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Stuff that strikes me as funny and/or interesting, but that I'm too lazy to publish on The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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Nickelodeon Poster 1983 Art by smurfwreck77 on Flickr.
Nickelodeon Sweepstakes Advertisement poster from 1983.
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Let’s Five, mofos!
1. Al Kent, “Country Boy” - A bouncy cut from one of my Northern Soul comps. The arrangement is nothing to write home about but its worth listening to for the keyboard part. Sounds like it might be a Hammond B3 but I’m no expert.
2. Brad Mehldau, “West Hartford” (from Places) - I’m not a huge Mehldau fan, as he can get a little too show-offy for me. But Places is a great album and this is one of its better tracks. For me he absolutely recalls early ’60s Bill Evans at times.
3. Sloan, “Believe in Me” (from Parallel Play) - I’ve heard Sloan referred to as the Canadian Beatles, but on this one they call to mind vintage Badfinger more. The group’s fine vocals mesh with a hard-charging rock stomp.4. The Young Rascals, “How Can I Be Sure” - I dig the Waltz arrangement and the vintage Parisian cafe feel, but the vocals are just a tad too histrionic. Still, a fine single.
5. Fleetwood Mac, “When I See You Again” (from Tango in the Night) - Yuck. Stevie Nicks turns in a good set of lyrics, and then applies her worst vocal affectations and proceeds to butcher them. Buckingham comes in and almost saves the song during the last verse, but it’s too little too late.
(Source: popdose.com)
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1955-02-07 p090, Buick on Flickr.
Buick automobile ad scan from Life magazine, February 7, 1955.
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Duck and cover!
Atom bomb drill at school in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1951.
(Source: unitproj.library.ucla.edu)
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1963-(via File Photo) by File Photo on Flickr.
Just a reminder that in 1963, Jackie Gleason was every bit as popular as Sinatra or Nat King Cole. Truth.
Look, December 1963 -
Route 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1969), photographed by Ernst Haas.
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Photo reblogged from And Through the Wire
IN RESERVE — Housewives with an eye for emergencies might some day be doing like this lady and devoting a shelf of kitchen space to canned water, which even after an atom bomb attack may be drunk safely if the outside of the can is wiped off. Each can contain about 10 1/2 ounces.
Wire photo dated February 24, 1952.
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1944-(via File Photo) by File Photo on Flickr.
Yeah that’s right, I can climb the jungle gym all by myself!
Via Flickr:
McCalls-Oct 1944 -
Coin operating coffee machine with 4 possible mixtures, each selling for five cents. Circa 1947.
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