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  1. nightandthecity

    prison medical benefits??

    I think the point Katt is trying to make is that there are a lot of threads, especially in the observation bar, whose aim seems to be to provoke controversial discussion of modern politics. As you say, this one is pretty mild compared to some, and I'd add that the Lounge as a whole has calmed...
  2. nightandthecity

    Naff today...

    Joy Division had their moments - Love Will Tear Us Apart is possibly my favourite 80s song (except it was first recorded in 1979 but you know what I mean...)
  3. nightandthecity

    Naff today...

    funnily enough I like the Smiths better now than I did at the time. Every time I heard him tell the world he was so miserable now I wanted to shake him and yell "pull yourself together and get a grip you miserable whinger!!" (or words to that effect) Now when I hear those classic Smiths...
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    How Many Hats?

    38... mostly fedoras, berets, 8 pointer newsboys and flat caps....but also a couple of bargee caps, a yorkshire fishermans knitted wool cap, a couple of westerns, USAAF B-1 and B-2 caps, US short billed HBT fatigue cap.. mostly vintage, a couple are vintage style I also have a...
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    The Age of Profanity

    When I first started mixing with older men in the mid 60s - playing in a pipe band, working in various industrial jobs, frequenting pubs - older working-class adult men in groups swore pretty continuously and ferociously, particularly the F and C words. I was actually quite shocked. Also by the...
  7. nightandthecity

    Vintage?

    In Britain (and i imagine the US) the first specialist vintage shops (as opposed to "second hand) opened in the late 60s and early 70s, and the clientele was heavily student/alternative/late teens/twenties. At that time "vintage" meant anything from the mid-50s and earlier, so it was really...
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    Paddy's Cap

    To be fair... ...to them that didn't realize it was a crusher, some purpose-built-ready-to-wear crushers do look more military than others. If I'm not much mistaken (and it could be the photo) it looks like one with a very low crown. I have only ever had a couple of those through my hands...
  9. nightandthecity

    Naff today...

    hey, the Chevalier Brothers were great –here’s to Ray Gelato, Britain’s only Jewish Italian R&B sax honker! In Britain there was definitely a strong 1940s/50s fashion influence in the early 80s. I think it came from several quite different directions. One was definitely musical. A...
  10. nightandthecity

    Denim jacket help desperately needed

    there's a fair number turn up on ebay. Do obvious searches like 506xx/ Levi 506/ LVC (they are made by Levi Vintage Clothing)/ buckleback jacket etc. You are sure to turn one up in the end, just be patient and keep looking
  11. nightandthecity

    Naff today...

    Actually, I think its very common to feel nostalgia for an era you didn’t live through, as I’m sure many Loungers can testify! You only have to read a few books and see a few films when young and impressionable. Nostalgia for the recent past – your own childhood obviously, but also the...
  13. nightandthecity

    Naff today...

    actually, its pretty silly saying you “hate” (or like) the 80s or 60s or 40s any other decade, as if any and every facet of an arbitrary ten year period can be lumped together. I lived through both the 60s and the 80s and I had a great time. When I diss the 80s I am referring to things...
  14. nightandthecity

    Long leather greatcoats

    I think I have around six or seven English leather jackets at the moment...I've had more through my hands over the years. I'll try and get some pics up but time is a problem at the moment (come to think of it...what am I doing here right now? Stop it! Go work!) Using US jackets as a reference...
  15. nightandthecity

    Naff today...

    almost certainly.... Not long ago I was in a pub near Leeds University when a guy dressed like a 1960s college nerd came in giving out flyers for THE EASY CLUB. It turned out to be a gathering of sad souls obsessed with EASY LISTENING so-called music from the 60s and 70s. Alf Pervert and his...
  16. nightandthecity

    Where do you come from???

    My name is Legion…. I am far older than I feel, but it beats being dead….. I am English, from Lancashire, raised near Oxford, and now living in the West Yorkshire/Lancashire border country, up a hillside, in a valley, surrounded by woodland. I was a professional historian but quit...
  17. nightandthecity

    Hitchcock

    I'm very partial to The Wrong Man - a kafka-esque miscarriage of justice story, based on real events, very noir......
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    Long leather greatcoats

    In WW1 aviators of all nations sometimes wore long leather coats. But post-war the style seems to have caught on more selectively. They seem to have been popular throughout central and eastern Europe, into Russia, up to Belgium and Holland.....from the 1920s and into the 1950s. I've seen...
  20. nightandthecity

    Noir Music for your Hat

    UKELELE NOIR! ....what a great concept! I love it. I have several friends play the Uke, but mostly in a George Formby/Ragtimeish way. I love what you're doing, especially those moody chords. And the hat. have you heard the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain? A proper 1930s style Ukelele...
  21. nightandthecity

    BRITISH DOCUMENTARY MOVEMENT at Tate Liverpool

    UK loungers might be interested in a current exhibition at Tate Liverpool on the British Documentary Movement. It explores the British documentary film tradition and its relation to art and photography...whilst it goes through to the present day, the core of the exhibition centres on the work...
  22. nightandthecity

    ATTENTION UK Loungers - The Jitterbug Years on BBC2

    It sounds great, wished I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢d seen it. I only watch programmes like that for the fantastic old footage, I expect them to be flawed/inadequate as historical commentary. For proper history and analysis you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve got to read books! Surprised they didn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t get onto youth culture...
  23. nightandthecity

    ATTENTION UK Loungers - The Jitterbug Years on BBC2

    aaaaaaaaaaaggggggghhhhhh!!!!!!! ...found this post on Saturday morning! But thanks anyway Salv. I wanted to see that series when it was first out but like anything you'd want to watch is was on BBC4, and we only have plain old terrestrial. Whilst I'm at it, let me also thank you for...
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