Eccentrics
Globetrotters Costume Party
Here is a history of The Globetrotters Club, which is still in operation today.Shortly after their founding, in 1947, they threw a costume party, pictured here.
I hope such events are still part of their activities.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 20, 2009 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Pop Culture, Travel, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Dogs, 1940s
Samsonov
From what I can discern, this fellow is giving us the background on his epic movie, Samsonov. If this is what the "extras" are like, I think I'll skip the feature presentation.
Caution: some mild nudity.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 02, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Movies, Fantasy
Snow Bo
I found this gem cited on Motionographer.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 30, 2009 -
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Category: Death, Eccentrics, Children, Cartoons
Cult Magazines
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 28, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Magazines, Subcultures, Books
Lynval Samuels
Lynval - "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"I just learned about nutcase preacher Lynval Samuels. So here he is for your enjoyment.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 06, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Regionalism, Religion
The Weird Sisters
P J Harvey and Bjork onstage together is almost the definition of a weirdness black hole.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 04, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Music, Women
Tubapunk!
Visit his homepage here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 23, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Music
Tennis Grunts
Here's an article about the controversy of grunting in pro tennis. Read it, then check out the samples in the clips below, and decide what you think!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 22, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Sports, Superstition, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
Woody Hockaday
Woody Hockaday (1884-1947) made significant contributions to American history, but he's almost entirely forgotten today. According to the Kansas State Historical Society, he was "the first person to recognize the need for highway marking in the United States." So, on his own initiative, beginning in 1915, he started posting mileage markers on highways. Eventually "Hockaday signs" appeared on 60,000 miles of roads from Washington DC to Los Angeles.But around 1935 he decided he needed to do something different with his life. So he started calling himself "Big Chief Pow Wow" and launched a "feathers instead of bullets" campaign. Dressed in red shorts, a feather war bonnet, sneakers, a painted sunflower on his chest, and carrying a huge bag of feathers, he would pop up at political rallies and pelt politicians with feathers (or sometimes live chickens). He explained that "to attract attention to peace a man must use sensational methods."
In 1936 he broke into the office of Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and scattered feathers everywhere before being hauled away. And soon after that he launched a feather attack on radio priest Charles Coughlin.
In 1940, he combined a Santa Claus costume with his headdress and showed up in Rockefeller Plaza with a wagonload of 600 chickens. He screamed at the crowd, "I'm Santa Claus from Santa Fe. Peace! The whole world will have peace. Here, my friend, have a chicken."
Soon after that he was committed to an insane asylum. He died in 1947.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 09, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Politics, 1930s
All Apologies
The Mgt. of WU--Alex, Chuck and Paul-- would like to apologize to our readers for foisting an overly political and jejune and tendentious post on you, even by proxy. You'll note that it's been deleted--although the comments formerly attached to it remain behind, so as to archive the wise and tasteful responses of our loyal readers.
Please forgive us, and continue reading as before.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 31, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Politics, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, Weird Universe, Comments, Corrections, Reader Recommendation
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