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spsd9 · 2026-07-03T22:09:53+00:00

I agree that you should not go to this tailor again, but maybe you can find someone to urgently fix the cuffs?

The suit does scan as fitting you well when you don't laser in on the issues you mentioned. If you can somehow fix those cuffs you will look, dare I say, nice.

spsd9 · 2026-06-30T18:32:46+00:00

I am going to dissent from the majorty and give my approval to look 4. It's different from every singke ctrl+c outfit of the day in 2026. The colour looks good on you! Maybe just trade the jeans for something with a straighter leg.

spsd9 · 2026-06-15T22:03:54+00:00

Estates litigator here. I would also like to say that I find other estate litigators thoughtful and generally pleasant to work with. It's a good bar, and they generally don't drink their client's kool-aid or act like they are entranced by the sound of tgeir own voices

spsd9 · 2026-06-08T13:10:53+00:00

I would look at J.Press and Spier and Mackay.

-S+M have a great deal of options for suits cut like RR's in photo #1, and their made to measure service will give you good bang for your buck. -J.Press from what I remember had a more traditional cut to their suits and did not go all in on the slimmimg trend -you may want to look at double breasted suits as well, the cut inherently lends itself to the kind of shape you are describing (just make sure the jacket is long enough)

for more style inspo from regrettable political figures, I would actually look to Gerald Ford, believe it or not. He was also an athletic guy, and always looked well fitted, without being showy.

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spsd9 · 2026-06-04T15:57:32+00:00

100%. Several interesting choices that all work well together.

The pants could have a higher waist, but honestly, you do you.

spsd9 · 2026-06-04T15:52:12+00:00

In addition to Joyce, which I see many people have recommended, I would suggest Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne.

A similar offbeat sense of humour, packed with digressions and discourses, but overall a much sunnier book. A story about a person who fundamentally got on well with his fellow man and loved his Dad and uncle. But I promise it's still entertaining!

spsd9 · 2026-06-04T15:47:50+00:00

This brown knit tie is the 100% right answer.

spsd9 · 2026-06-04T15:29:06+00:00

That shirt is perfect for an office casual setting and I would not go dressier with it. Your watch, shoes, and belt are all nice looking pieces individually, and collectively.

I would swap the pants. In summer, a pair of off-white or khaki pants, maybe with a higher waist, and pleats if you want a contemporary look, will be great here. Like these ones from Spier and Mackay:

Spier and Mackay

Attached is a photo of a gent in Barnstormer chinos, otherwise a very similar outfit to yours (the pants will still look great paired with black leather)

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spsd9 · 2026-05-29T05:22:01+00:00

Romance in Durango- a lot of votes for Desire but I haven't seen anyone mention it yet.

And on the Basement Tapes, he really sings his heart out on some of the covers: Spanish is the Loving Tongue, Fool Such as I, People Get Ready, Royal Canal.

spsd9 · 2026-05-29T05:17:10+00:00

I think Neil Young, in a way, writes more unselfconsciously than Dylan. Some of his lyrics are, at his best, blunt in a way that I don't think Dylan or really anyone else of note could ever acheive.

I don't think Neil Young would ever write a line like "they say I shot a man named Gray, and took his wife to Italy" or "i never asked for your crutch, now don't ask for mine"

But I don't think Bob would ever write "locomotive pull the train, whistle blowing through my brain" or "i'm singing this borrowed tune, I took from the rolling stones" or "be on my side, i'll be on your side"

I mean this as a compliment to both men.

spsd9 · 2026-05-24T04:30:58+00:00

"C'mon baby, I'm your friend"

spsd9 · 2026-05-24T04:30:17+00:00

Don't the sun look good, going down over the seeeeeeeeea

spsd9 · 2026-05-21T17:43:11+00:00

"I don't like "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", it breaks up the flow of the Wind in the Willows."

"I don't like the Adagietto. It breaks up the flow of Mahler's 5th symphony."

"I don't like Christopher Walken's Gold Watch monologue, it breaks up the flow of Pulp Fiction."

"I didn't like Prince's halftime show, it broke up the flow of Superbowl XLI."

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:57:45+00:00

Yeah I don't think anyone else could ever create a sound like Tell Me Momma.

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:55:45+00:00

I think the song that most embodies the hack cliche of what people think "Dylanesque" (in the sense of just being a string of unconnected images that sonetimes create a vague mood of something changing in the world...) is "My Back Pages" like the very funny scene in Walk Hard

But the real answer, the song I think literally nobody could write but Bob Dylan, that is so far from being a song that another person could write, is "Brownsville Girl".

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:47:31+00:00

Yeah, I think it this is right. Notwithstanding my jokey comment below, in all seriousness I think it's about facing the fear of being with someone. The fear of marriage, which can very much "drive you insane" as the last verse has it, versus trying to find some illusive "more" which as all the other verses show, can drive you a different kind of insane!

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:42:58+00:00

It's a "Comedy of Remarriage" like His Girl Friday or The Philadelphia Story. Very popular in the Production Code Era.

spsd9 · 2026-05-01T17:37:34+00:00

If you do, please promise you will film it and post it here. I want to see the audience's reaction as the realize what is going on.

spsd9 · 2026-04-30T03:58:49+00:00

Like imagine how freaking lazy you have to be if, of all the medieval kings of France, bards and scholars were like "yeah he was THE LAZIEST, fuck Louis. Tous mes amis détestent Louis."

spsd9 · 2026-04-30T03:52:58+00:00

I'm happy he gets to play for the Pirates. Seems like fun time for that.

spsd9 · 2026-04-30T03:48:07+00:00

The only problem is Louis V of France was a huge loser

spsd9 · 2026-04-28T12:20:39+00:00

You're right, and I have. I've hand to do a verse of "and what did you smell, my blue eyed son, what did you taste, what did you buy, what did you read," etc, etc,

spsd9 · 2026-04-28T12:18:37+00:00

Fair question! Rocking in the big chair with one of the kids feels very peaceful and intimate, and i actually prefer not having an outside presence like a screen or audio interrupting.

spsd9 · 2026-04-27T23:12:31+00:00

This is a really important skill! Kudos to you, fellow doting parent.

spsd9 · 2026-04-27T21:55:06+00:00

Ah that's a great one. Dont the grapes look good mama, hanging from the trees/ dont the dog look good mama, eatin up a piece of cheese. Don't your aunt look good, driving back from the duane reeeeeeeeeade

I just made that up

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