"...I prefer to get high on life."

jayprickett: Lost America: Night Photography of the...

Mar 3rd

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highindustrial: There’s so much going on here that I don’t know where to begin. This one’s also …...

Mar 3rd

Well that certainly was a race to the...

 Bid history  (within 8 1/2 minutes) grampy****( 109)    US $32.50 Mar-02-08 ...

Mar 3rd

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Mar 3rd

misterpeace: browneyes:xtc: SU Stream of ConsciousnessV:...

Mar 3rd

Okay Truman, I know you’re not really into the ladies,...

Mar 2nd

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SotD:  I don’t know much about this recording, but it’s a great hillbilly version of...

Mar 2nd

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This is sort of an odd concept for a Dr. Pepper commercial, with all the appearing and disappearing...

Mar 2nd

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Vimeo’s new HD videos are scrumtrulescent. This is bigger here. 

Mar 2nd

“Traditional jazz instrumentation - brass and winds, banjos...”
— I saw an LP with this rather...

Mar 2nd

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“The Bare Necessities” In retrospect, I always find it fascinating to see who the...

Mar 2nd

Wow, this looks so darn much like something our dog would...

Mar 2nd

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SotD:  Although they had a lot of great (and often less silly) songs later on, I vividly remember...

Mar 1st

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Aha, I knew she played drums, but wow. (Too bad they had to stick all that “applause”...

Mar 1st

Justice - DVNO

Mar 1st

Asian ingenuity = “Baby Mops”  bobjansen: ...

Mar 1st

‘55 Olds  [via]

Mar 1st

antoinetta:  kiku:  via tokutoku coaching

Mar 1st

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soupsoup: joelaz: CBS Evening News, Jan. 18th, 1972 A report by Dan Rather on the Nixon reelection...

Mar 1st

Positano.  Click to enlarge. More panoramic photos here. 

Feb 29th

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dirtyworld: The Golden State  (1948) by Famous Studios  Of course this was back in the days...

Feb 29th

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Gear scene, Modern Times  (p.s.  I seem to recall Paulette Goddard being a babe in this movie) 

Feb 29th

Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times (1936)  [via] 

Feb 29th

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SotD:  Themes from “Limelight” and “Modern Times” by British pianist...

Feb 29th

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weneedtheeggs:  My brother and I reenacted this until we were in middle school. Oh man, I was...

Feb 29th

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies… There is an...”
— The Revolution: A Manifesto by...

Feb 29th

The fact that such a horrifically large blue saddle across...

Feb 29th

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Chuck Jones.  Great. And imdb won’t confirm it, but I can tell you that’s a Mel Blanc...

Feb 29th

Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Symphony Orchestra,...

Feb 29th

highindustrial:  Heh. [via] Someone just sent me the...

Feb 29th

I’ve had this album for a while although I’m...

Feb 28th

It’s impossible to sound masculine when you are saying “isthmus”.

Feb 28th

This is an interesting idea.  And hey, it was in French, so...

Feb 28th

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SotD: Eddy Arnold with “Cattle Call” This was #1 on the country charts in 1955, and...

Feb 28th

Elliott Erwitt; Valencia, Spain    1952    [via...

Feb 28th

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With special cameo appearance by someone who vaguely resembles Buster Keaton from behind.  ...

Feb 28th

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“Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early”— from The Onion I...

Feb 28th

“I think [Southwest was] just discriminating against [us]...”
— Riiiiiiight. 

Feb 28th

twink: ninjatottori: handa:  Audrey tribute_5 (via...

Feb 28th

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kylebunch: paulscheer: A 3 year old describes Star Wars - She really boils it down to the important...

Feb 28th

kylebunch: rocketboom: This nifty R2-D2 hat will not only...

Feb 28th

“…scrub pythons typically eat wild animals such as...”
— A creepy, yet (inadvertantly)...

Feb 28th

Cleaning Lincoln’s nose, 1963 [via vintagephoto]

Feb 27th

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ronen:  tumblinas:     Edith Piaf - Milord I had been avoiding Édith Piaf like the plague for the...

Feb 27th

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I’m going to be doing some Song of the Day series featuring different artists’...

