spy optics -deal 2

A couple of colorways (stop it). Unreal Deal. Have nothing to do with Spy Optics but consistently like their stuff.
Serious Felix Leiter 60's stylee here.

mark farina -fabric

One of our faves from Tribal Funktion days, Mark Farina is playing Fabric this Saturday if you are in the area...Fabric listing. By "the area" i mean London.

seeqpod -chicken shack mix

Rainy day meets chicken box = chicken shack. Hint of "Children of Men" at the end.

mtn ops

Double blind project affiliated w Mark Sullivan (disclaimer: i don't know the guy but friend of friends). Have followed his career w great interest as Bertie Wooster would say, from Snowboarder to Snowboard PPP and now this called MTN OPS. Have had my eye on the Rite in the Rain stuff for a while so nice touch on this collab. There is a mixtape buried in there, but the guts of the site won't be launched for almost a month it looks like...

lindisfarne

Photo by Michael Shanks



Holy Island (Lindisfarne) always reminds me of Tintin's Black Island. Looking forward to the Dreamworks movie in '09(?). Pops has a little Captain Haddock to him, so soft spot there...his curses, from the simple ("rats!") to the sublime ("vegetarian!") are listed exhaustively here.

vintage carhartt -blanket lined

wow. $152 with 7 hours to go... awesome. Update 7/15: Went for $280, congrats ujkool.