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Aidan Moffat dispenses love advice

By admin on August 21st, 2008

Arab Strap once released a gem of a song called ‘General Plea to a Girlfriend’ which contained the following lyrics:

I can’t make boasts about my body.
The workmanship is somewhat shoddy.
Sometimes I overwork my gob.
Can’t buy you gifts I’ve got no job.

So it may surprise you to learn that Aidan Moffat, the miserable-voiced vocalist of the band has a sex and love column in new online mag The Quietus.

It will surprise you even more to learn that his column is an amazing piece of genius. In one response he tells someone writing in about a troublesome open relationship:

“I’ll be honest with you, James, I think you people are fucked in the head.” Priceless.

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Office Wear Chic In The Independent

By Will Reid on July 15th, 2008

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Reading through The Independent Online last night, I came across this article by Alice-Azania Jarvis on the art of dressing for work. As she states, “the thing about getting dressed for work – the thing that makes it so very difficult – is that work is definitely not about clothes. On the contrary: in the world of earnest employment, such frivolities are almost frowned upon.”

This isn’t true in the world of fashion, a Lacroix suit in blue silk can be just as suitable as a t-shirt and jeans but every job has areas where comfort and utility are a priority.

Follow this link for the article and master your workwear wardrobe.

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Mr Mills: The Sunday Times Style Magazine’s New Menswear Columnist

By Will Reid on July 10th, 2008

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The Sunday Times Style Magazine has, for me, always been a source of great fashion advice but on Sunday, it was the magazine’s new menswear columnist David Mills who I had my eye on.

In his first post (blogger-vocab just fills such a niche in the English language,) Mills talked of great British traditions and this ranged from an observation on cricket attire and classic socks to Huw Edward’s ties.

While entertaining, Mills is too negative and with lines like “Cricket kit used to be…” and “not for the office,please: nobody likes characters,” you are left feeling reprimanded by a headmaster and not advised by a fashion-conscious metrosexual.

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