Papa's gotta brand new ...belt?

Yep indeed, I bought it from Asda and it only cost £5! I think it looks really cool, it meets with my long neglected rock sensibilities, so all in all I am pretty happy.

The thing that bothers me though is that I can now buy cool clothes at a supermarket. How many years ago would've that last sentence sounded absurd? Not too many I can tell you... Maybe I am just getting old and these clothes that I think are cool are in fact the modern equivalent of cardigans and slacks that our parents wore when we were kids. Certainly when I was a teenager, looking cool either costs lots of money or took a lot of effort to track down the right garments in charity shops or retro shops in Camden, but now you can buy it (or your mum can buy it) next to tinned veg and washing powder. So if it so freely available, is it still trendy? The look that people of my age finely honed and made our own is nowavailable to all and sundry.

And it's not just clothes. Festivals, such as the perenial Glastonbury, where once the preserve of the enlightened rock/indie fans, now however, it has gone as commercial as Asda... (only Asda is known for being cheap)

Coldplay... £120 tickets... trendy belts in Asda...

They've stolen my youth and remarketed it for profit (OK not Asda) I don't know what the cool kids of today have to offer us in ten years time, but I am sure it too will be exploited for a quick buck...