Gabe Kaplan, best known for his role on Welcome Back Kotter, was born on March 31, 1945.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Fidel’s Eyeglasses
Mark Sanders’ blog-Fidel’s Eyeglasses, is primarily a Cuban music blog, offering rare and out of print LPs from his collection as free MP3 downloads. The picture above is of Mark in 1959 when he visited Havana with his father. It is just one of a set of great photos he recently put up on his blog.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Abandoned House Of The Future
I just found a incredible set of these pics on Flikr, along with an article about the concept and sad demise of these structures.
Sanjhih is a small town on the north coast of Taiwan. It's near Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. In late 70's, a keeper of a rubber company worked out the prototype of the UFO house using his own factory. He wanted to build a contemporary style holiday resort. However, the rubber company closed down in the energy crisis in 1980. The UFO houses that was just begining was sealed up by the bank. In that time, there was only foundation and FPR compoments.
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Rarest Motown Single Goes On Auction Block
Holy grails don't get any holier than this, especially for Northern Soul acolytes.
Going up for auction, starting March 14, is one of only two known copies — and the only one in acceptable playing condition — of Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)," considered by many to be the most valuable ultra-rare 45 record in the world. U.K. dealer John Manship (www.raresoulman.co.uk), who specializes in Northern Soul rarities, is holding the auction of this prized item which stands to fetch somewhere in the neighborhood of $40,000.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Calling All Fans Of Film Noir
Steve-O is the editor of the Noir of the Week blog and administrator for the Back Alley Noir message board. I encourage everyone to subscribe to this blog-it offers in depth articles and great recommendations-Five Stars!
Vintage Smokers
(Photo by Lillian Bassman)
Anna Lee’s live journal page of vintage smokers spans from the 1930’s thru the 70’s. Some spectacular images featuring work by some of the best photographers in fashion history.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Butterfield 8 (1960)
Beautiful Gloria Wandrous, a New York model/call-girl engages in an illicit affair with married socialite Weston Liggett. Their turbulent affair soon runs out of steam when our heroine, under the mistaken impression that he'll never divorce his wife Emily and marry her, decides to begin a new life in Boston.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Elvis’Record Collection
Boogie Woogie Flu has a great blog entry, highlighting records from Elvis Presley’s collection. It features original versions of songs that Elvis covered and made into big hits. Very cool-Click Here!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Theme Song For The Three Stooges
The Korn Kobblers were a novelty group from the 1930’s/40’s along the same lines as Spike Jones’ band, yet not as extravagant in their gags. Still, a very entertaining unit, especially their version of Listen To The Mockingbird, which is best remembered as the Three Stooges theme song.
Vintage Space Toys # 3
Robbie Space Patrol- In the 1950's this unlicensed toy was produced based on the movie Forbidden Planet . The toy was quickly pulled off the shelves due to copyright infringement and has subsequently become very scarce & valuable .
From Ozzie's Robots Toys & Collectibles
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Happy Birthday Richard O’Brien 3-25-42
Richard O'Brien, who is best remembered for his portrayal of Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, was born on March 25, 1942.
Two By John Rawlings
Anne Saint-Marie in Maximillian fur, November 15, 1957
Suzy Parker in Dior, October 15, 1953
Photos By John Rawlings
The Latest Smigly-From Allen Mez
Cutting edge animator Allen Mez has come through once again with a profound social commentary about the current financial crisis, featuring a brand new song by yours truly entitled “Hey Smigly” (coming soon to iTunes, Napster, Amazon, etc.)
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Vogue Picture Disc # 3
The illustrations used on many Vogue picture records are signed by the artist. Ed Basl, a Vogue picture record collector, undertook the effort to track down the persons behind those signatures. Ed kept a record of each of these searches, and has made that information available for our use. Thanks to Ed's efforts, Richard Harker, Will Wirts, Sprink, Corbett, R. Forbes, and M. Kanouse are no longer names unattached to persons.
From The Association Of Vogue Picture Record Collectors
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Happy Birthday Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer, best known for his role as Colnel Klink on Hogan's Heros, was born on this day-March 22, 1920.
Rita Hayworth By George Hurrell
Another classic Hollywood portrait of Rita Hayworth by master photographer George Hurrell (date unknown)
Saturday, March 21, 2009
1953 Chevy Nomad
The Chevy Nomad was first introduced as a concept car at Motorama in 1953 but was not available for public consumption until 1955. The car in the photo is much different than the production model in that it is actually a Corvette body that has been modified into a station wagon.
Lester Young By David Stone Martin
Another fine David Stone Martin illustration-I'm not quite sure what tunes were on this LP, but most everything by Lester Young has been reissued and is well worth exploring.
Check out this classic video-Jammin The Blues!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
N.C. Wyeth
Newell Convers Wyeth is the head of several generations of important American artists. The classic adventure tales of Robert Louis Stevenson have been in print since they were [first] published. When the publisher Charles Scribner's Sons paired Wyeth with Stevenson and others, they started an industry that continues to this day.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ron Silver R.I.P.
Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62. (Associated Press)
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