Photo credit: Inge Morath, 1960.
Outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee, during her 18-day road trip from New York to Reno, Nevada.
I hope she saw the man.
[Found here.]
Category: Retro & Vintage
Fissicostated Hot Links
Background Music For Your Personal Movies
from Kodak Sound-8 Vol. 1 (1961). Music for any occasion.
Fump Flork is my Don Martin sound effect name.
Body Based Units of Measure In Cultural Evolution.
The Bonnacons were disgusting [via Mme. Jujujive].
RED – Two months in two minutes [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image found here. There’s a cool Victorian house 1/4 mile to the east on the right.]
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Saturday Matinee – Genya Ravan, Pat Benatar & Larkin Poe
Proto punk soul singer and producer Genya Ravan blew me away when I heard Stay With Me (1970), and check out her 1977 interview here.
Pat Benatar‘s 1991 cover of Denzil Laing & the Wrigglers‘ 1958 cover of
Wynonie Harris‘ 1951 cover of Hank Penny‘s song from 1949.
Larkin Poe gets all nasty and swampy.
You know the drill. Have a great weekend.
[Update: Fixed link to Stay With Me.]
Noah’s BBQ & Grill
“If you have ever wondered where Noah’s Ark landed, here it is! North of Leucadia, CA at the Batiquitos lagoon! George Herbert build the boat in 1946 and it served patrons until around the 1960s.”
No place for vegans.
[Found here.]
Ypotron
Doctor Morrow, a scientist who works for NASA, has mysteriously disappeared and the agent Lemmy Logan is in charge of the case.
[This must-see movie from 1966 found here.]
Boob-Le-Dink, Boob-La-Da
Videohead
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1963, colorized.
The future of Arthur Radebaugh
Fighting forest fires to save the wildlife… with ICBMs.
NOMICS@%^&*(^*>ALGEBR isn’t taught in school anymore.
Mom is always ready… for something.
From Closer Than We Think, Arthur Radebaugh, 1950s.
[Images found here, via here.]
Ventilabral Hot Links
I Do, The Marvelows (1965) Formed in Chicago in the 1950s
Eatin’ the bottle [h/t Chuck C.].
“…a redneck hick.” [h/t Gord S.].
Penn Gillette’s Great Green Gobs.
Rock and roll tree scooter [via Bunkerville].
When you know someone’s taking a photo.
The Peeps of Willendorf [via Mme. Jujujive].
Early cinematic special effects [via Memo Of The Air].
Newark NJ partnered with a country that doesn’t exist.
[Top image: Alarm clock from 1643 found by Mr. Philosopher Mouse.]
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Tacky Raccoons 