Word of Mouth - The Crust & Fades Contest

[reallypeacedoff]

Recently got hand surgery and you bet I wore my WOMJ to hospital!

[MJF9]

@reallypeacedoff coolest kid in the hospital ... hope surgery went well...

[MJF9]

Took my 5150s on tour to Bucharest recently... a few building pics in no particular order... 

[fabes]

Quick update pic from a couple weeks ago. I’ve worn these pretty consistently since the start. They have seen a variety of activities from light hikes, weekend trips, walks around town, several skateparks, and plenty of office & car sitting.

I think I might give them their first proper wash in a couple more weeks. 

Whiskers looking good so far. The fit/cut is still very enjoyable. 

 

Edited April 21 by fabes

[vIGGiou riou]

after one month in neoprene, back in WoM...

[bartlebyyphonics]

hello all: sorry for lack of posts: my mother died unexpectedly the day these jeans arrived… quite the negative co-incidence… lots of plane alarms set off by jeans in travelling to la belle france where she lived: some dramatic skies from the area lemanique to mark it…

 

Edited April 26 by bartlebyyphonics

[bartlebyyphonics]

a more fluffy post of the jeans from a little while ago: hairy inside and out…

 

[Maynard Friedman]

Sorry to hear your sad news bartles.

[bartlebyyphonics]

and some shots from early april: up in york for annual art historian conference (gave my paper in 1890s tcb tux, sorry compers…): some slides of other papers with a medley from sunny scarborough where we were staying… its nice up north… (note slide on fluxus artist who worked from okayama…)

jean deets with f-all fades and barely any creasing: gonna take a while…

 

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

thanks @Maynard Friedman life isn’t forever but endings are difficult/ raise questions and challenges: we had fairly existential differences, how to keep the good and let go of the rest… those that go before us leave us all kinds of gifts…

in the vein of @julian-wolf’s gardening: compared to his orderly plantings i am wrangling some wilderness at the back: hacking away as self seeded sycamores that have grown into fencing… ‘oh inch of life’…

 

[bartlebyyphonics]

On 2/28/2025 at 3:17 PM, lee porter said:

Hi they look like the perfect fit to me can I ask your weight and height I’m currently wearing tcb 50s in a w34 and I’m 84kg and 5,11 would really appreciate your help would love to get a price of these if I can get that look perfection 

and sorry for slow reply: they are w.40, 80cm inseam, i am 6’2” and try not to weigh myself in public: but rest assured pigeo chest, skinny wrists and beer gut are part of the package…

[bartlebyyphonics]

and last post among the splurges: whilst in doom scrolling mode in the midst of the trump-vance performances, saw that vance was profiled as reading neo-reactionary writer curtis yarvin: thought to share an earlyish text on those anti-democratic techno-bro-monarchists for spring time optimism…

[beautiful_FrEaK]

My condolences @bartlebyyphonics

[ATWM]

@bartlebyyphonics I’m really sorry for your loss. 

Weird transition but you showed a lot of info, I can get glimpses of it but I am curious what was your paper on? I wonder if you and a friend of mine are in related pursuits. 
edit - scratch that I see the slides are from other papers. 

Edited April 26 by ATWM

[srudy]

@bartlebyyphonics my condolences to you

during my last contest, the signet warehouse one, I was with my mom when she passed and I was wearing my jeans. At that point I stopped wearing them and they’ve been retired since. 

[MJF9]

@bartlebyyphonics sorry to hear about your Mum... sending my best wishes to you and yours

[ashgiovanni]

Wow So sorry to hear about your loss @bartlebyyphonics. Sending all best wishes and thoughts to you and your family 

[Dr_Heech]

Sorry to hear about your mum @bartlebyyphonics Sending condolences and good vibes your way.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

[vIGGiou riou]

My condolence  @bartlebyyphonics

[bartlebyyphonics]

On 4/26/2025 at 12:54 PM, ATWM said:

@bartlebyyphonics I’m really sorry for your loss. 

Weird transition but you showed a lot of info, I can get glimpses of it but I am curious what was your paper on? I wonder if you and a friend of mine are in related pursuits. 
edit - scratch that I see the slides are from other papers. 

thanks @srudy, @ashgiovanni, @MJF9, @beautiful_FrEaK, @ATWM, @vIGGiou riou and @Dr_Heech: really appreciate it…

@ATWM: you’re correct: these were slides from various panels: one of digital art practices (crazy slide of surveillance cameras in prc classroom…), another on non-human migration meets human structures (talks on seeds retrieved from old ballast, another on animal movements and us-mexico walk) and another on ‘the misunderstood artist’ (and the imperative of artist to explain themselves)… my paper is around some 2017/18 projects by three african american artists who worked with chatbots: in wider context of how to think around AI and limited / specific data sets to avoid perpetuating techno-bro white supremacy (see musk’s x-ing great replacement conspiracy) and to think AI in other realm than great replacement… talked most about martine syms’ piece ‘mythiccbeing’… but stephanie dinkins ‘ntoo’ and american artist’s ‘sandy speaks’ get mention too

Edited April 27 by bartlebyyphonics

[aho]

My condolences @bartlebyyphonics, so sorry for your loss!

[reallypeacedoff]

Sorry to hear about your loss @bartlebyyphonics

Edited April 28 by reallypeacedoff

[reallypeacedoff]

For posterity…

[fabes]

Sorry for your loss @bartlebyyphonics

[UkeNo]

Very sorry to hear your news @bartlebyyphonics .
Take care of yourself buddy. 

Edited April 28 by UkeNo

[nopal]

Yes sorry to hear about your mom @bartlebyyphonics.

[nopal]

These were starting to get stinky so I gave them a bath today. Good day to try let them dry outside too:

[Jared_Lee]

My condolences, @bartlebyyphonics. Lovely to get a glimpse into your world. Inspiring rivers of thought you're wading in.

[nopal]

On 1/19/2025 at 10:25 AM, nopal said:

 

Post-wash measurements (35x31):

Waist / 82.0 cm / 32.28 inches  
Front rise / 30.0 cm / 11.81 inches  
Back rise / 39.0 cm / 15.35 inches  
Thigh / 32.0 cm / 12.60 inches  
Knee / 24.5 cm / 9.65 inches  
Hem / 23.0 cm / 9.06 inches  
Inseam / 74.0 cm / 29.13 inches 

Dry now.

Two-wash measurements (35x31):

Waist / 78.0 cm / 30.71 inches  
Front rise / 28.0 cm / 11.02 inches  
Back rise / 39.0 cm / 15.35 inches  
Thigh / 33.0 cm / 12.99 inches  
Knee / 25.0 cm / 9.84 inches  
Hem / 23.0 cm / 9.06 inches  
Inseam / 73.0 cm / 28.74 inches

Same deal: machine wash 40°C, hang dry. 

Edited April 30 by nopal