Danny "Danny D" Galvez, a well-known custom automotive painter and
pinstriperDean Jeffries, a noted
pinstriper, created the "Monkee-mobile" out of a GTO.
It can be the very worst for a
pinstriper," he says.
Then it veers through an itinerary one could study with profit today, joining as it does the great hotrod
pinstriper Von Dutch Holland with Stieglitz, Cornell, Schwitters, and Enrico Baj, to name a few of the many names packed into half a page.
LA poster artist Coop (known for his leather-jacketed devils) paid explicit tribute to the late master in his 1996 silkscreen Von Dutch: The comic-book caricature (reminiscent of Lichtenstein's Pop action figures) shows the
pinstriper as an intergalactic astronaut posing before a dark, otherworldly land scape.
Past years have seen the venerable Earl Bruce - longtime Valley resident, friend of the late
pinstriper Von Dutch and owner of one of the earliest chopped 1939 Fords - make an appearance.
Presumably, that good will extends to his former high school teammate, Alex Rodriguez, the haughty
pinstriper for whom being part of a championship team in a championship season remains an elusive dream.
More than 30 notable automotive artists and
pinstripers amazed UTI students and others with their creativity and original artwork.
Not the pitch invaders, the FA can deal with them, no, the 11
pinstripers who hid after half-time.
Last Saturday, the
Pinstripers exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning to take a 10-7 decision from the Indians, forcing the final-game showdown.
For a recent example of an actual joke breach, however, consider the case of the construction worker who buried a Red Sox jersey in the foundation of the new Yankee Stadium as it was being built in order to bring bad luck on the
Pinstripers.
However, should the Crankees (er, Yankees) take a first-round exit--as they have done the last three years--the balance of the postseason money is used as a down payment for next year's season tickets, in essence granting the club a rather generous interest-free loan; remember to multiply these numbers by the thousands of season-ticket holders who simply cannot wait to spend their dough on the
Pinstripers, and spend they will, especially at the concession stand.
Flame painting hot rods is a surprisingly old art: some fifty years old--but it's not diminished during that time, and UP IN FLAMES; THE ART OF FLAME PAINTING will reach any who are interested in the specifics of flame painters,
pinstripers, and others.
For all their intimidating history and obscene spending, the
pinstripers are going to have a hard time living down the way they lost Game 5 of the A.
But those same
pinstripers are increasingly throwing money at niche products with narrow audiences of various genders, demographics, and politics because advertisers have begun to turn away from the mass audience and hunger for those slices.
