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  1. nightandthecity

    youtube addictions and delights

    some great stuff there Salv. I should have done a search on Louis Jordan days ago! He was king of the Soundie (and of a lot else!) The stooge in Beware may only be a cameo but he's definitely a candidate for the "great cissy actor" thread! I spent last night finding versions of Dark Eyes...
  2. nightandthecity

    What keeps you awake?

    Quite. You'll never hear a dying man say 'I should have spent more time at work'. Caffeine does it for me too. And in the days when I drank so did booze. I would pass out easily enough but after four hours, on the dot, I'd be awake and nothing could get me back to sleep, though I'd be dead on...
  3. nightandthecity

    Belts or Suspenders?

    I didn't vote as I wear both. It depends on the trousers. Some are designed for braces and some for belts. And yes, some are designed for both, and with those I WEAR BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!!! This was actually very common back in the day, even when the pants didn't have belt loops. I well...
  4. nightandthecity

    youtube addictions and delights

    Wolf that Aerosmith meets Gable is bizarre! But at least there's no distraction (people talking) from gazing in wonder at Clark's fantastic wardrobe. Magus Cash's guitar player Luther perkins was notorious for both his stage shyness and minimalist technique! In fact none of them were...
  5. nightandthecity

    1930 Suit Label

    hmmnnn..can't seem to make that first link come live. But if you Google WPL RN it should come up near the top.
  7. nightandthecity

    1930 Suit Label

    this site is often useful in these kind of searches, though I can't find your particular company. https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/TextileRN/wrnquery$.startup and this one will tell you more about the WPL/RN system...
  8. nightandthecity

    Classic films up for download on Google Video...

    YOWZA! Now look what you've done! And me struggling with my YouTube addiction!
  9. nightandthecity

    Jeans

    I have a pair of Big Mac dungarees from the 80s. My son took them over and wrecked them in about a month. So yes, the denim wasn't much to shout about. I guess I'll ebay them eventually, go for the "nicely distressed" angle.
  10. nightandthecity

    Jeans

    this is a pretty poor photo but I love it as an image despite the fuzziness. It looks almost modern but it is in fact female firefighters at Pearl Harbour in their USN dungarees and chambray shirts.
  11. nightandthecity

    Jeans

    yeah, they look like pretty classic dungarees - triple stitched side seams by the look of it, and I'll bet they have nice big rear pockets. I think you can just about see a wrench pocket on the leg too. Very nice.
  13. nightandthecity

    What would you change?

    If we don’t watch it we shall end up helmeted and giving away free ties like poor old Chevalier. ….so I’ll content myself with this: The idea that the Castro regime is “left wing” is a product of cold war propaganda in which Russia, Cuba and the US found it politic to follow the...
  14. nightandthecity

    youtube addictions and delights

    HA HA! HA HA HA!!!! Oh yeah! That feels GOOD! Just check THESE out all you hillbilly hepcats! Did anyone ever look cooler than the young Johnny Cash??? (well apart from Ben Webster in C-Jam Blues posted yesterday...and the entire Hot Club of France in that first posting....and I suppose...
  15. nightandthecity

    youtube addictions and delights

    One day at a time. So far today I have resisted. But the Lounge is failing to hold my attention... As I should really be doing my annual accounts and tax return for 2005 YouTube is looking very tempting... just one shot and then sweet oblivion....
  16. nightandthecity

    My Custom Tailor Disaster - Hold those orders!

    terrible stuff Jack. I'm really sorry. Another reason to stick with vintage, any problems have usually been resolved already!
  17. nightandthecity

    WW II movies

    Mine have mostly been mentioned... 12 o'Clock High - possibly the best WW2 movie dealing with conventional warfare. Casablanca - easy to forget it is very much a war film. A Canterbury Tale - probably unfamiliar to US loungers, but a beautiful and haunting evocation of Englishness set...
  19. nightandthecity

    What would you change?

    They are quite right to go on about Pinochet. Many of them go on about Castro too. As one of the latter I am more taken by the total failure of the right to recognize the Catholic Fascist Castro as one of their own. Indeed, the Conservatives on this forum ought to love Cuba. The place is...
  20. nightandthecity

    What would you change?

    First, I‚Äôve changed my mind about assassination, I was making the na?Øve and fundamental error of thinking that removing the head changes the system. After I‚Äôve gone someone else would take my place. Why, it might even be you James! So my single act as Dictator/God would be to abolish...
  21. nightandthecity

    Show us your critters

    and this is the established order...... ......not too happy at the competition, but she'll get used to it.
  22. nightandthecity

    Show us your critters

    This is our new arrival..... ....very fond of running up my leg to say hello. I can now officially confirm that OUR BRITISH TWEED IS SUPERIOR TO YOUR AMERICAN DENIM. Yes, "Thornproof" also means "kitten proof"... please forgive the trainers and other detritus of modern civilizaton...
  23. nightandthecity

    "Kids these days" threads...

    ..now you are talking a REAL modern problem. There are certainly places in Britain which aren't safe for anyone - kids or adults. I have lived in a couple of the worst. But some of the nice middle-class urban parents I meet really do seem to think they are living in Fort Apache, when they quite...

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