Feb 27th

Han Solo desk [via]

Feb 27th

For great justice.

Feb 26th

@highindustrial, I love the fact that your last “via” address ends with...

Feb 26th

It’s a good thing it’s leapyear. I almost forgot to send a card in time for March 1st....

Feb 26th

"Soda can 'MP4' player will leave you...

Comments on engadget regarding the soda can mp4 player: Moorio:   If you could put soda inside of...

Feb 26th

I love this picture of Nat and have it framed in my...

Feb 26th

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SotD:  One of my favorite jazz pianists also happens to be one of the greatest pop singers of all...

Feb 26th

After the Ball   [via vintagephoto]

Feb 26th

@highindustrial: I was really creeped out when I heard a tapping on the window of my...

Feb 26th

antoinetta:   juststorage:   (via sexyjack)

Feb 25th

This is pretty sweet; it’s like Swiss Family...

Feb 25th

Betty Hutton, MGM’s 1950 film “Annie Get Your...

Feb 25th

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Betty Hutton was one of the classic actresses who died last year.  They showed part of her role in...

Feb 25th

twink:  La Maison du Futur | Arts architecture

Feb 25th

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AJ:  “Hrm, if I were the captain, I would probably not stand by the door to say...

Feb 25th

“Sadly some of them were taken too young while their best was...”
— Gee, since these folks died...

Feb 25th

This is one of my favorite LP covers. And Ray...

Feb 25th

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One of the huge windmills AJ and I passed on the PA turnpike a few weeks ago was completely stopped...

Feb 24th

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Speaking of Ricky Nelson, today’s SotD is “Lonesome Town”, a #7 hit from 1958. ...

Feb 24th

“How many people have never raised their hands before?”
— Steve Martin writes for...

Feb 24th

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Wow, Nat Cole (and, for that matter, several others) are spot on! Sammy Davis, Jr. does some...

Feb 24th

“A B-2 stealth bomber plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam...

Feb 24th

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hankins:   (via Fipi Lele)

Feb 24th

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Feb 24th

I wanted to post this at some point anyway, so I might as...

Feb 23rd

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nickdouglas:   That’s exactly how I sang “Hey Jude” at karaoke last week.

Feb 23rd

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Okay, so I just like the puppet.

Feb 23rd

Oh, Harry.  yumwatch:  (via topherchris)

Feb 23rd

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Maybe the person who stopped following me was wondering why I wasn’t posting vintage things,...

Feb 23rd

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Buster singing “June Night” in 1965. You can barely hear him, but this would have been...

Feb 23rd

I like argyle.    Muchly.

Feb 23rd

butterflyeffect:  bg5000: Kinda hard to argue with that. ...

Feb 23rd

My brother had many of these, being 7 years older than me. ...

Feb 23rd

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SotD:  When I woke up Thursday morning at 6:35 am, this song was immediately stuck in my head for...

Feb 23rd

16-Year-Old Gives Birth to Second Set of...

For the second time in two years, an Argentine teenager has given birth to female triplets, BBC...

Feb 23rd

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Feb 23rd

asada-santohei: deli-hell-me: iro: ninjatottori: voqn:...

Feb 23rd

Gene Kelly & woman

Feb 22nd

[Thanks, “nothlit”]

Feb 22nd

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Feb 22nd

Man fired for posting Dilbert comic... which...

Feb 22nd

Buster’s WWI registration card. I love his...

Feb 22nd

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SotD:   So what would it sound like if you mashed up the “Rubber Soul” album and, say,...

Feb 22nd

Bob Dylan, New York, NY 1963  [via vintagephoto]

Feb 22nd

McCain   (presumably before being a P.O.W. for 5 1/2...

Feb 22nd

Pops

Feb 22nd

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Well boy, that sure as heck is the MGM Studio Orchestra if I’ve ever heard it!  (And that...

Feb 22nd

“Merchandise is permitted within a Priority Mail...”
— ~  USPS website What?  Is...

Feb 21st

Rita Hayworth Oh Rita, that is just the most winsome little...

Feb 21st

It's outrage-ose!

“In fact, Splenda contains no sugar and it is not natural; its sweetness is derived from the...

