Harely-Davidson
Book of Fashions 1910's - 1950'sThis new title was edited by Rin Tanaka, in order to be requested by Harley-Davidson Museum, which was just opened in Milwaukee, July 12th, 2008! About 600 old fashion photos of Harley-Davidson riders circa 1910s - 1950s, owned by Harley-Davidson Archives, were selected and edited by Rin Tanaka. Also, lots of vintage fashion products like motorcycle jackets, kidney belts, boots and hats are all here in 312 heavyweight pages!
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Freedamn 7 - Vintage Beach FashionsMy Freedamn! 7 - nearly 800 vintage aloha shirts, manufactured in 1930s to 1950s, are all here in 312 heavyweight pages! A must see for Hawaiian culture and vintage clothing collectors!!
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MY FREEDAMN 6 "Rock n Roll Fashions Part 2"
• Hardcover / • 348 pages / • 1st edition printing
Rin just dropped off cases of his new book from his MY FREEDAMN book series and it is his thickest yet! MY FREEDAMN 6 - part 2 is packed with 984 items on a total of 348 pages. We absolutely love each and every book he publishes and # 6 is another fantastic work of art. With limited printing of only 10,000 copies these will one day be sold out so don't hesitate, grab a copy of MF # 6 and be prepared to spend hour after hour pouring over the images.
MY FREEDAMN 6 "Rock n Roll Fashions Part 2"
• Hardcover / • 348 pages / • 1st edition printing
Rin just dropped off cases of his new book from his MY FREEDAMN book series and it is his thickest yet! MY FREEDAMN 6 - part 2 is packed with 984 items on a total of 348 pages. We absolutely love each and every book he publishes and # 6 is another fantastic work of art. With limited printing of only 10,000 copies these will one day be sold out so don't hesitate, grab a copy of MF # 6 and be prepared to spend hour after hour pouring over the images.
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MY FREEDAMN 5 - Featuring Rock "n" Roll Fashions: Part 1.
This is Rin's latest book and it is another "must have" if you follow the My Freedamn book series. My Freedamn 5 covers Rock and Roll fashion, from leather belts to leather jackets, and from engineer boots to country and western clothing. MF5 is another first class look into the past with a strong focus on pre-war styles and clothing trends. With text in both English and Japanese, this 306 page, over-sized, hardcover book is well worth the price.
MY FREEDAMN 5 - Featuring Rock "n" Roll Fashions: Part 1.
This is Rin's latest book and it is another "must have" if you follow the My Freedamn book series. My Freedamn 5 covers Rock and Roll fashion, from leather belts to leather jackets, and from engineer boots to country and western clothing. MF5 is another first class look into the past with a strong focus on pre-war styles and clothing trends. With text in both English and Japanese, this 306 page, over-sized, hardcover book is well worth the price.
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Out! My Freedamn 4 - Hippie Rags!
By Rin Tanaka
• Hardcover • 1st edition printing • Printed in Japan • Massive size format
JUST IN! Rin Tanaka's MY FREEDAMN 4 The newest arrival of Rin's amazing volumes of collectible clothing. #4 focuses on Hippie Rags of the 70's and more. With great sections on custom denim vests, shirts, jackets and bellbottoms as well as East West leather gear! There is also a Peter Max collection and a huge collection of Grateful Dead Parking Lot T-Shirts. The text still reflects Rin's facination with American culture. And what's more American then the Dead. Bravo Rin.
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Sold OutNew Book Just In! My Freedamn 3!
By Rin Tanaka
• Hardcover • 1st edition printing • Printed in Japan • Text in both English and Japanese • Massive size format: 10.5 x 14 inches • More than 250 pages!
My Freedamn 3 is Rin's latest book. It has just been released and it is another amazing title. Like the author's previous books, My Freedamn 3 digs deep into the history of vintage outer wear with the major focus being biker, surf and skate jackets, as well as new additions to skate and surf printed t-shirts. If you are at all interested in early surf, skate and biker fashion we suggest you pick up this title.
