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Photo by The Estate Sisters.
music
January 1909 New Victor Records!
I hear “WHEN THE BEES ARE IN THE HIVE” is the bee’s knees! Photo by Estate of Mind.
RCA Victor Magazine Loading Cartridge – Rachmaninoff
This is an magnetic tape audio format with a 5 by 7 inch casette launched by RCA in 1958. The more familiar ‘compact cassette’ from… Read More »RCA Victor Magazine Loading Cartridge – Rachmaninoff
Musical Depreciation – Spike Jones and his City Slickers
This was an honest to goodness 1940s-era album-style album with 78s. Photo by Raincross.
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
Frank Zappa released this album of 50s-style doowop (by a fictitious Chicano band) in 1968. A single got some airplay as stations thought it was… Read More »Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
I am 8-Bit – One Night Only Art Installations
Q*bert!Photo by Melrose Treasures.
After Dark Magazine
Grace Jones, Arnold, Kenneth Anger, Leonard Cohen? It’s 1977 in a nutshell. TIL: From wiki’s article on the magazine: “In two photographs, [Schwarzenegger] appears in… Read More »After Dark Magazine
Box of Ooga Ooga
Photo by The Estate Place.
Return of the Frog (by Edgar Wallace)
(To the tune of “Return of the Fly” by the Misfits.) Photo by Connor.