It is hardly breaking news that tr00fags love to jizz over dead media formats (see my previous post ‘Why do people think old stuff is cool?‘ for an in-depth look at the subject), but the fact that TITLE FIGHT now make disposable cameras definitely represents an escalation of the ‘who can fetishize the most banal, dumb trinket’ battle. THE WONDER YEARS may have taken the early lead with their pretentious coffee table book, but TITLE FIGHT just passed them in a blur with the introduction of these useless, ghey little cameras.
When you think about it a bit more, though, it gets rly postmodern rly fast… for example, taking a photo of a camera with your iPhone and Tweeting it, because a film camera in 2012 is not about actually using it to take photos, it is about what the camera represents as a symbol (brb going on and on about how amazing the intro to semiotics class I took last semester was). In this case, I can imagine some fggt getting one of these and being like ‘lol who remembers going on field trips to the zoo and taking pics with one of these sigh i wish i could recapture the carefree innocence of childhood.’ Or maybe it is about how ‘using a limited palette of tools can rly open up new possibilities for u as an artist’ and they will use the images captured with this camera for their senior portfolio class that’s about how the medium is teh message (btw does anyone know where u can get them developed its a weird format that the photo lab at school doesn’t know how to work with and I need to drop them off to get framed at Michael’s by monday if they’re going to be ready in time for the show).
in b4 TITLE FIGHT get one-upped by MAN OVERBOARD making buggy whips or FIREWORKS adding replica Confederate dollars to their merch assortment
I’m still waiting for the BASEMENT ltd edition pencil case with matching sharpener, because u need somewhere to store ur retro HEY MONDAY hb pencils.
I can just see it now….
Tumblrbro with Toms shoes, Set Your Goals mesh shorts, a Wonder Years “High School Stagedive Team” tank-top underneath his flannel shirt, and orange Basement beanie taking pictures of himself and his friends with his Title Fight disposable camera while they wait for Handguns to start their set.
Wonder Years “High School Stagedive Team”
Would LOVE to get one of those!!
Sad that I misplaced my Fight Fair Surf Team mesh shorts :(
Pretty much fucking destroyed that band’s fans in your second paragraph. Embarassed 4 them just reading it haha. Obsessive fixation on dat longing for the return ‘carefree childhood’ really tells you a lot about someone. Betas scared of the future, that shun self-growth and development, going on a tangent into the past where they shun responsibility. Good luck with your investment into the future goals in 2012.
ps. Good luck with your Ernst & Young merger goals in 2012.
Wait til they find out that the photos will cost $30 to get developed and all look like shit.
hahaha oh god this
While being a fan of title fight in general, can’t say i backed this tard. Why can’t bands just stick to hoodies, shirts and posters as the socially acceptable forms of merchandising and instead of wasting more money they do not have on random nostalgic trinkets invest on better art for their shirt designs ? I’m getting sick of browsing through the Kings Road merch website looking at band tees with the band name slapped in the middle with helvetica/ariel font and shitty one coloured (usually white) illustration/ photo on the back of the shirt. I am longing for the day I can get a Defeater or a Loma Prieta t shirt thats not in black/ white with a single colour print on the front.
I doubt that will ever happen, as both of those bands are far too tr00 and up their own ass to ever consider anything but the shittiest/cheapest looking merch designs.
I really like white tshirts/black prints. im used to metal tshirts that are black have a goofy image/band name and a stupid slogan on the back, so when i see something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/BONE-AWL-SHIRT-idjarn-akitsa-volahn-ash-pool-raspberry-bulbs-altars-ssorc-pest-/180849994698?pt=US_Mens_Tshirts&var=&hash=item2a1b7febca#ht_840wt_906 i appreciate it.
i have to sat though: despite the lulziness of these cameras, the title fight backpacks were kinda a cool idea. kinda beta but cool nonetheless.
Looking forward to the new Wonder Years home phones.
It’ll go great with your Man Overboard phone book and Fireworks dial-up modem.
fuck yeah I lav those rotary dials
those were the (Wonder) years
Hahaha. Title Fight reads Goosebumps on cassette tape, free with their new vinyl.
Also, in b4 Stand By Me-related merch.
Something about one of these bands recording their own song off the radio onto a tape and releasing it like that..
even though i’m usually p critical of scene shit i didn’t even pick up on this as a part of their ~vintage image, i thought it was actually a good idea because they sold them on warped and it’d be a good impulse buy since it’s kinda sketch bringing a fancy camera, but kids still wanna take their nice sentimental pics yanno.
