ASK STEVE SHASTA ANYTHING SERIOUSLY DUDES

guys UMN already has me for a while

put in for one transfer imo

not allowed

sheesh, what a load of hooey

steve, how old are you? i'm assuming you're older than i am. did you hit a bummerz streak in your early thirties?

dude, i'm older than methuselah.

my bummerz streak was in my early 20s. lots of deaths including terminal illness in the nuclear family, some extremely shitty financial repercussions that followed, workaholicism as a form a therapy... 30s have been a breeze in comparison.

how are you doing dude? you healthy?

i will be 31 in january :(

just found out someone from high school died of ALS a few days ago, at the ripe old age of 28

:(

just yesterday in a store, heard someone talking about someone else dying of ALS. weird

steve shasta i have a question about DENIM

okie dokie...?

i'm on AIM rn... " ffooggiinnddeexx " <= only one letter instead of two

aspects of physics: c/d?

to me it's more the live experience (saw them at a legendary gig with crash worship), maybe the only time Tim Ellison, vah1d and I were ever in the same room together? i think we talked about it on the rob crow thread on noize. let me search it.

ya i almost posted it to an 'ask vah1d' thread but wasn't sure if he still reads ilx

okay i just googled and your talking about a somewhat recent incarnation of the band of which I have zero experience with. hmm.

what band did u think i was talking about??

physics

shasta denim expert - how do i clean seven jeans? inside out launder? dry cleaner?

same way you'd wash six jeans, just use more soap

sorry, that was terrible

smdh

I lol'd

a+++++

............. @jaxy

wash inside out in cold water. hang dry if possible.

hey steve shasta,

i'm looking for a regular/loose fit jean with a nice narrow tapered leg (around the ankle)

does anything like this exist? like the kinda jeans dudes back in 87 would rock with a pair of dm's and a baseball jacket. i've got some tapered 521s but they're a bit too emo-fit for my tastes

look for "carrot fit", i think dyao was asking about this exact same cut on the Jeans thread on ILS. let me dig...

carrot fit are the absolute worst

yeah but dude you wore JNCO up until when?

r1o:
JEANS

ayo ss i'm thinking about studying abroad and can't decide if it'd be better to go back to africa for an extended period or go to one of our affilitates in NIIGATA

tell me about niigata---i've heard there's skiing nearby???

niigata is close to nagano where the 88 winter olympics were so yeah, there is a lot of winter sport access.

the niigata region is known for having really good, clean water. niigata also produces arguably the highest quality rice in the world: koshihikari. because of the high quality of rice and water, niigata is also known for their sake, particularly for their dry varietal production.

the annual fuji rock festival is held nearby as well every summer, it's like a massive euro-style festival with 3 days of the first-tier alternative rock/pop musicians both local and around the world. at fuji rock 1999 i saw the last boredoms show with seiichi yamamoto (some would say the last boredoms show), where at the end of VCN he threw his guitar up 30 feet in the air and let it crash down on the stage shattering... great sound.

rad!

steve shasta what is your opinion of heston blumenthal?

i have never eaten his food but my friend has his cookbook that I peeked at. I guess I'd place him in the category of fanciful conceptual fad chefs?

i am not huge on molecular gastronomy, tho i think it's wonderful for those who're that bored with food that they need everything deconstructed or served on foam or in a tall shot glass.

Dear Steve Shasta,

I heard you are a Denim King! I got these raw denim jeans from H&M the other day, what can you tell me about them? How long does it take for them to stop smelling weirdly sour, and how and when should I go about washing these? Thanks!

Your Buddy,
Steve

yo SD,

the weird sour smell is the scent of the dye. if you like dark jeans, you learn to appreciate the sour smell. if you don't mind your jeans getting a shade or 2 lighter, give them a wash. once most* raw denim hits water it will shrink though so maybe this was explained to you upon purchase (?) so you've sized accordingly (?).

*if they are sanforized they will not shrink, but this will be called out on the care label or on the packaging that came with the jeans. also, this is very uncommon.

if the jeans are your true size and you don't want to shrink them by washing them, there are alternate ways of dealing with the stink/funk. probably the most common is sticking them in the freezer with a box of baking soda.

hey steve, how's your butt?

denim clad iirc

dear SS,

when I am soaking raw denim, how hot should the water be?

D. Yao

P.S. for how long?

lamp, prob spandex clad tbh

rinse inside out in cold for 5-10m and then hang dry inside out.

my ass is good. right now it's clad in saran wrap and nutella (don't ask).

*asks*

Stevie,

I'm a big guy who just wants some simple but nice looking jeans. Willing to spend around $100 for a good pair, but I'm not sure I can put up with any crazy washing routine. Is this doable or am I expecting too much out of life?

Sincerely,
Me

uniqlo makes the nicest jeans you can find for around $70 USD. if that's too much, cheap mondays or levi's 501XXs will work in a pinch.

thanks, i will check those out

Oh man, I LOVE Uniqlo!! I haven't picked up a pair of their jeans yet but several people have told me their selvedges are the cream of the crop of affordable denim. The sour smell is getting better; I don't mind it at all really. And I was told they'd shrink ~5%, so I bought ones that fit me snugly in the dressing room, and they've since streched out a teeny bit while wearing, and so I think they should shrink down to normal size when (if!) I wash them. I have the bad, bad habit of buying jeans that fit "just right" in the store, and after 3 days of wearing them I need a belt. All of my jeans require belts (except my new H&M raw denim ones!)

am currently breaking in a pair of uniqlo raw denim right now. as I've lost a little weight since I bought them I'm thinking I should have waited to size down even more :/

ask me ANYTHINGGGGGG
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see, told you, prob not denim clad, but spandex clad