Category: Retro & Vintage
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DJ Marshmallow is awesome [via].
Dontcha just know it. Cuba cuba cuba cuba
They named the student, but won’t name the badgering teacher.
Savannah College of Art and Design students opine on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas when they’ve never heard of him.
Can’t score off the referee. Nope. (Was that one of the Hanson Brothers?)
Top 10 GDP By Country 1960-2017 is an interesting graph animation. Russia fell off the map in 1993 and didn’t make the Top 10 for 20 years. China made the list in 1993, and look what they’ve accomplished since then. [Found via here].
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” is a pretty and innocent classic song about flirting, nothing more (despite what the SJWs would have you believe).
Fun Facts To Know And Tell: The USS California, christened in 1908, was sunk in 1918 by a German U-Boat. The USS San Diego, christened in 1914, was sunk in 1918 by the same U-Boat… yet the United States lost only one ship during WWI. Amazing that only six lives were lost. The latest story (with photos and sonar imaging) is here.
“The difference between a good officer and a poor one is about ten seconds.” —US Admiral Arleigh Burke (1901-1996) More here.
A 3,000 year-old penguin “super colony” was recently discovered in Antarctica, and the UK Daily Mail has to explain what guano is.
[Top image: One-Eyed Charley Parkhurst had a fascinating life story. More here.]
Heck Almost Broke Loose At The Office Christmas Party.
Awesome.
[Found here.]
Dripping The Light Fantastic Hot Links
Carnival scams are winnable, but…
The Smothers Brothers still kick it.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Man [via].
Why you shouldn’t put Christmas lights on Palm Trees.
[Portrait of Bill Murray from here.]
Saturday Matinee – G-AAH, Billy Strings, Billy Gibbbons & Stéphane Grappelli
Aviator Amy Johnson was honored with an Underwood typewriter animation.tribute [via]. She achieved worldwide recognition when, in 1930, she became the first woman pilot or aviatrix to fly solo from England to Australia. She flew the G-AAAH Jason, a second-hand trainer airplane.
Billy Strings [h/t windbag].
Billy Gibbons with ratrods [h/t Octopus].
Great early morning road trip music back when I was running early morning road trips. 1930s sunrise swing always worked for me.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.
Retro Reflections
Leftover Turkey with Hot Links
Janet Nguyen’s story is amazing.
How to unload a truck with no dock.
#Antifa thug earns a nap on the asphalt.
Conan O’Brian interviews Joey Ramone 1999.
A Foley Artist is a sound effects technician who emulates the work of Jack Foley.
Terrence Aloysius Gorcey was one of my favorite 1940s Hollywood stars when I was a kid.
Gene Cernan.was 11th and last astronaut to set foot on the moon. The documentary “The Last Man On The Moon” could have included more technical information and less of his private life, but it’s still interesting.
From the “Who The Hell Is That?” Department:
Name the rock icon pictured above. Answer is below the break. Take a guess before you click, leave your initial suss in the comments.
Saturday Matinee – The Sounds of Life, Back of the Mike 1938, RARG, Buzzchopper & The Ramones
The “music” is irritating as hell, but with the videos it becomes awesome. If I embedded it correctly, it should play 13 short clips in sequence, and you can jump to the next one if you wish.
[Found via here.]
Old radio shows used similar sound effect techniques.
“Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.” – Steve Allen
Also note that the vid was a GM-sponsored short, so the good guys catch the bad guys in the end because the good guys are in a Chevrolet and the bad guys are only on horses.
“Rarg is a land so perfect that the sun never rises until it is absolutely sure that everyone is awake. It is a wonderful place where everyone loves learning and making new discoveries. Until one day, an astonishing discovery is made… a discovery that might just be a problem.”
So where do we go from here? Oh, hell. I know: a sappy cover of Santo & Johnny.
Buzzchopper‘s other stuff sounds like Surf Ramones to me, and they opened for Mink Stole in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 2010. Last time I passed through Harrisburg, you couldn’t buy beer or wine in a convenience store or in a supermarket, and that means that something’s seriously wrong with that place.
To all our frozen friends back east, awesome happens at about 1:00.
Have a great weekend, folks, and be back here for leftovers.
Hot Links of the POGO
Here’s a map of pubs in the UK.
I watched this, and I’ve got nothing. Honest.
This Seattle trucker had balls of steel. Had.
Two hundred and seventy white garbage bags.
Little Red Riding Hood makes another observation.
Walt Kelly sings “I Go Pogo.” More musicalness here. Related post here.
This guy is good, but he can’t do it without the black felt. Watch full screen.
Dating advice for males only: The Universal Hot vs. Crazy Matrix. [h/t Octopus]
Miles Davis was amazing, at least until 25:37 when he suddenly becomes Smiles Davis.
[Top image from here.]
Tacky Raccoons 