Mountain Research Field Jacket
Lightweight waterproof field jacket (£305) with detachable hood, available at Garbstore.
Is it just me, or does this coat have a big metal penis hanging off the zipper?
I’ve blogged this guy before, but he’s worth a re-blog. Plus, since my hair and beard are going kinda nuts right now, I’m looking more like him every day, which is sweet.
Apparently his name is Amir Toos. The Sartorialist has an interview with him today.
Kings of Leon launch clothing line
And it’s a collaboration with Surface to Air? Wow, there goes the last of S2A’s cred.
I glad you picked this one Saelan - as I think it’s their best song to date. admittedly from their previous album.
The thing that’s really pissed me off is that I don’t think they can be rejected as simply “not good” - they’re certainly “good” in all manner of respects. Whether you like them or not is a different matter. I will certainly concede that they’re a bit of a “marmite band” as they like to say.
i just really fucking hate to see them doing good work and not getting recognized for it. they are truly one of the few bands that come from Britain and sound like it. they wear their northern influences and upbringing proudly and correctly - celebrating the heritage of people like Jake Thackray (to choose an obvious example) without slipping into pastiche or cliche.
Jake Thackray is here for reference btw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaSKICzeTaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OWdT-i4GFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etvjzVVfBa4&feature=related
I come from a similar background I recognise stuff like the above in what they do and I fucking think it’s about time. There was good stuff in provincial northern british art and music. a fact that’s too often forgotten, and censored because it’s seen as unfashionable. and it’s nice to see how it spills out when processed through these young folks.
I really think that’s a rare thing and to be championed and cherished. People enjoy having it forced down their fucking throats by the Arctic Monkeys so I really don’t understand why they are sleeping on this band when they are far more intelligent and way more subtle.
I also think that this song is one of the only modern songs i’ve ever heard that might just have made the cutting room floor when Scott Walker was making 4. Oh my god! What heresy am I committing here?!
Well, perhaps I’ve been a bit glib. You’re right, they are not “bad”. I heard their first album regularly on the Zulu iTunes and it is decent and interesting in many respects. I just can’t really get stoked about it and I’ve heard a few of their tunes that I didn’t like at all. They’re definitely not the Arctic Monkeys, though, and that’s something to be thankful for.
Here’s the real good stuff.
The motherfuckin’ Fresh & Onlys, everybody. Interviewed by Mark Richardson and photographed by Gordon Ball in the latest issue of Color magazine, hitting the shelves pretty much any day now.
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YOU ARE FUCKING WRONG
Merek presents several arguments in his case. I don’t agree, but I respect his opinion. YOU BE THE JUDGE.
“ What we call dada is a farce of nothingness in which all higher questions are involved; a gladiator’s gesture, a play with shabby leftovers, the death warrant of posturing morality and abundance. ”
Hugo Ball, 1916
Jody Rogac for City magazine: Scott Sternberg, Robert Geller, Richard Chai, Duckie Brown
Vancouver is really ruling this week.
GPOYW: Creepy self portrait as conjoined twins drawing edition.
(PS: For a show at Lucky’s this Friday. Come to its opening.)
