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11/16/11
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A Tour of American Protest Style

On the heels of yesterday’s Zuccotti troubles (captured in gloriously cheeky video here), we thought we’d take a moment to recognize the unique style of the American protestor.

It’s not flashy, of course, but there’s plenty to admire here, from the black suits of the civil rights era to the Oakie uniform of work shirts and weathered khakis. They weren’t wearing them to make a statement—they had signs for that—but it was part of the message nonetheless.

As it turns out, charisma has a way of making its own style, and they were never short on charisma.

A tour of American protest style…»
 

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09/22/11
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Sound & Vision

Tales of the Drifter

It looks like we’re about to get one last Hank Williams album. The story starts with the Hillbilly Shakespeare’s legendary songwriting notebooks, which somehow found their way to Bob Dylan. Apparently Dylan’s spent the past few years rounding up fans like Jack White and Merle Haggard to set the lyrics to music, Mermaid Avenue-style. The resulting album arrives October 4th with the first new Williams songs in 50 years. If you’re not clear on why that’s a big deal, we’d direct you here. It’s everything that’s great about Americana: tragic, brilliant and scary as hell. Enjoy.

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05/24/11
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Younger Than That Now

Bob Dylan

In honor of the man’s 70th birthday, we thought we’d pass along this snap of Bob Dylan circa 1963, rocking the work shirt and Breton stripe as only a true blue gent could. Happy birthday, sir.

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12/21/10
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Dita Von Teese Loves Only Perrier

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Spaceman Chic: The Times rounds up photographs and X-Rays of Right Stuff-era spaceman gear. There are some pretty spectacular crotch pieces. [NYTimes]

The Vandals Took the Handles: Sony is opening up the masters for “Subterranean Homesick Blues” to whoever wants to take a shot. Job one: more handclaps. [Boing Boing]

V-Neck for Victory: Jesse Thorn reps a hand-knit Scottish sweater. In the background, the menswear blogodome seethes with jealousy. [Put This On]

The Perfect Gift: …is a chair made out of a grizzly bear. Now you know. [Lost at E Minor]

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11/29/10
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Clementine Stevens Has Never Heard of Cyber Monday

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And the Nominees Are… Apparently someone thinks more menswear blog awards are in order… and we couldn’t agree more. Coincidentally, our hat has been thrown into the ring. (That would be our tweed driving cap in the ring, if you must know). Naturally, we’re honored. [The Cravats]

It’s All Right: New York Magazine documents the style of Bob Dylan’s eclectic fanbase at his most recent concert in NYC. A surprisingly well put together group on the whole, but we’ve got to give our best dressed vote to the scalper’s camo/plaid/cable knit ensemble. [The Cut]

Popping Off: SWT gives us a quick refresher on why we should take note of the Italian collar pop. Point taken, but we’d rather wait till April rolls around to start thinking about polo collar etiquette. [StartWithTypewriters]

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04/16/10
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Valentina Zelyaeva is Quitting Tomorrow

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Lit Up: Italian magazines live in a completely different world from us. In a good way. [Velvet]

The Answer is Always Street Legal: A handy guide to navigating the catalog of Bob Dylan. We suggest focusing on the fertile decade of the 70s. [The Morning News]

The Exile Years: Mick and Keef reminisce on the recording of Exile on Main Street. Awesome stuff. [The Q]

Get Gone: Newsweek makes a pretty strong case for pissing off to foreign lands for a few years. [Newsweek]

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11/24/08
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Johnny, Hyden, and Tom

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Basement Tapes: The lost Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan album, courtesy of your techno-libertarian friends at BoingBoing. [Boing Boing]

The Master Speaks: A true trad weighs in on the slipper craze. [A Suitable Wardrobe]

Yoo Hoo: An interview with Hyden Yoo, including his take on being the only designer to have eaten bugs to get where he is. [Valet Mag]

Glory Days: Esquire sidles up to the bar, orders a double bourbon, and reminisces about the good old days…by reprinting its seven best stories, including entries from Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, and Gay Talese. [Esquire]

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10/10/08
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Bad Idea

Atrocity Exhibition

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The Watchmen movie was never going to be a fan favorite, but our current feelings about it can be expressed through the following tidbit of news, courtesy of our friends at Complex: For the closing credits, emo kids My Chemical Romance have recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s eleven-minute opus “Desolation Row.”

Please please please no.

This is everything that’s wrong with the Watchmen project and Hollywood in general. Start with a genuinely interesting, prickly subject matter, then churn out an “update” with a stylistic overhaul, a dumbstruck, glib reverence, and almost none of the sinister ambiguity of the original. Isn’t there some way we can use the credit crisis to stop all of this?

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10/01/08
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Sign of the Times

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After four solid decades outrunning his public persona, Bob Dylan has settled into a comfortable self-chronicling period, both with increasingly generous live shows and a seemingly never-ending Bootleg Series. Lucky for us, he’s feeling generous with that too: He’s letting NPR stream the latest release for free from their website before the record drops next Tuesday.

It’s called *Tell Tale Signs*, and covers outtakes from his most recent creative burst, from *Oh Mercy* to *Modern Times*, or 1989 to present. It’s not the best of the series—that honor goes to either the 1964 or 1975 live recordings—but the piano demo of “Dignity” and the bluesier version of “Mississippi” are both worth the price of admission. And it’s always nice to hear from an old friend.

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07/29/08
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Circus, Circus

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They may seem quaint and horribly rural, but the appeal of the circus has never quite disappeared. And, as Thom Browne recently reminded us, their influence is far from disappearing.

Taschen has just come out with a book that should be the perfect primer if you’re looking to brush up on your clowns. It’s called *The Circus, 1870-1950*, covering 80 years of traveling entertainment, complete with its own posters, stars and sense of style.

Step right up, step right up»

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03/13/08
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Shelf Life

I Remember You Well

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New York has changed a lot in the past thirty years, and though there’s a lot more glass and concrete than there used to be, there are still a few dinosaurs creaking around.

For instance, the Chelsea Hotel. Founded in 1883, the hotel was a favorite of Mark Twain, and in more counter-cultural days was host to Jack Kerouac, Leonard Cohen, Marilyn Monroe and Bob Dylan, gaining notoriety with the stabbing death of Nancy Spungen.

More pics and info on Inside: The Chelsea Hotel»

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