The new jacket...or is it a robe?

millerjustin · Feb 19, 2015, 10:02 AM

Thoughts on Jim's new squiggly robe at OBH? and the gold gloves?

I know it borders on blasphemy, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of these new accessories (I'm a brownfit traditionalist). Seems like each new album brings a new look (ie - the white fuzzy boots and Japanese scarf of '11).....

Derek713 · Feb 19, 2015, 11:30 AM

Quote from: millerjustin on Feb 19, 2015, 10:02 AM
Thoughts on Jim's new squiggly robe at OBH? and the gold gloves?

I know it borders on blasphemy, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of these new accessories (I'm a brownfit traditionalist). Seems like each new album brings a new look (ie - the white fuzzy boots and Japanese scarf of '11).....

I kinda dig the robe, but can live without the gloves........not that I have ever been praised for my fashion sense

walterfredo · Feb 19, 2015, 12:21 PM

All I could think about was seeing that robe/jacket on display someday in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

parkervb · Feb 19, 2015, 03:29 PM

i think we need the album and tour news STAT if we're breaking down JJ's new threads. But, on topic, I miss the jeans, t-shirt look from 2006 (see the classic Conan appearance)

wamsankas · Feb 20, 2015, 12:15 AM

Whatever it is I need one. He should auction it off for charity... Bidding war!

BANANAMAN · Feb 20, 2015, 10:18 AM

What about the golden bear mask that he busted out on night 4 ??

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millerjustin · Feb 20, 2015, 10:28 AM

Quote from: BANANAMAN on Feb 20, 2015, 10:18 AM
What about the golden bear mask that he busted out on night 4 ??

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the mask got handed up from the crowd....there's a small group of rabid fans from Mexico City (nice guys) and one of their crew made/brought that mask - somehow it ended up on stage and Jim put it on during what I call the "Night 4 shitshow"

Derek713 · Feb 20, 2015, 10:31 AM

Quote from: millerjustin on Feb 20, 2015, 10:28 AM
Quote from: BANANAMAN on Feb 20, 2015, 10:18 AM
What about the golden bear mask that he busted out on night 4 ??

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the mask got handed up from the crowd....there's a small group of rabid fans from Mexico City (nice guys) and one of their crew made/brought that mask - somehow it ended up on stage and Jim put it on during what I call the "Night 4 shitshow"

and I think I saw a picture somewhere...Facebook/Twitter?......where they were able to get it autographed by the band. Pretty Cool!

BigHerm · Feb 20, 2015, 11:32 AM

Saw the security guard hand it to someone asking for it after the show, not sure if it was the person who brought it. I would be surprised if it was.

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Stevie · Mar 01, 2015, 10:37 AM

Im a huge fan of that new look if onlynfor the fact that its completely different. New albums, new outfit and maybe, just maybe, a ton of setlist shuffling.

Fully · Mar 01, 2015, 07:46 PM

I love the new magic wizard robe Jim is wearing too. Goodbye stinky brownfit! Hello early seventies rock star! No more visible panty line. No more questioning how many days he's worn those brown permacreased, polyblended pants. Hopefully, no more shirts that have rips in the elbows..... Actually he could still go days without washing his pants, but my hope is that the wizard robe will conceal me from that torture. It also looks way cooler to perform in than that trench coat. That thing looked terribly hot, particularly when he wore the fur boots with them during summer shows.

pattilovesmmj · Mar 04, 2015, 03:28 PM

I thought maybe he was testing something new out at OBH2, or that maybe someone gave it to him to wear in Mexico.
Probably glows in the dark!

MusiKel Mama · Mar 04, 2015, 03:34 PM

Pretty sure l saw it on sale at Burlington Coat Factory...

consigliare · Mar 04, 2015, 08:16 PM

and I think I saw a picture somewhere...Facebook/Twitter?......where they were able to get it autographed by the band. Pretty Cool!

Yes, I was in the locker room at the spa at OBH 2 and couldn't help but notice the autographed gold mask in the locker of the guy next to me ... He said he made it, threw it up on stage, as we all know JJ wore it, they signed it for him, and apparently hunted him down somehow to get it back to him ... and, I believe he was from the Mexico City delegation...

WastedLittleWeeza · Mar 18, 2015, 12:04 AM

Quote from: Fully on Mar 01, 2015, 07:46 PM
I love the new magic wizard robe Jim is wearing too. Goodbye stinky brownfit! Hello early seventies rock star! No more visible panty line. No more questioning how many days he's worn those brown permacreased, polyblended pants. Hopefully, no more shirts that have rips in the elbows..... Actually he could still go days without washing his pants, but my hope is that the wizard robe will conceal me from that torture. It also looks way cooler to perform in than that trench coat. That thing looked terribly hot, particularly when he wore the fur boots with them during summer shows.

this may be one of the funniest posts I've ever read

ffghtrs · Mar 19, 2015, 06:47 AM

I won't believe it until i see the pics!

MusiKel Mama · Mar 21, 2015, 01:07 AM

I remember reading in Gandhi's autobiography that with each material possession he renounced, the freer he felt. And I've always kind of admired Jim for wearing the same thing everyday, with sort of ceremonial exceptions. And I wonder if that's what motivates him...to be unburdened by the appearances of ultimately illusory forms. To deal almost exclusively in formlessness (music)...to have to become so aware of the importance of silence in space, and to deal so effectively in it...clothing, for the most part, must seem pretty mundane...
Has anyone else contemplated the ascetic undercurrents of this or am I just pulling threads?

Fully · Mar 21, 2015, 07:13 AM

Yep, I figure that plays a part in it. He also seems like he just doesn't really give a crap about how he looks and perhaps likes not having to think about what he wears so he makes a new uniform for each tour.

barbpaktwo · Mar 21, 2015, 10:26 AM

jj said he got tired of thinking about what to wear for a show and then thought about the Smurks and how they wore the same outfit all the the time so that is what he decided to do

MusiKel Mama · Mar 21, 2015, 11:28 AM

I remember that...but even that suggests that appearance is ultimately a kind of caricature...and to be a "rock star" dressed as a cartoon version of yourself...it says it all without saying anything. A lot of people say style is a form of personal expression...but so is the absense of it (don't get me wrong, the brownfit is SUPER stylish). I think it is so unbelievably rare to express yourself without any emphasis on superficial subtext. I spend way too much time playing dress up everyday, which is probably why I find the moth-eaten elbows and pantyline pants so fascinating. Like, there is no room for a fat day...I have at least 6 pairs of pants that are donut-gut specific. Have pancake ass? Got pants for that. Mom tits? Bras for that. Maybe I'll do this entire tour in a weathered mumu and a sports bra with grandma beige underwear.