What would you say is the shoe of the moment ?

Jim.

I would like one of those single breasted lightweight stone coloured summer raincoats to wear over a shirt when it's wet but still hot.

Bean Boots (though mine seem to have sprung a leak).

I have three pairs of Sebagos and they look great, wear well, keep their shape and come recommended from me.  I have both black and oxblood variants.  They seem sturdy too and in the beefrool versions I have certainly look good. 

I have three nice light shorter macs (black, navy, tan) from T.M.Lewin which are wonderful quality.    Uniqlo has a nice range of light summer short macs for £80 in the flagship Oxford Street branch downstairs.

Last edited by MarkCoyle (2012-07-16 14:19:42)

All good stuff.

There is also the Cayman II which does not have the row of topstitiching that the Cayman has on the vamp, but is just the same apart from that.

They used to do a drop tassel loafer called the 'Kerry', as I recall. Also good as a variation on the Bass tassel loafer. Maybe they still do it.

The Weejun dates from 1936 with the Sebago (Beefroll) 'Classic' coming along being sold as Sebago 'Roamers' exactly a decade later in 1946, building on the success of the market that Bass had created.

- They're plenty Ivy !


Jim.

The Kerry is very like the tassel loafer Sebago used to make for Brooks Bros too.

Jim.

Well I'm wearing Driving shoes or canvas sneakers, basket weaves on a saturday night. Sometimes I wear my PS camp mocs or Dessies by Tiger. The Barkers are never far away if its rains.

Yes, mood sounds much better than construct.

All this talk about everything being constructed and ironic has made me loathe Uni.

Did I tell you the one about a seminar on Gangsta Rap?

Nothing wrong with that seminar.

Yuca, you see, our Professor, Ms Sabine S. went on about two dozen times about everything being ironic about Gangsta Rap. We had talked about the concept of double consciousness, of course, and how Gangsta Rap was to be seen in the tradition of black minstrels but when we talked about misogyny, homophobia and the glorification of violence and Prof Sielke was still going on about everything being ironic, I asked a simple question that stopped her dead in her tracks: Do you think that people in South Central get shot ironically?

Last edited by Hard Bop Hank (2021-11-01 01:17:33)

Surely you could do your own research and come up with your own ideas? A book called The Rap on Gangsta Rap debunks a lot of the myths about gangster rap and excuses for its lyrical content. I'd love to be able to write an essay making extensive reference to that book. If the professor was teaching a different viewpoint it wouldn't bother me.

My own experience of higher education was a disaster (for various reasons) so I can relate. Now I'd love to be able to do another degree, although I would aim to include a lot of my own ideas rather than regurgitating whatever the tutors come out with. The only thing I would never be able to get on with is all the jargon: much as I love having an extensive vocabulary, I also love speaking in plain English.

With all the grade inflation in recent decades - the inevitable result of universities competing with each other as if they were fast food joints - I'm sure I would get a decent grade no matter what I did or didn't do.