Nice Things

[JDelage]

Got a new book today:

 

[smoothsailor]

That’s a good read

[AnOldFolkSong]

@JDelageSame. just got the same book the same day.

[Geeman]

Have they updated the cover? I recall it having a grey sweat and a different pair of SDA on?

[Maynard Friedman]

Voila!

[Thanks_M8]

Still waiting on my copy... hope it'll arrive soon. 

[JDelage]

13 hours ago, AnOldFolkSong said:

@JDelageSame. just got the same book the same day.

How cool is that?

[MJF9]

Mine arrived the other day.  I was taken aback to see actual text to read.  I was anticipating more pictures of jeans and wot not and instead got walls of words... blimey... I may send it back 😝

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

On 7/21/2026 at 9:55 PM, Geeman said:

Have they updated the cover? I recall it having a grey sweat and a different pair of SDA on?

Yes. That’s the updated version. I think he mostly updated and corrected for inflation and exchange rates. 
 

Got mine about 3-4 years ago. Very good reading. I think it should be mandatory for every subscriber here lol. 

Edited July 24 by Hopethisoneisnttaken

[UkeNo]

My copy arrived yesterday. 

Same @MJF9 Far too much actual information and detail for my liking - back to the internet I go 😆

Edited July 25 by UkeNo

[Cold Summer]

I'm surprised every single person on this forum didn't read Ametora a long time ago, I think I got it no more than a year after it originally came out. Great book!

[ATWM]

6 hours ago, Cold Summer said:

I'm surprised every single person on this forum didn't read Ametora a long time ago, I think I got it no more than a year after it originally came out. Great book!

I may at some point, but I’ve sorta been at my limits with explanatory non-fiction books for the last decade or so, not least because a good number of my friends and acquaintances have written them. That said, I expect it would be a little more fun than the usual social issue and environmental fare, so maybe at one point. But (good) fiction is better reading almost always, and time is in short supply - so I have to be picky when I interrupt that! 

[Abochka]

6 hours ago, ATWM said:

I may at some point, but I’ve sorta been at my limits with explanatory non-fiction books for the last decade or so, not least because a good number of my friends and acquaintances have written them. That said, I expect it would be a little more fun than the usual social issue and environmental fare, so maybe at one point. But (good) fiction is better reading almost always, and time is in short supply - so I have to be picky when I interrupt that! 

Generally always agree with you, lean towards fiction heavily, but Ametora is an absolute joy to read. Lively, engaging, dynamic, and sheds a ton of light on how we all came to be here (sufu, that is). 

Edited July 26 by Abochka

[MJF9]

I place this little denim escapism in perspective of the fecking busy lives many of us lead - raising families from birth to adult and all of the enjoyable time commitments that entails, education, working to put bread on the table, a roof over heads and denim on the legs, working on physical and mental health (now we can say that out loud) and life coming full circle to increasingly, with age, caring for our own parents in their dotage, plus a myriad of trials and tribulations simply too expansive to list here, means, like many, I have a reading list, all of which I plan to get to at some point, that may or may not enrich my knowledge of this little denim escapism, but on the pecking order of important things it most often aint near the top yet... but being on the list is good planning in the event some space opens up and keeps my bookshelves looking decent at least...    

[Dr_Heech]

1 hour ago, MJF9 said:

I place this little denim escapism in perspective of the fecking busy lives many of us lead - raising families from birth to adult and all of the enjoyable time commitments that entails, education, working to put bread on the table, a roof over heads and denim on the legs, working on physical and mental health (now we can say that out loud) and life coming full circle to increasingly, with age, caring for our own parents in their dotage, plus a myriad of trials and tribulations simply too expansive to list here, means, like many, I have a reading list, all of which I plan to get to at some point, that may or may not enrich my knowledge of this little denim escapism, but on the pecking order of important things it most often aint near the top yet... but being on the list is good planning in the event some space opens up and keeps my bookshelves looking decent at least...    

Cool, you can lend it to us then when you finished with it ☺️

[MJF9]

@Dr_Heech hahahaha... send me your address, I'll post it to you approximately September 2046 by when I should have read it

[smoothsailor]

I send mine to Richard okon , to send it on when he finished it.

quite a few yrs ago 

Edited July 26 by smoothsailor

[PBTony]

Thanks for the rec. Just in time to take on my hols

 

[PBTony]

This made me chuckle

[Thanks_M8]

Finally got my copy as well. Only status and culture is missing on the picture, lent that to a friend.

[Well27]

Maybe not the right the topic, but i think it is a nice thing.

I’ve had this man-tle shirt for a year now.

i like it and it is in an interesting waxed cotton fabric.

The nice thing, which i wanted to share, is how it is sewn.

it is sewn so nicely (i think) that the inside looks like the out side, i’ve not seen this before in a piece of clothing i’ve owned.

The shirt:

the outside back shoulder:

the inside of the shoulder:

 

[reallypeacedoff]

I have spent the better half of two years finding everything I need to build up a drum kit. My requirements was to buy everything secondhand at least 50% discount from new. I finally picked up the drum shells. Was mislabeled at Guitar Center and to my surprise, ended up being pretty exotic. Ludwig Exotic Maple with Waterfall Bubinga wrap. The snare skins were the only thing used, everything else looked unused. Absolute score!

[FurnitureMaker]

@reallypeacedoff

Nice looking drums. Is that a supraphonic in the background? Superfuture could use a drums thread!

[Double 0 Soul]

Superfuture could use a lot of threads.. it could also use some folks who’re willing to get them started 😉 

[reallypeacedoff]

3 hours ago, FurnitureMaker said:

@reallypeacedoff

Nice looking drums. Is that a supraphonic in the background? Superfuture could use a drums thread!

Good eye! Originally I was looking at SQ2 from Sonor but for the price, could only really find a bass drum, a floor and rack. Wasn't looking for a snare in the package. Tama Star/Starclassic or Ludwig Classic Maple (and Yamaha too) get you way more. Picked this kit (shell pack) up for $1,500 delivered from the East Coast (taxes included). From what I was told by some Ludheads, this was a $8k set in 2013, especially since it came with the matching snare, but especially because it was a rare 13" x 11" rack, a 16" floor ,and a massive 18" floor—basically the size of a bass drum. I've almost got it together, just waiting on two double cymbals stands to show up somewhere and good to go. Picked up all the Paiste cymbals second hand over two years and the Supraphonic is a factory second so it was like $300 during COVID.

[reallypeacedoff]

Well, decided to go get it close to done. Just setting it up to figure out the rug size. Getting the garage gyprocked before i head back to work after parental leave. Gonna run a rudimentary sound room, an airtight isn't needed currently since our neighbors are far away/deaf.

Running a 10" Rototom for the high rack, epic since I can tune it on the fly. Love a super high rack.

 

[Lorcan]

Signal Garments wallet evo

last year

Vs now