That's-a spicy RECON
A SpyGiveaway for rare kaleidoscope-camo + more "Mach 3 marinara"-caliber intel
This morning we awoke at dawn, listened to Mach-Hommy and Laraaji as I put on some rare linens and lightly flambéed 992GLs, and headed out for a morning constitutional along with baby Simba from the Lion King and a cool grizzly bear named Katow-jo. We all sat amid wild flowering broccoli plants and, speaking in ancient tongues, showered gratitude upon the sun — also, we decided to lavish praise upon MIRACULOUS EBAY TYPOS…
Let me explain… A few weeks ago in the ‘sletter we investigated an “Uncopped Mystery”: enigmatic early-‘90s-era MacWorld t-shirts decorated with sick fractal designs by an artist named Robert Azank, who operated a vibey t-shirt line at the same time called “Fractal Generation.” I tracked down Azank, and although he’s no longer in the fractal-jawn business, he filled me in on that chapter of his life…
I’ve been on the lookout for one of Azank’s MacWorld / Fractal Generation tees for ages now — without much luck. The other day a sick one crossed our radar, and it was a little too costly. (We put it in the Blackbird SpyMall in case yr tempted to splash out.) 😤 … Beyond that, I kept typing in “Fractal Generation” and kept getting ZERO results…
UNTIL I switched it up, simply typed in “Azank,” and suddenly a listing for a fire 1990 “Fractual [sic] Generation” shirt — with an errant “u” in “fractal” — popped up, asking $55. Yr boy offered $30 and boom! Copped.
Scoring this “Fractual” tee, I felt like Neo in the d*mn Matrix, finessing the plug in bullet-time: I got flashbacks to the “early days” of eBay, when you could sniff out rarities & deals by intentionally searching for typos… for example, I once copped a Sony Vaio (pentium chip drip!) laptop for the low by spelling it “Viao.” A few years later I copped Jordan Bordeaux 7s for the low by spelling them “Bordeuax” … Guessing at sellers’ likely errors meant you could find an auction everybody else (FOOLISHLY typing in the “correct” spelling) was missing out on.
These days eBay is no longer the “wild west” it used to be… if u try the typo technique, an algorithm with SNITCH tendencies is liable to materialize on some concern-troll s**t and include listings with typos in the results… Or so I thought until just now — I typed in “fractual” on a whim and the same seller has listed another one of the same shirt, asking $39.99. A SpyFriend will no doubt SNAP it up pronto. eBay-typo-Neo lives, baby!!
! ! CLASSIFIED SPYBLESSING ALERT —
A couple weeks back we wrote about kindvibe camouflage jawns, so we were intrigued the other day when cool UK jawn-purveyor END. banged the Spyphone to tip us off to their imminent capsule collaboration with veteran California gorpsmiths Gramicci — built around TRIPPY CAMOUFLAGE ??
We are talking about a cluster of jawns FESTOONED with wAaAvY “kaleidoscope” prints… O yes, some certified KALEIDO-CAMO-GORP ...
Our personal-favorite pieces of the bunch are the vibey kaleido-print G Shorts (above) and climbing pants (below) …
So we’ve teamed up with END. to bless some fortunate SpyFriends with these fire BOTTOMS !!
To win a pair, toss yr name in the virtual bucket hat between now and this Saturday morning, May 29th — which is when U can cop the full capsule at END.
This right here is the BBSP Public List — one of the most-blessed phenomena in modern media — and today’s ‘sletter is a delightful ‘xclusie for our Cla$$ified readers, who enjoy “the finer things” in life and help make this rare & precious 100% reader-supported miracle possible.
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Also in today’s Cla$$ified ‘sletter ??
☯ Cool home-jawns for the low to help you enjoy “Mach 3+ Marinara Dinners”
☯ Highly dope hand-made ceramics by an NYC sculptor & painter
☯ A trove of perfect ‘90s-era summertime jawns that (almost) nobody’s checking for!
☯ Seashells ??
☯ More of the classic “unbeatable recon” that has made Blackbird Spyplane America’s Favorite Electronic-Mail Miracle.
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NOW: Time to replace your phone with a conch shell, hold it up to your ear and “tap in” with the ocean this weekend!!
📱🐚🐚🐚😎 Jonah & Erin
