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Abraco's the best around the Tompkins Sq. Park area, but no seating. You'd do best at 9th st.

hahaha yeah. They black ones with white soles most deffffffff

I'm so getting the all white studded ones though.

Taken on a Minolta x-700 for my intro. photo class.

What I've learned today: Scanning kills prints. Need better scanner.

Full size photos here

^^ Haha. I loved Malajube's Le Compte Complet and Trompe-l'oeil, but Labyrinthes didn't hit me right . I was so disappointed.

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Not sure on exact P2P measurements, but I buy 36/46.

The coat could fit either 36-38. A bit loose in that pic, since I was just wearing an undershirt underneath, but with a sweater and all that it should fit pretty well. If you're curious, I'll try to take a pic tonight wearing a sweater or something, so it fits better.

Anything specific?

You're welcome to try it on or something like with the Iron Heart.

Sorry for the delay, aqhong, will ship out today.

Everything else's still up!

What happened to all the people interested right away ?

sOLD THE Hoodie!

BUMPZ.

Everything else still there. Gotten a bunch of interest, still waiting on some replies. Get back at me!

Well yeah, I realize that it's something inevitable and that all neighborhoods go through/have gone through this change constantly.

I'd disagree, however, that it should just be disregarded, c'est la vie and all, as simply what 'architecture' or 'societal/cultural movement' does though.

My knee-jerk response: Contemporary architects should have a world/historical/cultural vantage point that gives them the responsibility to make their pieces work within the definition of the space they're building in, thus architects ignoring the surrounding neighborhood (I guess in the most base definition: the preexisting visual aesthetics), is this 'whitewash' of history and culture (which I feel is inherently 'sinister' though, I guess you could argue that it's not? Haven't given this too much thought yet)

On a somewhat related note: I was talking about the 'danger' self-consciousness adds to an artists work the other day (sup habia), about how over-thinking a piece can oftentimes lead to it basically sucking. Putting that in an architectural context, I'd reverse the argument; architects should be more self-conscious about their work because it's most often a public display, not something that's seen/heard/read out of choice. Which I guess just goes back to my thing about context.

I wish I actually knew more about architecture and stuff to post up pics instead of random "related" musings.

There are a couple of structures in my neighborhood that so radically ignore the history and aesthetic of the area that they just grate on the eyes and senses.

ugh, Definitely true.

i.e. that building that fg0d posted looks interesting, but completely out of place in its surroundings.

On the other hand, the buildings that habia and diamonds, for example, posted, are brilliant, and somehow, despite not looking at all like the houses they're built right next to, fit in perfectly.

Not to be an 'enemy of progress' or a blind reactionary, but the newer condominiums built in the East Village, where I grew up, or even places like Williamsburg, completely contrast with the entire neighborhood. I understand that there's definitely this [kinda funny] problem of 'authenticity' competing with 'progress', but architecture, unlike any of the other arts [that i can think of at the moment], has this problem of being physically placed in this not only historical/cultural, but spatial context.

I guess you can also expand on the whole idea of 'architectural tagging' into something more subtly sinister than a simple eyesore: a concrete manifestation of, uh, "classist oppression," the take over of a neighborhood through redefinition. Kinda like the opposite of squatters.

Yes. That last paragraph was completely out-there.

edited with measurements and etc.

Figured out my top 5 of the first third of the year so far:

[in no order]

Woods - Songs of Shame

Blank Dogs - Seconds EP

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

Pains of Being Pure At Heart - S/T

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Advance Base Battery Life*

*Compilations count right?

Best generic-indie-rock album I've heard in a whiiiiles

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Nice Collective Bomber Jacket Sz. S

$225

Measurements:

Shoulders: 18.5"

Pit-to-Pit: 21.5"

Sleeve length: 25"

Length: 23"

Bought this winter at Odin for about $400 w/tax. Great winter jacket, pretty heavy, a bit boxy, could fit something like, a 46-48, depending on how many layers you wear under it (I'm a 44/46, and I usually wore a hoodie and a sweater underneath and that worked out fine). Great condition. 9/10

All prices include shipping in Cont. US, PM me if international and I'll get back to you asap

PM me! or E-Mail me at [email protected]

OH WHAT IS THIS?

