Happy New Year!

C.P. Company S/S 2007 Tinto Terra Mille Miglia Jacket

I have always been looking out for a tinto terra mille, i just love the used look of this jackets. It fits perfect to the whole style of a mille miglia jacket. Tinto Terra is a special way to dye a jacket, wich adds a special character to the garment. Thies piece is from the spring/summer collection 2007. They came in different colours, like brown and navy and the grey, wich is shown above, but this grey has a slightly interesting olive touch. Every jacket has its own character because of the special treatment of the garment. A real collectors piece for everybody who adores this iconic jackets.

Season Greetings

Weekend Service Youtube Channel II

I`ve just opend a second Youtube Channel for all that british rock music stuff i like. Thought it wouldnt fit into my trojan related channel, so i did another one, wich is called Weekendservice1980. You will find some classic tunes from the past and present, bands like Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, Oasis, Artic Monkeys, Libertines, Klaxons..etc. There are banners on the sidebar of this blog wich lead you directly to my channels. Enjoy!

Live und Direkt

Vor kurzem bin ich auf einen wunderbaren Blog namens "the power of independent trucking" gestoßen. Dieser Blog featured unter anderem einige wunderbare digitalisierte Liveaufnahmen und unveröffentlichte Studiosessions meiner absoluten Lieblingsband Joy Division. Die Aufnahmen sind in wunderbarer Qualität und ein absoluter Hörgenuss. Besonders der Mittschnitt des Konzertes in Paris 1979, welches von einem französischem Radiosender übertragen wurde. Wer die bekannten Songs also mal live oder in einer anderen Version hören möchte, sollte sich die Mühe machen und sich ein wenig durch dieses wunderbare Archiv zu wühlen. Das wunderbare an der Sache: Der Blogger hat keine Mühen gescheut und stellt Direktlinks zu den Downloads parat, wo man die .flac (vcl media player) Datein kostenlos und ohne Wartezeit direkt herunterladen kann. Wer das ganze in eine mp3 verwandeln möchte findet dazu sofort die passende Freeware im Netz.
Dieser >Link< führt direkt zu den "Joy Divison Suchergebnissen. Viel Spaß!

Inside Stone Island - Part II

A VOYAGE INTO STONE ISLAND_EPISODE 2 - GARMENT DYE_LIFE OF A JACKET from Stone Island on Vimeo.

"Following ‘Carlo Rivetti's tour’, the first video that Carlo Rivetti commissioned to reveal the top level skills that contribute to creating Stone Island garments and collections, the video camera focuses on the individual departments.
The second episode is dedicated to the experimental dyeing facility, a sophisticated colour workshop, where all the phases of the garment dyeing treatments are fine tuned. This know how is one of the company's greatest assets and, since the very beginning, has set Stone Island apart on the sportswear scene. Claudia Bergamini, Head of the Dyeing Facility, demonstrates the processes for double dyeing technique on the finished garment, one of the many possible variables for obtaining different colours and shades in the same dye bath."

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Football Wonderland

Vintage Berghaus Snow Cap

Bring on the 80s... It`s getting freezing cold on the terraces these days, so make sure that your wardrobe has a toasty winter jacket included. If you want to get sure that you won`t freeze your bollocks of, go for a Berghaus jacket! This is a well known british outdoorbrand, wich has a lot of nice jackets to offer for every weather situation.

I went for a vintage Snow Cap from the 80s, very similar to the well know Ice Cap. A good choice if you want to be different to all that Jack Wolfskin and Fjall Raven customers. Berghaus has always been an 80s casual classic. Simple and functional design, some poppy colours and to cut a long story short.. just cool as fuck. They have some more classic designs i will go for in the future, for sure!

Klaxons - Surfing The Void

Klaxons released their second album, Surfing The Void. As always the big question is: Will it be good as the first album? Well, i am not a music critc, i can`t go into detail when it comes to differences regarding to the style or something else. I`m just a fan of their music since they released their first album, wich really surprised me and i thought to myself: This will be a future classic! They have got the potential to become a band who will represent brtish music of this generation in the future. Like the Stone Roses or Joy Division do. This is very hard in my opinion, due to the fact we are living in a fast world of internet and YouTube, where bands come and go and new trends come faster than your postie. 

Never the less, they made a very good second album with some crackin` songs like "The Same Space", "Twin Flames", "Flashover" (very powerful!) and my absolute favorite "Future Memories" (wich is featured below). I`am not sure if i can compare it with their first album. In the moment i like their first album more, i think it was more experimental, but maybe it`s just the fact it was their first release and something completeley new and different to the common british alternative and indie rock releases. It`s definitively worth a listening and especially the songs i mentioned above! Just a "Heads up" for my loyal band of followers, who might enjoy something different like i do.

Here i`ve got a live recording of the song "Future Memories" from the Pohoda Festival 2010 in Slovakia.

