TCB: happy jeans contest

[Wörn75]

Those are looking good Ah_long.

 

Just out of curiosity...have you decided what your next pair will be at the end of this contest?

[ah_long]

Those are looking good Ah_long.

 

Just out of curiosity...have you decided what your next pair will be at the end of this contest?

Haven't decided yet. I still have a brand new pair of sd106 and a brand new pair of samurai x take 5 at home

[tvshooter]

 

 

[Wörn75]

^Man that's killer pair of jeans right there tvshooter!

 

I really dig the subtle fading. The overall look is just right.

 

They really have that feel of a vintage pair of redline Levis IMO.

[Wörn75]

Haven't decided yet. I still have a brand new pair of sd106 and a brand new pair of samurai x take 5 at home

 

Decisions...decisions...

[volvo240thebest]

Couple more pics, jeans are taking off! I had a lot of evo on these during the last two months, summer wear does always great things for me!



A week or two and my ubiquitous concho wallet hole will be there, it's starting to blow out




Leather patch is still totally sound





Bonus family pics

 

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Edited July 22, 2015 by volvo240thebest

[volvo240thebest]

I have no major life updates this time, been very very busy with gigs and most of all with my festival director job. The festival took off last week and we launched it with the King's Singers, all the way from UK. Thank God everything worked out smoothly an we had the full house too. I couldn't start better as this is my first year here and the festival didn't have a single sold out concert in the last two years.

That's the church facing the main open air venue of the festival

That's all for now!

[volvo240thebest]

Another full week of wear and sweat and another wash. Also better pics

[Sugar Mountain]

Ssup dudes? I've been wearing my TCB over the past two weeks and today I knocked off work early and took a walk down from the Peak...

 

View over the south side of Hong Kong island, towards Aberdeen harbour:

 

And from the other side looking north over Victoria harbour:

 

Couldn't resist the selfie opp on Magazine Gap Road:

 

Further down the hill, you get to the residential towers of Mid-Levels:

 

The route begins to run parallel to the Peak Tram line:

 

And then you're in Central, with its financial towers:

 

Cont...

[Sugar Mountain]

The route into town took me past the Fringe Club, a rare arts venue in HK:

 

And a little while along, to a tiny temple on Peel Street in SoHo:

 

I love the look of this dilapidated building on Bridges Street:

 

And the treat in my own neighbourhood, the Museum of Medical Science:

 

Pretty damn sweaty by the time I got back! Snapped a quick one of the jeans themselves before tossing them in the wash again:

 

I'm nowhere near the stage of evo that some of you lot have achieved but still enjoying how they're progressing. I'll be back in them full time come September.

 

Enjoy your weekends!

[volvo240thebest]

lovely pics, and jeans are looking good Simon! lots of progress since your last update, keep it up! 

[Sugar Mountain]

Thanks Volvo. I get the feeling that the jeans are going to take off in a big way now they've passed the eight month mark. Even over the past two weeks, they progressed quite a bit. Thank eff for that - it's been a long haul to get here!!

[Bobbo]

Nice pics mate! I've said it before but Hong Kong seems like a cool place, have to go there sometime.

 

Quite fun that most of us seem to cuff our TCB's the same way, showing off that killer roping.

[volvo240thebest]

Howdy gents!

I'm back home now after a lovely weekend in Germany at the Bardentreffen festival in Nurnberg where I also had the chance to meet Foxy and (very briefly!) Max Power.

Herr F is the coolest guy ever! After the first gig at the festival he brought me to a really cool cocktail bar where we had some outstanding g&t's. I thought I knew a thing or two about g&t's but I was wrong! My favourite drink was either Hendrick's or Botanist with tonic and a couple slices of cucumber. I won't thank enough Herr F for introducing me to the Monkey 47:

This stuff is just the next level!

We spent a couple hours trying out different gins and different tonics, while talking about the joys of life (volvos, drinks, coffee, all sorts of music from early sacred polyphonic music, to folk music to ECM recordings, and occasionally about Japanese denim).

After a couple hours I felt oiled enough to hit the bed but unfortunately when I got back to the hotel I bumped into some of my mates and other friends who insisted to bring me out for a nightcap drink, which eventually turned into several other drinks, bad idea... But that's another story!

A couple pics

Saturday gig in Nurnerg (on the far right you can see yours truly and the TCB's)

Another random pic of the gig I found on the Bardentreffen Facebook page, me tooting away while wearing a RC shirt and a Edwin denim vest:

Stage pic courtesy of herr F

Last but not least here's yours truly and Herr Foxy, sorry for the stupid face!

Edited August 4, 2015 by volvo240thebest

[Broark]

Awesome updates!

All the Honk Kong photos make me miss South East Asia, looks like I might be in Singapore around Christmas possibly. Very exciting.

Sounds like you and Foxy had a good time too, makes me want to go have a gin and tonic myself.

[edmond]

all the dads out there!

[Sugar Mountain]

Nothing like a contest meetup! Cool that you guys discussed ECM recordings too - I'm partial to a bit of Keith Jarrett and more latterly, Italy's own Stefano Bollani.

[jstavrin]

sold!

Edited August 6, 2015 by jstavrin

[aho]

Enjoying the updates as usual everyone!

 

Can't believe I'm saying this, but....I gained weight! :X

[Sugar Mountain]

Where you been champ? I hope at least you're still able to fit into the contest jeans...

[Foxy2]

Volvo during set-up, before sound check...

[edmond]

Love the dad bod

[volvo240thebest]

Muahahahaha! In Italy they say "Un uomo senza pancia e come un cielo senza stelle" - "a man without belly is like a sky without stars".

In fact the photo was a bad photoshop edit by Foxy. That's how I really look like:

[Cucoo]

Great fit on the Armani boxers!

 

But well, we all know you ren fair flutists have to stay in shape so all your 13 year old female fans can buy posters to swoon over

[Foxy2]

Indeed, I have some backstage pictures that can not be posted here, but would prove this point...

Edited August 6, 2015 by Foxy2

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Mother mary and praying hands?

Well, since Volvo is Italian I am convinced the picture above is nothing but the truth!

[goodrain]

Volvo, what brand of shoes are those?

[garden gnomes in space]

Im seeing slow and steady progression.  not much contrast because they are such a relaxed fit, but Im ok with that.  The overall fading characteristic is fantastic, such a nice washed out faded vintage blue color.  They have since seen a couple washes, and thus show a bit more contrasting but not much.  

 

Added bonus, we have a bunch of these salamanders living under our house, and because we are doing some foundation work soon, I have taken the job of catching and relocating them.  There are quite a few of these little guys.  

 

And teh sunset the other day was pretty nice.

 

[volvo240thebest]

Volvo, what brand of shoes are those?

Gunboats by Indonesian brand Prière. Pretty good for what they cost (under 100 Eur including shipping) but nothing I would reccomend if you're looking for sheer quality. Blake stitched rather than Goodyear welt, they have a very nice shape but the leather used it's not impressive (corrected grain). I was looking for a cheap pair of brogues for tours that I could squeeze into my bag with no respect so I went with them.

[goodrain]

Thanks! They look really nice and clean!