Steve Monaghan
name - stephen monaghan company - sane communications interests - clothes, 1960s eyewear, vintage, times forgotten that should be remembered, other people, senses of style , senses of humour, guts and determination, legal voyeurism, balls big enough to cum in a dump truck, bikes, books, kicks, sartorialism, words of wisdom, honesty, anything that makes a difference ... being a voice for those who choose not to speak , other peoples right arm .. admires - strength, other peoples talent and ability wants - people to be straight up dislikes - nature as a barber !! loves - wife , cats , friends ... nothing is worth the worry that prevents development, the future believes that - talking with quiet confidence beats screaming with obvious security would like to have a fight with - Josh Homme ... just to lose ha ha born 1975 alumnae of dazed, another magazine, vice ... the guy that puts it out there ,,, worked with heroes and villains ... ran a record label Monocle 78 ... early in rock n rolls resurgence ... art directing talking showing and proving ... keep on keeping on grateful not dead ...
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Oh to be a Superimposer …
January 18th 09, 7:01
Folks i need to give you a heads up on something thats gonna make ya life better … kinda like when someone told you to pop 2 Nurofen and a pint of water before bed after 8 pints of stella artois … capiche ? get my drift ? I hope so !!
The Superimposers are a duo of craftsmen Mr Miles and Dan Solo that make music yes, but ostensibly are craftsmen of the highest order, they treat music and its creation and performance with great love and respect thus the outcome is ethereal … and the best part … it doesnt sound like much else.
If a hallucination of a hot day, a cool drink, a bank account in the black, no work to go to and a lifetime of sweet dreams is what floats ya boat then listen to the superimposers because their music induces a kind of unbeknown good feeling that can only be achieved through the aforementioned dream-scape …
What we need at the moment isnt angry, its isnt melancholic, it isnt high octane … what we need is bliss … find the superimposers, find your bliss …
A great live line up is here for you should you choose to go … 31st Jan … go beat the blues
also check them out on www.wonderfulsound.com and listen to their radio show of the avant-garde, obscure library music, and melody based goodness …
steve
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my new tattoo text resides within these prolific genius’s lyrics
January 15th 09, 9:48
One of the best things my dad ever did for me was introduce me to LOVE and Arthur Lee … cheers Pops x
A House is not a Motel
At my house I’ve got no shackles
You can come and look if you want to
In the halls you’ll see the mantles
Where the light shines dim all around you
And the streets are paved with gold and if
Someone asks you, you can call my nameYou are just a thought that someone
Somewhere somehow feels you should be here
And it’s so for real to touch
To smell, to feel, to know where you are here
And the streets are paved with gold and if
Someone asks you, you can call my name
You can call my name
I hear you calling my name yeah all right nowBy the time that I’m through singing
The bells from the schools of wars will be ringing
More confusions, blood transfusions
The news today will be the movies for tomorrow
And the water’s turned to blood, and if
You don’t think so
Go turn on your tub
And it it’s mixed with mud
You’ll see it turn to gray
And you can call my name
I hear you call my nameArthur Lee – 1967 – ‘Rock n Rolls real frontman’ R.I.P x
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Thanks to Hollister Hovey … my wife has named him and wants him … thanks new yorkers !!
January 15th 09, 9:37
if he was sues he would be called Pip Winstanley – www.hollisterhovey.blogspot.com
if he was ours i would need to look like this to do this hound justice …
courtesy of Mr Scott Schuman – www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com
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if i had a daughter … she would ride this … with this saddle
January 15th 09, 9:32
As director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division in 1952, Alexander Girard introduced colour and pattern when both were considered radical. The post-war period was an era of often stringent Minimalism, when, as Girard put it, ‘People got fainting fits if they saw bright, pure colour.’ Strange then that his ideas were inspired not by the prevailing aesthetic, but by the spontaneity and directness of folk art, of which he was an avid collector.
Born in New York City and raised in Florence, Girard was educated as an architect in Europe. Back in the US, his break came in 1949 when he designed the For Modern Living show at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In 1956 came his striking interior for La Fonda del Sol restaurant in New York’s Time Life building, and in 1965 his overhaul of Braniff Airlines where everything – from stationery to sugar packets – was redesigned.
