watch | jay carroll

jay carroll has the coolest job i ever heard of, tramping up and down the west coast by car (or actually airstream), trolling every bum dive thrift store along the way with an eye out for american artifacts to keep levi's ancient blood true blue. last i heard they bankroll him anyway -- gq, the ny times and the ace hotel are among his other benefactors -- and it's money well spent. up above's his hypnotic look at the everyday thrum of a pendleton mill. click here for factory photos, coherent backstory and more vignettes of yankee sophisticates reverse robin hooding all the tea party people's best trash.

+ NY Times covers the caravan