I pass the Bardahl plant every day on my way to work. It has to be a labor of love to keep that sign lit up at night. (Daytime photos by me; the night shot is from Kim on Flickr.
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Saturday, March 08, 2014
Photograph: Kim Jong Un's mysterious mission
By Jack Brummet, Asian Affairs Ed.
Kim Jong Un sits in the center of an overcrowded boat being launched on a mysterious mission. Context and source: unknown.
Kim Jong Un sits in the center of an overcrowded boat being launched on a mysterious mission. Context and source: unknown.
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Friday, March 07, 2014
Thanks Dan Muessig! - the strangest law commercial (and maybe any commercial) of all time, and it's real
By Jack Brummet, Madison Avenue Ed,
Daniel Muessig bests Saul Goodman. He's real. . call (412) 454-5582! You can find articles about various criminals he defends all over the net. Most honest, and maybe the craziest ad/commercial ever.
Daniel Muessig bests Saul Goodman. He's real. . call (412) 454-5582! You can find articles about various criminals he defends all over the net. Most honest, and maybe the craziest ad/commercial ever.
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President Ronald Reagan photobombed in the Oval Office, circa 1987
By Jack Brummet, Presidents Ed.
President Reagan was photobombed at a "photo op" in the Oval Office with with Congressman Curt Weldon and his family. Photo source: Reagan Foundation.
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Getty allowing bloggers and social media users to embed their images for free
By Jack Brummet, Arts Ed.
This is pretty awesome - I am testing the new free embedding feature from Getty for (non-commercial) blogs and social media. It works! Now, we have a legit way to use these images. This is good news indeed for those of us who have been pushing the fragile boundaries of #FairUse.
This is a shot of Big Star backstage at Tramps in NYC on November 8, 1995. ( L-R Jon Auer, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens,Ken Stringfellow).
Waylon Jennings performing with Willie Nelson.
This is pretty awesome - I am testing the new free embedding feature from Getty for (non-commercial) blogs and social media. It works! Now, we have a legit way to use these images. This is good news indeed for those of us who have been pushing the fragile boundaries of #FairUse.
This is a shot of Big Star backstage at Tramps in NYC on November 8, 1995. ( L-R Jon Auer, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens,Ken Stringfellow).
Waylon Jennings performing with Willie Nelson.
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Drawing: Faces #645 - the Real Change vendor
By Jack Brummet
[9"x12" India Ink scratchboard; with original image digitally reversed]
[9"x12" India Ink scratchboard; with original image digitally reversed]
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Thursday, March 06, 2014
Alien Lore No. 258 - The Nazi Flying Saucers of World War II
By Jack Brummet, Alien Lore Ed.
A nice video on a subject that is fairly controversial even among UFOlogists. "a short video about info long forgotten and re-found about WW2 German flying saucers."
A nice video on a subject that is fairly controversial even among UFOlogists. "a short video about info long forgotten and re-found about WW2 German flying saucers."
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Wednesday, March 05, 2014
ATIT Reheated: Audio Lost and found: Amazing downloadable MP3s from the great WFMU Blog
By Jack Brummet, Audio Ephemera Ed.
I'm a huge fan of old audio ephemera, from the hundreds of Jean Shepherd shows I have to recordings of chatter on shortwave, the famous numbers recordings of codes for spies, the famous Buddy Rich rant tapes, and the "shut up and play" compilation of rock and rollers freaking out on stage and ripping into their audiences (Courtney Love, Mike Love, Elvis, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, etc.). A great source all of this exists on the WFMU radio site that often releases free weird recordings that have slipped into the public domain. When I lived in NYC (1977-1982), I often listened to WFMU. . .it often went far afield, and was always wonderful.
WFMU's beware of the blog is a great web site with lot of goodies for downloading. You should visit once in a while... in the meantime, here are three gems that you can download.
1) How Do I learn. A collection of 6 MP3s from a collection of old educational film strips. Check out the cut "Who's afraid?" . . .it is genuinely spooky.
2) Flying Saucers Unlimited. This record is probably the score for Frank Stranges UFO documentary Phenomena 7.7. Pretty cool. The Reverend Strange is unquestionably way way out there.
3) Sound off Saxons! This is amazing. "Created as a keepsake for the 1965 graduating class of North High School in Torrance, CA, this album takes you through the school and introduces you to the multiple characters and events there — all with the corniest, dated humor you can imagine."
This is a slice of a world that has long since disappeared. It was already gone by the time I graduated from high school.
I'm a huge fan of old audio ephemera, from the hundreds of Jean Shepherd shows I have to recordings of chatter on shortwave, the famous numbers recordings of codes for spies, the famous Buddy Rich rant tapes, and the "shut up and play" compilation of rock and rollers freaking out on stage and ripping into their audiences (Courtney Love, Mike Love, Elvis, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, etc.). A great source all of this exists on the WFMU radio site that often releases free weird recordings that have slipped into the public domain. When I lived in NYC (1977-1982), I often listened to WFMU. . .it often went far afield, and was always wonderful.
WFMU's beware of the blog is a great web site with lot of goodies for downloading. You should visit once in a while... in the meantime, here are three gems that you can download.
1) How Do I learn. A collection of 6 MP3s from a collection of old educational film strips. Check out the cut "Who's afraid?" . . .it is genuinely spooky.
2) Flying Saucers Unlimited. This record is probably the score for Frank Stranges UFO documentary Phenomena 7.7. Pretty cool. The Reverend Strange is unquestionably way way out there.
3) Sound off Saxons! This is amazing. "Created as a keepsake for the 1965 graduating class of North High School in Torrance, CA, this album takes you through the school and introduces you to the multiple characters and events there — all with the corniest, dated humor you can imagine."
This is a slice of a world that has long since disappeared. It was already gone by the time I graduated from high school.
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15 favorite videogames
By Jack Brummet, Videogame Ed.
There is a "thing" going around Facebook where you list 15 videogames that had an impact on them. These are my fifteen.
There is a "thing" going around Facebook where you list 15 videogames that had an impact on them. These are my fifteen.
title-platform-publisher
- Majestic (PC) Electronic Arts
- Castle Wolfenstein 3D (PC) Developed by Id Software; Publisher: Apogee Software
- House of the Dead (arcade version) and Typing Of The Dead (PC) Sega
- Super Monkey Ball (GameCube) Developed by Amusement Vision; Publisher: Sega
- Wario Ware: Mega Microgame$! (GBA) Nintendo
- SimCity (PC) Maxis
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (GameCube; I didn't play the N64 version) Nintendo
- Oregon Trail (Mac) MECC (Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium)
- Katamari Damacy (PS/2) Namco
- GTA III (PS/2) Rockstar Games
- Tetris DS (NDS) Developed [originally] by: Alexey Pajitnov; Published by Nintendo
- Limbo (XBLA) Playdead
- Silent Hill 2 (PS/2) Konami
- Scribblenauts (NDS) Developed by: 5th Cell; Published by WB Games
- Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii) Ubisoft
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Testing bullet-proof vests
By Jack Brummet, Police Ed.
W.H. Murphy of the Protective Garment Corp. of New York stood less than ten feet from Frederick County, Md. Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Smith and let the deputy fire a .38 caliber revolver straight at his chest. Murphy never batted an eye. . .
"The bullet which Deputy Smith fired into the vest Wednesday was presented to him for a souvenir." circa 1923
[Images from Wikipedia Commons and Shorpy.com.]
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Tuesday, March 04, 2014
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