Retro

This is one of my favorite 1970s comfort movies. I watch it a couple of time a year. I especially enjoy this opening credits because it features my favorite Barry Manilow song “Ready to Take a Chance Again” and some … Continue reading →

This is a great Solid Gold clip. It has some great chemistry between Bea and Madame as they banter and then they launch into song. It is always great to hear Bea sing.

I'm hoping that this summer we'll see enough sunshine to justify buying a new pair of sunglasses - if it does, these 60s Oval Sunglasses from Topshop are contenders. The style is the classic large oval shape that epitomises 60s glamour, and yet they are surprisingly flattering. The glasses combine a plastic frame with metal arms. The design is available in three options - pictured above is the black version, but you can also have them in monochrome (like the black, but with white ear tips) or tortoise shell. Regardless of which version you opt for, they cost £16 per pair. Buy online at Topshop.

Move one  step closer to recreating a 1950s New York diner in your home with this vintage cruet set. Presumably, you already have a tomato-shaped ketchup dispenser - this set takes care of the other condiments you might need. The set consists of salt and pepper shakers and oils and vinegar bottles, all stored neatly in a metal carrier. The containers are made of porcelain, rather than plastic and have been given a distressed finish to make them look as if they really could have come from an old diner.  The set costs £16.90 from Maison du Monde.

Looking for something stylish for your kid's wall? This On The Move print by Corinne Welch might be just the ticket.  The design is composed of 12 three-colour woodblock print, showing various methods of transport, ranging from the conventional such as trains and buses to more unusual methods of transportation, like rocket ships and elephants. Bristol-based Welch has been inspired by 1950s children's illustrations for these designs, and this comes through in the gentle charm of the piece.  Priced at £100, it's a limited edition of 8. There are three currently in stock at Boxbird so, if you like it, you're advised to snap it up swiftly. 

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Via Dangerous Minds: Hear a rare 1970 acoustic jam between Frank Zappa and then-whiz kid musician Shuggie Otis.Otis has a new, coupled with an old classic, out now.-----Three of the Brady kids reunited at a Cincinnati amusement park last weekend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a "Brady Bunch" episode filmed there.Barry Williams (Greg), Christopher Knight (Peter) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) met with fans, shared memories from the show and introduced clips from the sitcom.-----Via "Kid" Robson: Vintage Dalek transfers!\-----Beatles biographer Hunter Davies has donated John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Strawberry Fields Forever," "She Said, She Said," and "In My Life" to the British Museum.The manuscripts and other Beatles rarities were donated to the Library by Hunter Davies, The Beatles’ biographer, under the new Cultural Gifts Scheme.The scheme allows individuals or companies to donate “pre-eminent” items to the nation during their lifetime in return for a reduction in their UK tax liability.Davies, who had loaned The Beatles items to the Library in the past, said: “I want my Beatles collection to be kept together, in one place, and on public display, and the British Library is the perfect home for it."

A movie tie-in book. Love collecting these. Pointless, but always fun to find one. So how would you feel to have gotten a part in the movie, your image on the cover of the book, but then no information given as to who you are? People in the movie who aren't on the cover got credit, but the lone fellow on the right is left out. I'm a guessin' he's thikin' somethin' along the lines of, "I think I'd better talk to my agent." Click on images to see them larger.

Great news for Bruce Lee fans! Look what Shout! Factory is cooking up: Legendary cultural icon Bruce Lee continues to be an unstoppable force, unbeatable warrior and an unforgettable star. He is the very face of martial arts mastery, the … Continue reading →