Gekko’s Capitalistic Philosophy & Fashion

Wallstreet’s Gordan Gekko dressed to the nines in suspenders, club collar, and slicked back hair tells Bud the reality behind our country’s capitilism with cigarette and drink in hand. Great movie.

W.W.V.D?

What would Vaudeville do? Steampunk has garnered a lot of press lately, and it seems to keep on a constant rise from the first time I ran upon it. The NY Times has a pretty cool article on a group of guys that perform under the name, The James Gang. The modified every day items and pictures to accompany are what makes this a worthwhile read. These guys seem to take a light Edwardian stance on the venture into the Steampunk direction, unlike some that immerse themselves into Pynchon-like sci-fi, adventure garmets and gadgets.

DR&DR MIX TAPE NO. 1

Skills for Today’s Man

I had a good time reading this article from Esquire. Advice from another’s wisdom is priceless, and pieces such as this give just that.

27. Play gin with an old guy. Old men will try to crush you. They’ll drown you in meaningless chatter, tell stories about when they were kids this or in Korea that. Or they’ll retreat into a taciturn posture designed to get you to do the talking. They’ll note your strategies without mentioning them, keep the stakes at a level they can control, and change up their pace of play just to get you stumbling. You have to do this — play their game, be it dominoes or cribbage or chess. They may have been playing for decades. You take a beating as a means of absorbing the lessons they’ve learned without taking a lesson. But don’t be afraid to take them down. They can handle it.

Militaria

Antiques and Militaria artifacts have been an obsession for quite awhile. However, the admiration is mainly from afar, where most ebay auctions can be astounding cost wise. For those with some of the same unhealthy passions, here’s two sites wth some decent prices that i’ve spent hours scouring. There’s hundreds more, but I found the most interesting on these.

Anderson Militaria

International Military Antiques

Anthony Bourdain - Las Vegas

From the first time I saw Anthony Bourdain’s show, I was in love with television again. Pessimism, sarcasam, alcoholism, traveling, debauchery, and fine dining! What else is there to life? Here’s the first couple of minutes of the Las Vegas episode, which I espicially liked since he hits home on the finer points of the Rat Pack days that makes Vegas so alluring. Don’t forget the Fear and Loathing references and the Cadillac too!

Signature Fred’s

Fred Perry, being a working class man’s dress label, has always embraced it’s musical roots from The Who to The Specials. That’s where the new Signature Terry Hall Fred Perry v-neck brings us. Swindle also has a large article on the history of Fred Perry and it’s rise from the tennis courts to the back streets of the mods, skins, teds, rudies, and suedes. It even mentions casuals briefly as one of the downfalls of Fred Perry in the 80’s youth culture. Thanks to Selectism for the picture.

Henry Cotton’s Spring Line

Hollister Hovey, an inspiring blog that Hemingway would be proud of, displayed a review of Henry Cotton’s new spring line up. It looks to me like a mix of British tailoring entwined with an American background. For being from Milan, they do the look justice.

Woody Allen’s ‘The Purple Rose Of Cairo’

Michael Gira

Michael Gira, the mastermind behind the NY industrial masters, Swans, the folk inspired Angels Of Light, and the discovery of Devendra Banhart. All in all, a great artist for our generation.