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Even Newer Book by Rin Tanaka: My Freedamn 2!
• Hardcover
• 2nd printing
• Printed in Japan- text in both Japanese and English
• 300 plus pages
A fantastic follow up to Rin's first book My Freedamn! Much like his
first book on the subject of vintage surf, skate and So Cal hot rod
car culture, My Freedamn 2 explores the art of vintage logo t-shirts.
Again the the author has spent countless hours locating, researching
and photographing what seems to be 1000's of t-shirts and has laid them
out in an ultra clean new book. My Freedamn 2 is another must have book!
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Out - Out Of Print!Great New Book by Author Rin Tanaka: My Freedamn
• Hardcover • Printed in Japan - text in both Japanese and English • 4th printing
If you are interested in vintage surf, skate, and early hot t-shirts, this is a book you will want to add to your coffee table. My Freedamn is perhaps one of the best books we have seen on the subject of early surf, skate, and motorcycle logo t-shirts.The author spent countless months compiling, photographing and laying out this book and the hard work shows in each page! With more than 200 thick pages of stunning photographs, this is a book that graphic artists, designers and anyone with an appreciation for the past will go crazy after.
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Thrasher
Magazine - Epic Spots Book• 208 pages / • Paperback
An ultimate skateboarder's collection of top recommended skate parks, profiled by the authors of Insane Terrain and Skate and Destroy. Each location is rated including specific directions and safety recommendations. Original first printing of 12,500. This is a great book that we're thoroughly enjoying here at the Tailtap offices. Grab one!
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In - Rock Posters of Jim Phillips Book• 208 pages
• Soft Cover
This retrospective brings insight into hundreds of stunning rock posters by Jim Phillips made over 40 years, from 1965 to 2005 and counting. Phillips tells his life story and how the posters record an evolution of Rock Age music. Containing iconic images that advertise concerts featuring both emerging and established musicians, this collection will delight and astound you. Jim's original, ground-breaking computer painted posters, along with his old-world style techniques are a real wonder - sure to bring a smile. A bonus section presents Phillips' son Jimbo's rock posters. Rock musicians, fans, and hip audiences today all will pour over the fabulous images and lettering that set this work apart from the rest. A TAILTAP MUST HAVE !
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- The Skateboard Art of Jim Phillips BookThis retrospective on Jim's skateboard art bombards the reader with colorful skateboard decks, logos, ad art, ad layouts, photos and stickers to illustrate the history of skateboarding from the urethane revolution up to the present. You are invited for a ride, an inside view of Phillips Studios, to observe the wacky world of his crazed studio artists, and examine their graphic assignments. The story traces the roots of skateboarding with more than a half-century of Phillips' involvement. It provides insight into the creative evolution of the sport and the worldwide interest and influence that has occurred from this California artist.
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FUGAZI
– Keep Your Eyes OpenKEEP YOUR EYES OPEN: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E. Friedman will be released by Burning Flags Press exactly 20 years later, on September 3, 2007. The 112-page, approx. 9"x11" hardcover book presents the best of Friedman's unparalleled photographic documentation of Fugazi's members in almost 200 color and black & white images captured by Friedman onstage and off between 1986 and Fugazi's last U.S. concert in 2002.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN collects Friedman's most illuminating Fugazi photos for the first time, complemented by a new 6,000 word essay, written by Fugazi and Friedman friend/ally Ian Svenonius of Washington, DC's influential and legendary bands Nation of Ulysses and The Make-up, as well as insightful anecdotes from Friedman throughout.
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Pipe
Fiends - A Visual Overdose of Canada's Most Infamous Skate SpotThe 1976 Olympics left Montreal with the Big O stadium, a huge bill to pay, and a mystical concrete tunnel known as the Pipe—a blessing to all skateboarders.
