Tag: Retro & Vintage

Lost but not forgotten…

“Tell Will I miss him.”

[Found here.]

Vomit Clocks

Private FB group VOMIT CLOCKS defines them as
“A 1960/70s mid-century craft trend where one incorporated rocks or other items (dead insects, dried plants, glitter, shells, etc.) into a mold (clock, animal, trivet, plate) and then poured a clear or colored resin which hardened into the molded object. […] The vomit clocks’ jumbled contents often look like regurgitated vomit or a gelatin salad full of fruit chunks.“

The history, cleaning, maintenance and repair of Vomit Clocks may be found at The Vomit Clock Museum.

[Images found here and elsewhere on the internests.]

Vintage Mugs

[These and more found here. Related post here.]

James Groceries

James Groceries, Tacoma, Washington (circa 1940) colorized.

[Black & white photo found here.]

Dorsiventral Hot Links

Darling Can’t You Tell, The Clusters (1958)
The Clusters were a popular teenage group from Brooklyn, and earned a spot on The Big Beat, Alan Freed’s short-lived television show. The following year, Darling Can’t You Tell scored No. 10 on the Regional Billboard charts.

A Truth.

Crackers.

Mod Mobiles.

Coasterbears.

Karen’s books.

See the Engels.

See the campers.

Out of the bunker.

Messing with a blob.

Abusing the camera.

Relics of Coober Pedy.

Gruoch, Queen of Scots.

Norty Blues Episode 123.

Folding Miura [via Memo Of The Air].

There’s a railway in the crawl space.

Something’s odd about these celebrations.

“A potential bundle” [via The Feral Irishman].

Soviet propaganda posters [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: Meatball martini found at Bits and Pieces.]

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

Happy Independence Day!

Independence Day 1919 Washington D.C.

Have a happy 4th, and if you do the splody things, may you have the same number of fingers tomorrow – your hair will grow back, but they won’t. For those in the BBQ and beer crowd, here are some random tunes from the archives in no particular order.

[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of the recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only.]

El Planeta de las Space Bimbos Invasoras

[El Planeta de las Mujeres Invasoras (1966) found here.]

1940 Pontiac Drive-In Special

June 11, 1940. “General Motors exhibit at Golden Gate International Exposition,
San Francisco. Transparent Car with Pontiac Chassis and Body by Fisher.”

Plexiglas model demonstrates the ease of smuggling friends into the drive-in and/or transporting bodies out of town.

[Images found here and here.]

Bruno’s Garret

Bruno’s Garrett, Jerome Myers, charcoal, 10.5″ x 14″, 1916
Bruno’s Garrett, Washington Square & Thompson Street, New York City, 1914 colorized

[Colorized photo found here, sketch here. Google Maps location here – the buildings were demolished long ago.]

Flocculated Hot Links

Humphrey Bogart and Douglas Kennedy in DARK PASSAGE (1947), colorized.

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.

Fetch.

Lie down.

Fkkn Susan.

The Bel Airs.

Zambian rock.

Happy stories.

Used stairways.

The Stupid Law.

One story truck.

Scheduled for demo.

Norty Blues Episode 120.

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.