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Why!!!! Hipsters!!! Why!!!!!
Hipsters are always other people. They always travel in packs, eat and drink in packs, enjoy cultural events in packs. They have terrible taste, or should I say anti-taste, in clothes. Vintage stores today look like thrift stores did in 1995 but with much less men's business attire. They...- Fletch
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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1930's Record Player for the Blind
A few years ago some website put up 4 hours worth of .mp3 files of the bestselling detective novel The Bat, read by radio announcer Jimmy Wallington in 1932 on a series of RCA Program Transcriptions - those 33 1/3rpm plastic records that were made basically to sell new phonographs and, as such... -
Human Encyclopedias in 1954: a strangely normal couple.
Mr. Memory "How far is Winnipeg from Montreal?" "Winnipeg. Third city of Canada and provincial capital of Manitoba. Distance from Montreal 1,424 miles. - Am I right, sir?" "Quite right."- Fletch
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What are you listening to?
Dee Blues - The Chocolate Dandies, 1930. Featuring jazz immortals Benny Carter on clarinet and Coleman Hawkins, the father of the tenor saxophone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv5viPEB9IQ -
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The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
Someone almost shot Mussolini in the head on April 7, 1926. Read all about it. -
The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.
So, you met Schicklgruber in the Alps, and instead of shooting him in the head, you took his picture with an iPhone. More Hitler hats here, not to be construed as an endorsement of National Socialism. -
Human Encyclopedias in 1954: a strangely normal couple.
Now and then in the media we encounter human encyclopedias - people with prodigious memories. Traditionally, they are solitary, obsessive, often from exotic cultures or religions, with a deep focus on one topic. You know: math, chess, baseball. They are such a stereotype that you might think...- Fletch
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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A little teaser from Aero
MWFQHH sounds nice, but I keep thinking how neat it would be to have a job like this in capeskin.- Fletch
- Post #105
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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A little teaser from Aero
Authenticity is what it is, but the pointed shoulder yoke and pockets give this observer a definite cowboy vibe. I'd just ask for a standard A-1 yoke and pockets and be good to go.- Fletch
- Post #92
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Hat Cleaning Repair & Restoration: Where?
Hamline Cleaners in St. Paul, MN claims to be the only hat restorer in a 5-state area. a) is that true? and b) are they any good? -
What are you listening to?
Louder! And Funnier! - Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, 1927. Lots of fun in a jazz idiom. Followed by Wabash Blues (not the flipside...you never put both sides of a 78 on the same file...it angers the gods). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ZC_wahRHw -
Music suggestions 20's 30's big band & jazz?
A little too modern-aires for 1937 This yet-to-be famous vocal group knocked around from band to band for years before their smooth high-pitch blend impressed the public. Here they are with George Hall's good CBS ork on a brace of 20th-Fox movie tunes... -
What was the last TV show you watched?
It's instructive to see how Friday went from being a cool-headed old-school cop, just A Guy doing A Job, to a model cold war authority figure, a guy who WAS his job. Old Joe probably enjoyed a coney dog and might have helped out with the Police Athletic League. New Joe lived on Maalox and black...- Fletch
- Post #3,781
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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A boy's job, but a damn nasty one - hand sorting lumps. Coal can be sharp-edged and was sometimes treated with corrosive acids. But breakers weren't allowed gloves - it slowed down their sorting. -
What are you listening to?
A Sailboat in the Moonlight - Johnny Hodges and Orch., 1937. Hip crooner Buddy Clark with a tasty Ellington group. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88fmUYTWa9g -
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Public service = public relations 1934 Chevy Master safety education vehicle of the Detroit Police Bethune Station. (Safety back then apparently didn't rule out having half as many wipers as horns.) -
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The Winnah? "BMW 315, 1934-36" at what appears to be the finish line of the Rallye Balkanique. Little today is known of this rally, which probably finished somewhere in Greece. -
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And Now, Governor Roosevelt Opening the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, NY, February 4, 1932.