Pipe Fiends is about a legendary skate spot at Montreal's Olympic stadium. Who would have imagined the concrete tunnel leading to the Big O's outdoor track and field area would become a temple for Montreal's heart-filled skaters, and a canvas for writers, bombers, and especially chicken-scratch toys? The Pipe's destiny was inevitable. The proof is in the movement. One of the flukiest things in the history of skateboarding, the Pipe has amazed and uplifted thousands of skaters to this day. It has been in tons of magazines and videos, and many skate crews have rolled through town and hit it in awe.
With eye-popping photography and artwork, mini-interviews and epic quotes, this book celebrates the Pipe's origins, history, and the locals who can't get enough of its energy—from their gatherings and camaraderie to their inspiring clean-up missions. Pipe Fiends features some of the most skilled tricks (and bails) that have been performed over the years by local legends and world-renowned skaters, and captivating testimonies from the crews that have called it home for decades give a firsthand view of the gnar things that have gone down on wooden toys.
2006 marks the Pipe's 30th anniversary—the perfect moment to honor this structure and the community it supports. Designed for artistic value with mass appeal, the Pipe has evolved from an abandoned natural phenomenon into a mecca for underground skaters of the world . . . One Love.
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Skater Girl- A Girls Guide to Skateboarding
By: Patty Segovia and Rebecca Heller
• 136 pages • Soft Cover • Published: 2007
A great book co-written by a true ambassador of female skateboarding Patty Segovia. Skater Girl is broken down into 9 chapters covering everything from how to do tricks to how to treat injuries. Skater Girl features plenty of "how to" pictures and is written in an easy to understand format. All in all a great book for female skaters of all ages and abilities.
Skater Girl- A Girls Guide to Skateboarding
By: Patty Segovia and Rebecca Heller
• 136 pages • Soft Cover • Published: 2007
A great book co-written by a true ambassador of female skateboarding Patty Segovia. Skater Girl is broken down into 9 chapters covering everything from how to do tricks to how to treat injuries. Skater Girl features plenty of "how to" pictures and is written in an easy to understand format. All in all a great book for female skaters of all ages and abilities.
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"Faces Of Skateboarding" by Daniel Mansson
• Hard cover Edition 2006 • 160 pages
We have heard about this book project for quite some time and wondered when it would ever go to print and become available, finally it has arrived! Daniel Mansson, a Swedish skateboarder and photographer spent 2 years traveling and shooting this book. Featuring 50 portraits of skateboarding's past and present legends from Tony Alva to Tony Hawk, from Duane Peters to Eric Koston from Shogo Kubo to Jim Greco this books is one that will have your eyes glued
Tailtap highly recommends Faces of Skateboarding, this book is beautiful, shot in black and white, grainy with a focus on the personality not the trick.
"Faces Of Skateboarding" by Daniel Mansson
• Hard cover Edition 2006 • 160 pages
We have heard about this book project for quite some time and wondered when it would ever go to print and become available, finally it has arrived! Daniel Mansson, a Swedish skateboarder and photographer spent 2 years traveling and shooting this book. Featuring 50 portraits of skateboarding's past and present legends from Tony Alva to Tony Hawk, from Duane Peters to Eric Koston from Shogo Kubo to Jim Greco this books is one that will have your eyes glued
Tailtap highly recommends Faces of Skateboarding, this book is beautiful, shot in black and white, grainy with a focus on the personality not the trick.
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FUCK
YOU HEROES - Glen E. Friedman Photographs 1976 - 1991
This 11"x11" 136 page, hardcover book, is a classic. The most incredible pictures of the most incredible original dogtown skateboarders, the most radical hardcore punks in the heyday of hardcore, and the greatest hip hop artists of all time. All photographed with respect and integrity with a style like no one else, and everyone else can only aspire to and be inspired by.
Photographs of the highest quality of all the most important Hardcore punks, Hip-Hop artists, and old school skateboarders from someone who lived the life, it's obvious. From Tony Alva to Black Flag, the Dead Kennedy's to the Beastie Boys, Jay Adams to Public Enemy. There is nothing like this anywhere and it's a must. Anyone interested in radical youth culture will love this book.
