Music
1960s London Eastend Buskers
This video offers an interesting peek at London street life, mid 1960s. An apparently toothless man dances while his partner plays the guitar. Unfortunately, embedding has been disabled on it, so you'll need to view it on youtube itself. My favorite line: "Well, I'm a genius, and I felt I was psychologically unfit for normal work, and that's how I started busking."
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 18, 2009 -
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Category: Music, 1960s
Psych-Out
Once you have experienced the 1968 film PSYCH-OUT, you will be unable to return to your square, plastic, uptight lifestyle. Just the sight of Jack Nicholson's fake ponytail alone will trip you out!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 16, 2009 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Costumes and Masks, Drugs, Fads, Fashion, Hair Styling, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, Music, Regionalism, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Posters, Dance, Body Painting, Facial Hair
Vampira Bonus!
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 06, 2009 -
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Category: Celebrities, Horror, Music, Reader Recommendation, 1950s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #9
NOTICE: Toy does not actually play any songs by "Tower of Power."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 06, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Navrang
Two nights ago I watched the Bollywood spectacular titled NAVRANG. It's full of absolutely insanely over-the-top song-and-dance numbers, of which the following will serve as example.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 29, 2008 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, 1950s, Dance, India
Rockin’ & Rollin’ With Santa Claus
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 24, 2008 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, 1950s
Merry Christmas from the Family
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 23, 2008 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, Regionalism, Stereotypes and Cliches
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 22, 2008 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, 1950s
Shampoo allows deaf girl to play violin
This video raises two interesting questions:a) What in the world does it have to do with shampoo?
b) How can a deaf person learn to play a musical instrument?
Some answers to the second question can be found at physorg.com, which notes that deaf people can feel the vibration of sound. Therefore, percussion instruments that make a lot of vibrations are the easiest for them to learn. But what highly accomplished deaf musicians (such as Beethoven and Evelyn Glennie) share is "musical training, perfect pitch and excellent hearing before they suffered its loss."
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 21, 2008 -
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Category: Hygiene, Music, Video, Advertising
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