“An early reference to wearing costumes at Halloween comes from Scotland in 1585, but they may pre-date this. […] By the 1930s costumes based on characters in mass media such as film, literature, and radio were popular.”
[Images are from the UK Mirror, October 2017.]
Do The Zombie, M.R. Baseman & The Symbols (1963) This song was the B-side of a 45rpm recorded on the Graphic Arts label, the A-side being a cover of the Devotions’ Rip Van Winkel, recorded by “Marty & The Symbols.” Very little is known about this group except they may have been from Astoria, Queens, NY. No relation to the 1960s UK pop band The Symbols.
Meow.
The original version is the best.
Izuna Fair [via Memo Of The Air].
Mr. Bone’s Pizza [via Mme. Jujujive].
The Earth is leaking [via Bunkerville].
The Book of Hallowe’en Ruth Edna Kelley (1919)
[also via Memo Of The Air].
Frankencamper [via The View From Lady Lake].
Cool but impractical shelter [via Feral Irishman].
Tired of the lies? Here’s The True Story of Hushpuppies.
[Top image: Detail from The Reward of Cruelty, William Hogarth (1751) found here.]
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Formerly known as The Twitter From Outer Space.
When a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, they inadvertently bring about a nightmarish earth invasion. After one of the spores is analyzed in a lab, it escapes, eventually growing into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.
[These images and more found here. Wanna see the movie? It’s archived!]
Black Dog Blues, Bayless Rose (1930) Guitarist and singer Bayless “Bailey” Rose’ recordings have been included in both white country blues and black ragtime anthologies. He was a Melungeon according to Mildred Justice, daughter of Dick Justice, another guitarist of the same era.
A life saved [via Bunkerville].
The Fried Egg [via Mme. Jujujive].
Starship Size Comparison Chart [via The Daily What].
Polar Bears – A Netflix Documentary [via Feral Irishman].
A big driftwood finger (and more nautical-themed works of Etsy).
Three young women eating spaghetti on inflatable mattresses at Island of Capri, 1939.
[Top image found here, colorized.]
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Tarrare, a historical figure from late 18th century France, gained notoriety for his unending appetite and peculiar eating habits. He grappled with a rare medical disorder called polyphagia, which compelled him to incessantly hunger for and consume copious amounts of food, including non-edible items. Tarrare garnered public attention by devouring objects like corks, stones, and even live animals, once astonishing onlookers by devouring an entire basket of apples in rapid succession. Despite his astounding consumption abilities, his health rapidly declined, plagued by numerous complications stemming from his condition. The life of Tarrare remains an intriguing medical enigma, leaving numerous questions unanswered regarding the underlying nature and causes of his singular condition.
From ATI:
And the strangest part of all this was that he always looked as though he were starving. The young man barely weighed 100 pounds and he seemed constantly tired and distracted. He was showing every possible sign of undernourishment – except, of course, that he was eating enough to feed a small barracks.
[Top image and first caption found here. Other images found around the internest and may or may not be Tarrare.]
Potrzebie, Alfred E. Neuman & His Fershlugginer Five (1959) MAD Magazine published a number of recordings over the years, some included as tear-out vinyl 45s in various issues. Potrzebie was the B-side of the truly awful What Me Worry? From Google Translate:
Polish – “Potrzeba” (poat-seh-bah) translates to “need”
“W potrzebie” (poat-seh-byah) means “in need of”.
[h/t Memo Of The Air]
BBC News in pidgin [h/t Possum].
“Have you heard dis information?“
The coming darkness of October 14.
Percussion solo [via Feral Irishman]
Different dogs get weighed at the vet.
Messin’ with the skid [via Bunkerville].
The Memory of a Mighty River [via Memo Of The Air].
Happy 23rd Blogiversary to Everlasting Bloort & the Queen of the Illustrated Link Dump Mme. Jujive. May the Meepzorp be with you.
[Top image: Colorized still from The Wild Party (1929) starring Clara Bow and Frederic March, via The View From Lady Lake.]
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For some unexplainable reason, I’ve been collecting random Nancy panels for a while, many culled from this fine collection. I have only one paper copy I clipped long ago from the Sunday Funnies because it’s so Zen; the others were all found online by accident. I messed with one or two…
[Click on any image to enlarge. Previously posted Nancy, Sluggo and Aunt Fritzi Ritz stuff here.]
Tacky Raccoons 