Tag: Retro & Vintage

Formivorous Hot Links

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]

Campering.

Hello Froggy.

1 possum per hour.

THE Best Sandbox.

Painting with Legos.

A fishing reel diddley bow.

It’s worse than we thought.

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.]

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

Ode to NANCY

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.]

Enantiopathic Hot Links

Pachamama,”an androgynous being that is omnipresent, omnipotent and can procreate itself.”

Love Shock, Sonny and his Wild Cows (2012) From Budapest, Sonny and his Wild Cows is fronted by “Wild Cow Sonny” and plays American blues, R&B, rock & roll, rockabilly, swing, and country western with a 1940s-50s retro style. [Free download of their 2012 album The Berlin Session here.]

Yassify Bot.

Plan ahead.

Bring Back Apu.

The Campering.

The jam was epic.

Entrumpreneurs.

The Gay Pirate Plate.

 ABELEEDAWEEWOWEH

Manbuns v. Stop The Knot.

The skull of Sultan Mkwawa.

What the F-35 sounded like.

This policewoman’s response…

Ambigrams, Logos & Word Art.

Celebrating 100 years of StarWars.

Splashy splashy [via Mme. Jujujive].

Get Aht-a Tahn and more  yinzerspeak.

SoKno Kroger has great deals [h/t Pam. M.].

Opening an 18th century safe [h/t Bunkerville].

The spy plane that was so stealthy it didn’t exist.

Tight dirndls of Oktoberfest [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Pachamama,”an androgynous being that is omnipresent, omnipotent and can procreate itself.” Artwork by Kurimalai.]

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

America Indian Chiefs Cigarette Cards – Pt. 2

[See Part 1 for more. Source: Allen & Ginter Cigarette Cards 1888-1889]

American Indian Chiefs Cigarette Cards – Pt. 1

[Source: Allen & Ginter Cigarette Cards 1888-1889]

Art

Silent film actress Alberta Vaughn was featured in a surrealist artwork by Persian artist Jon  S. Oshanna (1895-1980) circa 1924. Oshanna was a muralist and commercial artist, active in California.

[Found here.]

Muskrat Love

Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. Stretching and drying the pelt follows this. His camp is in the marshes nearby. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parrish, Louisana, 1941.

[Image and caption found here.]

“A Tumble-Weed Ball (From A Photograph)”

[Found here.]

Electrical Experimenter Magazine 1918

Related posts here. Complete archived issues of Electrical Experimenter may be viewed and downloaded here.

More Rat Rods

[All images found at Rat Rods Rule! More rat rods here.]