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  1. Cousin Hepcat

    Light-up 78 rpm JUKEBOXES

    How about those those 1940's light-up 78 rpm jukeboxes! I'd been wanting one (or all) of these since Forever. (Literally, since I was a little kid!) One of the first things I did after graduating & getting a good job was buy a 1949 model. Then immediately "fell in love" with another model...
  2. Cousin Hepcat

    What are good Swing Dance movies, like Swing Kids?

    That's it! Thanks Nightandthecity. Yes!! One of the greatest scenes ever caught on film! So Please Let me know what others yall can come up with, or if any on that list from the URL in the first message rings a bell as being good ones... (Also, any documentary videos with hot...
  3. Cousin Hepcat

    What are good Swing Dance movies, like Swing Kids?

    Can someone suggest good swing dance movies or films like Swing Kids? The kind of movies or shorts that make you want to dance... especially with the dips / aerials / etc... Here's a list but it doesn't "rank" them: Maybe you can suggest a "priority" of the "best match" movies & shorts...
  4. Cousin Hepcat

    What Do You Want For Christmas This Year?

    Here ya go Snookie, ask Santa for one of these: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=55151&postcount=33
  5. Cousin Hepcat

    Share your favourite Jazz

    Mac Vootie! Scootie! Yall are just Too Much! Hey, while talking about Slim & Slam, we can't forget Louis Jordan! Here's a favorite of mine to play in the juke for friends even who don't listen to jazz or swing, hope yall like it too: MP3: "Pettin and Pokin", 1.2 meg...
  6. Cousin Hepcat

    Share your favourite Jazz

    Quintette of the Hot Club of France - Thansk for posting the video Baron! Gotta setup the new PC to see that, looking forward. Only ever heard one side by them, and it Was HOT, been meaning to check them out more. (Especially after seeing the movie Swing Kids) Bebop, Dexter Gordan is JUST...
  7. Cousin Hepcat

    Don't touch that dial!

    Tips on broadcasters Got a house-wide AM broadcast station running off a kit broadcasting 24-hour MP3 CD's with the collection of 78s and reissues digitized so far(complete with the occasional live half-hour Benny Goodman 30's broadcast with those longwinded "Camel Cigarettes will give you...
  8. Cousin Hepcat

    Vintage suit patterns

    THANKS, went and read that whole thread, that's exactly the kind of info was hoping for in the first place. (Whew) So, it's all good Awww, maaaaaan! You sure know how to make a Prez fan feel guilty about laughing out loud! Anyway thanks all for freely sharing so much great info on this...
  9. Cousin Hepcat

    Vintage suit patterns

    HA! thats *GREAT*! :p Sounds like the trends where I grew up! (Baron Kutz, just gotta say, thats a great avatar with The Prez...) Geez, first patterns cant be found, now yall are saying even if one finds patterns its hard to find someone who knows how to sew them anymore... hey when a...
  10. Cousin Hepcat

    Some of my later additions.

    Wild Root, Love the idea! Tex, one of my Top Five! Or like Benny Carter here, with a curtain in background: Not to hijack the thread, Root, posted a more full reply to your idea here about a suit... http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=54941&postcount=23 back to...
  11. Cousin Hepcat

    Vintage suit patterns

    replying to two posts: First, in response to Wild Root's suggestion of a great idea for a tasteful photo, that I can't wait to try out, but that I'd really want to have a vintage-style suit for to do it right: click here for Root's post...
  12. Cousin Hepcat

    Some of my later additions.

    It's a joke, Bebop... that avatar's gonna stay there till I can become sufficiently educated in the fine art of vintage habidashery, for which I have the utmost admiration and respect (naturally, being a huge fan of Cary Grant, Bogie, and all the fine dressed-to-the-nines swing & bebop musicians...
  13. Cousin Hepcat

    Some of my later additions.

    That's All Right! Once again, Root, how many times can I say it... You're indeed a man of impeccable taste! Yes, Glenn, Helen, and everyone never quite have the same rich warm velvety sound as when playing from an original 78 on a vacuum tube amp. Feel so sorry for folks who only get to...
  14. Cousin Hepcat

    Listen- 1940s MP3 of Dream Band / unplayed 1930s grammophone

    Lauren, Wild Root, Vladmir, Wolf, Everyone - Wild Root: I just wrote you a 3-page long private response to your post about your similar (and might I add, OUTSTANDING) tastes in music - and browser died! Danged f---nology! Will try again soon... Weve Got to trade stories/pics/etc...
  15. Cousin Hepcat

    Listen- 1940s MP3 of Dream Band / unplayed 1930s grammophone

    Oh boy, only been here for 2 days and already made someone cry... Sorry Lauren, don't cry, didn't mean to cause trouble. So tell us what happened to your phonograph. Launched out the rumble seat on a sharp turn? Got hit by a train? I lost one one time when a canoe tipped over, now...
  16. Cousin Hepcat

    Listen- 1940s MP3 of Dream Band / unplayed 1930s grammophone

    Ladies and Gents, Just wanted to share a moment... since I'd pulled the grammo out to take pictures the other day, wanted to post a closeup pic, and shuffling through a box 78s (aint it fun re-discovering cool stuff youve got), came across this one, totally had forgotten about. You've heard...
  17. Cousin Hepcat

    Hello- New to your lounge, from North Carolina... This place is GREAT!

    Thanks all Thanks all for the welcomes :) MK - man I saw those pics, wish I could make the cruise!! Maybe next time. Solid Citizen, love the double-meaning of the handle - man you've got me taking notes. Will look up pics of those. (Can you reccomend if the legwork's already been...
  18. Cousin Hepcat

    vintage toys

    vintage toys: record player though generally try not to make a habit of playing with children's toys, couldn't help it with this one - restored & sounds great (electric motor)
  19. Cousin Hepcat

    Southeasterners File in... and state your state

    Raleigh, NC (Raleigh-Durham, NC native)
  20. Cousin Hepcat

    Hello- New to your lounge, from North Carolina... This place is GREAT!

    Hi All, this is my first post. All I can say is... WOW! Man, this is Great! I've been doing web searches for others interested in the 1930s-40s in general, pretty extensive I thought, with no luck, then finally a coworker pointed me here... man this is such a great idea, who's idea was...

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