And speaking of NGUZUNGUZU, just got clued up to this remix THEM JEANS did of their tune “El Bebe Ambiente”. Given the lack of artwork for the track I thought we could all look at this Paul Smith pattern while listening to the jam and describe what we see in the comments.
If you appreciate classic American design, where functional demands have generated durable, hard to improve upon styles, you should have a look around the Stormy Kromer website. Given that June is on the approach, you’re probably not looking (yet) for an interesting alternative to Filson’s Mackinaw cruiser, and you likely won’t be needing this waxed cotton cap until the fall, but this Cord Cap is tiding the impulsive among us over until it gets cold.
Family bookstore in Los Angeles is known for their immaculately curated collection of comics, art books, contemporary fiction, great events, and a keen eye for gems of lost genres. None of this is news really. What is news is that they’ve released their first book of prose on their publishing label. This memoir by Charles Willeford, titled “I Was Looking For a Street” focuses on episodes from the legend-among-those-who-know’s days as a train hopping runaway in the middle of a Depression-Era southwest. His spare and straightforward prose is often shockingly frank, and this economy of phrase produces a tireless rhythm throughout. For Angeleos, it’s a must-read slice of the city’s history. For writers, it’s practically a style manual. For anyone else of our generation with a gilded view of the lives of their great-grand- and grandparents in America, it should absolutely not be missed.