That does kinda make sense although I was always under the impression most scene tweens take photos with their iphones anyway.
yeah true,
tho having developed photos also appeals as a physical keepsake like tickets/wristbands/passes/signatures/whatever crap people save, not just bc OLD STUFF IS COOL
But you can just print the (far higher quality) photo from your iphone, right from itunes, and have it delivered to you. Unless mb u really just want to take a zany trip to cvs with your friends and talk about all the late 90s pop culture u liked as a kid
DEFEND HOME DELIVERY
On one hand, I do agree that the fact that these things even exist is indicative of the fact that kids like to buy flimsy pieces of plastic on a whim, while also suggestive of the fact that almost nobody gives a fuck about cds anymore. As such, more and more bands are resorting to peddling schlocky novelty items at their shows (beer coozies, action figures, etc) to fill the merch void created by the fact that almost everybody there already owns the music on a non-physical format.
On the other hand, it’s hard for me to believe that a band so invested in their ‘rmbr when?” image as Title Fggt is didn’t have some dopy sense of nostalgia in mind when they created these cameras. So I figure the truth probably lies somewhere between the fact that they needed SOMETHING to sell on tour, and that they are nostalgic dorks peddling to nostalgic dorks (who haven’t actually been through enough stuff to really have a good reason to feel nostalgic about anything yet).
zomg nostalgiaxcore. didn’t some band come out with slap bracelets at one point? wood’nt by those curly shoe laces if wonder years put them out.
silly nonsense for people who like to feel feelings a lot
“taking a photo of a camera with your iPhone and Tweeting it”
Thats, like, really deep. Definitely a relevant commentary on the state of technology, nostalgia and youth subcultures. Dig the Marshall McLuhan shout out!
Not sure what is more cringeable, this or their new music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9KgGqXDyw
This sounds a lot like Hum, another sign the 90s are coming back
holy shit, you aren’t kidding
fukin groce, brahs :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6AK6iW4sHE
lol yeah, it’s ironic being the same age as these guys and thinking, “wow, I’m so glad I’m not 11 anymore and everything looks like this”
I’m terribly, terribly sorry everyone but I sure do like this song alot (The video? – not so much). But I’m very old and own stuff by Codeine, Engine Kid and Seam so there you go.
Engine Kid
^ da crappy emo band that guy from Sunn O)) was in
in b4 Defeater releases discography on IBM 80-column punched card format
http://s15.postimage.org/do6g7t1cr/Defeater.jpg
ded
is there an alternate UNIVAC pressing
only playable with analog lambda calculus ‘computers’
brb developing new format playable only on the antikythera mechanism
Lolz. Caspian’s new album comes with one of these. Love these dudes and their music, but it’s pretty lulzy.
http://hellomerch.com/shop/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=3408&category_id=111&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=57
Also, inb4 Transit Pogs and NES controllers
inb4 Garbage pale kids : Title fight edition comes with one chewed piece of gum.
They have a VHS out too if you want to talk about that too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qJsLWmUvSJA
holy fuk you cannot make this shit up
in the words of Discharge…. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
ahahahaha dyin’ cloud
inb4 touring exclusively in wood panel station wagons.
I remember seeing them first post about these and all I could think was how long it was gonna take to get posted on here.
I just ordered my defeater tin can and string communicator. I paid a little extra for it to be delivered by horse and cart but couldnt afford the express milkman option :(… Hope it gets here by September.
IMO the horse and cart delivery makes the high mids really sing
Wow. I really do not like nostalgia shtick. Took this post to realize how much my butt hurts over it.
Stuff like this that flies in the face of ultra-efficient, clean technology makes my butt quite angry. I think that it is safe to say that anyone who is into the alty nostalgia thing is very likely going to be a liberal who ostensibly cares about the environment and shit, so whenever something like this gets made it is ridiculous. All you are doing is contributing to the production of more stupid shit that will sit in your closet or get thrown away.
For the same reason, zines in 2012 make me mad. They are strictly inferior to a tumblr in every way: require more work, cost more, reach a smaller audience, and create more physical waste. A zine and a blog have the exact same fucking content.
I cant wait for this stupid bullshit to stop being cool in 2 years.
My anal sensitivity is maxed out over this one.
But this does inspire me to get tier-ed preorders up for my band’s next album. Spoiler alert: all tiers will include bellows/diving suit and cholera and maybe some dueling pistols depending on how much money the Kickstarter will bring in.
Monogrammed motoring gloves?
Psh, those pale, aristocratic hands won’t keep themselves warm whilst motoring through New England on a brisk autumn afternoon, so of course!
looking forward to forever the sickest kids brand raw whiskey
Rice FTSKrispie treats
they released a backpack too and one of them went for 120 dollars on ebay. the UK band basement(title fight 2.0) done the same but its for FRIENDS ONLY. i don’t get this whole fascination with old shit though i have a friend who collects vinyl/tapes and im like wtf you can download all that shit, sell this shit and pick up some sweet ralph lauren gear.
