Last year we went to a new years party upon the USS Hornet aircraft carrier located at the former Alameda Naval/Air base in Alameda, California. You can view my recap of what happened that night here: New Years 2010 Recap. Here are a few photos from last year’s event:
If you are looking for a safe, fun, unique, jumpin thing to do on new years, this is the place to be. We will be there. Hope to see you there as well!!
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The Bay Area’s best place to dance!
Three Dance Floors on the Enclosed, Heated Hangar Deck!
Period Attire Welcome!
Cash Bars & Food Concessions Available!
FREE PARKING!
Free Dance Lessons by
Jim Truesdale, former Fred Astaire dance instructor
7:30pm – 7:55pm
GLENN MILLER OCHESTRA
8:00pm – midnight
Dancers and spectators alike can enjoy the many hits that made it to the Billboard chart including:
“American Patrol”
“In The Mood”
“Sing Sing Sing”
“Under The Apple Tree”
Singing Blue Stars of the USS HORNET
perform a “Tribute to the Andrews Sisters” during intermission
TICKETS:
Admirals’ Premium Reserved Seating – $98
Best View of Stage; Great Access to the Dance Floors
Captains’ Reserved Seating – $68
Limited View of Stage
General Admission – $45
($50 at the Door if Event is not sold out)
First-Come Seating Behind All Reserved Seating
Group Rates Available
Museum Members receive $5 OFF Each Reserved or Cabaret Seat (limit 4)
Your ticket stub is good for free museum admission through September 30, 2009.
To Purchase Tickets Call:
510-521-8448 x282 (weekdays, 9am-4pm)
510-521-8448 x245 (weekends, 11am-3pm)
Or Online:
http://usshornet.stores.yahoo.net/eventtickets.html
Proceeds to benefit USS Hornet Museum, a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization
Food Concessions
Englund’s Café & Catering will have their famous
“Hot Sandwich Plates” available for purchase on the night of the dance.
Choice of: Barbecue Tri-Tip or Smoked Turkey, includes two side salads
Keepsake Photos
Doorstep Photography will be offering keepsake photos from your memorable night on the USS Hornet.
Photos are printed during the event so that you can take the photo home with you.
SPONSORS
NEXT DANCE:
Monster Bash featuring The Cocktail Monkeys — Saturday, October 30, 2010
New Years’ Eve Ball — Friday, December 31, 2010
See our Events Calendar for upcoming entertainment aboard the Hornet
Information and Reservations: (510) 521-8448 x 282.
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We had a blast at the new years party they held. It was a top notch event. The only gripe that I had was the food. But they have hired a new caterer. We had so much fun, and it was an amazing feeling being dressed in period attire and dancing the night away on a ship that survived during the period these styles of clothing and music were at their peak.
I really got to thinking that if a ghost was to materialize no one would ever know.. lol. If you enjoy old music, great dancing, and a great atmosphere you have to make it to this event! I am going for sure!!! I will dress in my grandfather’s WWII Army uniform again. I often wonder how many times he danced in his uniform. I have a photo of him from when he was at a club near by Fort Bragg in North Carolina wearing the uniform.
My Grampa Johnson
Unfortunately I didn’t get the honor to meet him before he passed. When I wear his uniform I feel so proud. It is an honor to wear his uniform. Its the only thing that I really have from him. So this is my way of paying tribute to him and remembering him. I never met him but I am damn proud to be his grandson.
If you are interested in going to the event you must purchase tickets via their website: USS Hornet Big Band Dance
Hope to see you there!
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All photos and info of James Dean and his spyder are credited to The Selvedge Yard Please check his website out, there is a bunch of great articles on his blog.
Circa 1955– James Dean on the lot of Competition Motors with his infamous silver Porsche 550 Spyder, not long before is tragic death– Sept. 30, 1955 – Image courtesy mptvimages.com. Jimmy had finished shooting George Stevens’ epic “Giant”– notice his hairline was shaved by the studio to play the older, receeding Jett Rink. With the film in the bag, Jimmy was now free to race.
Lee Raskin is widely considered an expert in regard early Porsche auto history, and in particular– James Dean’s brief but spectacular Porsche racing career. Lee has consulted with authors and video producers regarding James Dean’s motorsports activities and the mysterious disappearance of his “Little Bastard” 550 Spyder following Dean’s death in 1955. In fact, his book James Dean: At Speed is considered the final authority on the subject, and a must-read for any James Dean fan.
Recently, Lee himself contacted TSY– wanting to set the record straight on a few myths that have long haunted James Dean and his “Little Bastard”. I also feel it’s well deserved to pay tribute to Lee Raskin for all the personal sacrifice, energy and resources he’s put into preserving the history of Porsche and James Dean.
James Dean going over the Porsche Spyder at Competition Motors on Vine Street in Hollywood.
