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Soul. Long before the “soul music” of the 60s and 70s there was a distinctly African-American concept of “soul”—a secular yet at the same time deeply spiritual (here and now rather than in the afterlife promised by religion) way of feeling and expressing one’s individuality and aliveness, rooted...

Thanks a lot.

It’s been a very long time since I left the City; I keep hearing that it has changed a lot, for better and/or worse. The hotel where I’m staying is only a block from where I used to live in Hell’s Kitchen, but of course they don’t use that name in their advertising. I hope that there still are...

I’m leaving tomorrow for NYC, where I’m going to spend the whole week, mostly in Manhattan, with maybe one day in Brooklyn. I’d appreciate any recommendations of cool vintage/thrift/junk stores there. Thanks.

No plastic bits; only cloth, leather, thread, and old-fashioned craftsmanship. That last word is so hipsterishly over-used these days (they’re busy crafting Big Macs at your local Mickey D’s all day) that it’s on the verge of becoming meaningless; yet it fits Sterkowski’s made-right products.

But how are you going to perform your tasks as a railroad brakeman without it?

I'm very happy with all three of my Sterkowski caps and plan to buy more from them in the future. I highly recommend the company. It is a sad state of affairs, though, that it takes an outfit in Warsaw, Poland, to make an American classic, and make it right; there is no one in U.S. that comes...

No hard feelings at all, brother Jejupe. I expect a picture of me to be among the illustrations in "Man: The Opinionated Ape", if such book is ever published. Peace.

I was not looking to start a debate, but to simply express my opinion. I did not expect anybody to accept it as "a given truth", just as I did not expect that it would inspire resentment and sarcasm. Live and learn and re-learn.

That was some fancy ha-ha footwork you did to dance around my statement and avoid debating its point, but if that was given to you by your sarcastic "god", then keep on hoofing around this: some men like their ladies blessed with all the silicone miracles of modern, to use the word you so...

The last single-word sentence in the description of that ho-hum Bentley jacket is Beluga. At this price, does it come with a free lifetime supply of caviar?

My new Sterkowski cap. I fear/hope that sooner or later I'll have all of them. Sent from my LG-SP320 using Tapatalk

Consider it said. The principle that applies to the legal tender applies to leather, and to denim as well: counterfeit, no matter how skillful the artifice, is no good.

1986 Schott 556 Grey java racer in top grain cowhide.

"...They measure and fit the same, so it's a very hard decision as to which to keep. Maybe both? But then how would I decide which to wear?..." "Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool..." Sent from my LG-SP320 using Tapatalk