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.

If Only It Could Talk

The grill has seen some shit.
[Found somewhere on FB.]

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs – Carl Von Binzer (1873)

Identify them all. Hint: Snow White is the one pretending to be asleep.
[Found here.]

The Follyphone

Mr. Lewis Sydney playing his Follyphone, September 1912.

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

[Found here, here, and the 3rd created from a colorized stereogram of A.L. Cantrell’s Crown Gas Station & General Store, Penfield, Georgia (1941) found here.]

Update: Link to the store photo found here.

Miss Namikawa

Kumi Mizuno as Miss Namikawa in  Invasion of Astro-Monster a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965).

[Found here.]