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  1. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    Duke Ellington and his Famousness with the handsomely impressionist Blue Mood, 1932. Don't know about you, but it sounds kinda ochre-yellow to me. Guy Paquinet, aka "Patrick", and his orchestra with the trans-atlantic hit Hands Across the Table, 1935. Danceable Django-powered rhythm. Cliff...
  2. Fletch

    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    You said a mouthful. Awhile back I uncovered a statistic no one took much notice of. In 1932, the near-death year of the US record business, RCA Victor sold just 3 million discs (about half the industry total). Jimmie Rodgers alone sold 300,000 of that 3 million. Reasoning from that, I...
  3. Fletch

    Loungers' Pets

    Just picked up a goatskin jacket that smells a little like goat. Kitty Foyle immediately climbed on it, sniffing and then sleeping.
  4. Fletch

    Selco Hats of Brooklyn...

    I've had 4 Selcos for years now, all bought in NYC. One is identical to yours except for a pleated back bow. There are also brown and taupe cav-edges and a Whippet knockoff. I would say all date to circa 1950-55.
  5. Fletch

    Men's New Evening Jan. 16, 1939

    I was gonna say "dancers," myself. Bobby Burgess of the Lawrence Welk Show often danced in 1-piece vest-and-trouser outfits.
  7. Fletch

    WTB: green vintage tie

    I'm at the NY office currently, but I know I can come up with something. BTW, you and the B-T-B look sensational together!
  8. Fletch

    FS: Signature Series Indy - Style Goatskin Adventurer Jacket. New. L

    Vic, please see my PM dated tonight!
  9. Fletch

    The Lawrence Welk Show

    I like Welk. I didn't use to as a tike in the 70s, when we had to sit in Aunt Mary's master bedroom after dinner and watch - I would rather have been off with my comic books. But my aunt also gave me her big band albums, which started me on a lifelong vintage music kick. (Sadly I didn't inherit...
  10. Fletch

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    J. Edgar (2011) Beautifully shot, expensively propertied, and stiff and shoddy in almost every other respect. Such is the gold standard for historical pictures in our day, but Clint Eastwood's heavy hand is evident in every second of J. Edgar. He pulls every punch he can get away with, perhaps...
  11. Fletch

    How do you play "Ask Me Another"?

    I'm thinking Peter Minuit bought New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant just was colonial governor. But I might have it backwards. However, I am dead sure neither of them was Peter Cooper.
  13. Fletch

    Movie Characters You Fear You'll Become

    Seymour from Ghost World.
  14. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    Thanks Vic for the record by Jack Denny, whom I quite like in the polite vein. Here are a couple more by his distinctive no-brass 1932 band. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xehm6x_good-night-moon-jack-denny-orchestr_music...
  15. Fletch

    At the Front - Officers Field OverCoat

    Just remember that "irritable" in civilian language merely means "to the point" in (ex-) military language. Assume their time is more valuable than your money.
  16. Fletch

    Classic Country Shoes by Frank Brothers - Size 9.5R

    Norwegian toe, yes, also called moc-toe or "moxfords."
  17. Fletch

    FS: Signature Series Indy - Style Goatskin Adventurer Jacket. New. L

    Bump on the PM!
  19. Fletch

    Large Grey Knox 20 Custom Edge 7 5/8

    Sold in 1 hr 43 min!
  20. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    5 Hot Plays for the Price of None! Redman - Trumbauer - Calloway - McKinney's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlK3HkmjG1Q
  21. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    It works! Kinda tea-dancy, I suppose.
  22. Fletch

    Budweiser - Super Bowl 2012 Commercial - Prohibition

    Those headlines would have read BEER RETURNS, not PROHIBITION ENDS. How New York celebrated - April 7, 1933: "Gussie" Busch addresses the nation via CBS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJI6wNN9YQ
  23. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    People today can't stand hearing a ballad tune at that medium fox tempo. "Ooo it's so FAAYast!" But at the time it was quite danceable - the question is: was it listenable?
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