One of his biggest projects, which pre-empted today’s trend for lifestyle shops by some 40-odd years, was the 1961 Textiles & Objects store in New York. Girard’s trawl of objects from around the world was on sale, alongside his textiles and furniture by Herman Miller designers. And it’s probably for his work for Herman Miller and Charles Eames that he will be remembered. ‘We are not machines,’ he wrote at the time. ‘We see, touch and remember – activities that are of far greater importance and in far greater need of consideration than our purely practical functions in life.’
x
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It gets better and more stylish every time i watch it …
January 11th 09, 2:37
much like the old adage of hearing but not listening, its a crime to just see this movie and not WATCH it …
He is one of my heroes … she is is just so lovely it kills a man …
Style lived and breathed in Belmondo !!
watch this movie then look in the mirror in the bathroom and i defy you not to mimic Jean Paul !!!
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italian sartorial cycling … ABICI
January 10th 09, 3:21
There is an age old tradition in the shires of the UK of vicars riding old bikes to their churches waving at the housewives of their respective village as they cruise through the vales and hamlets, after seeing this puppy it made me pose the question to myself … i wonder if vatican priests ride these to mass … STYLE PERSONIFIED!
Men’s Abici Granturismo bicycle, handmade in one of the few remaining dedicated workshops in Italy still producing complete bikes (they once produced frames for Pinarello).
The handlebars, rims, pedal assembly and stand are made from ionised aluminium making them lightweight, durable and rust proof. The frame is painted in anti-rust paint. The chain and cog mechanism are enclosed in a very tidy and practical metal casing, preventing nasty oil stains and giving the green light for some smart attire.
The bike also features a Brooks saddle in honey-coloured hide and matching leather tape fitted to baker boy-style bars (we had fitted specifically for us).
Other features include:
High quality reflective tyres.
A simple-to-use, highly efficient (and very old fashioned) back wheel braking system operated by back-pedalling.
A standard handlebar operated front brake.
An integral lock that locks through the back wheel.Comes with an Italian made stainless steel bell and set of translucent Knog frog Front and rear lights.
available exclusively at www.oipolloi.com
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my absolute favourite place … visited just after new years 09 … the clue is on the card wallet
January 9th 09, 8:05
where inspiration lives … my own personal Narnia
ivy-prep-trad-workwear-militaria-bags-athletic-formal-turn of the century-patterns-fabrics from all around the world and back again …
there is nowhere like this … make an appointment … go see!!
ask for Mr Dawson
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what else should i be … all apologies
January 9th 09, 7:29
what can i say
how should i say it
ive been been laid up
for wellness ive prayed it
antibiotics “no booze”
well the rule … i disobeyed it
and being lazarus in a play
that role, boy did i play it
pains from the toes
to the top of my head
but like lazarus guys
IM BACK FROM THE DEAD
HAPPY NEW YEAR X
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pilot petes supplies … He sells good things !!
December 10th 08, 12:27
Lets hear it for the military (airforce) and the clothing that tailors created for the real men …
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in need of whisky and a wing man …
December 5th 08, 15:14
A colder climate calls for a warmer and this to me and my Dad is probably a single malt aged no less than 16 years .. a Bowmore 18 year old is the perfect antidote to a frozen mind and body … this is the sophisticated and extremely enjoyable way of warming the cockles with an after effect to the novice, that occasionally invokes what an ole college buddy Jamie would call the ‘Faliraki shuffle’ a laymans term granted but he knew what he meant, and this has rang true with me for over a decade now … this basically incurs the whisky hitting the point about 3 inches from your jawline inside your throat and a uncontrollable spasm occuring that involves a sort of shudder from the toes to the temples … wonderful and fearsome all at the same time … aftertaste however is like someone lit the best campfire ever and it just keeps crackling inside the stomach … i urge you to try it, one of my heroes, Rick Danko sings in the track by The Band .. ‘Stage Fright’ – “now i got fire water right on my breath” and folks, yes this may be the down fall of many a man but in small appropriate doses this is nectar, this is heaven … www.whiskyshop.com
Bowmore,
18 year old
Islay
70cl
£59.99
Creamy caramel toffee, with ripe fruit and smoke aromas. Incredibly complex, with beautiful soft fruit and chocolate balanced with a light smokiness. A superb long and lingering finish.The Bowmore has now been rebranded and replaces the Seventeen year old.
and now to the wing man … now i have taken care of inner warmth i need to focus on the extremities where the heat leaves me … I have a wonderful cashmere hat and leather gloves so whats left … thats right … MA FEETS PEOPLE, MA FEETS !! And so i would like to take this opportunity to thank Kara, Heidi and ma main man Bob for kitting me out with some Redwing Chukka Mocassins … These will be my winter and early spring choice for President of my feet … vote cast … check em out … ‘Built to fit built to last’
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