SHOW ME YOUR TUMBLR COVER PHOTOS AND I'LL SHOW YOU MINE.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on a number of Tumblr Cover photos I've been using all of this week, and I change it sometimes twice a day for the sake of variety. Can't you tell?
Featuring some Silver Age DC stuff (Dolphin rules! Love her!), Lord Vader in the awesome Bacta Tank scene from "Rogue One," some Thulsa Doom shield concept art from the '82 Conan film, the BEASTIE BOYS photographed by the late, great Ricky Powell during their "Paul's Boutique" era, Transformers G1 Arcee, Captain America as the Avenging Angel in Marvel's "Paradise X" series, GIZUMU, and more!
Sources: www.reddit.com/r/xmen/comments/j112w3, Bleeding Cool, STAR WARS Aficionado, Buhitter, Marvel (official), the Daily Beast, various, etc...
...FLY AT PIONEER CHICKEN WHEN THEY'RE WAY OUT WEST -- L.A. STYLE.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the former Pioneer Chicken location on Hollywood & Western Blvd. in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, and American hip-hop group, the BEASTIE BOYS, photographed right in front of it, c. 1988-'89? 📸: Ricky Powell (✝).
PIONEER MINI-OVERVIEW: "Pioneer Chicken (or Pioneer Take Out, as it is officially named), was a Southern California fried chicken chain once heavily endorsed by O.J. Simpson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that boasted hundreds of locations in their heyday. Founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1961 by H.R. Kaufman, he grew Pioneer Chicken with heavy franchising, though their signature recipes probably did most of the heavy lifting, all with their mascot, Pioneer Pete, driving the chow wagon high above each location. When Kaufman sold the chain in 1987, there were 270 stores operated by 220 franchisees."
Paul’s Boutique was a dizzyingly brilliant, sample-heavy collage that has been called “the Pet Sounds and Dark Side of the Moon of hip-hop.
A kaleidoscopic montage of quick-cut samples and smart-mouthed spiel drawn from seemingly every corner of the pop-culture spectrum, from Johnny Cash to the glam-rock group Sweet,Paul’s Boutique attained the status of a critically revered masterpiece. “It’s safe to say that nobody has ever made a more unexpectedly brilliant sophomore blast than the Beastie Boys,” wrote Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield in a retrospective re-review. “[It’s] a celebration of American junk culture that is still blowing minds today.” Read more about the Beastie Boys here.