Hola. Hope you guys have had a good weekend. Or are having a good weekend, depending on how you feel towards Sunday's. Dont really have much to share so tonights post is gonna be about the origins of Levi's jeans. I figure there's a ton of stuff in our society that's super common yet we really dont know the story behind them. I'm just gonna copy and paste off of wikipedia so if it's not accurate take it up with them. Have a good week.Jacob Davis was a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth made from hemp from Levi Strauss & Co.'s wholesale house. After one of Davis' customers kept purchasing cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain, such as on the pocket corners and at the base of the button fly. Davis did not have the required money to purchase a patent, so he wrote to Strauss suggesting that they go into business together. After Levi accepted Jacob's offer, on May 20, 1873, the two men received U.S. Patent 139,121 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patented rivet was later incorporated into the company's jean design and advertisements. Contrary to an advertising campaign suggesting that Levi Strauss sold his first jeans to gold miners during the California Gold Rush (which peaked in 1849), the manufacturing of denim overalls only began in the 1870s.
Levi Strauss started the business at the 90 Sacramento Street address in New York. He next moved the location to 62 Sacramento Street then 63 & 65 Sacramento Street. By changing the location of the store the company began to become more successful. Levi got the idea for the jeans, then referred to as "waist overalls," by Jacob Davis, one of Levi's regular customers. He said that by placing "metal rivets at the points of strain- pocket corners, and at the base of the button fly. The two men got together and got a patent for their idea and this is how the jean was invented.
The Hood Internet - I've done a feature on these guys before, but they have a lot of great, new material out so it makes sense to do it again. Pretty much, THI is a duo from the Midwest who are experts at mashing hip hop and rap with indie and electo/ambient music. I dont see how any one could not enjoy their music.
Giving Up the Sunshowers (M.I.A. vs Vampire Weekend) - http://thehood.raptorhideout.com/mia_vampire_weekend.mp3
Rude Baptism (Rihanna vs. Crystal Castles) - http://thehood.raptorhideout.com/rihanna_crystal_castles.mp3
Deprock (Young Money vs. Javelin) - http://thehood.raptorhideout.com/young_money_javelin.mp3
Sun Chewed Up (Murs & Slug vs. Caribou) -http://thehood.raptorhideout.com/slug_murs_caribou.mp3
Back 2 Da Ltlp [B.G. vs Edit (The Glitch Mob)] - http://thehood.raptorhideout.com/bg_edit.mp3
Kingdom Come Again (THI vs. The Mae Shi) - http://thehood.raptorhideout.com/kingdom_come_again.mp3
***Randoms***
Other Genres
Hakuna Matata - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU (you should already know)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs89vby0k_c (blues)
Bob Sinclar & Queen Ifrica-The Beat Goes On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63bJw8Mu33o (reggae)
electronic music - Shout out to Paa Jee for contributing.
Benny Benassi - Spaceship - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShAzucXeCBI
Noel G. - Can't Stop (Carefree rmx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZTNOJ8DPqY
Max Graham - Sun In The Winter (Estiva rmx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BbWsitlQ64
Kaskade - Dynasty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTqRsLHtBR8
A-Trak - Robot Rock (rmx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKso979Us4
Cold Bank - We Are Rockstars (rmx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUPdXJfJlKs
Toxic Avenger - Kill Me (rmx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_l0HAXrD2w
The Bloody Beetroots - Awesome - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxi75ayesTo
Deadmau5 vs Sebastian Leger - The Reward Is More Bad Clock - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4eiEQDNKE
hip hop/rap music - Every song is a MUST listen.
Blu - Grandma's Kitchen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=119hECCIR3E
Nocando - Hurry Up and Wait - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9RXANJe6s
Talib Kweli - More or Less - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL7l25heaps
Little Brother - Let It Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce-qaUevy4Y
Lupe Fiasco - Love Letter To The Beat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzefgBqONnw
Cadalack Ron - Miracle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGw90KFHw0o
T-West - Coming Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCNBs2q1tk
The Procussions - Little People - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHAzQxmaVPk
Intuition - Two Weeks (rmx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prvbt5PUQ6w
Nujabes - Mystline - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtuoEtohPv4
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