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  1. Locrian

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I couldn't help noticing this week that Peggy didn't keep Lew in the loop when she began rethinking her campaign. I can almost see the trap that Don is falling into — where he is made to look as though he is not 'sticking to the script', though in fact he is simply trying to present Peggy in the...
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    Book Recommendations

    Cornell Woolrich — anything by him. For e.g. The Black Angel, or I Married a Dead Man.
  3. Locrian

    Arrived yesterday: Aero 1950's Half Belt

    Given the weather in Australia at the moment that shows real commitment! Great looking jacket.
  4. Locrian

    LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!

    Thanks for that.
  5. Locrian

    Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

    Boots, jacket and jeans in the first photo are very impressive.
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    What Are You Reading

    Just finished reading Free Fall by William Golding. Great book! Picks up aspects of British life just before and after WWII that I knew little about, such as the pervasive Bolshevism. This featured in my own family since my great grandfather was a dedicated English Bolshevik, who managed to...
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    LUFTWAFFE jackets - Eagles who Dare to Wear..!

    I just read this thread through (all 30 pages!) and there was no answer to a query made right at the outset: were the Luftwaffe jackets all or mostly in black? Did the powers that be say to the pilots: "sure, buy your own jacket, spend as much as you like --- just so long as it's black!"? Or...
  9. Locrian

    1930s/40s Leather Jacket pics

    That Albert Richard jacket is just amazing. I have an Albert Richard horsehide from slightly later (maybe 50's) and it is one of my favourites. Incredibly comfortable and well worn in. But the colour of yours is the bomb.
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    Any MWHH Jackets out there?

    The Good Wear Ventura looks great. Nice colour.
  11. Locrian

    Something I miss with the decline of the printed word

    Personally I find modern books to be a let down, in terms of design and physical materials. I suspect we have been 'tenderised' for the coming iPad world by having books made less attractive, step by step. But classic books cannot be beat and I find myself turning into a collector.
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    Film Noir Favorites

    I recently saw for the first time — don't know how I missed seeing it for so long — The Two Mrs Carrolls. Great acting (as you'd expect) from Barbara Stanwyck — and some nice sharp dialogue along the way. Bogart chews up the scenery.
  14. Locrian

    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    Cuban Montecristo No. 2. Once a week, outside in the sun.
  15. Locrian

    my new jacket reeks of linseed oil.

    I think this is bad news. Linseed oil polymerises — and in the sun, quite quickly. That's why it's used in oil painting. And as it polymerises it will stiffen, until the jacket will be unwearable. Of course turpentine will dissolve it — but then it will also take off the colour. Soap may be your...
  16. Locrian

    Amy Winehouse

    I bought her albums on the back of multiple recommendations, as I like the era she was mining. But I truly hated all the CD's. I will never play them again. It's hard to see why they fail so badly, but fail they do. Duffy's album is what I thought Winehouse's was going to be like. But unlike...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last night I watched Zack and Miri make a Porno. It was terrible. Kevin Smith may once have been able to go down some low avenues and still retain some charm, but not this time, not here. A lot of swearing — so that it no longer sounds "real", just try-hard, and a really bad romantic premise. It...
  19. Locrian

    Ginger Rogers

    The autobiography Ecstasy and Me by Hedy Lamarr is incredibly good. But be warned: it is also quite shocking. That woman lived one helluva life.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    ...... duplicate post
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    North by Northwest — on BluRay, restored to the rich colours of the original. A thing of beauty!
  22. Locrian

    WW II Pilots wearing ties?

    I just watched a documentary called Spitfire Women about the female pilots who flew in WWII. All of the English pilots (men and women) shown seem to be wearing ties; the U.S. pilots (flying British planes) are sometimes seen not to be wearing ties. Of course a lot of the shots are staged...
  23. Locrian

    Opinions needed! New (to me) Langlitz Fighter Jacket....

    I hope you don't mind if a stranger adds his 2 cents. IMO the jacket is the right length, and not too short at all. One of the reasons classic style jackets look "short" is that they were designed for a time when a man's pants were worn damned high. Classic jeans or cargo pants did not sit on...

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