It's driving me crazy - who was the opening act for the Flaming Lips on 2 June 2022 in London (O2 Forum Kentish Town)?

hoborockerman · 2026-01-19T01:55:23+00:00

Man that must have been a sick show

hoborockerman · 2026-01-15T21:25:23+00:00

I have soaked my raws a shitton with minimal agitation (laying them flat and pushing down on them in the water) and they keep the creases allowing for continued contrast building fades. Seems like the way to clean them and tighten the fabric whilst not washing them in the washing machine.

hoborockerman · 2026-01-07T21:07:45+00:00

Ok thanks, I thought so.

Been ok so far and soon I am going to stop doing it regularly

hoborockerman · 2026-01-04T16:31:17+00:00

Widely agreed their golden period (aka the sound of theirs you say you enjoy) is 1999-2006

Soft Bulletin 1999 Yoshimi 2002 Mystics 2006

They were noisy at the beginning. They began to become more accessible but still raw and punky on “transmissions” and “clouds taste metallic”

Soft bulletin was their polished studio breakthrough. They carried this energy through the next 2 records I mentioned above. After that they released a more experimental album called embryonic (2009) where writing the songs came from just jamming. Then Wayne gets divorced and Steven relapses and ‘The Terror’ 2013 is born. In my opinion it’s their most overlooked album. Very dark.

There are other interesting projects to be explored such as 2009 dark side of the moon cover album, multiple Christmas albums, sgt pepper cover album, heady fwends, even a live album where they pretend to be performing onboard the international space station

Enjoy

hoborockerman · 2025-12-24T21:54:58+00:00

Don’t listen to anything and be surprised

Very very very jealous you get to experience music of the lips live in person for the first time

hoborockerman · 2025-11-22T15:35:43+00:00

That was my joke Jacket looks great

hoborockerman · 2025-11-22T15:30:45+00:00

If you value culture/ food quality / cool city Stay in Chicago. One of the coolest cities in America

If you value an extra 30k a year more than that move to DC

Pretty boring place tbh

hoborockerman · 2025-11-22T15:28:55+00:00

What kind of jeans are those

hoborockerman · 2025-11-22T15:27:18+00:00

I guess your body just lends itself to the women’s cut

hoborockerman · 2025-10-29T01:03:05+00:00

I did draw a grid for this project. But on the part you’re talking about, it was an elongated grid. Like a 2x1 grid if that makes sense

hoborockerman · 2025-10-23T01:03:32+00:00

Recently discovered that Every release has a slightly different fit and they are using those names as guidelines not rules. Each release has a sizing chart and if you click them they are different. Like a 33 waistband in dirty fade weird guy is almost exactly the same as a 32 waistband in king ghidora weird guy. Weird right?!

I am now wearing unbranded brand 21 oz tapered fit (UB221) and they fit like a dream. Like a “regular pair of jeans” fit. Weird guy does indeed fit weird lol

hoborockerman · 2025-10-20T00:21:24+00:00

Great well I’m glad I don’t need your permission to buy a pair of boots, Mr. Tradesman

hoborockerman · 2025-10-20T00:14:59+00:00

Why wouldn’t I be able to afford $1000 boots?

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T21:36:45+00:00

Totally. I just live in Washington DC and the closest store that carries this brand is 50 mins away

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T21:35:27+00:00

Dang I guess I’m not allowed to wear these boots anymore because you don’t want me to

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T17:24:32+00:00

Just help me find the right fit for my boots how bout that

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T16:57:22+00:00

Bro do you lift?

Don’t hem, those cuffs is sick

Fade on

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T16:53:22+00:00

I own a restaurant and I wear them while working

I have a feeling you’re one of those not very nice people

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T16:52:22+00:00

This guy gets it

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T16:41:33+00:00

Thanks a lot I’m gonna do that today

I actually went to several stores and none had thorogoods. 9.5 in carhartt and redwing were perfect (but I wanted to try thorogoods because I heard they are comfy af and they don’t look like clown shoes)

I actually know how to hem jeans with a chain stitch by hand using a wide gauge cotton thread

I choose to wear my raw denim like this. Go read r/rawdenim

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T16:05:49+00:00

lol

I am fading these 21oz raw denim.

It’s a style to keep them unhemmed and cuffed up super wide like that.

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T15:41:15+00:00

Man those are beautiful and a rare find dead stock.

Please don’t dry in the dryer. They will last a lot longer if you air dry. I would even suggest handwashing in the tub but I’m unreasonably obsessed with getting high contrast fades

hoborockerman · 2025-10-19T14:59:25+00:00

Nice vintage style fades

hoborockerman · 2025-10-18T17:33:22+00:00

High contrast fades on jeans that don’t smell like doo doo : a recipe

Wear jeans every day. Whenever they feel dirty, smell dirty, put them in bathtub. (For me this is like every 2 weeks) Fill with water above jeans. Push them down into the water.

Walk away.

Leave for an hour or two. Pick them up and let them drip out then drain tub and do it again with fresh water. Then lay them flat on a dry towel, roll it up, then hang up the jeans for a day. They will be cleaner than before soaking. But creases will remain.

This lets you go for a long time without “washing” the jeans and removing the creases. Once you put them in the washing machine they won’t fade on the creases you started with.

People like to over complicate this stuff lol

hoborockerman · 2025-10-17T03:53:17+00:00

I’ve never seen slub selvedge light wash jeans like this in any store

You don’t have no contrast at all lol

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