come’ is a pretty good album and definately worth checking out, if you like noisy riffage that is! Its available to listen to on Spotify here

I think this picture seems to sum them up pretty well!

So there you have it. Some great bands to spend your hard earned money on, stop putting money into savings and splash some cash on these bands and you wont be sorry.

It’s nearly Christmas and for me Christmas shopping is but one of my yearly fears, a sense of inevitability haunts the air around me as I move from shop to shop looking for that perfect gift whilst trying (mostly badly) not to spend to much money.

I’m into the idea of killing 2 birds with 1 stone as much as the next person, an office colleague has had perhaps the most genius of ideas : propose to his girlfriend on their mutual birthday’s thus meaning in years to come the whole ‘engagement anniversary/birthday celebrations’. I suggested going one better and actually getting married on the same day, thus killing 3 birds with 1 stone! A perhaps genius idea which could only lead to future happiness and the occasionally severe argument.

Back to Christmas. I have been told for a long time I need to make more ‘effort’ with buying Christmas presents for family etc. Every year the list of people seems to exponentially grow against me, and the amount of presents I receive seem to fluctuate lower then the previous childhood years. Not that I am remotely bothered… It would be nice to get a present from a few people who are currently on the list but never seem to reciprocate i.e. *Lucy the Dog.

When it comes to buying presents I have to admit I am a bit of a Christmas Scrooge looking to make massive savings when it comes to buying those festive treats, preferring to buy small and many in type.

Hopefully this year I will be able to find some decent things for cheap.

* Lucy is actually a Dog, not a horrible girl …