Category: Retro & Vintage

Natalitial Hot Links

Hoy, Hoy, Hoy (Rockin’ on Christmas Eve), The Honeydippers (1997) The band was formed in 1996 by rockers Gary Twinn (guitar) and Danny B. Harvey (guitar), with Clem Burke (drums) and John Carlucci (upright bass).

Look up.

Who rules you?

Cars with eyeballs.

Campers & Trailers.

Chicken, chicken, chicken…

Porky Pig does Blue Christmas.

Look at this doggle [h/t Bunkerville].

Oh. Christmas tree [h/t Mme. Jujujive].

“Seagulls gonna come. Poke me in the coconut.”
[h/t Bits & Pieces]

Ellen Baker’s Solar System [via American Digest].

Museum of Wonky English [h/t Memo Of The Air].

[Top image found in here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Un Pere Noël

[Found in here, alongwith a lotta other cool pasteboard patterns.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 758 – The Watcher, Andy’s Gut Reaction & A Bouncer

[Andy’s stomach found here; the Bouncer from here. Top one maybe from Giphy.]

And Ruby Gets Back Up Again.

Classic Americana roadside advertisement of the southeast.
If you See Ruby Falls, you might as well See Rock City; both should be on everyone’s bucket list.

[Images above from all over the internest.]

Thanksgiving 1628 vs. 1928

[More Thanksgiving stuff here.]

Farraginous Hot Links

Mama Can I Go Out Tonight, Jo Ann Campbell (1959) Before you roll your eyes, Bo Diddley wrote that song – that’s him on guitar, with King Curtis on tenor sax and Jerome Green on the maracas. It was recorded for her 1959 album I’m Nobody’s Baby. Campbell had a promising career as a dancer when she transitioned to rock and roll. Promoted by Alan Freed (and appearing in his showcase movie Go Johnny Go!) she had a successful recording career, charting hits in the UK as well as the US.

Audi do.

When Worlds Collide Department: The Mastodon home invasion.

This cow.
[via Bunkerville}

Bibi & Fritz.
[via Mme. Jujujive]

Seatbelt safety flaw.
[via Feral Irishman]

The House of Taste.
[via Memo of the Air]

“Stop licking this toad.”
[h/t Suz P.]

One disorienting thing.

The Jimmy Dugan Story.

You get what you pay for.

4th century B.C. cat sculpture.

The Day After The Night Before.

Name 50 States in 17 seconds. Go.

When Worlds Collide: The Mastodon home invasion.

[Top image: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Zhenjiang San Francisco. found here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

Name us. NAME US.

[h/t Sol R. Land]

Happy Halloween!

“Halloween Boogie Family Paper Doll Printable Victorian Goolies.“

Vintage Creepo

[All found in here.]

 

Sound Mirror

Sound mirror, Abbott’s Cliff, England, 1928

Sound or acoustic mirrors were one of the first early warning detection systems invented to give advanced notice of an approaching enemy aircraft. These worked by focusing the sound from the plane’s engine so it could be heard before it was visible.

Sound mirrors worked using a curved surface to concentrate sound waves into a central point, which were picked up by a sound collector and later by microphones. An operator using a stethoscope would be stationed near the sound mirror, and would need specialist training in identifying different sounds. Distinguishing the complexity of sound was so difficult that the operators could only listen for around 40 minutes.

[Image found here. Caption and more here.]