Oi Polloi
Archive for August, 2009
Kak – Trilogy Pt. 1
Posted in Music, tagged kak, psych, san francisco on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Around The Block
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The blog ranks have amassed to a serious proportion of like-minded and talented people. Whether that be through stories, knowledge, how-to, style, or just a knack for killing it everytime. Everyday I’m impressed more by peers and friends by what I find among their sites and personal collections.
Here’s a bit of what you can find [...]
Time For New Frames?
Posted in Fashion, tagged glasses, silver lining opticians, sunglasses on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Silver Lining Opticians
Smith + Butler
Posted in Art, Fashion, Travel, tagged brooklyn, cafe racers, panheads, smith+butler on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m a bit perplexed as to why I still have not done a feature on Smith+Butler in the last year? Anyhow, S+B has been knocking ‘em out left and right from the installation at Moscot to a full range of great lines in their store. Barbour, Filson, Pendleton, Patagonia, Red Wing, Wrangler, and countless others [...]
A Guide in Gumption
Posted in Literature, Travel, tagged robert pirsig, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance on August 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A person filled with Gumption doesn’t sit around dissipitating and stewing about things. He’s at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what’s up the track and meeting it when it comes. That’s Gumption.” – Robert Pirsig, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
Alone & Forsaken
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alone and forsaken, chet atkins, hank williams, townes van zant on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Alone & Forsaken was one of the last songs ever written and performed by Hank Williams before his passing at 29 years old. Having only recorded it through a demo session, it appears from time to time on bootlegs and unreleased albums. Like the passed down blues songs from yesterday, many [...]
Germano Facetti for Penguin Books
Posted in Art, Literature, tagged alan fletcher, germano facetti, penguin on August 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
While looking through the $2 books on the sidewalk of a hole in the wall book store I noticed an incredible cover, and what do you know? It’s Germano Facetti cover for Penguin Books from the 60’s next to an Alan Fletcher designed cover from the same era. Heaven!
Penguin Books has been one of the [...]
Pleasant Beach Hotel, Bainbridge Island. ca. 1898
Posted in Art, Film, Travel, tagged billiards, decoration, feng shui on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
University of Washington Digital Collections
Folk – Spring 2010
Posted in Fashion, Sport, Travel, tagged capsule, folk on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Folk has been a huge contender over the past few seasons from exciting color palettes in the Spring and classic details in the Fall. I was able to check out their booth at Capsule last month and was beyond impressed. The Spring 2010 line from them is probably the most inspiring I’ve seen so far. [...]
