This blog she is a-changing (best sung to the tune of These Boots Are Made For Walking)

So – you may have noticed for a while there that I stopped blogging. There are several reasons for this:
a) My computer died. Too much midget porn, according to my buddy who fixed it (I paid him in Cherry Ripe cup cakes and donkey porn)
b) I developed a life. Well, not really, but I did get a whole heap of new books and reading is my favorite thing to do, and we had some family issues and I’ve got this mother-flipping wedding to plan and I took up Bikram yoga ( a post on that soon) and then gave it up again cause it was so pricey.
c) My camera is a P.O.S and I can’t take any decent photos with it and finally
d) I just wasn’t feeling the theme anymore. Really – I love zombies, I love vintage, but confining myself to a particular genre (coming soon to a library near you!) was too limiting. Most of my conversations come back to zombies anyway but when I feel like I have to they just don’t. And my previous posts have been less than amusing, for sure.
So now this blog will be about whatever I feel like. Oh, the crap I’m going to write….
No seriously. It’ll be crap. My apologies in advance.

The splendor bender

I've been quiet around the interwebs the last week or so, caught up in the epicness that is Splendor in the Grass.
For those non-Aussies, this is the most expensive and awesome musical festival in our country, and goes for about four days.
This is the first year I've managed to get tickets (which was a mission in itself and had my entire office screaming at their computers as we all hoped and prayed and got kicked out of the queue at 17 only to return in 38,9078 place. No really), so I was pretty excited.

It was a great festival, despite some awful traffic issues and the general freezingness that is Woodford, so I've managed to get over my hatred for the ticketing system. Bands included Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Mumford and Sons, THE PIXIES, Florence and the Machine, Temper Trap, Washington, Clare Bowditch, Paul Kelly and lots more awesome.

I have some radcore oozing wounds on my feet from dancing in my gumboots and will need to sleep for a few days but it was all worth it.



ABOVE: Me in excellent raver sunnies, a vintage 70s dress and rainbow gumboots on my way to the site.

Splendor would be a deathtrap in a zombie invasion so I dressed appropriately
Crappy raver sunnies,a warm dress, tights in my bag for when it gets colder, a sack with the essentials (water, snacks, phone)and hardcore gumboots (ok, they're rainbow and sparkly but still legitimate gumboots).

The reason Splendor would be so dangerous in an outbreak is the sheer mass of people and over-excited security guards. It's set in rough bushland with large open spaces carved out for stages and paddocks for the hundreds of cars and campers. Small paths and bridges link the areas. If even one was infected it would quickly spread in such tightly packed crowds and seeing as a lot of people are already hallucinating some crazy crap on drugs anyway, it would not be recognized as an outbreak.
If it happens, your best bet is to ignore the security guards and make for any kind of exit -not the marked ones as those will be hard to get to - but any fence or barricade you can scale. Then head for the high ground surrounding the festival site and let the zombies feast on the masses as you look for a defensive position to ride it out in until you can move to a long term spot or your back-up bunker.

My rainbow gumboots were made for this shiz.

Vintage originals versus reproductions - what's better? And does it really matter when you're being chased by zombies? Part II

Last post we covered the greatness of vintage (like how I said we like there are a room of people gathered around nodding in agreement, not just me watching Step Up and typing in my jammies).

This post we're going to look at side b, the vintage reproduction. These can be just as pricey as vintage on occasion, but are more readily available and there are some talented sewers out there selling some awesome things on Etsy and ebay. Also, larger vintage reproduction clothing lines ship internationally and are creating some amazing stuff.

Check out http://heartbreakerfashion.com/ - it has some lovely vintage repros.




ABOVE: A heartbreaker dress I got from eBay. Sturdy and will hide bloodstains, but makes you an easy target.

Also, check out etsy seller vintage viola at http://www.etsy.com/people/violavintage.



ABOVE: Cool Twiggy style dress available at http://www.etsy.com/listing/29085834/vintage-style-1960s-dress-size-medium-68 . Dark colours are zombie appropriate - you can blend in in many environments and they hide blood stains! Short length also makes for easy maneuverability when escaping.


This seller also makes some brilliant reproductions: http://www.etsy.com/shop/thepinkkitten?ref=seller_info




ABOVE: Stunning blue dress available at http://www.etsy.com/listing/51473424/lucky-number-3-vintage-reproduction-40s?ref=sr_list_29&ga_search_query=vintage+reproduction+dress&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title The colour makes you target but it's great until the apocalypse hits.

Repros will probably be more readily available after the apocalypse and as most are machine made from heavy cotton, they can take a beating and a lot of washing if you're traveling light on your escape. It's a tough call on what's going to be better in a zombie war though. To be honest you're probably best with some jeans and a range of t-shirts - but you won't look nearly as good.

Zonks Batman! World War Z Movie is a goer.

ABOVE: World War Z cover courtesy www.wikipedia.com


It's just been announced at Comic Con - the long awaited World War Z movie is happening once more.
Based on the awesome book by Max Brooks (son of Mel Brooks of Spaceballs fame), the movie has been confirmed to star Brad Pitt, whose production company Plan B bought the rights to the book in a massive bidding war some time ago.

Rumor has it that they're taking their sweet time with the movie because as well as being a great horror zombie movie, it could be an awards contender for its dramatic themes.

For those that haven't read the book I plan to do a full review in a month's time but it is an amazing and frighteningly accurate look at how the human race would crumble in an outbreak. Brooks' take on how human's morals would be thrown on the window is very realistic and plausable.

Worl War Z has a 2020 release date and with the studio also buying the rights to Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide and Recorded Attacks graphic novel we could be set for a franchise.

Hang on to your tasty, tasty brains

The zombie apocolypse is inevitable. I’m not here to debate that. There will, possibly soon, be a time when all of us reduced to walking bags of takeaway for the zombie that will overrun this planet.

That I’m not too worried about. The real issue here is – how will this impact our lives? While at some stage they will out number us and our civilization will be reduced to going ‘underground’ for some time, there is going to be a couple of years in the beginning and the end where zombies are another facet of everyday living.

We must learn how they’ll impact a trip to the movies, a party, a visit to the beach. It’s something Cosmopolitian and Vogue magazine has yet to address – how to tell if your boyfriend is a zombie, or just really into your brain for all the right reasons (it’s not as obvious as it would seem when you’re a 15-year-old girl that finds the death pallour and stilted conversation of Edward Cullen a turn-on). Seriously, it's discussed here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100322114634AAcWPmT

ABOVE: Edward Cullen Zombie Sock Puppet by Underroos. It's fudging awesome. Buy it at http://www.etsy.com/listing/34906811/edward-cullen-the-sock-zombie-puppet

This blog aims to do all that and more – inform the reader of the amazing culture currently around us before our brains become someone’s snack of choice AND evaluate how our lives and tastes are going to fit in with the zombie world. How should we dress? Do our current outfits come up to scratch? What are some zombie guides you can read? What musicians will help carry us through the dark times? Is your hair just garnish on your brain cake, or can it be used in the upcoming war? And what are the cool events you should be checking out before the overcoming lust to eat human flesh numbs all else?

Please comment on any post – we all need to be sharing tips if we’re going to survive and rebuild civilization afterwards. After all, there’s a good chance your face book friend count is going to dive rapidly after the apocalypse, so we’d better stick together.