While others baked sourdough, read War and Peace, watched Love is Blind, Goldstein and LeMay emailed musical ideas to one another down the road. On the cusp of this new chapter, the pandemic began. After finally meeting for a beer, the two began hashing out ideas in LeMay’s basement studio for a project that could channel their shared tastes and newfound alliance into something more adventurous and abstract than their previous projects. Their mutual angst and envy had tuckered itself out. Then, in 2019, they realized that they had both moved from the East Coast to the same quiet neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, just a few blocks apart. Goldstein began releasing ambient electronic music under his own name. They moved in adjacent circles and eyed each other from a distance. They both wrote about music (Goldstein for record labels, LeMay as an early contributor to Pitchfork). They both played in cult NYC indie bands of the 2000s (Goldstein in Harlem Shakes and ARMS, LeMay in Get Him Eat Him and Kleenex Girl Wonder). Not the kind of rivals who are too different-the kind who are too alike, whose mere existence is a challenge to the other. Similarly, we are not born with the knowledge that red can symbolize fisting.Todd Goldstein and Matt LeMay began as rivals. For example, we are not born with the knowledge that Gucci is a high-end brand. It is a counterpart of instincts where we are born knowing certain information. Symbolic Interaction is defined by applying meaning and value to people, places or things.
#GOLD LAME CODE#
The Hanky Code is a prime example of a theory in sociology called Symbolic Interaction (SI). It is not uncommon to have harnesses, singlets, or leather articles in a color derived from the hanky code to indicate a desirable fetish or sexual interest. The color system has also expanded beyond hankies to other accessories. With the advent of the internet, people were better able to connect and explore, express and discover new or existing fetishes. The hanky code expanded to encompass these fetishes, communicating interests through new colors and even new fabrics, such as leather or lace. From the 1980s onward, the hanky code has expanded to a broader spectrum of colors and materials than originally conceived.
The hanky code became an established way of identifying, at a glance, compatibility and interest. Initially the colors were limited to black, blue, yellow, red and white, which were the colors that most handkerchief companies produced.
Late-20th Centuryĭuring the 1960s and 1970s, gay men wore hankies not only to signify their roles, but also their sexual preferences and fetishes. In either case, the use of placement and color to communicate roles and preferences form the basic aspects of the hanky code that is known today. Additionally, the follow may have worn a handkerchief on the right, or a red handkerchief. Sources differ on whether the lead wore a handkerchief on the left, or a blue handkerchief. A shortage of female dance partners meant men danced together, using hankies to indicate their role as lead or follow. Hankies were worn tied around the arm, tucked into the belt or the back pocket. The hanky code is thought to have originated with gold rush settlers in San Francisco in the mid-19th century. Placing a hanky in the left pocket indicates the wearer’s alignment with a top/dominant role, while a hanky in the right pocket indicates the wearer’s alignment with a bottom/submissive role. The hanky code is a color-coded system in which an individual wears a specific colored handkerchief in their back pocket(s) to inform others of their sexual interests and roles. The Hanky Code is a longstanding tradition and means of communication within the LGBT community.
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