I would like to correct some facts: James Dean had entered the Salinas Airport Races for the Oct. 1st weekend of 1955. Dean was a provisionary racer with the Calif Sports Car Club and Sports Car Club of America. He did not have a permanent race number. He selected 130 which was available. He did not go to George Barris for any painting or striping. Dean Jeffries, who had a paint shop next to Barris did the work which consisted of: Painting ‘130′ in black non-permanent paint on the front hood, doors and rear deck lid. He also painted “Little Bastard” in script across the rear cowling. The red leather bucket seats and red tail stripes were original. The tail stripes were painted by the Stuttgart factory, which was customary on the Spyders for racing ID. –Lee Raskin, Porsche historian, and author of James Dean At Speed.
James Dean with his “Little Bastard– great view of the tail stripes and Dean Jeffries’ handiwork.
James Dean’s fatal accident wreckage was used for PSA’s warning drivers about the dangers and consequences of careless driving. As shocking and insensitive as it is to see, I’m sure it made a lasting impression.
James Dean and his infamous “Little Bastard” Porsche Spyder.
On September 30, 1955, Dean and his mechanic Rolf Wütherich set off from Competition Motors, where they had prepared his Porsche 550 Spyder that morning for a sports car race at Salinas, California. Dean originally intended to trailer the Porsche to the meeting point at Salinas, behind his new Ford Country Squire station wagon, crewed by Hickman and photographer Sanford Roth, who was planning a photo story of Dean at the races. At the last minute, Dean drove the Spyder, having decided he needed more time to familiarize himself with the car. At 3:30 p.m., Dean was ticketed in Mettler Station, Kern County, for driving 65 mph (105 km/h) in a 55 mph (89 km/h) zone. The driver of the Ford was ticketed for driving 20 mph (32 km/h) over the limit, as the speed limit for all vehicles towing a trailer was 45 mph (72 km/h). Later, having left the Ford far behind, they stopped at Blackwells Corner in Lost Hills for fuel and met up with fellow racer Lance Reventlow.
Dean was driving west on U.S. Route 466 (later State Route 46) near Cholame, California when a black-and-white 1950 Ford Custom Tudor coupe, driven from the opposite direction by 23-year-old Cal Poly student Donald Turnupseed, attempted to take the fork onto State Route 41 and crossed into Dean’s lane without seeing him. The two cars hit almost head on. According to a story in the October 1, 2005 edition of the Los Angeles Times,[16] California Highway Patrol officer Ron Nelson and his partner had been finishing a coffee break in Paso Robles when they were called to the scene of the accident, where they saw a heavily breathing Dean being placed into an ambulance. Wütherich had been thrown from the car, but survived with a broken jaw and other injuries. Dean was taken to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 5:59 p.m. His last known words, uttered right before impact, were said to have been “That guy’s gotta stop… He’ll see us.”
James Dean is equally iconic as Marilyn Monroe. They are still idolized by people of all ages. I have friends that are huge fans and yet they were born 29 to 30 years after his death. One of my favorite paintings Edward Hopper’s famous 1942 painting, Nighthawks. I am not sure when someone did a parody of the painting, using 3 famous persons.
Here is the Original:
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Here is the parody done by the artist Gottfried Helnwein:
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James Dean was an icon that died too early. When you are driving faster than you should, just remember speed kills. Don’t get me wrong I love going fast but I know my limitations. Just like in Deans death, knowing your limitations is not always enough. You must also watch out for idiots on the road. I learned this while riding in the cobra. When people look at the car, they tend to steer into us unintentionally. So you must drive offensively and defensively. If you drive faster than you should thats your choice. Just don’t drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. Stay safe..
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So we have aquired a new slot machine. It’s a bally’s 5 cent machine that you can bet 5 lines to up your odds of winning. So we now have a total of 7 machines. 6 slot machines and 1 pachinko machine. All we are missing is a juke box (which I am on the prowl for) and a pool table (which we have no room for)
Before we got the new nickel machine, we paid a visit to one of the 2 local slot machine / game room stores. We didn’t find a slot machine that we wanted. I was chatting with the owner of which is maybe in his 50’s, and at one time was in the Bay Bomber’s Roller derby team.
Anyhow upon a conversation about different things that I collect, he brought out 2 boxes. It was a Polaroid Land Camera Model 95, the first commercially sold self developing camera system. These cameras were manufactured and sold between 1948 and 1953. The early first 300,000 cameras had a spring arm with a red marker located directly above the lens which was used to find the center of the photo scene or subject you wish to shoot. The first 300,000 had the spring arm, all others after that had a solid metal arm. The kit i bought from him came with the flash gun, bulbs, light meter, old unopened roll film, 3d glasses, and the original boxes for all.
I went back the following week, and took a more detailed look around. I bought a bunch of 78 rpm record albums. I got some super old ones with Benny Goodman, Nak King Cole, and Jimmy Durante. While browsing around, I seen this really odd looking camera. Almost looked like a spy camera.