Feb 21st

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Today’s SotD is “The Finger Breaker” (or Finger Buster) by Jelly Roll Morton.  He...

Feb 21st

“Photo of New Orleans Mayor Playing With Gun Sparks Debate”
— In my mind that would be...

Feb 21st

I think the Jonas Brothers are rather goofy looking and I...

Feb 21st

My dear Liesl, why weren’t you ever in anything else? ...

Feb 21st

highindustrial: A book-lined staircase: Sort of a Borgesian...

Feb 21st

This is one of the more unusually angled shots of Buster out...

Feb 20th

Okay, this would have been a little better if I didn’t...

Feb 20th

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I’ve been cheating on my Song of the Day entries lately, seeing as how I’ve just been...

Feb 20th

“You can say whatever you want about the South, but you never...”
— Anon.

Feb 20th

Not to brag, but I have been told my sense of style is impeachable. In fact, I’ve always had...

Feb 20th

“Lowering Odds of Multiple Births” Remind me never to read that article when I get...

Feb 20th

hystericalparoxysm:  Steve Martin ironing a kitten, May...

Feb 20th

I just realized my new get-back-in-shape jogging clothes are about 97.8% black.  And I usually jog...

Feb 20th

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dirtyworld: California’s Gold #8007 Photoplayer Not only do I love music like this, but    I LOVE...

Feb 20th

I really love this one. Pedro Luis Raota, 1974.      [via...

Feb 20th

Eat your heart out, "apartment in a box"

You know how everyone’s been fawning over that apartment’s worth of furniture in a box...

Feb 20th

~ Buster’s only great film with MGM before they...

Feb 19th

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SotD, “Beyond the Blue Horizon”, with the Three Suns.  These guys were a very popular...

Feb 19th

“I assured Robert I wouldn’t actually let him play with...”
— Steve Irwin’s wife after...

Feb 19th

“Merlin Mann” certainly is an odd and… uh, magically masculine name. 

Feb 19th

atherdiscretion: natcromlech: AmericanAirlines1968.jpg...

Feb 19th

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Today’s Song of the Day is, in fact, my favorite YouTube clip ever.  Ever  ever.  In fact, I...

Feb 18th

Write this one on the calendar!  My baby-of-the-family...

Feb 18th

The headshot Faux News is using of Lee Harvey Oswald bears...

Feb 18th

Peter Lorre. Aaaaand—  he was in a million things,...

Feb 18th

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A Windows symphony (which, I suppose, is synonymous with “A Symphony of Errors”)

Feb 18th

“I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the...”
— Edith Sitwell (Unfortunately...

Feb 18th

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SotD:   “True Love” Hmm…  [favorite singer + beautiful woman + song I already...

Feb 17th

I guess GEICO is going to keep sending me progressively flashier and glossier mailings until...

Feb 17th

Hedy Lamarr   (yes, the actual one, not the Blazing Saddles...

Feb 17th

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Tonight I met the son of Leroy Anderson, that musical genius who wrote many great orchestral...

Feb 17th

Well, this could hardly be construed as “dressed-up”, except, perhaps, by the unkempt...

Feb 17th

YouTube comments on a Brian Regan video: onex224- (ya my dad was like dount wach him he cures and i...

Feb 16th

No birth in Punxsutawney store, Wal-Mart...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Wal-Mart officials are disputing a newspaper report that a volunteer...

Feb 16th

Adam: “If the toxic fuel tank remains intact as the satellite falls to Earth — about half its...

Feb 16th

Okay, I like old kissing pictures… and shots of people...

Feb 16th

Word of the day

ramekin:  among other things, the little metal dish they use to bring you ketchup at...

Feb 15th

Man, they went a little medal crazy with Yuri Gagarin,...

Feb 15th

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This was supposed to be the song of the day yesterday, whoops. (Sorry the beginning is cut off.) ...

Feb 15th

“It is $3 dollars a person, which is partially free.”
— You klever kid; if you really...

Feb 15th

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I guess I’d better post something from Buster at this point. This is my favorite montage of...

Feb 14th

“Always remember to use a ZIP code, kids!” Oh...

Feb 14th

All I needed to know about cars... and...

