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Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?
a) Mel still has some name recognition. They could use that cut on a Hollywood anthology, a '40s anthology, or whatever. b) One-time licensing requires lawyers, who would produce more revenue from chasing piracy cases. The sad fact is that most music from the 20s to 40s era is worth more as a... -
What are you listening to?
6 for the price of none: British Bands, 1931 Henry Hall–Jack Payne–Rhythmic Troubadours–Ambrose–Savoy Orpheans–Jerry Hoey The first cut alone is worth the price of admission, which is, after all, free. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUD287WpDPQ -
What are you listening to?
The Kinkajou - Sam Lanin's Famous Players, 1927. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zT1R90cAcc -
Black dinner jacket / white trou?
With all due respect...yuk. Maybe an old-style "town last" white laceup like the Stacy Adams Madison.- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Black dinner jacket / white trou?
I have those, but I don't want to stand out that much from the band! Here's that Dressing the Man illustration, BTW. Mid to late 1930s by the look of it. The DB jacket (mine's coming in the mail) gets around the waist issue. In fact, a lightweight black DB was what you wore in summer before...- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
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Black dinner jacket / white trou?
Spectators. Why choose? :) Waist is tricky. Black vest is too formal. Black crumbcatcher over whites looks like a sign saying PLEASE DON'T FEED THE POTBELLIED PIG. I'm thinking a narrow black moc-croc belt with a silver buckle.- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Black dinner jacket / white trou?
The picture in my mind is early-to-mid '20s. Possibly a collegiate crowd. Then there were these guys. They were anything but collegiate.- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Black dinner jacket / white trou?
My Google-fu tells me the combo was worn in: - the Edwardian era - post-WW2, by younger men (of whom I am not one) - Rangoon Des Moines in August can feel like Rangoon. But I don't think that qualifies as tropical atmosphere.- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Black dinner jacket / white trou?
Was this ever a summer formal style? When? Where? I'm considering it for a Gatsby Night where I'll be in the band. We'll mostly be in black tuxes. I'd be behind a music stand, so I'd look like I fit in. I know I've seen this look in pictures. (Maybe movies?) I just can't find them now.- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Considering shirt collar rebuilding...experiences?
So do I. Reminds me a bit of Frank Trumbauer, the jazz saxophonist turned federal aviation inspector. He would lecture to pilots on "Things Aren't What They Seem," in a natty DB blazer, crisp white shirt and tie. At the end of his talk, he'd remove the blazer to show that his shirt was cut to...- Fletch
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- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?
Teach a man to fish... Getting back to the idea of suggestions, I suggest subscribing to certain Tubers with good taste and generosity in posting their 78 sides. I personally recommend, and subscribe to: - prozoot (not too active lately, but quite a lot of rare electric-era stuff beautifully... -
1930s and 40s Finnish Homes
I'm now picturing you as a guy with a typewriter on his head lol- Fletch
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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What are you listening to?
Black Coffee - Ray Nichols & Four Towers Orch., 1935, singing the praises of the drunkard's curative. Sounds as tho half the rhythm section was too hungover to make the date. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmGXcyWmr6E&feature=plcp -
Very nice Goodwear Aero A-2 in Reddish Russet F/S
Yep, I inquired of the seller and the waist above the knit is 41 3/8". That's a 7" drop from the chest, athletic fit for sure.- Fletch
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
You could sue for defamation on the brand name, too ;)- Fletch
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
The way der junge Herr is holding his cigarette, it looks like an ideal receptacle for the ashes. You'd just have to be careful not to knock any live coals in there. -
Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
Harry The Hipster wasn't worried. Here he is in 1945 asking the musical question: Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?- Fletch
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Hats for fall. Gävle, Sweden, August 1953. (This and the preceding shot were advertisements for a local clothier, Lidholms.) -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Back bow: the latest in style. Gävle, Sweden, November 1951.
