Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: REM
As if I didn't need another reason to feel old older, I heard on the radio the other day that Michael Stipe has turned 50 years old. Th...
J-E-L-L-Hell to the NO!
You know the old ad slogan "There’s always room for JELLO!"? Well, not in this tummy there isn’t. Truth be told, I can’t stomach ...
The Working Couple's Cookbook
I think I'm having a freakout by these psychedelic images that are from an early 70s book by Peggy Treadwell called The Working Couple...
Reporters Say The Darndest Things: Bob Dylan Interview
Musicians who hit it big during the British Invasion and beyond of the 1960s must have hated press conferences. Journalists during these gat...
Shake It Like A Polaroid Picture - the Instant Film Camera is Back!
Mama may have taken Paul Simon's Kodachrome away, but she's given us back the Polaroid instant film camera! Before digital photograp...
Sad Songs Say So Much
I've been thinking a lot lately about my favorite sad songs - not because I am a Debbie Downer, but just because I'm fascinated by t...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Sam Cooke
Like Roy Orbison, I believe the late Sam Cooke deserves his own movie biography. He wrote and sang several hits that topped the charts in th...
My Favorite Comedic Movie Clip of All Time
If you've never seen Mel Brooks' The Producers , a word of advice - don't even mess with the 2005 remake. See the original 1968 ...
Three Ads Too Good Not to Share #3
I love advertising copy that doesn't beat around the bush! Did I just say that? Pun intended! And the best thing about this copy - it rh...
Retro Product Fail #3: Paper Dresses
"Paper clothing, apparently, is here to stay" reads a Time magazine article from May 1967. Uh-huh. Well, it's now 43 years lat...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Turtles
I love the Beatles, but I also love me some Monkees on occasion and some Turtles, too! Where did all of the animal related 60s band names (i...
Go-Go Dancer, Your Life is Calling
It probably won't come as a shock to any of you by this point if I tell you that I've always wanted to be a go-go dancer. I don'...
Sexist Children's Book
Well, not really. Or maybe. Depends on your perspective. These images are from a children's book published in 1970 called, "I'm...
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