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"His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud..."

Adam wrote 8 hours ago: Bruce Springsteen - “Lost in the Flood” from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973) Th … more »

Tags: Rock, singer-songwriter, Americana

Anime (or Japanimation) and Me, Part One

puckrobin wrote 1 day ago:   A few weeks ago, a friend was expressing her retro-crush with Battle of the Planets (which being … more »

Tags: Animation, cartoons, Japan, anime, manga, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, 1980s, battle of the planets, Playground

Deep Inside Swingtown

Screaming Blue Reviews wrote 2 days ago: CBS’s surprise summer hit gives up the funk - and the fun. Watching the fifth episode of CBS … more »

Tags: General, Bicentennial, CBS, Deep Throat, Disco, Harry Reems, liz phair, sex, sexual revolution

Plates + skirts = brutal pleasure

happenupon wrote 2 days ago: I was going to post this earlier but then I got carried away actually ordering online for myself. I … more »

Tags: Artisan, Craft, Design, handmade, London, plates, Sewing, clothkits, Fashion

Shacking it Up10 comments

Steve Rebooted wrote 3 days ago: I meant to email everyone (I emailed some a few weeks back) but I’ve been so fucking busy.  I … more »

Tags: Baltimore, Gay, Music, Personal, YouTube, 1975, Janet du Bois, Relationships

Why whites are blind to their racism55 comments

abagond wrote 4 days ago: Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who … more »

Tags: america, Race, racism, white people

Saturday Morning Wayback Machine: Captain Caveman & the Teen Angels1 comment

droracle wrote 5 days ago: As folks who know me know, I enjoy many of the current cartoons out there. I dig Spongebob Squarepan … more »

Tags: cartoons, Characters, superheroes, Comedy, Television, Hanna-Barbera, Captain Caveman, Mel Blanc, cartoons

SoTD: Paul Mccartney And Wings - Bluebird

tafferette wrote 5 days ago: Late at night when the wind is still I’ll come flying through your door, And you’ll kno … more »

Tags: Lyrics, Music, sotd

Gramp (by Mark and Dan Jury)

thegoodbooksblog wrote 6 days ago: While we’re on the subject of vintage photo-journals, might I highly recommend Gramp - A man … more »

Tags: Photo Journal, Photo Journals, death

1970s Textile Nostalgia

john hopper wrote 6 days ago: Although part of the textile design industry was able to build on the bold geometric, forward-looki … more »

Tags: Textile, 1950s, 1960s, Interiors, Interior design, Sweden, Nostalgia

Songs that remind me of the 70's

Liam wrote 1 week ago: Two songs that instantly transport me back to being a five-year-old boy.  Neither of the tunes are … more »

Tags: Music, Memories

JVC Videosphere Television 1970s

rarenycfurniture wrote 1 week ago: Vintage television collectors are going to gaga over this one. A fully functional Red/orange colore … more »

Tags: Television

cell pic: chewy van (florida)

nonbranded wrote 1 week ago: chewbacca painting on a van (jupiter, florida) … more »

Tags: Cell Pics, Florida, Jupiter, pimped ride, star wars, van

Om Shanti Om

sassykidney wrote 1 week ago: Starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, it follows the story of Om, a young actor in the 1970s … more »

Tags: Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan

1970's Datsun Pickup

HotRod wrote 1 week ago: My Dad had an early 70’s Datsun pickup similar to this one but older by a few years.   It wa … more »

Tags: Cars, Automobiles, Cars, Datsun, Pickup, truck

It's a white white world for Vera Bradley (conclusion)

gypsy818 wrote 1 week ago: I remember when I was a kid in the 1960s & 1970s & catalogs started to integrate. Every once … more »

Tags: Catholic High School, Liberal Catholics, 1960s, biased advertising, Black sitcoms, catholic school, racism

TV Eye - 1977 Live

invisibl wrote 1 week ago: by Iggy Pop, 1978. A messy dispatch as Iggy Pop and RCA parted ways at the end of the 1970s, TV Eye … more »

Tags: Álbums, Live Albums, 1978, American, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, live, Rock

CONTACT TRIO: “Double Face” *****

sonicasymmetry wrote 1 week ago: Recorded 1974-1975     In late 1960s, drummer Michael Jüllich and bassist Alois Kott launched th … more »

Tags: Contact Trio, kraut jazz, avantgarde jazz-rock, German jazz

Soundtracks

invisibl wrote 1 week ago: by Can, 1970. What usually happens is I discover an artist through a song or an article or an album, … more »

Tags: Álbums, 1970, American, can, damo suzuki, german, holger czukay, jaki liebezeit, Japanese