Comedic actor Eddie Deezen contributed this piece about the history of Popeye (a favorite of mine) to Neatorama (again via Bifurcated Rivets). He’s got a website as well. Although he updates about as often as I do (despite my latest, almost hopeless attempt at staying up-to-date).“The Popeye cartoons were so popular during the Depression, sales…
Month: March 2014
Abandoned Dry Cleaners
(From the Web Urbanist via Bifurcated Rivets) Before the advent of non-toxic Martinizing in 1949, dangerously flammable solvents were used in the dry cleaning process. Due to the nature of the chemicals used, cleaning was usually done off-site and typical turnaround times were measured in days. Usually, but not always: the former Slater-White Cleaners in San Antonio,…
Legs of Lamb
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) The rock band Genesis used to be a household name. Back in the ’80s they ruled the charts around the globe – three middle-aged jazzbos playing synthesizers and singing into drumsticks in their videos. Lead singer Phil Collins perhaps the most unlikely of pop heroes. It’s not as if…
Tintin and the Art of Metadata
Today I made my way up thru a rainy stretch of 635 where I popped in to the Preston Rd Half-Price Books. Discovered several volumes of hardcover facsimiles of Tintin for sale so I grabbed 3 copies at $10 a throw. Sounds like a lot but these things go for $30 a piece if you…