Crazy 'Bout Ribbins & Hosiery Too

From a 1919 ribbon craft catalogue found in my school's library.

 

(I would be extremely surprised if any of these mills still existed. I imagine they must have provided at least some economic support to those small towns.)

And some other textile mills and machinery that have gone the way of the small-town American ribbon factory (from this book):

Celebrate good times, come on.

Howdy!

Here's a video from last weekend's show that I put on with my buddies The Bogghoppers and our lovely friends at the Mile End Guitar Shop. Thanks to Mike Kennedy for shooting the video and doing the sound. Everything went off perfectly, and everyone had a fantastic time.

I was hoping it would kind of help everyone through another long dark winter night, and I think it ended up doing just that.

Enjoy the video and check out more of the Bogghoppers' stuff on their mySpace.