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  1. MrNewportCustom

    Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

    I was including that within the realm of technological advancement. ;) Lee
  2. MrNewportCustom

    The Science of Intimidation

    Yes, but the light we see from them has been traveling toward us for millions, if not billions, of years, so we truely are looking at how they were "oh so long ago."
  3. MrNewportCustom

    Why do I hate the 1970s so much?

    It was very intriguing to live in the '70s, as far as digital goes. But, the '70s still weren't nearly as intriguing - in that respect - as were the '80s, when digital emerged from the laboratories and started hitting the masses, . . . uh, en masse. And aside from the technological...
  4. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    I did a photo shoot with jtcarry on February 7, and she's kindly given me permission to post a few of her pictures here. Enjoy Lee
  5. MrNewportCustom

    What Are You Reading

    Spike Jones, Off the Record: The Man who Murdered Music by Jordan R. Young. Anniversary edition. Don't let "Murdered Music" fool you; it's not a tear-him-apart biography. Even as varied, mysterious and multidirectional as Spike was about in describing his own life and career, it's very well...
  7. MrNewportCustom

    Marking my father's 80th birthday

    Happy Birthday to your father and that's a great card! :eusa_clap Lee
  8. MrNewportCustom

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I bought these three items at the Vintage Fashion Exposition in Santa Monica on the seventh of this month. A watch fob with my initial on it: A brooch I bought for my mother: And this combination lighter/cigarette case (I'm a non-smoker, but I have several lighters)...
  9. MrNewportCustom

    The movie was better than the book

    "The Green Mile." If it wasn't better than the book, it certainly was up there with it. I enjoyed both immensely, and when I saw the movie, the characters exactly fit their descriptions in the book, especially Brutal: When I read the book, I saw David Morse as him. John Coffey ("Like the drink...
  10. MrNewportCustom

    Anyone recognize these pictures?

    Yes, it goes to the microphone that the gentleman second from the right is holding. You can see the microphone just above the left shoulder of the guy on the far right. Other than that, I have nothing. [huh]
  11. MrNewportCustom

    What are you listening to?

    Spike Jones.
  13. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    Those are wonderful, DD. :eusa_clap
  14. MrNewportCustom

    Refer madness!

    I got to see this refrigerator in person, yesterday. All I can say is, WOW!! You did an excellent job of restoring this beauty, FM. Well done! Color me impressed! Lee
  15. MrNewportCustom

    Musical Parodies.

    My parents are the reason I grew up to appreciate music of all forms. I feel that to limit ones choices of music is to limit ones . . . well, it's just sad. :( I just discovered this jewel: Perez Prado vs. Spike Jones. Very funny! And I'd almost forgotten about this favorite: Holiday for...
  16. MrNewportCustom

    Musical Parodies.

    Indiana Jones is a huge favorite here on the Fedora Lounge, and for good reason. But with this thread I'm honoring the other Jones, the one actually of days gone by - SPIKE!! Pure Comedic Genius! Spike Jones has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, with his version of...
  17. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    It's the reproducer on my Victrola portable record player. (By the way, that little half ring in the lower left is the edge of the laboel on a 78 RPM record: Spike Jones' Der Fueher's Face. lol
  19. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    You're very welcome. :) Here's something a little more vintage that I shot last night. Enjoy. Lee
  20. MrNewportCustom

    Share your own art here :)

    That is some beautiful jewelery! :eusa_clap Lee
  21. MrNewportCustom

    Miss, Mrs. or Madam? The demise of Ms?

    Miss, Mrs. or Madam? Where have they gone? While watching The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) on TCM, today, Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday), is called "Madam." She responds by standing up and saying, "I'm not a Madam, I'm a Miss." That line got me to thinking: Where have these gender-specific...
  22. MrNewportCustom

    That tune in your head

    You listened to Tommy Dorsey and Chick Webb's version of "There's Frost on the Moon" to get Artie Shaw's version of "There's Frost on the Moon" out of your head? Isn't that kind of like using coffee to remove a cappuccino stain from your tie? :D Lee
  23. MrNewportCustom

    Anyone Read This Yet?

    . . . And the pendulum swings in the other direction . . . I'm old enough to remember the words of days gone by expressing a need to get more output, more production, more fun, more money, more time for everything in life. "YOU CAN DO IT ALLLLLL!!" Or, more specifically, "Computers will make...

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