The Whittaker Micro 16 is smaller than a pack of cigarettes at 71 x 51 x 23.5 mm (2 ¾” x 1″ x 2″) yet this all metal subminiature is heavy at 238g (8 3/8oz). Made in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California by the Wm. R. Whittaker Co. Ltd from 1947 into the ’50’s. The firm was owned by William and Robert Whittaker and had been a maker of aircraft parts. The camera was designed to fit into a cigarette wrapper and profit from the mystique of the Kodak-X matchbox camera. Hundreds where sold it police departments and detective bureaus throughout the United States.
The Whittaker Micro 16 was a subminiature camera for 16mm film cartridges. It was sized like a deck of cards. .It was made by Wm. R. Whittaker, Ltd. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California since 1946. It had a built-in reflecting type viewfinder. An optional sports finder was available. Detectives liked that camera since it could be hidden in an empty cigarette wrapper.
They also made accessories for the Whittaker Micro 16 camera such as a flash, carrying case, and film frame viewer:
My Grandfather gave me his old 8mm Movie camera made by Yashika. Alot of our old home movies were filmed using this camera. This is my second movie camera. The other I bought on ebay some time back, which you can view the article here:
1950’s Kodak Movie Camera (Ebay Find)
Here is the Movie Camera that my grandfather gave me:
Here a the photos from above plus more detailed shots:
If you have any old cameras and would like to get rid of them or sell them please contact me at Skrach@VividlyVintage.com
Photographers are still using these old medium format cameras. You just can’t get the patina that these cameras give the photos without using a program to make the photos look vintage. If you need any info on any older cameras please email me. I may be able to help you with using the camera, and or finding film, parts etc.
I am always looking for old cameras. I am on the hunt for movie cameras made by DeVry. Yes the same devry that is a tech school. When DeVry first started the company was making cameras. They were the first to make a movie camera with sound intregrated. If you know of any cameras please email me also.
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I was born 2 months premature. My mother gave birth to me on our bathroom floor while my dad delivered me. My mom is a very interesting person. She was the bread winner of my family due to my dad getting hurt on the job and unable to hold a job from his back injury. During my childhood, I don’t remember much of her being around, and when she was home, I remember her sleeping. My parents always tried to get me the best of everything; teddy ruxpin, teenage mutant ninja turtles, and legos. She worked very hard in dead end jobs, of which she made minimum money. I have a lot of respect for her working so hard in jobs that were not very easy to do and not alot of pay. She worked at burger joints, bingo halls, and even a few department stores. She did what she had to do in order to support my dad and I. My mother and I rarely see eye to eye, and we argue like cats and dogs, but at the end of the day I know she is my mom, and that reguardless why we argue or quarell, she gave birth to me and I am alive because of her. I am very envious of what she has done for me through out my life. So when mothers day comes around, I always try to get her gifts that she will appreciate as much as I appreciate her.
My grandmothers, both sides of my families, I also adore. Like my mom they worked so hard for little money. Surviving in california was not easy in the days of old. My dad’s mother, worked in the ship yards in richmond California as a “rosie the riviter” My mothers mom, worked as an operator plugging and pulling phone lines on a switchboard. They all did what they needed to do in order to survive and support their children. In 1965 my grandfather (the WWII vet) who was married to my dads mother, was killed in a motercycle accident which left my grandmother widowed and forced to raise my uncle, aunt, and my dad alone.
This day is a special day for all women who have had children. It celibrates the harsh life sacrifises ladies have had to make in order to take care of their children one way or another. So if you haven’t already you should thank your mother, grandmother, aunts, sisters etc for everything that they have done for you and all the other children in your family. Just because it is mothers day today, doesn’t mean that you have to stop your thanks after today. You can let them know how you feel any and or everyday. I send a very special thanks to all of the mothers in the world. Thank you for everything you do. Including the things you do that we do not know about. 🙂
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The late, great Dave Stevens drew comic book characters that rocketed right off the page. I was reminded of that when I got a look at a very special new book from IDW Publishing that has just gone on sale and will be available for pick-up at Comic-Con International in San Diego in July. Here’s the cover to this massive, black-and-white hardcover edition called “Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition“…
The Rocketeer is a superhero created by writer/illustrator Dave Stevens. The character first appeared in 1982 and is a homage to the pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s.
The Rocketeer is Cliff Secord, a stunt pilot who discovers a mysterious jet pack that allows him to fly. His adventures are set in 1938 Los Angeles, and Stevens gave them a retro, nostalgic feel influenced by the King of the Rocket Men movie serial, the syndicated Commando Cody TV series (both from Republic Pictures), and pinup diva Bettie Page.
In 1991, The Rocketeer was released as a feature film by Walt Disney Pictures and was directed by Joe Johnston. Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens has a small cameo in the movie. He is the German test pilot who is killed when the Nazis’ version of a rocket backpack explodes during its take-off sequence. This is a part of the smuggled black-and-white film footage showing the Nazis’ top secret rocket backpack tests.
