I was visiting this vintage market on Brick Lane the other day. Had a conversation with this guy about interesting clothes to wear, like these mad pair of boots he actually was selling but unfortunately didn’t fit me.

It took me a good amount of time before I noticed that he was wearing clothes older than myself, including a top hat! Surely, being so confident in his own style that strangers don’t even notice him dressing a bit different is pure TrendGiveAfuck!

This is Kimono, our potential TrendGiveAfuck Core Team Member #3. Makes jewels, runs after boys and sews clothes – you will see more of her on this site, that’s for sure!

“a very round, attractive ghetto syle booty

derivation: shortened form or badonkadonk
damn, i wanna hit that fine donk.”
- urbandictionary.com

Though these guys are wrapping about donks, their dancers are just nice and tight.

Ahem, anyway, donk’s supposed to be the new smash hit genre with the first electro boy-band in ages -- Blackout Crew. But is it worth the hype?

I think not. Sounds just like trance meeting eurodisco. Fast beats and no depth. People might object, but I prefer drum&bass and dubstep any day!

What do you think?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58

Shunt is a gigantic cellar themed pub, it’s entrance through a small door right in London Bridge underground station. Three bars, many chairs sofas and tables, fresh and damp air (it used to be a wine storage), short film cinema, experimental music, still image and object art standing or hanging here and there.

I went there without much expectation, except for the tempo to rise after twelve or something, which, unfortunately, didn’t happen before I got too tired and went home. The club seOne, a really captain club under London Bridge, had similar huge cellar vaults but is now closed

I did enjoy the very cozy place of Shunt and spent a couple of hours there, enjoying the magnificent atmosphere and mixed-form art, and look forward to going there again, now without expectation for tempo. Perhaps they will surprise with some lounge music next time

View some photographs of the interior below:

A small room bringing you back 80 years, old radio shows playing in the background

Door to 30s room

One of many rooms of Shunt Vaults. Very high ceiling and calming lighting

The bars were small but still had lots to drink, a little pricey, though

Left: one of several doorways. RIght: creepy doll

A pub with slightly more lighting you were unsure if they were actors or visitors

Small market selling prints

Large band playing experimental music with kinds of instruments and song. Sometimes a little too complex.

A doll or a dead girl? Later she stood up, rising 8 feet in the air and very talkative

Eerie chair and a sulking box...

People moving like robotic dools, making loud noise when stomping on the floor. Pretty kewl.

I was convinced that doll was going to start moving and shouting random latin quotes.

Left: weird corner with animated projections. Right: hanging, mezmerising, mirrors

TK Maxx, United Kingdom, is taking clothes donations from 5th to 25th of April! Earnings from clothes collected and sold will go to Cancer Research UK. Click here to visit their page

For the really trendy ones, TK Maxx also has a Celebrity Auction on eBay, if you want to buy the REALLY posh cloths worn by someone famous, you know, those who buy one outfit for £1.000.000.000.000, wears it just one evening, and usually throws it away.

TK Maxx isn’t the only shop selling 2nd hand clothes, and not the only one taking clothes donations. Personally I think they are just trying to earn some false good will to attract more bohemian customers.

On the first day, God created BLOC Weekend.
On the second day, God created BLOC Weekend After Party! YEAH!

For now in a secret location, Eastern Electrics will feature Disco Bloodbath, Mulletover and BLOC fully charged giving you the latest in electronica. May the 2nd before a bank holiday. Click here to read more.

We were there last New Year and it was captain! This year, however, we will be half the core TrendGiveAfuck, as The Licious is out and about in Sweden. Adorian will be there with a delicious stand-in, camera fully loaded ready to shoot all cool outfits. And ourselves, as usual.

I was out and about viewing a temp room to stay in the next coming weeks, so I kinda missed “little Saturday”. I was careless enough to tell you about this really cool club in Brixton, London – Plan B – where you can get old school hiphop, r&b and house.

And, best of all – their website is really slick!

http://www.plan-brixton.co.uk

It’s Monday evening and we just came home from bus rides, planes and hangovers (actually, we’re still hungover). BLOC 2010 was a blast! – I haven’t had this fun a party since last BLOC, and I’m pretty sure The Licious can’t disagree. We had a real captain time, seeing Salt n’ Pepa (!!!), Roots Manuva, Autechre, Anti, Derrick May, and many others – dacing our asses off, partying with our very good Briton (and New Zeelandish) friends, talking with all of you really captain BLOCers, and taking loads of photographs! Thanks for everything!

Oh yeah, ya wanna see the photos? Stay in line and behave – here’s the status:

BLOC Weekend – Friday 13th
BLOC Weekend – Saturday 14th
BLOC Weekend – Sunday 15th

Ta ta for now – I’m off to the jacuzzi for a rest and to reflect upon the past weekend

This weekend I’m joining Adorian in England for some major mayhem at BLOC Weekend. Electro festival at its best! So expect a big update in the events section sometime next week. While waiting for that, have a look at last year’s BLOC photos.

The flight is hours away so I better get some sleep.

PS. Apparently, Adorian is already at full power at BLOC! DS.

According to BeautifulPeople.com, British people are among world’s ugliest. Have fun in London, Adorian!

No, really though, I think the British blokes look col, and some of the girls are just amazing (you who read the stuff on this site know my fascination for British brunettes, or BB’s as we say).

From the same source, you can also read this:

“Swedish men have proved the most successful applicants, with two-thirds (65 per cent) of those putting themselves forward being accepted.”

But remember that style is far more important than complexion anyway, so BeautifulPeople.com – Shove it up your arse.