[Colorized photo found here, sketch here. Google Maps location here – the buildings were demolished long ago.]
Tag: Retro & Vintage
Flocculated Hot Links
Beat Party Pt. 1, Ritchie and the Squires (1960)
There were a lot of groups called The Squires, this one had someone named Ritchie. Possibly from New Jersey, I dunno, but I do know that the flip side of this rare 45 is Beat Party Pt. 2.
Sit.
Albert and Ernie Ride The Rails.
Nice racks [via Memo Of The Air].
Sharpening a pencil with a chainsaw.
Towels and owls [via Everlasting Blört].
To go where none of y’all ain’t never been to!
[Top image found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
If Only It Could Talk
The grill has seen some shit.
[Found somewhere on FB.]
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
Identify them all. Hint: Snow White is the one pretending to be asleep.
[Found here.]
The Follyphone
The Follyphone appeared on stage in London during the fall of 1912 during orchestral concerts conducted by H.G. Pelissier. And all of the newspaper accounts from the time make it sound like an interesting prop to deliver a message about anticipation, elaborate planning, and ultimately disappointment.
[Image and more about the Follyphone found here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 905 – Peacock Spider Kabuki, Florida Critters, and A.L. Cantrell’s Gas Station & General Store
Miss Namikawa
[Found here.]
Mothers Day Hot Links
Swinging Mama, Tiny Grimes (1974)
Guitarist Lloyd “Tiny” Grimes (1916-1989) played with many jazz notables. In the late 1940s he had a hit on a jazzed-up version of Loch Lomond with the band billed as Tiny “Mac” Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders. They wore kilts and included Red Prysock on tenor sax and singer Screaming Jay Hawkins.
A common murre [via Bunkerville].
Sprinkle Lemon Happy Guy Muffins.
The Brennan Monorail [via The Feral Irishman].
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon [via Memo Of The Air].
Electro Queens and Digital Divas [via Everlasting Blört].
[Top image found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Wave Hello To Honest Joe – Rubin Goldstein
“Nobody outside his family knew his real name. Dallas knew him as Honest Joe. For nearly three decades Honest Joe’s pawn shop was one of the central hubs of activity in Deep Ellum. He sold everything from gold watches to prosthetic limbs to automatic weapons. His two-story building was covered in hand-painted signs and hubcaps – or was it? It was covered in signage and hubcaps, but as for the two-story part . . . well, that’s another story . . .”
[Top photo by Thomas Hoepker (1963) found here. Second photo found here (with a must-read history); third here; fourth here.]
