/\  I have a pair of shades from them, bought them around 1984 or 1985, they're oval-shaped rock-star glasses, I'll dig 'em out one of these days, they're a bit freaky but that's alright

/\  coincidentally today I was thinking about playing some tennis, having run pretty well yesterday .....

people have been asking me to hit with them, let's see what happens ... years ago we used to play tennis all summer long, I miss it .....

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair (1970, Atlantic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as5lE64J1hQ

^^ Playing without a midfield catches up with you eventually. Good luck to Croatia. I hope they win it.

/\  haven't seen this very freaky pic before but natch I'm a fan of Terry Southern and Rip Torn too ... actually really want to watch Rip's experimental and countercultural flicks from the late '60s and early '70s .....

/\  PM rec'd and answered champ!  always great to hear from you Leer, thanks!

/\  like that contrast stitched chore coat and cuffed selvage jeans combo Beebs .... now of course on me Roman sandals won't be seen as the man sang but flip-flops would be great for the boho man of letters who also digs that surf look .....

never had a pair of leather sandals actually, if you'vre been following you know I am a fan of rubber so it's flip-flops for me, with nylon grosgrain ribbon for the right touch

double denim, I always liked it even though it's a joke but believe me it was worn radically on campus in the '70s and I'm sure in the '60s, as Tom Wolfe's campus denizens turned their backs on J. Press .... always thought there was room for both styles, Ivy and Americana, and really like the intersection

but this is pure Americana, got the Dust Bowl reality crossed with the neoclassicism of the American Transcendentalists who were the spiritual progenitors of the Beats

/\  legendary, mate ..... thanks for that .... one of the hippest pics of Late Ivy I've ever seen

/\  thanks Beebs, hope all is well with LeeLo and Bradley, this hurricane gave us a miss fortunately, let's hope the damage is limited, the storm is still raging

shout-out to Worried Man and Doghouse too

working in the house, yard, and garage today, wearing some safety-pinned J. Press khaki twill walk shorts from around 2003, an ancient Appleton rum freebie t-shirt, white Reebok socks, pair of Red Wing 875 boots with wedge sole, bought in New Haven circa '79