1960s
Ballads for the Age of Science
The whole playlist is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 21, 2023 -
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Category: Education, Science, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Children, 1960s
‘The Girl With Whom I Would Most Like To Go Skiing For Two Weeks in the Cairngorm Mountains’
Dec 1966: Instead of simply being called 'Miss Cairngorm Mountains,' or something similar, June Fletcher was awarded the oddly specific title of 'The Girl With Whom I Would Most Like To Go Skiing For Two Weeks in the Cairngorm Mountains'.
Lincolnshire Echo - Dec 2, 1966
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 21, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Sports, 1960s
Gamma Goochee
A YouTube commenter explains:
According to the notes to "Great Googa Mooga" (Ace CHCD 830) Gamma Goochee Himself was a dental technician named John Mangiagli from southern California. Each year, he would spend his summer vacation making and promoting a self-produced record. This disk was the only one that even came close to charting in the US. The backup singers were his pre-teen nieces. Strange song, even stranger story behind it..
Hear another song by Mangiagli at the link (non-embeddable).
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 19, 2023 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Jabberwocky, Scat Singing, Nonsense Verse and Glossolalia, Music, Outsider Art, 1960s
People who know… buy Bigelow
The carpet for when you just got back from the clown convention and feel like lying on the floor.
Or for topless, indoor sunbathing.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 17, 2023 -
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Category: Advertising, Interior Decorating, 1960s
The Great Mao Zedong Mango Cult
Read the full BBC article here.
Purchase your souvenir here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 13, 2023 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Souvenirs, Mementos, and Tchotchkes, Fruit, 1960s
Groovin’ with “The Glass Bottle”
Oh, man, what a flashback! I saw The Glass Bottle at Fillmore East!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 06, 2023 -
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Category: Packaging, Wrapping, and other Protective Measures, Advertising, 1960s
Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits
The Bard's words as you have never dared to imagine them before.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 05, 2023 -
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Category: Literature, Music, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
Happy New Year’s Day 2023!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 01, 2023 -
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Category: Dinners, Banquets, Parties, Tributes, Roasts and Other Celebrations, Holidays, 1960s
Mississippi’s Queen of the Forest
I believe the title of this post alone would make the basis of an excellent fantasy franchise. Netflix, Apple+ or Amazon Prime--you know where to find me!
Senator John C. Stennis poses with Miss Katherine Alexander of Booneville, Mississippi and Governor of Miss. J. P. Coleman at the State Queen of the Forest Pageant in 1956. Left to Right: Senator Stennis, Miss Katherine Alexander, and Governor J. P. Coleman.
1959 Press Photo Dixie Shadburn, "Queen of the Forest" for Southeast Mississippi
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 31, 2022 -
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Category: Agriculture, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s
Dawn in a Duckblind
Listen in the comfort of home, and avoid the cold and wet.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 27, 2022 -
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Category: Hunting, Trapping and Other Wilderness Activities, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
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