Nineteen Ninety Never

In the comment section of io9 a few months ago, someone suggested that t-shirts be made depicting a quote attributed to George Orwell:

“Back in the 1900s, it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H.G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers…and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.“

Its a wonderful quote, and I completely agree with the commenter that shirts should be made, so I’m offering my design above, paraphrased from that quote (clicking on the image will give you the layered, PSD file should you wish to use it - I can’t remember where I got the template).

I’m certainly not a graphic designer, so if you make your own version, let me know in the comments or via email. It’ll probably be better than what I’ve come up with.

Keep the sci-fi dream alive, my friends…and while you’re at it, grok these future tracks:

Cut Copy - Future

Futurecop! vs. Ciara - Fast Forward 1 2 Step (props to Trash Menagerie for posting that one)

If you liked this shirt, check out more sci-fi shirts themed shirts on 199x

I guess it’s St. Valentine’s day, and the popular thing to do is to write a post themed around it.

Here’s my take.

Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better

Autoerotique - Hey You Hey Me

Usher - Love In This Club (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Goldfrapp - Ooh La La

Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets (KIDS AT THE BAR Remix)

Dominique Young Unique Vs. Yacht - I’m In Love With A Hot Girl (The Hood Internet Remix)

And if you still need a last minute gift idea for that special occasion, I recommend Shoes of Prey.

If you’re not already hip to the Scotty Dynamo scene, grab his new album and hear what everyone’s been talking about.

His beats will are great, and he’s got  hilarious lyrics like “no that aint my number that’s my bank account.”

Scotty Dynamo - Dance All Night

Scotty Dynamo - Tik Tok (Kesha Cover)

Kesha - Tik Tok

I expect big things from this kid in twenty-ten. Check him and get his new album for free at ScottyDynamo.com

Anna Karina was Jean-Luc Godard’s muse, his starlett and his wife. She was the main actress in most of the films he directed and this includes a couple of my favorites: Pierrot Le Fou and Alphaville.

I always thought she was hot, but I also always thought that it must have been weird for Godard to watch Jean-Paul Belmondo (possibly the coolest guy in the world) always play the romantic lead across from her.

Anyways, here are some tracks for the francophile in you:

Deejay Raph - Fuck Me I’m French (Pance Party Remix)

Les Petite Pilous - Dodo Electro

M.I.T.C.H ft Feadz & Uffie - Fais Rentres Les Euros (Larytta Remix)

And courtesy of my new favorite blog, fellow Torontonians Salacious Sound:

Friendly Fires - Paris (Computer Club’s Aeroplane vs. Au Revoir Simone Edit)

Oh Death designs wicked t-shirts and blogs great music.

What’s not to like?

Here are a couple of tracks that he recommends:

Dmerit - Stuck On You (The Phantom’s Revenge Remix)

Gavin Burrows - Hands in the Air (buy the EP on Beatport)

Like that wicked gun shirt I recently blogged about, I also picked up this Triumvir “Rome Never Fell” shirt at Capsule up in Toronto’s glamorous Yorkville region.  Its black and white, and features a statue of Caesar giving the Trudeau-salute. It also fits perfectly.

To celebrate how much I like wearing it, here are some Rome-themed tracks for you.

The Streets - Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix)

AutoErotique - Gladiator (Steve Aoki and DJ AM Mix)

AutoErotique - Gladiator

Violca (MANSION) - Empire

And while we’re on the topic, let’s reminisce about the time I went as Caesar for Halloween. I was probably inspired slightly by  Robert Silverberg’s Roma Eterna, a fictional story of what the world would have looked like if the Roman Empire had never fallen.

Thanks to our T-dot brethren SalaciousSound for the Violca track. They’ve got another one, and some more information on their post about Violca.

One of the reasons I started this blog in the first place was because I thought that Nineteen Ninety Never would be a kick-ass name for a line of t-shirts. I designed and actually made some of them, including the one above. It was a huge stencil, and I regret the fact that I had to abandon it in Australia.

To go with the theme and because they’re coming to Toronto this weekend, here are some absolutely deadly Fake Blood tracks:

Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) (props to this guy for the track)

(I’m just absolutely loving Little Boots these days, and my favorite part of the song is when she says “Fake Blood” at 1:44)

Count and Sinden - Beeper (Fake Blood mix)

The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (Fake Blood mix)

Buy Little Boots  stuff on iTunes then hit her up on Twitter.

Fake Blood on Myspace (no, not THAT Fake Blood), more Fake Blood on 199X

The Kills on MySpace, iTunes and here.

Woolcovered recently pointed out that Cadence Weapon has released a mix tape under the “pay-what-you-can” model.

I threw Cadence five bucks for the album, and you should too.  I saw him perform in ‘08, and he was pretty entertaining. Here are a couple of tracks to get you started:

Herve & A-Track feat. Cadence Weapon - Roll With the Winners

Cadence Weapon - House Music Medley

I picked up that shirt in the above picture at Capsule (69 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto).  I don’t think that a single gun is repeated on the entire shirt, but I bet that the part of you that is stoked for the G.I. Joe movie is trying to name every single one of those guns.

Cadence Weapon’s mix tape website

Cadence Weapon on MySpace

Cadence Weapon on iTunes

I saw Tiga the other day…then watched the interview he did for his new album. If you haven’t seen it, go to  Tiga’s website,  and watch it. With lines like “My lyrics basically reveal essentially how interesting how I am” and it gives you a whole new appreciation for the man as an entertainer. Seriously - just watch the interview and prepare to be hilariously blown away.  I also really appreciate it when he says “As a child I always believed and dreamed of a glorious, golden, mysterious future. And i feel like I’ve arrived. ”

Tiga - Mind Dimension (Disco Villains Remix)

Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Tiga Remix)

There is more Disco Villains here on 199X or check out the their Myspace. There is also more Tiga (I love that guy) on 199X here and here.

And for you lazy ones that won’t go to his website to watch the interview video, here it is in two parts:

Hit up Tiga on Facebook

I’ve been obsessed with this picture of Allison Harvard (aka Creepy Chan) after I first read about her in a Wired.com blog post (just look at that blank look in her eyes). Once the darling of 4chan, she rose to fame by becoming the runner-up on my roommates favorite TV show: America’s Next Top Model. I don’t know if that’s a rags-to-riches story so much as a…you know what? I don’t know what kind of story it is. All I know is that she posted some pretty artsy pictures of herself on 4chan then got sort of normal, disappointing her original fan base.

Read more about Creepy Chan on Encyclopedia Dramatica, then check out these tracks below. They don’t really have anything to do with her, but I’ve been listening to them lately.

Thieves Like Us - Your Heart Feels

Veronica Maggio - Måndagsbarn (Le Prix Remix)

(Thanks to Discobelle for this one - they’re always dropping good Swedish stuff) (Apparentally Veronica is a big deal in Sweden)

Catch more Thieves Like Us on Myspace. I’m sure they’d love to have you as a friend.