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  1. Fletch

    The jazz thread

    I wish more people did. There's nothing that beats playing for dancers. My basic premise is that jazz after WW2 stopped appealing to the heart and started aiming for the head. That's when I start losing interest, altho not completely.
  2. Fletch

    NPR: What Killed Men's Hats?

    Only if you accept a basically "big city" culture as baseline, with a sizable proportion of carless people. This might seem reasonable, because the largest cities commonly preserve more of past culture than smaller ones (and in fact we give them that privilege). But it doesn't really reflect...
  3. Fletch

    The jazz thread

    I'm a musician (reeds) and a collector (vintage instruments & recordings), so I may be a bit prejudiced, but I prefer jazz that makes people dance. I listen to bop and later jazz mostly for the saxophone playing.
  4. Fletch

    NPR: What Killed Men's Hats?

    It wasn't cars. Did cars all of a sudden materialize out of nowhere in 1956? It might have been low-roofed cars.
  5. Fletch

    Bill's Gay 90s closing

  7. Fletch

    Newsboys from Real Irish

    Where is that storied Irish linen now that the warm months are approaching?
  8. Fletch

    Bill's Gay 90s closing

    I was disappointed in them for getting rid of the G-word in the sign outside. It showed a certain lack of that old New York nonchalance. Still, Mr. F has a point. That New York is about gone. The nonchalance long ago hardened into apathy. In its place, more of the agida, the tsuris, and...
  9. Fletch

    Item(s) You Regret Having Gotten Rid Of?

    A gold-plated Buescher curved soprano sax built in 1926. You just don't see those. I'm sure it's being "collected" to this day by the lady I traded it to. A 1932 Joe Haymes 78 called It's About Time, which I have a dubbing of, but surely will never see an original copy again. A couple of size...
  10. Fletch

    1930's Murder case to be investigated again

    Oh, you're no fun anymore. lol
  11. Fletch

    A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!

    Actually it's very rare to see the A-1 as part of a period getup. No one is reenacting 1920s or '30s military aviation as there are no war stories and almost no planes left. I do think it goes well with a suit vest/hat look, viz: Hat: Selco. Jacket: Eastman. Vest: Joseph Abboud. Shirt: Brooks...
  13. Fletch

    A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!

    Just noticed the typo: "wonk-inspired casual wear." I meant "work-inspired", but I'm going to leave it as is. It's the perfect name for high-authenticity, up-market work clothes: wonkwear. lol
  14. Fletch

    A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!

    Yes, it suggests the prewar period, but it doesn't scream it. I tend to think of the A-1 as wonk-inspired casual wear. 90% of the time I wear my A-1s it's with jeans and an undress shirt.
  15. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    Due to the drop-off in Loungers' interest, this will be my last posting to the WAYLT? thread for awhile. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LcHeUBs8x8
  16. Fletch

    A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!

    The A-2 is being reg'd out of existence in the same careful way the Navy got rid of Aviation Greens: you make it so the item can only be worn when it's more trouble than it's worth. AIUI, zoomies can mostly wear them while enroute to duty, not on duty (and certainly not off duty).
  17. Fletch

    A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!

    It took the intertoobz, you know. Before this they were a closely kept secret. Mfrs would make them now and then but sell only to Europe and Japan.
  19. Fletch

    Van Boven 15 Dark Brown Fedora with Cavanagh Edge 7 1/8

    No reason they should've - it was decidedly not a young man's shop!
  20. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    I am listening to the purr of this cat, and missing my own cat, who is fur fur away.
  21. Fletch

    Usn summer flight jacket

    Yes, it's been "popularized" with big hand-friendly pockets. :( Not quite the full-on, dorky-dad, minivan-you-can-wear look, but a nod toward it.
  22. Fletch

    A-1 Jacket / A1 Flying Jacket - The ultimate Golden Era flying accessory!

    Have we had the conversation about green cloth 37J1s? I'm assuming we have ;)
  23. Fletch

    Usn summer flight jacket

    RMJ's repro is based on this Michael Zielinski 37J1B, which popped up on eBay about 18 mo ago. Eddie Bauer's M-421 is already unobtanium.

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