This 11"x11" 136 page, hardcover book, is a classic. The most incredible pictures of the most incredible original dogtown skateboarders, the most radical hardcore punks in the heyday of hardcore, and the greatest hip hop artists of all time. All photographed with respect and integrity with a style like no one else, and everyone else can only aspire to and be inspired by.
Photographs of the highest quality of all the most important Hardcore punks, Hip-Hop artists, and old school skateboarders from someone who lived the life, it's obvious. From Tony Alva to Black Flag, the Dead Kennedy's to the Beastie Boys, Jay Adams to Public Enemy. There is nothing like this anywhere and it's a must. Anyone interested in radical youth culture will love this book.
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YOU TOO - Glen E. Friedman Extras + More ScrapbookThis book is unbelievable, if for nothing else, just for the sheer volume of Hardcore Punk, Hardcore Hip Hop legends, Hardcore Skateboarding (much Dogtown), and MORE, all in here. Friedman's previous book was much more selective, he says this is his "scrapbook" of leftovers but he's really downplaying it, it's much much more in several ways. This one contains a way larger cast of characters and is much more relaxed in it's presentation. I think it's cool for that. There's over 300 pictures in this 168 page book and it just looks amazing, so much energy comes off the pages. It's a perfect companion to FUCK YOU HEROES with this 2nd edition black cover.
Lots of amazing obscure PUNK shots, of the Bad Brains, Black Flag, Dead Kennedy's, Misfits, TSOL, Wierdos, Minutemen, Minor Threat, Husker Du, D.O.A., Social Distortion, Reagan Youth, Circle Jerks, the Make-Up, Suicidal Tendencies, Cramps, Big Boys, Ramones, GERMS, the
Faith, Necros, Descendents, Adolescents, Stimulators, Discharge, the Damned, Murphy's Law, UK Subs, Angelic Upstarts, S.S. Decontrol, 999, BuzzCocks, tons of Fugazi.
Classic incredible Hip-Hop shots of Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool Jay, Ice-T, South Central Cartel, Busy Bee, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Ultra Magnetic MC's, KRS-1, Kurtis Blow, King Tee, PUBLIC ENEMY, A Tribe Called Quest, Fat Boys, Eric B.& Rakim, even U.T.F.O.!
The skate shots are of all the originators in DogTown (Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Shogo Kubo, Jim Muir, Paul Constantineau, and Stacy Peralta -Dogtown skate photos not in any of his other books - most notably of Jay Adams at the DogBowl.) Some great East Coast shots too, and classic early stuff of folks like Duane Peters, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Gator, Blender, Ray "Bones", "Wally", "Playboy" Bobby Piercy, Steve Alba, Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Tom Groholski, Mike McGill, Eddie Elgura, Christian Hosoi, and more.
You will be pleasantly surprised by this book. It packs a great punch of classic shots that you won't find by any other photographer anywhere.
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Scarred
for Life - Eleven Stories About SkateboardersBy Keith David Hamm
• 7-1/2" x 9" Paperback
• 240 pp
• 100 color and B/W photographs
Skateboarding is a means of transport, a pastime, a lifestyle, an artful expression, and an ethos. Some even call it a sport. But until now, the scene has lacked an appropriate(and accessible) tribute. Scarred for Life is an intimate, you-are-there look into the culture and history of skateboarding, as told through the voices and experiences of those who have dedicated their lives to riding a wooden plank with wheels. Eleven chapters take readers on a wild ride through the evolution(and revolution) of skateboarding, reaching as far back as the 1950s, and includes oral histories and terrain reports of the major styles and techniques as they emerged. One hundred dynamic photographs capture skaters doing what they do best in pools and pipes, on hills, ramps, streets, and skateparks. From the early proving grounds of California hills and pools to the chaotic streets of modern New York City, Scarred for Life offers street-level talk and eye-to-eye truth-telling about skateboarders, scars and all.
Keith David Hamm is a former news reporter for the Santa Barbara Independent and a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, as well as numerous skateboarding publications. An avid skateboarder for more than twenty years, he lives and skates in Los Angeles, California.
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