 

Feb 14th

“Elnok ur, tisztelt opponensek, tisztelt PhD bizottsag, holgyeim es uraim. “A...

Feb 13th

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“I’m Sitting on Top of the World” is probably my favorite Jolson tune, so I...

Feb 13th

 lonelysandwich: Yes We Can Al Jolson and Warren G....

Feb 13th

“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t...”
— Phyllis Diller

Feb 13th

I feel like there’s a lot going on here…

Feb 13th

“The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating Dr. Robert Jarvik’s role as pitchman...

Feb 12th

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Okay, I was away all weekend, but here’s a new Song of the Day for ya… the Beach Boys...

Feb 12th

And watch out for hop-ons. You will have...

Feb 12th

If my tinnitus gets too out of control, I made need one of...

Feb 11th

All in two hours...

Well, 7:30-9:30pm was an interesting time for me. The bad news is that I had to drive 50 miles in...

Feb 11th

Soooo…  it would give me a warm fuzzy feeling if Ron Paul picked up some up Mitt’s...

Feb 7th

“Take me to your cookies!”

Feb 7th

“A man was arrested for allegedly breaking into a home and...”
— “Oh dang, they’re...

Feb 7th

This ad was on last.fm. How could they possibly...

Feb 7th

For these spectators, there's no...

  I found these shoes on eBay, and despite the strange material, I wouldn’t mind having a...

Feb 7th

“[Transforming Alcatraz will] liberate energies, raising the...”
— This from “Da...

Feb 6th

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For today’s SoTD, this is my favorite tune of Blossom Dearie’s, I Walk A Little Faster. ...

Feb 6th

How is it that the same 5 or 6 sellers have every obscure CD...

Feb 6th

“Wots ‘at?”

Feb 6th

“In 1995, Hillary Clinton said her mother had named her after...”
— From a footnote in wikipedia....

Feb 6th

Tripping over power cords is always terrible on many levels. Almost falling and killing myself...

Feb 6th

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Speaking of great shows, this is the greatest of them all. The sooner you realize that, the happier...

Feb 6th

Why? Could you please be more constructive with your...

Feb 6th

I wish kids still wore knickers like this.  And those hats. ...

Feb 6th

“I think I plinked him in the beanie.”
— The words of Secret Service...

Feb 5th

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I imagine few candidates could ever boast endorsements from John Mayer, Bill Maher, Drew Carey,...

Feb 5th

“REJUDI OBSCURES THE TRUTH”
— Okay smart aleck, if...

Feb 5th

For a mere $20k, you may purchase from amazon.com your very...

Feb 5th

nickdouglas: A transcription follows of this letter full of...

Feb 5th

I concur—  highindustrial: @bittentongue   The...

Feb 5th

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For today’s SoTD, here’s a great rendition of “The Charleston” by The...

Feb 5th

Aaaaand… my current desktop photo.  Coming in at #2 on...

Feb 5th

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When we were learning how to do the “sensitive” patient exams this weekend (ahem), one...

Feb 4th

“The Giants *drew first blood* with a first-quarter field...”
— “Watch your phraseology,...

Feb 4th

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For today’s song of the day, I have one of my own college memories…  back when...

Feb 3rd

Check out the great photo site where I found this. I wended...

Feb 3rd

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Antas Karas plays the theme he wrote for the great Bristish noir flick The Third Man. This, my...

Feb 2nd

Gloria Swanson in 1928 “We had faces then.” ...

Feb 2nd

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The most rubbery (and strangely modern) ’20s dance you’ve ever seen from bandleader Paul...

Feb 2nd

“Un film d’anticipation gentil (mais inquietant) sur...”
— Two reviewers on facebook...

Feb 2nd

On facebook, the Flixster application reads the movies...

Feb 2nd

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Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In by the Betty Rydell Trio Here is a neat out of print album I found...

Feb 1st

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Wow, I had no idea in 1987 how creepy it was that these kids were singing this song.  Yikes. (This...

Feb 1st

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After that gymnast video, here’s something which is high on good memories & quirky music...

Feb 1st

“The mayor of Los Angeles has just hired 50 scientists and...”
— Bob Hope

Feb 1st

Last week we learned how to classify stools, because...

Feb 1st