Monday, May 24, 2010

Ripple Soles


Not close (what I remember and covet from when the old man was installing analog process control computers in steel mills was a black ripple-soled Derby), but cool nevertheless. "...forged an enviable reputation through the 1960s with tribal groups adopting its distinct look as a form of rebellion."* is especially intriguing.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Turin Shroud of Rock and Roll

I realize this is pretty far afield from our purported focus on neoleatherstockingism - so sue me.