Some of the “tape only” bands, which are a lot of the most elite-tier black metal bands right now, are hard to track down online, especially when they are at their most cool phase.
All I fucking remember about those is that it was p embarrassing to be seen with one of them. Nothing screamed “tourism 4 dah poors” like those shitty ass cameras so it’s p hilarious to see oldfggts jocking these nowadays.
You know what though? This is just so ridiculous and so beyond the realm of sanity that it’s p much the same thing as if your Burzum line of merch was actually a real thing. inb4 I look up at the sky and see pigs flying.
I don’t care enough to have any witty analysis: This shit is mad gay.
#BloodyGloveintheTrialAgainstTheWhiterace
*single tear rolls down our cheek as we bow our head and accept our sentence.*
So sorry. :(
http://www.lifelineexpedition.co.uk/mota/downloads/mota%20pics/lifeline011.jpg
Think of it this way: it’s just a toy. Old, clunky shit that nobody actually uses anymore can still be entertaining to use.
Yeah, I’m not butthurt by it and I totally get why this exists and whatnot but it’s still pretty funny to see this stuff that nobody back in the day actually cared about and secretly hated now being worshiped.
Can’t wait for my Defeater yo-yos to arrive. Bitches will love it when I walk the dog and split the atom
mirin title fights troll abilities, it’s come a full circle from the no caring movement fucking with tr00 kids to the tr00 nostalgiawave srs kiddies making the no care movements butt bleed
VHS + disposable cameras = gold
Man, everything this Notsoposiafterall Tumblr guy says/does is pure fucking gold (100% srs)!
TaintHuffer.
Taint. Huffer.
Taint.
Huffer.
Gold star.
“in b4 TITLE FIGHT get one-upped by MAN OVERBOARD making buggy whips or FIREWORKS adding replica Confederate dollars to their merch assortment”
Dying. This and the other similar old shit merch comments have been some of the funniest ever on sywh imo.
Thanks guys <3
Title Fight continue to surpass unheard of levels of lame nostalgia obsession. Give em five years, they’ll develop the tr00 convent, an Amish type setting where instead of the 1800′s or whatever there’s no technology past 1994. All music is on cassettes, all videos on vhs, pretty much everything will be a lot worse and they’ll be a lot of huge losers.
then a rival sect will open up for the 80′s and they’ll fight to the death in an awesome loser cult war, that will sadly only be capture on beta max tapes, the only players of which will be destroyed in the carnage. Ironys.
can’t wait to see what this band does next. they love the 90s so much, hoping for some title fight tamagotchis or some shit.
the dumbest thing about this is that cvs throws out the camera when they develop the photos. so if you want to see the photo of you and soupy being obscured by red eye, you will have to part with your beloved plastic shit box.
Which might mean a steady income stream for the band, if their fans keep on buying these lovely little cameras. Talk about commoditizing fggtry. “Gosh, these photos look magnificent, but ooops, now it looks like I’ve run out of fggt fodder, must acquire some”, cash register clinks.
in b4 240p is a thing.
Why haven’t any of these bands tracked down the fisher price video camera(PXL2000)? It shoots black and white and on cassette tapes. its the perfect combination of old, pointless and useless.
Beck releases album as sheet music only.
I just saw this, incredibly dumb. Title fggts would never do this because its too far back, they only fap over like twenty years ago, not a hundred.
Wish Beck would go back to be a joke rapper for fun tho :((((
Sheet music doesn’t really lend itself to zany references in song titles or branded novelty items they can peddle, so it makes sense that it’s not part of their cultural lexicon
So……..anyone wanna record this with me?
CAN’T WAIT 4 DA NEW BASEMENT COMMODORE 64
Leave Basement out of this. lol
Now, what you gotta do with this, is buy one (or more), take ONE picture of your dick, then sell them on eBay in ten years as “near mint unused collectors items”.
This blog fucking sucks. It’s nothing else than some little shit bitching about the stupidest things. What the fuck are you doing with your life? These bands are doing some creative instead of making bullshit pop music or stupid fucking shorts that say “fuck this”. Fuck this blog. All of you guys are just a bunch pussies that just talk about how much they hate stuff to make yourself seem “cool”. I bet you would never say this to Title Fight’s faces.
<3 u 2! In the immortal words of Franklin "Beanbag Armpits" Palimeri, "You are not worthy of Shadaloo".
I dont’ get it. Disposable cameras actually shoot some pretty cool photos with nice little filters on them. I don’t get why any of you guys find it useless. In the end, isn’t a shirt useless? Or shorts useless? You don’t need a band shirt, you don’t need band shorts, and you don’t need a disposable camera. But you buy it because you love the band and you would want to rep their shit! I don’t know, I guess you guys are all just ignorant and don’t really love Title Fight.
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