Junkyard Jeans. Big Sur Bakery. Galco's. The Tropics Inc.
8/31/08
8/30/08
8/29/08
8/27/08
Broadway Ken
When I attempted to live in London, visiting Ken's stall at the Broadway Market was a neat Saturday morning activity......well chosen clothes and shoes pitched with narrative glee and tailoring suggestions. Pictured here looking like Mick Fleetwood in the company of shawled ladies.
8/24/08
Mr Pink
Our friend Kathy is managing these sublime pop rascals, during the tour they dropped by WFMU to record a live set. Calm Me Down, a Human Expression cover from the session could be my new favorite song.......stream tracks here. An Ariel Pink album, to be recorded with this new (and awesome) band line up is on the cards....thanks KR!
8/23/08
Exile On Main Street/Los Angeles 1958
Finally saw The Exiles today at the Hammer Museum, I've been curious since seeing clips in Thom Anderson's Los Angeles Plays Itself. It was screened with Kent Mackenzie's short documentary Bunker Hill, filmed when he was a student prior to making The Exiles, the films as a pair representing two very different social demographics and alternate speeds of life on Bunker Hill in the late 1950's. It's a beautifully shot film, politically and cinematicaly ahead of it's time.
8/21/08
Seasonal Details
Eames studio wall with foliage. Pretty Potting. Vertical snails, Debs park, LA. Hiking path=log subtraction, Big Sur, CA.
8/17/08
Out On Display
Homemade outdoor kiln, cemented into a driveway in Mt Washington, LA. POSTALCO stationary, from Japan, on display at South Willard, LA. Someone's awesome idea as to how a planter should really look, involving marbles and sea shells, just missed at Rose Bowl market last week.
More Boro
Some more Indigo and vegetable dyed, Japanese Boro cotton pieces. The first two shots are front/back of the same super thin indigo piece, fine stitching and also some moth handiwork. Second piece is a heavier homespun cotton in a beautiful warm plaid (Koshi) design, found locally - with thanks to Ryan and Kelly!
Boots:His + Hers
Boots for another climate.....we figure winter in Wisconsin. Vintage LL Bean, Bean Boots, and Red Wings from Denim Revival, Los Angeles.
8/16/08
Souvenir De France
Hand engraved/punched brass ww1 missile shell case. Reads Souvenir De France and has thistle design on the other side. Word. War. 1914/1918, is punched in around the base....found at PCC market a few weeks back.
8/14/08
Indigo Line
Japanese indigo dyed cotton, resized, washed and drying in the California sunshine......to be used as dinner napkins.
8/12/08
Mauritius
Mauritius is the holiday destination for both my mother (who in Mauritian) and my friend Jimi this month, happy holidays!...........ps-what am i doing wrong?
8/10/08
The Weekenders
Ellen with new bike and Spencer in double white at Rose Bowl. A beautiful modern trespasser. Van E.E Rogers kicking back in good company (David Noonan collage, Stan Bitters ceramic tile).
Japanese Indigo Blues, Vol 2
Possibly my all time favorite market finds here, again from Rose Bowl today. First four shots are of a Boro/Sashiko farmers garment, beautifully constructed from indigo dyed cottom, layered and loaded with repairs and additions for warmth. It becomes this dense collage which is almost Encyclopedic in it's cotton indigo/vegetable dyed variety. The last two shots show dyed indigo cotton/hemp pieces with limited repairs and well proportioned for future scarfs.
'For some time within Japan boro was regarded with shame because these utilitarian textiles are strong evidence of rural Japan's impoverished past'.
Deadstock Day
All American type items from Rose Bowl today. 1950's rayon/polly cotton quilt, nice color scheme eh?. Deadstock Vietnam Tigerstripe Camouflage jacket with bellow pockets and crisp tag. USN WW1 deck shirt, light green herringbone cotton. Raglan sleeve sports t-shirt, deadstock 1960's. Red, White and Blue striped deckchair, 1950's. Articulated workshop lamp, brings the light to you!.
8/7/08
8/5/08
After The Gold Rush
Some looks to aspire to here, the chap in the top photo is wearing a pleated front denim jacket, possibly an early Levis.