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History's Dumpster = GLORIOUS trash! Kitsch, music, fashion, food, history, ephemera, and other memorable and forgotten, famous and infamous pop culture junk and oddities of yesterday and today. Saved from the landfill of time...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Monday, February 03, 2014
Congratulations Seattle Seahawks!
Wow. I'm still in shock...Did we really do it?
All day long, I've been nursing a really bad hangover. And it still feels like a dream. Even though the evidence was all around me, I still could have used someone to pinch me. The Seattle Seahawks actually WON the Super Bowl?
And not only won, but gave the Denver Broncos the most devastating Super Bowl loss in decades.
There was no questioning the score last night.
Thank you Seattle Seahawks for an AWESOME season!
Sunday, February 02, 2014
Saturday, February 01, 2014
"Tiptoe Through The Tulips" New Christy Minstrels (1962)
This um, strange version of this song was recorded six years before Tiny Tim made this version famous. With vocals by Barry "Eve Of Destruction" McGuire. By 1963, The New Christy Minstrels would have their biggest hit "Green, Green".
In the summer of 1964, they hosted a half-hour variety show on NBC that lasted 5 weeks.
However by the mid-1960s, as folk music became electrified with more challenging lyrics, the Christy's brand of squeaky clean, sing-along folk was becoming embarrassingly square and they declined in popularity. However they remain active under their own non-profit, The New Christy Minstrels Foundation.
Other famous members of The New Christy Minstrels at one time or another included Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes ("Bette Davis Eyes"), actress Karen Black, Gene Clark of The Byrds and Larry Ramos, who would later sing co-lead on "Windy" and "Never My Love" by The Association.
Friday, January 31, 2014
What Moon Suits Will Look Like (Circa 1960)
Bears an uncanny resemblance to Bender doing the funky worm with gardening tools....
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Before They Were Stars: Alice In Chains
Before Alice In Chains became one of the four cornerstone bands (along with Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Nirvana) of Seattle grunge rock of the '90s, they were another up and coming local hair metal band.
Called Alice 'N Chains and released in 1987, this demo has everything. Samples, a horn section (you heard me), and the dopiest lyrics this side of Winger. No deep grungy depressiveness here and Layne Staley hadn't quite developed the voice he would be famous for. Enjoy.
Monday, January 27, 2014
World's Oldest Kindle Prototype
Circa 1500's....Now THIS is a BOOK! Can be read 6 different ways!
http://peripheralpal.tumblr.com/post/74606743236/therhumboogie-from-national-library-of-sweden
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Harmonic Convergence.....Redneck Style
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| Courtesy of W. Lane Startin @ Superfluous Bloviations (Photo taken today at Fred Meyer, Twin Falls, ID) |
Pass The Buc Wheats....
Buc Wheats were a maple flavoured cereal that was very popular in the '70s. However in the early '80s, they switched the flavouring from maple to honey (probably to compete with newer, trendier honey flavoured cereals in the early '80s.) And sales plummeted. It just tasted AWFUL without the maple flavour.
Unfortunately, instead of reverting back to the classic formula and saving the brand, General Mills discontinued Buc Wheats altogether in 1984.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Love Will Keep Us Together.......For 39 Years....
After 39 years of marriage, the Captain & Tennille are getting a divorce.
The duo came on the national music scene in 1975 after releasing their first single, "The Way That I Want To Touch You". Which was played widely on Los Angeles area radio, leading to an album deal with A&M Records.
After signing with A&M Records, they were offered the Neil Sedaka song "Love Will Keep Us Together" The single went gold and from 1975 to 1979, the Captain and Tennille had a variety TV show (1976-77) and a string of chart topping hits including a re-release of "The Way That I Want To Touch You", "Muskrat Love" (famously parodied as "Hamster Love" by Big Daddy on the Dr. Demento radio show), "Shop Around", "Lonely Night (Angel Face)", "You Need A Woman Tonight" and their final hit "Do That To Me One More Time" for Casablanca Records.
Toni Tennille also went solo as pop standards singer and in 1980, briefly hosted a syndicated daytime TV talk show. They stayed together through the '80s, '90s and 2000s making occasional TV appearances and performing their old hits on the club circuit.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
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