I seen the movie that was made in 1991 and I was mesmerized by it. Looking back, I can see the reason — Steven had a polished storytelling and stylized, retro flair that made his comics look very different than the cosmic spandex stuff that Marvel and DC was churning out in 1982, and more than that there seem to be a sort of spirited joy and humor in every panel or every page. Like raiders of the lost ark, this was a hero from a simpler time, but for me that only deepened the allure.
Stevens died in 2008 after a grim battle with leukemia. He was only 55. His career as an illustrator took him well beyond comic books and often intersected with Hollywood — he worked in comic strips (he inked Russ Manning’s work on “Star Wars,” for instance), animation (he did storyboards for Hanna-Barbera’s “Super Friends” and “The Godzilla Power Hour“), and film (he was part of the storyboard art team for “Raiders of the Lost Ark“).
The original issues of the comic was in vivid in color, but this new edition really lets devoted fans of Stevens see his original artwork on the page in a way that makes it even more impressive. The original uncolored artwork was scanned in color here, allowing readers to see the paste-up work. The definition of talent is when the impossible is made to look easy; this new archival collection makes it easier for devotees to see a bit of the labor that was needed to make these breezy adventures flow with such charm.
“The Rocketeer” made it to the film screen in 1991 in a Walt Disney film that starred Bill Campbell, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton and the gorgeous Jennifer Connelly, who certainly delivered on the Stevens glamour-girl ideal. Stevens was a big fan of pin-up icon Bettie Page and his female characters were always informed by her as well, I suspect, by the Max Fleischer version of Lois Lane and the women who inhabited Will Eisner’s “The Spirit.”
“The Rocketeer” film was beloved by many (I’m a fan myself) but not a great commercial success. Still, the director of the film, Joe Johnston, had worked as art director on “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and his flair for vintage action heroes left an impression on people; in fact, right he’s in London doing pre-production on “Captain America: The First Avenger,” which he will direct. The movie will be set in the 1940s and everyone involved would be smart to revisit the work of Stevens and his rollicking “Rocketeer” — it’s still a high-flying, heroic success story with a retro soul.
This is a great series and would love to see a new movie of the Rocketeer. I have always found myself super attentive to movies set in the era of innovations, the 1930’s and 1940’s. And this one being a vintage air plane related series grabbed me even closer. If you would like to get a copy of the new reissue you can go to: Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer: Artist’s Edition
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I went to bed bath and beyond yesteday with no intention of buying anything. I seen this tin box with 3 CD’s in it. Containing songs from the 50’s. Some I haven’t heard in a long long time. I was raised on this music. Puts me in a great mood. The cd’s track listing is:
The company that sells these to Bed Bath and Beyond has a website: www.musictins.com And they carry a bunch of other great collections such as:
Disc: 1
1. In the Mood
2. Begin the Beguine
3. I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
4. Cherokee
5. One O’Clock Jump
6. Perdido
7. King Porter Stomp
8. Little Brown Jug
9. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
10. Harlem Nocturne
11. You Made Me Love You
12. Moonlight Sonata
Disc: 2
1. Chattanooga Choo Choo
2. Take the A-Train
3. Song of India
4. Sing, Sing, Sing
5. Pennsylvania 6-5000
6. Sweet Georgia Brown
7. String of Pearls – BBC Big Band
8. I’ll Never Smile Again
9. Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
10. Tuxedo Junction
11. Volga Boatman
12. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree
Disc: 3
1. Moonlight Serenade
2. After You’ve Gone
3. American Patrol
4. Sophisticated Lady
5. I Can’t Get Started
6. Jersey Bounce
7. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
8. Caravan
9. Oh Lady Be Good
10. St. Louis Blues
11. Very Thought of You
12. What Is This Thing Called Love
Disc: 1
1. Rock around the clock-Bill Haley & Comets
2. Wake up little Susie-Everly Brothers
3. Twilight time-The Platters
4. Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price
5. Yakety yak-The Coasters
6. Singng the blues- Guy Mitchell
7. Kansas City- Wilbert Harrison
8. All I have to do is dream-Everly Brothers
9. Smoke gets in your eyes-The Platters
10. Heartaches by the number-Guy Mitchell
11. Tom Dooley-The Kingston Trio
12. Tequila-The Champs
Disc: 2
1. Stay-Maurice Williams
2. Save the last dance for me-The Drifters
3. Georgia on my mind-Ray Charles
4. Cathy’s clown-Everly Brothers
5. The lion sleeps tonight-The Tokens
6. Duke of Earl-Gene Chandler
7. Peppermint twist-Joey Dee & Starlighters
8. He;s a rebel-The Crystals
9. Shiela-Tommy Roe
10. Telstar-The Tornados
11. My Guy-Mary Wells
12. Leader of the pack-The Shangri-Las
Disc: 3
1. Game of love-Wayne Fontana
2. This diamond ring-Gary Lewis & Playboys
3. I’m telling you now-Freddie & Dreamers
4. Mrs Brown you’ve got a lovely daughter-Herman’s Hermits
5. When a man loves a woman-Percy Sledge
6. Wild Thing-The Troggs
7. Sunshine Superman-Donovan
8. Cherish-The Association
9. Winchester Cathedral-New Vaudeville Band
10. Windy The Association
11. I heard it thtough the grapevine-Marvin Gaye
12. Dizzy-Tommy Roe
Disc: 1
1. Come Go with Me – The Del Vikings
2. Tequila – The Champs
3. Poison Ivy – The Coasters
4. Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
5. Endlessly – Brook Benton
6. Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds
7. I Wanna Walk You Home [Live] – Fats Domino
8. There Goes My Baby – The Drifters
9. Wake Up Little Suzie [Live] – The Everly Brothers
10. Shake, Rattle and Roll – Bill Haley & His Comets
Disc: 2
1. Kansas City – Wilbert Harrison
2. Ain’t That a Shame [Live] – Fats Domino
3. Ain’t Got No Home – Clarence “Frogman” Henry
4. Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets
5. Red River Rock – Johnny & the Hurricanes
6. Tom Dooley – Kingston Trio
7. Breathless – Jerry Lee Lewis
8. Long Tall Sally – Little Richard
9. Sixteen Candles – The Crests
10. Singing the Blues – Guy Mitchell
Disc: 3
1. Twilight Time – The Platters
2. Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price
3. It’s Just a Matter of Time – Brook Benton
4. Young Blood – The Coasters
5. Six Nights a Week – The Crests
6. Stroll – The Diamonds
7. I’m in Love Again [Live] – Fats Domino
8. Keep a Knockin’ – Little Richard
9. ‘Til I Kissed You [Live] – The Everly Brothers
10. Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
| Disc: 1 | |
| 1. | Sherry |
| 2. | Candy Girl |
| 3. | Sincerely |
| 4. | 16 Candles |
| 5. | Earth Angel |
| 6. | Opus 17 (Sundown) |
| 7. | Ronnie |
| 8. | Why Do Fools Fall in Love |
| 9. | I Can’t Give You Anything But Love |
| 10. | Save It for Me |
| Disc: 2 | |
| 1. | Big Girls Don’t Cry |
| 2. | New Mexican Rose |
| 3. | You’re Ready Now |
| 4. | That’s the Only Way |
| 5. | Stay |
| 6. | Dawn (Go Away) |
| 7. | Book of Love |
| 8. | Toy Soldier |
| 9. | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do |
| 10. | Walk Like a Man |
| Disc: 3 | |
| 1. | My Eyes Adored You |
| 2. | Who Loves You |
| 3. | Our Day Will Come |
| 4. | We’re All Alone |
| 5. | Swearin’ to God |
| 6. | Fallen Angel |
| 7. | Proud One |
| 8. | I Make a Fool of Myself |
| 9. | To Give (The Reason I Love) |
| 10. | December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) |
Disc: 1
1. I Walk The Line
2. It’s Just About Time
3. Katy Too
4. Luther’s Boogie
5. Mean Eyed Cat
6. Next in Line
7. Oh Lonesome Me
8. Rock Island Line
9. So Doggone Lonesome
10. Thanks a Lot
11. There You Go
12. Train of Love
Disc: 2
1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen
2. Big River
3. Come in Stranger
4. Cry, Cry, Cry
5. Folsom Prison Blues
6. Get Rhythm
7. Give My Love To Rose
8. Guess Things Happen That Way
9. Goodbye Little Darling
10. Hey Porter
11. Home of The Blues
12. I Forgot To Remember To Forget
13. I Love You Because
Disc: 3
1. DVD-The Pride of Jessie Hallam
2. Starring Johnny Cash,
3. Brenda Vaccaro
4. Eli Wallach
5. Made for TV movie
Disc: 1
1. Come go with me-The Dell-Vikings
2. Earth Angel-The Penguins
3. Little Darlin-The Diamonds
4. Sincerly-The Moonglows
5. You cheated [you lied]The Shields
6. One Summer Night-The Danleers
7. The Great Pretender-The Platters
8. Teardrops-Lee Andrew & the Hearts
9. Silhouettes-The Diamonds
10. At the Hop-Danny & the Juniors
Disc: 2
1. Where or when-Dion & the Belmonts
2. You’re so fine-The Fiesta’s
3. Stranded in the Jungle-The Cadets
4. Love Potion #9-The Clovers
5. Come Softly to Me-The Fleetwoods
6. Ling Ting Tong-The Five Keys
