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…
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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…
Nice Up the Porch – Denton Style
Been rocking it in Denton on Saturday’s with Craig Welch and his crew at Dan’s Silverleaf. Yeah, it’s 104 degrees F in the shade – but hey we got misters, fans and cold beer! Can’t think of a better way to spend the day than drinking beer and playing reggae vinyl pretty much until they…
Soundtrack of Our Lives
Here we are again. I don’t often look at my own blog, but when I do, I’m always amazed about my journey of the past several years. I came to Dallas from NYC at the very, very beginning of 2006. I had no plans. No real hopes, no dreams. I just wanted out. Out of…
BBQ Deluxe – Baby Back Shak
I don’t often rhapsodize about BBQ here in Dallas. I guess the fact is that I’ve never really supped at the table of any truly great BBQ joints in this burg. Oh yeah, there’s always been a myth that Texas’ greatest contribution to international cuisine is BBQ but despite the PR and the locally-based chains,…
PAPA MICHIGAN – EMPRESS BY MY SIDE
PAPA MICHIGAN Empress By My Side 2011 – Rashanco Music Foundation artiste Papa “Baddingo” Michigan teased fans with the release of “Woman I Love You” earlier this year. The track boasted a vocal on top the vintage “Johnny Too Bad” riddim and reflected a lovers side to the legendary Jamaican deejay — one half of…