A COMMON PROJECT?

FRESHLY OPEN

FRENCHY FOOD STUFFS!

[FUCKING LOVE CASSOULET THXZ U]

FRENCHY NON-EDIBLES!

[will learn to read french...sometime]

OTHER THINGS!

YAY: usb card reader thing is REALLY useful. I'm actually using it right now to upload stuff. haha

Poor domo-kun. Got kinda fucked up

LAST BUT NOT LEAST:

THANKS 2 U. SOCCER SHIRT JAWNZ.

wavves @ mercury lounge was fucking great last night. i can't stand that lo-fi fx crap so hearing the songs w/ crisp vocals was welcomed change.

hah yeah. I'm down with lo-fi, but Wavves live is better than their recordings if only for the vocals.

Friend that went to that show said the crowd sucked compared to the Market Hotel one though..

APW is cool. I really hope that MBV plays another venue. Really don't feel like paying that much for a show..

Definitely going to try and make it to the WFMU thing now. Thee Oh Sees are pretty great. I'm liking their newest record a lot.

Also, adding Cymbals Eat Guitars to April show list on the 19th.

It was my favorite album everrrrrr back in '06.

I still like it*.

*I haven't listened to it in a year

edit: oh and:

Have to get this/his other stuff sometime.

Also: luv da cover art

But serious talk:

In all zombie apocalypse scenarios, there's never a bridge between the outbreak and full on disaster. Even World War Z doesn't cover that shit -- it's just nearly impossible to logically see zombie infections getting to epidemic proportions. Most likely, shit will be handled like [rec] or something.

That makes sense in WWZ terms, but if it were Dead series type stuff, where it happens simultaneously the world-over and everyone that dies (w/o head injury), we'd be pretty well-fucked. More so if it's Dawn-remake type zombies.

I'm a huge douchebag who dropped off the face of the earth. Apologies!

I just received Fookums package and its completely RIDICULOUSLY cool. My package is finally going out tomorrow.

Haha. I'm guessing/hoping nothing broke?

that's what i was thinking too, i suppose some would deteriorate faster than others depending on the length of their underwater stroll, but i read that there can be stragglers that make it to the finishline. i can't find the copy of the zombie survival guide in my house, i'll have to ask my brother of its whereabouts

Yo, remember: in Zombie Survival Guide, fish/animals/whatever dont touch zombies, so they don't rot much.

Doesn't saltwater preserve stuff???

And remember!

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Oh, dunno if anyone posted this yet but srsly now:

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wrrrd. Might go to that. Pink Skull is cool. Downloaded Thee Oh Sees album the other night, heard good things. Heard good things about Sightings. Should be cool.

April show list:

April 1st Tyvek/Woods @ DBA

April 2nd Dan Deacon @ NYU

April 3rd Kurt Vile/Gary War @ Silent Barn

April 3rd La Roux @ StudioB

April 4th WFMU @ Bell House

April 5th Garotas Suecas/Aa/Blues Control @ DBA

April 10th Little Gold @ DBA

April 12th Comet Gain @ Music Hall

April 17th Pissed Jeans @ Market Hotel

April 24th Quintron/Psychedelic Horseshit @ Market Hotel

April 25th Blank Dogs @ Silent Barn

Holing yourself up anywhere sucks for most situations unless you got concrete wall community located in a rural enough area and enough space to grow your own food.

In a worst case scenario, the government fails in containing the zombies, everyone panics, the military/police are overrun, etc. So you'd be stuck with limited supplies in an apartment building or something.

I'd run somewhere.

Yesss. Love talking about surviving the zombie apocalypse (just a bit more than talking about surviving Skynet and the machine takeover).

Will also post more in depth later.