7. A Little Bit of Soap-The Jarmels
8. Let the Good Ties Roll-Shirley and Lee
9. The Continental Walk-The Rollers
10. No One Knows-Dion & the Belmonts
Disc: 3
1. Tears on My Pillow-Little Anthony & the Imperials
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
3. Little Star-The Elegants
4. Blue Moon-The Marcels
5. Lovers Never Say Goodbye-The Flamingos
6. Gee-The Crows
7. Could This Be Magic-The Dubs
8. Daddy’s Home-Shep & the Limelights
9. Heart & Soul-The Cleftones
10. Smokey Joe’s Cafe-The Robins
Disc: 1
1. Memories Are Made of This
2. Door Is Still Open to My Heart
3. Volare
4. Return to Me
5. You and Your Beautiful Eyes
6. When You’re Smiling
7. Oh Marie
8. What Could Be More Beautiful
9. Long, Long Ago
10. In Napoli
Disc: 2
1. That’s Amore
2. Little Old Wine Drinker Me
3. Sway
4. Mambo Italiano
5. Only Trust Your Heart
6. Watching the World Go By
7. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
8. It Takes So Long (To Say Goodbye)
9. How Sweet It Is
10. On an Evening in Roma
Disc: 3
1. Somewhere There’s a Someone
2. Houston
3. In the Chapel in the Moonlight
4. In the Misty Moonlight
5. C’est Si Bon
6. Born to Lose
7. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
8. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
9. You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
10. For the Good Times
Disc: 1
1. Incense and peppermints-Strawberry Alarm Clock
2. I heard it through the grapevine-Marvin Gaye
3. Lets live for today-Grass Roots
4. The rain, the park & other things-The Cowsills
5. Bernadette-The Four Tops
6. Words of love- The Mamas & the Papas
7. Love is here and now your gone-The Supremes
8. Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie-Jay & Techniques
9. I second that emotion-Smokey Robinson & Miracles
10. 98.6-Keith
11. Cold sweat-James Brown
12. (We ain’t got)Nothin’ yet-Blues Magoos
Disc: 2
1. Midnight confessions-The Grass Roots
2. I heard it through the grapevine-Gladys Knight & Pips
3. Love child- Diana Ross & Supremes
4. I wonder what she’s doing tonight-Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
5. Like to get to know you-Spanky & Our Gang
6. Love is all around-The Troggs
7. Indian Lake-The Cowsills
8. Reach out in the darkness-Friend and Lover
9. Girl Watcher-The Okaysions
10. Ain’t nothing like the real thing-Marvin gaye & Tammi Terrell
11. Sky pilot-Eric Burdon & Animals
12. Summertime blues- Blue Cheer
Disc: 3
1. Spinning wheel-Blood,Sweat & Tears
2. This girl is a woman now-Gary Puckett & Union Gap
3. More today than yesterday-The Spiral Staircase
4. Atlantis- Donovan
5. Worst that could happen-The Brooklyn Bridge
6. These eyes-The Guess Who
7. Everybody’s talkin’-Harry Nilsson
8. In the year 2525-Zager & Evans
9. Cherry Hill Park-Billy Joe Royal
10. Indian giver-1910 Fruitgum Company
11. Gimmie, gimmie, good lovin’-Crazy Elephant
12. You’ve made me so very happy-Blood,Sweat & Tears
Disc: 1
1. Peggy Sue
2. Oh Boy!
3. Maybe Baby
4. Rave On
5. Think it Over
6. Fool’s Paradise
7. Early in the Morning
8. Heartbeat
9. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
10. It’s So Easy
Disc: 2
1. Raining in My Heart
2. Not Fade Away
3. Everyday
4. Words of Love
5. I’m Gonna Love You Too
6. I’m Lookin’ for Someone to Love
7. True Love Ways
8. Love’s Made a Fool of You
9. Well…All Right
10. Real Wild Child -Ivan [Jerry Allison with Buddy Holly on guitar]
Disc: 3
1. You Are My One Desire
2. Blue Days, Black Nights
3. Modern Don Juan
4. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
5. Girl On My Mind
6. That’ll Be The Day
7. Love Me
8. Changing All Those Changes
9. Don’t Come Back Knockin’
10. Midnight Shift
Disc: 1
1. Surfin’ USA
2. Surfin’ Safari
3. Surfer Girl
4. Sloop John B
5. All Summer Long
6. In My Room
7. Barbara Ann
8. Catch a Wave
9. Girls on the Beach
10. Surfin’
Disc: 2
1. Little Deuce Coupe
2. 409
3. I Get Around
4. Shut Down
5. Help Me, Rhonda
6. Little Honda
7. Fun, Fun, Fun
8. Car of Mine
9. Spirit of America
10. Ten Little Indians
Disc: 3
1. Good Vibrations
2. Be True to Your School
3. California Girls
4. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
5. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
6. Dance, Dance, Dance
7. Wendy
8. Darlin’
9. Heroes and Villains
10. Do You Wanna Dance?
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They have so many more to mention. Too many in fact. But what a great collection of wonderful music. Make sure you start your own collection by purchasing a few tins yourself.
