@jordanscollected ah, nice!!! New record?
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RE: 1955S - 21oz Selvedge Denim "1955" Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo
@october-rust that’s cool! The intrigue increases…
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RE: 1955S - 21oz Selvedge Denim "1955" Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo
@october-rust I’d like to try a pair. I’ve always been interested but the leg opening always seemed like it’d be too narrow for me like the 888s. Yet the pics people post all seem to suggest otherwise. What’s the hem like on yours?
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RE: Indigofera
@Karol Indigofera is really rad — I highly recommend their clothes if you ever feel like branching out to something different. Only note: watch out for the size charts, as their measurements can be all over the place. I most often wear a M in their tops and have even had to buy a S, which is nuts for me haha.
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RE: Books
@SKT have you read Perceval Everett’s James? I haven’t gotten to it yet but it’s in my to-read pile.
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RE: Music
I've always loved the stories of how he's set up the signs when he'd get hired for a session gig. YOU DONE IT! YOU HIRED THE HITMAKER! Boss move.
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RE: Music
@SKT I agree so much with this! I often get a little gate-keepery about what we had to go through when we were younger to even find music. Know a cooler, older person, have access to cool magazines, know a record store that stocked more esoteric stuff, etc. Chuck Klosterman said an interesting thing about buying a record back then being an investment. You didn’t have the ability to just try whatever you wanted because you likely just had a little bit of money, so often buying music meant committing a bit to a genre, digging into a culture. That said, I would’ve absolutely killed for Spotify back then. Is it better or worse? I don’t know. I think it’s neither, just different. Pluses and minuses on all sides. Anyway, I guess it all relates to our general tendency to think “my way is better than yours,” which as we know causes endless problems.
Re: Sky Blue Sky, man… that record is a big time fave of theirs for me. He uses that higher, forceful voice a lot, and it just has such a nice energy to it. Might have to pop that on the turntable…
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RE: Good Art Hollywood
I’d agree. Looks too big, and GA would know exactly how to help. I’ve sent stuff back to them for repair and it was easy peasy.
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RE: Music
Yep I think those are the best. I like Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy, too. Ya know, generally before he started doing gobs of coke and wearing the hockey mask.
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RE: Music
@GraemeE man, psyched to check this out. I love Cale so much — that run of more sort of trad songwriter-y records in the 70s is f'n god tier to me.
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RE: Music
I’ve talked about the thing Beato is on about, or at least in that rough ballpark, many many times. I always cite the Beatles as (imo) the best example. They spent all that time in Hamburg playing several hours every night and just honed their craft like crazy — bands back then were so tight because they had to nail stuff in one take, etc, and goddamn it’s impressive. I totally agree that most musicians these days, certainly myself included, lack those kind of chops. Also, a lot of these groups were raised on jazz standards etc, stuff that’s heavily rooted in elements of classical composition, to the point to which a lot of their music feels more traditionally “accomplished” from a songwriting perspective. Elvis Costello is probably my best example when it comes to this. Or someone like Carole King.
While I’m in awe of these abilities and certainly aspire to get some of that into my own songwriting, I feel like they’re used too often by older generations as a reason to shit on younger ones. I even find myself doing it to generations younger than mine already, being like “they’re young and they just don’t get it!” I deliberately try to fight that, and boy it’s a practice. Anyway, I don’t know if Beato even got that tone because I didn’t watch the video (he annoys me), but I for sure know that his audience farts out a lot of that “I miss when they made real music” noise. Anyhoo, I’m up on a soapbox. Making music was great back then, but it’s great now too. Also there was plenty of shit music back then, just as much as there is now.
I enjoyed that new Wilco EP more than I have a lot of their more recent stuff. I wish Tweedy would stop singing in his hushed voice so much in general though. Just feels like he’s always halfway through a cup of chamomile and is about to nod off for 12 hours.
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RE: Music
I’m halfway tempted to read the “they don’t make em like they used to” boomer blooze lawyer comments on that Rick Beato vid. Bet there are some gems.
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RE: Lifter problems
@EdH ha, yep — little kids are so natural. I remember reading a bit in a book on running where the author described the best runner he’d ever seen. Natural form, effortless efficiency, all that. It was a 4 year old.
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RE: Buying My Buddy a Gift...Surprise, It's Denim!!
He'll really dig the 888s — I think they look really good on him. Fwiw I don't think you necessarily have to have a big butt / thighs to enjoy that cut, and just imo the way the 634s fit him in the seat were an immediate no from me. 634's my cut of choice, but I've had to send it back for a different size way more than any other cut of IH. The top block is weird in that one.
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RE: Buying My Buddy a Gift...Surprise, It's Denim!!
@FlavourFade yeah it’s crazy comfortable, plus I love the way it fades. More subdued, yes, but I think it has a really nice, classic/vintage kind of look as it ages. It’s easy to forget sometimes when surrounded by all the shiny new options, but it’s the OG for a reason.
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RE: Buying My Buddy a Gift...Surprise, It's Denim!!
@Mizmazzle I feel like whatever makes you most comfortable! Everybody’s experiences seem to vary. I have gotten a little bit of shrinkage in length on XHS, but it’s marked as to be expected because it’s sanforized but unwashed. Surprised you lost some length on the SBG, but then again I might be less inclined to notice because I always cuff vs hem, and my jeans never see a washing machine, always just hand wash in the tub. This is because my “top of the line” Maytag is a hunk of hot, sudsy garbage and I don’t trust it with anything I like too much.