Books
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@GraemeE I've read most of it and need to get around to finishing the whole thing — I thought it'd be dense but it's actually a pretty entertaining read. It's basically the whole history of Japan's interpretation of American style. Recommended for sure!
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@tody no unfortunately but I should order it now so I can have it on hand for when things settle down - sounds right up my alley
Ironically the same night @popvulture recomended it I heard the author on one of the podcasts I listen to off and on
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Ametora is so up our collective alley of geekdom, it’s not even funny
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I needed to go deeper down this geeky rabbit hole!! Just ordered a copy myself!
My poor students should be thrilled with the modern developments of denim history
..when we got to our social studies unit about the California gold rush and we got to the 49ers era in San Francisco …I took a slight, 30 minute detour, and made sure they understood how denim was created in San Francisco for the gold miners and other hard workers and that Levi’s (had them point to their own jeans) was founded in that region for the purpose of tough work wear? And isn’t it interesting how the very clothes we wear today have such a cool history, etc etc…their groanings of “Mr. Mizmazzle, can we please stop talking about denim and boots all the time?”
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Professor Patina!
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Looking forward to this one. Loved this fella. I remember him guessing 3 out of 4 of our birthdays when he was playing a friend’s wedding and learned later that he did that all the time.
I was almost unsurprised when he died on stage at the encore of a concert celebrating his storied career. Got to see him perform in several different bands and really appreciate all of the musicians and music he surfaced to the world.
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The seems like the kind of coffee table book that would bring either contemptuous eye-rolls or pure nerd joy (I would be the latter)
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477324998
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Oh damn dude I need this badly
