Season of the year again and the music festivals are all about with concerts and gigs and whatnot rocking out and bleeding those ear drums. Homebake, Peats Ridge Festival, and upcoming not that far away, the Big Day Out.

Six inches in the mosh pit with Art Asylum fingers all over it like a sweat drenched singlet. Laserbeak on the shoulder to pick up some of them bootlegs that tapes are well known for back in the day. Back when bootlegging was all about sticking a Bic pen into the wheels of the cassettes.

Soundwave of the Decepticons and a bust full of pressure to stand well along the album shelves. Ultimate boom box friend (who carries that around anymore) in a world of iPods and defunct Zunes.

Given his status as a team player in the villainous side ofTransformers, his favourite music style may very well be a mix of metal and old timey sounding songs. Maybe a smattering of Cannibal Corpse, Queen and Iron Butterfly? Certainly nothing with The Pipettes save for the quieter times away from the battlefield.

What's playing on your mix tape this summer?

 

Kurt Cobain 18-Inch Electronic Action Figure

Pay homage to Nirvana's front man. The king of Seattle grunge rock, Kurt Cobain, stands 18-inches tall and talks! This highly detailed action figure is based on Kurt's appearance in the breakthrough music video, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and includes his guitar. His life ended in tragedy, but Kurt's legend lives on in the hearts of all Nirvana fans!

 

With the lights out it's less dangerous. And then in the dark it's where nobody can see you sniffing hard up against the plastic blister of your action figure collection. Strange things people do in the comfort of their own garages.

From a female friend spaying "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on a wall to the phenomenal anthem of the disenfranchised ages. Sniffing brings up less through a shield of plastic. Worse still when the object inside smells nothing like a corpse.

Kurt Cobain, dead at 27, lead force behind Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Immortalised in various forms and here, in the guise of an action figure that can take out The Beatles or Ozzy Osbourne himself. Finding the other two members of Nirvana to reform the band is highly unlikely in a 7 inch high figure format.

Be careful of adopting the grunge look and hitting a heavy dose of odours. A thick and unkempt mat of hair can still choke if sucked up and through the nostrils. It has happened.

 

Under the monster riff of The Trooper by the almighty Iron Maiden, a tale of the Crimean War. A battle raged between the Russians and the Ottoman Empire.

Bleak and from the vision of a slain soldier, the song is partially based on The Charge of the Light Brigade. A poem by the long dead Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Never mind of course the fact that the Trooper himself looks like the sight of death. Wrinkles and the skin folding over itself like the battle weary effect it can hold.

Much like the inability of performance artist David Blaine to hold his breath for nine brain damaging minutes. After a week long stunt being Drowned Alive in a water bubble, Blaine emerged all wrinkly and unable to top off the spectacle.

And wrinkles? Far more than just falling asleep in the bath.

 

Elvis Presley. King of rock and roll, lord of the greasy burger and champion of the sideburns ever to this day. Born on January 8 1935 and dropped at August 16 1977 by a heart attack.

Given the roots of the style to his music, the Mississippi musician was no stranger to the rhythm and blues of his country's soul. Black through and through, the rockabilly's hair was the jet stream of night and cool. Others would kill for glistening locks so black that it looks blue.

For those looking to step toward looking like their hero and King, products on the shelves of many hair stylists and glorified barbers may do. Not for everyone though.

For those on the tweetier side of life, shoe polish can work just as well. Careful though, the heat is known to make for serious smear marks even mascara would envy.

 

The Beatles, (bubblegum) pop/rock band with a nasty case of bowl cuts. Like Moe Howards all over only with slightly longer tresses. Their predicament lasted as long as their songs were short. Making the most of the least offered to them by their stylist, Astrid Kirchherr, the four lads from Liverpool (of the UK) shook the world with carefree locks set to a deep dish.

Barbers and $50 hairdressers would have the shaven public shamed for continuing the cheap cut trend.

Styles of all sorts can be made from the extension of the bowl.

Colanders and pasta strainers - Thread the follicles through and a cheap dye job is only half done. The pain and burning only a result of the foodstuffs still lying on the inside of the bowl.

Skillets and saucepans - When that standard bowl cut is too long, hit the flash and take off the dangling locks with a short life, keeping the wholesome impoverished look of the bowl intact.

Fresh whack wok for the monk look - With mitts the size of open fists, throw a burning wok straight on top of the head. Smell the singeing hairs part and reveal some flesh. May cause scalding and trauma.


(The Beatles have left the building inside their box unit and are currently out of stock.)

 

 

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