Category: Retro & Vintage

The .Gif Friday Post No. 953 – Tossing the Batweights, Lava Lamp HQ & Beat on the Brain Cushion

[Found here, here and here.]

Just Cut It Out

Circa 1955, an original box goes for upwards of $200 on auction sites (like this one). Top images found here.

Lendrumbilated Hot Links

Sam’s Pizza and Hamburgers, a San Francisco landmark (1974)

A Hand Fulla Gimme, Dizzy Gillespie Sextet feat. Alice Roberts (1946)Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt
Bass – Ray Brown
Drums – Kenny Clark
Piano – Al Haig
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
Trumpet & Writer- Dizzy Gillespie
A brief search of the internet provided no info on vocalist Alice Roberts.

Strategy.

Postcards.

Godzillita.

Impromptu.

Quiet pizza.

NYC whizzers.

“Don’t tell Dad.“

Lawnchair Larry.

Perth is different.

Her brother’s edits.

It’s a Kuppenheimer.

Pawpaw’s best shot.

Thiess of Kaltenbrun.

A wild and crazy time.

Rooftop Koreans rock.

Melbourne miscellany.

A downside of teamwork.

Little robot gets the blues.

Swivel-O-Matic Astronauts.

Saved by karma [via Thompson, blog].

The Bouali System [via Memo Of The Air].

Greek Revival subway vent [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: Sam’s Pizza via Dancing Wombat.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Wally’s Burgers

[Found here.]

1938 Pontiac Silver Streak

[Found here. Photo by Neal Sanche, Butler Farm, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, 2008.]

The Days of Our Hives

[These and more found here.]

The Girl on the Train


[Found here; unmodified Xweet from here. The story of the unsolved 1905 Merstham Tunnel Murder is here.]

J. York Grocery

Crossing Powell 2, Fred Herzog 1984

[Found here, via here.]

Dies Paschae Hot Links

(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,
The Holmes Brothers (2006) 2006 cover of Elvis Costello‘s 1979 cover of the Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 1974 song.

Spares.

Banana.

Tuesdays.

Close calls.

Slippyman.

Deer stand.

Cicadarona.

Dunebunny.

Nice bollards.
Tiny Digs Hotel.

Can’t park there.

Apocaloptimism.

A simple majority.

Moeraki Boulders.

Song of the stone.

Pistachio kalimba.

Steve’s very long walk.

Opening Day at Fenway Park.

A collection [via Thompson, blog].

Denver Man [via Everlasting Blört].

What Florida Man did on your birthday.

Beautiful Things [via Memo Of The Air].

Nancy wants to bang the drum all day.
It’s Bad Manners to bang the drum all day.

[Top image: Baby in Carriage Surrounded by Rabbits, Clara Burd, 1926.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil on illustration board, 12”x  14”.

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Collector’s Rare Vinyl

[From the collection of Cris Shapan.]