Archive | April, 2008
Crocs

Crocs: Strangely compelling cheap plastic clogs

Crocs are strangely compelling. I’ll make a confession up front: I’ve just bought my first pair after resisting them for the last few years. Like this blog, I thought they were ugly and cheap looking. Shoes made of injection-moulded rubbery plastic seemed like another indicator of the impending apocalypse. It did seem that shoes like [...]

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Sons and Daughters This Gift

Listening to: Sons & Daughters, This Gift

So I think this is my first album of the year (not that ‘albums of the year’ mean anything around here). But Sons & Daughters‘ new record, This Gift, really resonates with me – and did so right out of the box. I’ve liked this band right from when I first heard them (I forget [...]

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