Thanks for reading,
I had the honor of going to the American Dream Machines show in Half moon bay at the Half moon bay airport where the drag strip was once located. The drag strip was started by a auto parts company called Chamion, located in San Francisco.
A great deal of San Francisco bay area drag racing action played out by-the-sea at the Half Moon Bay Drag Strip. Shown here is Swinging Sammy Hale in the Champion Speed Shop special getting out against against Lee Pendleton’s Allison V-12 powered monster machine at Half Moon Bay. The inverted wings on Pendleton’s car were an early Jocko Johnson effort at rear wheel downforce, and a reminder of how aeronautics and aerospace knowledge played into drag racing and motorsports innovation throughout the sixties.
The Champion Speed Shop has been a name synonymous with velocity and innovation for over 50 years. Founder Jim McLennan built his first dragster in 1953. By 1957 the Champion Speed Shop legend was born. It has been a little over two years since the “Smiling Irishman” motored onto the great dragstrip. The Champion Speed Shop lives on in celebration of his pioneering spirit. This video was produced in honor of Jim’s induction into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
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Jim Started the Half moon bay drag strip which was one of northern California’s finest drag strip and one of the few that the strip still exists. Fremont Drag strip’s black top still exists, although due to illegal racers doing “midnight passes” they have since bull dozed the strip about every 4-5 feet.
There is talk that they may revamp the “HMB” Drag strip, which is a great idea. It may cut down the death rate of teens due to illegal drag races.
Anyways I have collected a collection of old HMB Dragstrip photos, including a shot of the “bread van announcers box” (which I would love to see remade) Below is a collection of historical photos from the strip during it’s operation from 1957-1969 and photos of this years American Dream Machines, which pays tribute to the holy record breaking grounds also known as the Half Moon bay Drag strip, located on the Half Moon bay Airport.
It was a great show, and awesome to know the nostalgia and history of the area. Hope you made it to the show. I will be back next year.
Thanks for reading,
The mystery kissing sailor finally found.
The famous and iconic photo above was taken on August 14, 1945 by Alfred Eisenstadt for LIFE Magazine. Like the photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima, this photo is an iconic representation of American victory in Word War II.
The photographer never named the people in this photo, so for years the identity of the sailor and the nurse remained a mystery.
The sailor was positively identified by Houston Police Department forensic artist Lois Gibson, as being 80 year old Glenn McDuffie. Gibson took precise measurements of McDuffie’s wrists, knuckles, arms, forehead and ears, then compared them to enlargements of the famous photo.
“I don’t say this lightly. What I do is usually a matter of life or death, so I don’t mess around when I identify someone,” said Gibson, whom the 2005 book of Guinness World Records said has helped police identify more criminal suspects than any other person.
Eleven other men have also claimed to be the sailor in question. Gibson carefully studied the bone structure of all these men.
“I was able to eliminate all the others based on their foreheads, or the superciliary arch — where the eyebrows are,” she said.
On Aug. 14, 1945, McDuffie was in Times Square when the word came.
“When I got off from the subway, a lady told me the war was over, and I went into the street yelling. I saw the nurse and she was smiling at me, so I just grabbed her,” McDuffie said. “But we never spoke.”
This is one of my favorite photos. Such an iconic photo. Very few photos can express world wide feeling in one shot. This is when America was a proud place to be. I am proud to be an American.
Thanks for reading,
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Words from Skrach 
Retro, Vintage, Passe, Nostalgic, items living new lives
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We have all seen the shows on TV such as American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Cash and Cari, and Antique Roadshow. All show Retro, Vintage, Passe, Nostalgic, items being bought and sold which I find very interesting. I record all of these shows with my DVR. We all watch these shows and we find ourselves interested in the history of the items and enjoy learning about the life of the items. What we don’t think about is where it goes after the sale. In shows like American Pickers and Pawn Stars we can often spot items that they have purchased in previous shows in the background on their shelves and display cases. But that doesn’t mean that these items stay on those shelves and collect dust. At some point they will sell and be on their way to a new home. That is what I find interesting. I can spend hours and hours and hours in antique shops, thrift stores, flea markets, and yard sales looking for items that I wish to rescue. I really have a problem haha. I never have collected items to make money. Otherwise it would not be as fun. Most if the items I have were either from my family, or things that I purchased to use or display. Rarely to I buy an Item that I do not plan to use. For example I own a ton of old vinyl records and even though they are really old and fragile, I still play them as they were originally intended to be. I take care of each of my items and I would never compromise the condition, but I do use my items. I have old cameras and I do use them from time to time. I used most of them during my time in my photography class in High School. On these shows each one has a different items that they buy and sell, but they have one thing in common, they all save Retro, Vintage, Passe, Nostalgic items and allow them to live another life, instead of being thrown away after not being noticed at an estate sale, or someone not knowing the value of that item. Everything has a value to someone. I have seen collections that range from simple common PEZ Dispensers to Maytag washing machines. So before you throw out anything, please check ebay to see if they have the item listed so you can see the demand, and also the cost of the item. Although even though there is only one listed on ebay this may not mean that there is a demand for it. As well as if there is a few of the item listed and one is selling for $1000 and the others are selling for $20 this does not reflect a true value. Just like auto auctions that are televised their prices are inflated. For example, I have seen a 1976 Ford Pinto sell on the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction on the Speed Channel for a jaw dropping $12,650. Which is outrageous. Especially for a car that sold new for just under $2000 and was meant to be a fix to the gas crisis, just like Toyota Prius’s are today. You can view the Pinto here “The 12,000 Pinto”
If you don’t have cable or have not see either of these shows, I will explain what each show is about.