C.P. Company Spring/Summer 2009 - Canapa Italiana

This jacket, also known as the "hemp mille", is made out of 100% hemp. One of the best summer mille miglia jackets made so far. The whole design reminds me of the vintage mille miglia jackets made in the 90s. It is a lightweight summer jacket and together with the teflon jackets of the same season, my favorite mille miglia jackets so far. Maybe because the fitting of the jackets is excellent in this season. I got the chance to get my hands on a red and a beige one, they also came in navy and black. The beige one would be the perfect object for a dye job, but i don`t know if i really could do this...

Inside Stone Island

Carlo Rivetti's Tour from Stone Island on Vimeo.

"Carlo Rivetti opens the doors to his brand Stone Island, headquartered in Ravarino, Italy. During a lengthy tour Carlo reveals the philosophy of a company that has always been founded on research and experimentation. Revealed is the passion and the deep know how that turns ideas and visions into garments and collections that are always innovative and in the vanguard. Enjoy!"

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New Balance 420

On my search for some new trainers, i stumbled over this nice pair of New Balance. I`ve to admit that NB hasn`t been on my radar yet, but some models are really growing on me now. It has always been Adidas for me so far, but NB has some really nice models on the trainer market. The 420 series is my favorite. The nice vintage running shoe look made me buying this blue pair of 420s and i am really happy with them,they are comfortable and come in  a very nice colourway! I think i will look more often for NB and of course the 420 series. They are a nice alternative to Adidas, they are relatively advantegeously priced and made in the UK and not in Asia.

C.P. Company Spring/Summer 2009 - Parker

Das CP Company nicht nur Jacken mit den lustigen Brillengläsern oder mit Smogmasken macht, dürfte eigentlich bekannt sein und ab und zu gelingt ihnen ein echter Hingucker. Dieser Parker aus der Sommerkollektion 2009 ist ein echtes Highlite. Irgendwie ist dieser Parker ein wenig "Mod" und daher auch ein wenig Retro und dennoch mit einem gelungenen modernen SPW Character. Durch das extrem leichte und dünne Material (100% Nylon - Polyiamid), trägt sich dieser Parker sehr angenehm und bietet zusätzlich bei Licht bzw. Sonneneinstrahlung einen leichten Schimmereffekt, ähnlich wie bei den Stone Island Shimmer Jackets, nur nicht ganz so extrem. Dieser Effekt ist sehr gut auf den Bildern zu sehen, da ich extra mit Blitz fotografiert habe. Dieser Parker kam in verschiedenen Farben, wie z.B. in Blau, Grau, Pistazie und eben auch in diesem Grün. Wobei die grüne Version nur in CP Flagshipstores erhältlich war. Ein wirklich geniales Teil, dass sich in jede SPW Sammlung perfekt einfügen kann.

The Night of Genua

"Sitzen se da und zerschneiden die Netze vom Zaun !!! Hamma..."  (CL)

Depeche Mode 101

Vor einiger Zeit bin ich in den Genuss des Dokumentarfilms "101" gekommen, ein Film über die 101 Konzerte umfassende Depeche Mode Tour durch die USA Ende der 80er Jahre, gedreht von dem Dokumentarfilmer Donn Alan Pennebaker. Dieser Film bietet neben reichlich Musik natürlich auch kleine Einblicke in das Backstageleben und kleine Episoden neben den Konzerten, wie z.B. eine Szene in der die Band in einem urigen Countrymusik-Plattenladen mit einer noch urigeren Verkäuferin in Texas durch das hiesige Angebot stöbert, Radiointerviews etc. Für diesen Film wurde auch eine kleine Anzahl von Fans gecastet, die die Band in einem Reisebus auf der Tour von Konzert zu Konzert begleitet und zwangsläufig jede Menge lustige Sachen dabei erlebt. All diese Epsioden werden durch Liveaufnahmen und einer perfekten Untermalung durch Musik aufgewertet, so dass ein sehr kurzweiliger, gut geschnittener Film entstanden ist, der einem die Musik von Depeche Mode nahebringt. Besonders gut zum Tragen kommt dabei Pennebakers Lieblingsstilmittel, das Benutzen einer Handkamera, das wirklich sehr lebendige Bilder und Aufnahmen garantiert. Daher auch gut geeignet für diejenigen, die bisher noch nicht soviel  mit der Musik von Depeche Mode anfangen konnten. Ein absolut sehenswerter Film, der sowohl Musikfans aber auch Cineasten ansprechen sollte.

Aachen Away

Bring it on...

The Casual Connoisseur is working on his next project! It will be some kind of "reissue" of a vintage Peter Storm cagoule. It will come in 3 different colours and i hope there will be a red one. I have always been after a red Peter Storm, but no chance, and of course not in my size. So i hope we don`t have to wait to long for that crackin` jacket, the rainy days are coming and this is the perfect coat for the upcoming autumm! Well done CC!

Adidas München.

This is my latest purchase, a pair of 2003 reissued Adidas München. I really like the colourway, also the blue ones but i don`t think i like the latest green cloured reissues, wich are available at Size? in the UK. They came in a really mint condition, even with Tags. So let`s hope for some sunny days..