Are You Cool?

A friend of mine told me about a website called "THE COOL HUNTER"
The premise is that you will check out the website in order to be told what's cool... Ironically this friend is quite cool... she doesn't need the cool hunter.

I'm downright skeptical about The Cool Hunter. Isn't it pretty uncool? To be told what's cool? To subscribe to a website that'll tell you what's cool?

I think it's one of the least cool websites i've ever seen. High end cars and baby clothes and buff shirtless dudes from Bondi?

THAT. AINT. COOL.

Pretty much everyone I know doesn't own a Japanese penthouse, a diamond studded new generation mini cooper or a chapel street clothing store with heaps of mirrors and Gainsville furniture. But the people I know are rad...
I hate the cool hunter... don't like it's premise or it's attitude or anything it features as 'cool'.

Photo from Cool Hunter

Apart from these kids actually. I wish I had his flannel. And if I met a girl aged 25 who was wearing her clothes with that cute fringe, i'd probably be quite enamored... (sigh)

Another friend (his name is spike) sent me this link... http://www.myspace.com/threetrappedtigers. Here's the entirety of our skype conversation... it'll give you an insight into the intellect and depth of conversation that we music industry losers enjoy.

Spike @ 4:01 PM
http://www.myspace.com/threetrappedtigers

Me @ 4:02 PM
two can play at this game
http://www.myspace.com/thenightterrors

Spike @ 4:02 PM
haha yeh on EXO records.

Me @ 4:45 PM
threetrappedtigers
fuck yeah!

Spike @ 4:45 PM
oh yeh!

Me @ 4:45 PM
rad. where'dya hear about em?

Spike @ 4:46 PM
blog about them dude. it'll make you look cool.
haha

Me @ 4:46 PM
yeah maybe I will.
i need to look cool

Commentary: This is where we get profound

Spike @ 4:46 PM
being cool isnt cool
not being cool is cool

Me @ 4:47 PM
cool by not being cool is cool unless your trying not to be cool, which isnt cool at all.

Spike @ 4:47 PM
exactly.

So... welcome to Illegetimate Childrens first Cool Blog.

This is possibly the first time as a blogger I can be ahead of the pack. You'll notice that all the stuff I blog about loving is ancient in the blogosphere. I'd be laughed out of town at South By South West or Popkomm. That's where the cool people are one step of the game.

So wanna hear the band we're talking about?

4 - Three Trapped Tigers

Oh my... I just lost my sh*t. That is ummmm... WICKED!

Well worth following the link on that 30 second snippet for a listen to the full track...
It's totally down my alley, instrumental music, piano, drums, bass, post rock, math rock, technical wizardry, groovy, great sounds.
There's even better songs on their myspace so go there... Undeniably Cool. I also just bought the EP...

There ya go. I do need to be told what's cool... thanks spike

Finally... A confession

I own two albums about being cool. Both are critical favorites but you know what? I don't dig em at all. Overrated.

Miles Davis - The Birth Of The Cool (apparently Lisa Simpsons Favorite Album - thanks wiki)
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (just didn't get into it)

Can you believe I called Miles Davis Overrated? ZING!

Wow, that's actually not cool.