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Pawn Stars: (synopsis from Wikipedia) An American reality television series on the History Channel, produced in Manhattan by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard Harrison, his son Rick Harrison (who opened the shop with his father in 1988), and Rick’s son Corey, who has worked there since childhood, and who is being groomed to one day take over the shop. The show debuted on July 26, 2009, and it usually airs on Mondays at 10pm Eastern Time. Two new episodes usually premiere in an hour block on Mondays. Reruns can be seen on History as well as Lifetime, which added the show in December 2010.
The series depicts the staff’s interactions with customers, who bring in a variety of artifacts to sell or pawn and who are shown haggling over the price and discussing its historical background, with narration provided by Rick, Corey, and Richard, who is known as “The Old Man”. The series also follows the interpersonal conflicts between Richard, Rick, Corey, and Corey’s friend Austin “Chumlee” Russell, another employee of the shop. One reviewer referencing these conflicts described the show as a version of Antiques Roadshow “hijacked by American Chopper’s” Teutul family. TV Guide has offered a similar description, calling the show “one part Antiques Roadshow, a pinch of LA Ink and a dash of COPS“.
Numerous local experts in a variety of areas also regularly appear to appraise the items being sold or pawned, one of whom, Rick Dale of Rick’s Restorations, is the star of the series’ first spin-off, American Restoration, which premiered in October 2010
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American Pickers: (synopsis from Wikipedia) The show follows Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who have known each other since junior high school as they travel around the greater Midwestern United States as well as the eastern and southern U.S. in a Mercedes Sprinter, buying antiques and collectibles. They work with Danielle Colby-Cushman, who runs the office of their business, Antique Archaeology, from their home base in Le Claire, Iowa and attempts to track down potential sellers.
Wolfe and Fritz explore people’s homes, barns, sheds, and other outbuildings, and other places where they have collected antiques and collectibles. They call upon casual collectors, hoarders and, occasionally, people who have inherited overwhelming collections of apparent junk. Wolfe, who has been “picking” since age four, has a particular interest in antique motorcycles, old bicycles and penny-farthings, while Fritz has a fondness for antique toys, antique oil cans, and old Hondas. They have purchased old advertisements and commercial signage, film posters, a rare 15-gallon visible gasoline pump, and a Piaggio Ape (similar to a Vespa Motor Scooter) that one of their friends told them is probably the only one of its kind in North America.
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Cash and Cari: A new reality series Cash & Cari, featuring antiques and collectibles enthusiast Cari Cucksey. For those of you who love potentially valuable old things, Cash & Cari is probably the show for you. The series, which premiered on January 2nd on HGTV, follows Cari Cucksey as she digs through her client’s basements and attics in the hopes of finding items of value. The episodes will follow her search for treasure and her attempts to sell the things she does come across at estate sales.
There is so many shows that I really get into but these are the main shows that I watch regularly. Some of the items that drop into their hands are amazing. Items that range from a book from Sir Isaac newton’s personal library, rare toys, antique firearms, and vintage collectibles. I am very happy that they have shows like this that help engage the younger generations into items that are Retro, Vintage, Passe, and Nostalgic. Older items are now considered “cool” to the younger crowds to where typically these items would be considered old junk. Although on the flip side of that, just like the auto auctions, it drives the prices up as people think that because they have an item that is similar to an item shown on either one of these shows that its worth a million dollars. So it does make things a little harder to afford, although again on the flip side of that, it does make my items worth more too. So if you get the chance to see these shows you can catch these shows at the following times and channels:
(Click on a show below to view their website for more info)
American Pickers: History Channel – On Mondays @ 6:00 PM
Pawn Stars: History Channel – On Mondays @ 7:00 PM & 7:30PM
Cash andCari: HGTV (Home and Garden TV) – On Monday’s (check HGTV for times)
I hope you all enjoy these shows while they are on. As we all know that the interest with Retro, Vintage, Passe, and Nostalgic items does come and go just as these shows will eventually be out of the spotlight of the public’s interest.
Thanks for reading,
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