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
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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
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
Hurrell Photo of Norma Shearer
George Hurrell was a photographer to the Hollywood stars of the 30s and 40s and was instrumental in creating the particular glamor of that age… Read More »Hurrell Photo of Norma Shearer
Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. It was published serially in 90 parts… Read More »Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue
Kapo
A kapo or prisoner functionary (German: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the Schutzstaffel (SS) guards to supervise forced… Read More »Kapo
Los Famosas Super-Calaveras del 1971 de Matías Santoyo Villanueva
More about the artist from SantoyoArt. Photo by Tall Rob.
Yellow Magic Orchestra [self-titled]
Early 1970s Japanese synth-heavy electronica group. They had a certain amount of success in the US, particularly on the R&B charts, leading to a fascinating,… Read More »Yellow Magic Orchestra [self-titled]
Chico and the Man needlepoint
Definitely a WTF and one that required a long-dormant braincell to unravel. It was a weird feeling to see this caricature in embroidery and a… Read More »Chico and the Man needlepoint
1984 World Predictions by Dr. Peebles thru the trance mediumship of Rev. William Rainen
This is like an Inception of quackery. Dr. Peebles was a spiritualist and quack doctor, who died just over 100 years ago. Starting in the… Read More »1984 World Predictions by Dr. Peebles thru the trance mediumship of Rev. William Rainen