December 2011
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Generic Surplus at Agenda Long Beach
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Style Profile: Irving Carmona
Name, age, title/job, hometown: Irving Carmona, 25, purchasing agent, Buena Park Describe your style in five words: Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, Dylan! What are you currently wearing? White woven dress shirt, grey Theory trousers, Generic Man Savant. Any fashion tips for this season? Use Generic shoes, they go with everything. Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you: Marcello...
disco naïveté: The Weeknd - Echoes Of Silence →
disconaivete:
Final part of The Weeknd’s Balloons trilogy: Echoes Of Silence. The Weeknd’s producer Illangelo tweeted that “Echoes of Silence is going 2 be like if House Of Balloons met Thursday & they had a baby & then meanwhile that baby went back in time & fucked Thriller & then..”, kind of the…
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Monday Mixtape: PART TIME PUNKS "Auto-Reverse"
“Auto-Reverse: Living, Breathing, Eating Tapes [a cassette-only special]” DOOR AND THE WINDOW – Part Time Punks TROLLER – Milk BLACK CHURCH – Birds SAYONA – Part III ZOMBIE ZOMBIE – Escape From LA ECTOPLASM GIRLS – Mama Put Me In A Pie ESTASY – Magikzaplakala (Of Wagner) TROLLER – Best EPEE DU BOIS – No Trees EPEE DU BOIS – Untitled (Live) MASTER SUSPIRIA VISION – Call Of The Witches VIDEOGRAVE –...
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10 x What With...
10 questions answered by Hrishikesh of The One Am Radio What is the story behind your name? The very first recordings I made on my own were these instrumental four-track cassette lullabies, with acoustic guitar and a drum machine, and these little bits and pieces of staticky monologues from talk radio that would float in and out. I called that tape “the One AM Radio” — I liked the feeling...
Our Shoes, Your Feet: Engagement Edition
Our black wool Borstal helped fan Bucky Clarke put a ring on it.
Congratulations to both Bucky and Tracy. Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Style Profile: Bradley Carter, vocalist/guitarist...
Name, age, title/job, hometown: Bradley Hanan Carter, Echo Park Describe your style in five words. Black, Collar, Motor, Thrift, Short What are you into wearing these days? Anything hand-picked from the various thrift stores on my journey… Tell us about your most embarrassing fashion phase or outfit. Andre Agassi mullet, age 7 Name one person, living or dead, whose style inspires you....
Steven Harrington X Generic Surplus X Monster...
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Monday Mixtape: Neil Schield, Origami Vinyl
Here’s an amazing mix from our friend Neil over at Origami Vinyl. This collection of songs represents some of his faves that were released in 2011.
1. Bill Callahan “Drover” 2. Spindrift “Space Vixens Theme” 3. Allah-Lahs “Long Journey” 4. Black Flamingo “Proud Head” 5. Anika “I Go To Sleep” 6. NO “Coming Down” 7....
Best Roof Talk Ever: So you want to stop someone... →
bestrooftalkever:
You will be coming home late from work and take a seat on your stoop.
A nicely dressed Russian man will come running around the corner. From your hawk-like perch on your stoop, you will deduce that he is totally wasted.
A cab will come speeding around the corner and pull over right in front of…
Store Profile: American Rag
Store mission (when did the store open and why):
The store on La Brea opened in 1985, out of passion and love for creating something unique. If your store had a soundtrack, what would it be?
Moon River Name one person that could represent the style of the shop, living or dead?
Cary Grant and Jane Birkin (we need two!) Item you would never stock.
Anything ugly. Unless it’s a...
Press Release: The Ledger
10 x What With...
…War Widow’s Jon Peloso What is the story behind your name? I came across it in a Kurt Vonnegut novel and thought, “that would be a rad band name”. I keep a list of cool band names, as well as a list of cool famous people/word combos… I.e. Jessica Albacore, Geddy Leederhosen, and Girls Gone Gene Wilder. What kind of music do you make, for those unfamiliar with your...
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Monday Mixtape: N|GHTCH|LDE - GENER|C SURPLUS M|X...
N|GHTCH|LDE - GENER|C SURPLUS M|X 2011
Cari Lekebusch - Shivering (IM Mix) Fiord - Scratching The Sides (Ryan Halifax Remix) Dani Sbert - Scroll Ida Engberg - Junoverse Maceo Plex - Can’t Leave You Huggy And Dean Newton - 747 Alfred Heinrichs - I Don’t Know (Rohrer, Siegel Remix) Stan Kolev - Closer (Groove Prisoner & Lupon Remix) Jokers Of The Scene - Organized...
