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For National Swimming Pool Day: The Brief Vogue for Aquatic Spectacles

For National Swimming Pool Day: The Brief Vogue for Aquatic Spectacles

The Aquatic Chorus Line, Diving Like Dominoes It’s National Swimming Pool Day, and having already done a post on the ultimate swimming pool movie, The Swimmer with Burt Lancaster, today we thought we would present a brief snapshot of one particular type of aquatic entertainment (there are others). Following the lead of Coke, Kleenex and Xerox we’ll refer to the entire form as “Aquacades” for…

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Some Pitiful Melodies

Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth (1885–1965) sought to popularize classical music and improve the musical tastes of the masses by meeting the public wherever he could find them, from vaudeville halls to national radio broadcasts. September 1, 1934 cover by William Steig. Born in a line of three generations of Lutheran clergymen, Spaeth chose a different path and became a musicologist who sought to…

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Deco Doings - September, 2022

Deco Doings – September, 2022

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A Self-Induced Hallucination (2018)

I have a huge soft spot for archival preservation of disposable internet ephemera.  Even from just running this blog, I’m constantly reminded how vulnerable online content is to digital rot, with most of our posts from over a year ago featuring dead links to nonexistent YouTube clips that used to bolster & illustrate our lukewarm film takes. Internet culture documentaries like The Road Movie…

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Simplicity

Credits Dreamland Designs Pride Picture Frame Art ❤Bricolage Boho Summer Fatpack @ Vintage Fair ❤Lagom  – Simplicity ❤Pitaya – Ribbons curtain (pride) @ Anthem ❤dust bunny . inflatable pool . white . adult . Serenity Style– Modular modern privacy walls ❤Konoha  – “Jest” Weeds [v.VCP.006] ❤LOVE – GOLDFISH PLANT VINE PACK ❤

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Revelations of secular make-believe from a child’s playground in Brooklyn

Richard Wagner Munich. Faithful reproduction of a painting by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1871/Public domain. Make-belief is not just the province of kids but is also fulsomely practiced by adults. Lacking a satisfactory answer to the origins of unique human cultures, some 19th-century atheists made up beautiful, romantic, elaborate mythologies about the original Nobel Savages. The Christian element of…

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The Greatest Thing About... We're All Going to the World's Fair

Continue reading The Greatest Thing About… We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

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Keith's Kansas Kollectibles

My husband Keith shopped his way through Kansas. In this blog, I will share some of Keith’s Kansas Kollectibles! We started our trip with a stop in Atchison, stopped in Salina, Manhattan, and ended our trip in Abilene. Atchison Finds On our way to the Winter Red Power Show in Salina, we stopped in Atchison to tour the Amelia Earhart stops. We visited the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and…

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90 Movies in 90 Days: Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion (2015)

Every day until March 31, 2024 I will be watching and reviewing a movie that is 90 minutes or less. Title: Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion Release Date: May 22, 2015 Director: Matthew Silva Production Company: Aquarela Pictures Summary/Review: Back in the mid-80s, I distinctly remember after a Mets game going for a walk in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and being awed by the ruins of the…

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St Louis World's Fair: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly by Steve Wiegenstein

The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition of 1904, better known as the St .Louis World’s Fair, is remembered for many things. Today, most of us think of the St. Louis World’s Fair as the setting of Meet Me in St. Louis, the delightful 1944 movie that starred Judy Garland. Or we have a vague recollection of the fair as the place where modern innovations made their debut, such as wireless telegraphy…

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My Poke-Pinions #77 and 78 - The Fire Pony Line

Ponyta Name: Ponyta is a combination of “Pony” and “Bonita” which is Spanish for “Pretty.” Literally, Pretty Pony, which is extremely fitting, because Ponyta IS the prettiest pony. Ponyta has the same name in Japanese. Design: Ponyta is a perfect pyro pony and I will not hear any argument. Look at it! It’s such a cutie! Those big black eyes, that tuft of fire hair on its head, its wittle face!…

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Lucy Monroe: The Star-Spangled Girl

Lucy Monroe (1906-1987) was called “The Star-Spangled Girl” and “The Star-Spangled Soprano” not merely to indicate that she was patriotic, a la the girl in the eponymous Neil Simon comedy. She literally performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” thousands of times. Oddly, most biographies of the singer seem to present that fact, and the detail that she was a direct descendent of the U.S. President…

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Loki and Sylvie go round and round in “1893”

Loki and Sylvie go round and round in “1893”

Welcome to Chicago, IL. 1868 where Miss Minutes has a clandestine mission for Ms. Renslayer. Fans of classic sci-fi will appreciate the “Bootstrap Paradox” that occurs here when Renslayer provides a young Victor Timely (our Kang variant for this season) with a TVA handbook. Meanwhile, back at the TVA, despite the mass pruning, new branches have started springing up again—causing O.B. major panic.…

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Deco Doings - January, 2023

Deco Doings – January, 2023

Winter by William Welsh, 1931. Image from Pinterest. Happy New Year from Driving For Deco Let’s take a look at some events to start your year in the deco way!   Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939 (In Person Event)      Saturday, July 9, 2022 – Sunday, January 8, 2023 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri.   Art Deco…

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LAPC #268: Tell Us Why

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Unveiling the True Story of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's Marriage

Unveiling the True Story of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s Marriage:-In the ever-evolving world of celebrity relationships, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s marriage has been under the media spotlight for quite some time. This power couple, known for their individual success in the entertainment industry, has experienced its fair share of challenges and triumphs. In this comprehensive article, we…