Category Archives: Retro

A look back at the outdated styles, trends, people and kitch that defined past generations. Think “Fat Laces” and pinning your pants.

All Dolled Up

Posted on April 13, 2012 | 3 comments

New York Dolls photographed by Bob Gruen 1974.

New York Dolls photographed by Bob Gruen 1974

New York Dolls photographed by Bob Gruen 1974

Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Funny Pictures & Videos, Retro

Tagged 1970s glam, 1974, All Dolled Up, bob gruen, David Johansen, garage rock, glam rock, jerry nolan, Music, New York Dolls, protopunk, rock photography

Pete Rose playing the odds

Posted on April 11, 2012 | Comments Off

Pete Rose playing the odds with those pants.

Related: Pete Rose reading material

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Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Funny Pictures & Videos, Retro, Sports

Tagged 70's, baseball, betting, funny pete rose picture, Pete Rose, pete rose books, retro baseball

Don Draper’s apartment

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Comments Off

Pictures of Don Draper’s new apartment from the TV show Mad Men. The Story Behind Don Draper’s New Digs.

Related:
Don Draper on the topic of cigarettes
Mad Birds

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Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising, Retro

Tagged AMC, Architecture, Celebrity, decorating, design, Don Draper, Don Draper apartment pictures, Mad Men DVD, retro, TV

See-Through Phones

Posted on April 10, 2012 | Comments Off

This was the first phone I had in my room as a kid. (via)

Shop for phones here.

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Posted in New Products & Gadgets, Random Stuff, Retro

Tagged 80's, Communications, cool phones, I'm remembering, nostalgia, old phones, retro things, See-Through Phones

Album art so bad you can’t turn away – Part 2

Posted on April 9, 2012 | 1 comment

Related:
Album art so bad you can’t turn away – Part 1

Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Funny Pictures & Videos, Retro

Tagged Album art so bad you can’t turn away, bad album art, funny album art, lost music, vinyl records

Easter Eggs for Hitler

Posted on April 6, 2012 | Comments Off

Easter morning, T/5 William E. Thomas and Pfc. Joseph Jackson about to roll specially prepared eggs on Hitler’s lawn. March 10, 1945.

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Posted in Funny Pictures & Videos, Politics & Religion, Retro

Tagged black and white photography, Easter, Easter eggs, Easter Eggs for Hitler, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, war

Minneapolis Moline

Posted on April 5, 2012 | Comments Off

A patch from the company my grandfather worked for.

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Posted in Minnesota, Retro

Tagged Minneapolis Moline, Minneapolis Moline patch, Minnesota History, MM, MN agriculture, tractors

Album art so bad you can’t turn away – Part 1

Posted on April 4, 2012 | 2 comments

Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Funny Pictures & Videos, Marketing & Advertising, Retro, Weird News Crazy Videos and Conspiracy

Tagged bad album art, retro music, terrible music albums, vinyl record art, where are they now file, worst album covers

Monday Music Rewind: Our Lady Peace

Posted on April 2, 2012 | 2 comments

“Superman’s Dead” is a song by Our Lady Peace, released as the first single from their second album Clumsy. “Superman’s Dead” was seen by the band as a dark statement on how much television kids watch and the content of it. It looks at the dark expectations that are garnered from media images.

Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP is a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. They are still a band today.

Buy this track here.

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Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Retro

Tagged Clumsy, Monday Music Rewind: Our Lady Peace, Our Lady Peace, Our Lady Peace mp3, Superman's Dead, Superman's Dead mp3

New song by Mozart found in a notebook in an attic

Posted on March 29, 2012 | Comments Off

Austrian musician Florian Birsak performs what is believed to be a recently discovered composition written by a 10-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Mozart’s old piano in his childhood home. The piece is said to have been “found in a notebook in an attic.” The piece is called “Mozart: Allegro Molto in C Major.”

(via The High Definite)

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Tagged Florian Birsak, Mozart found in a notebook in an attic, Mozart: Allegro Molto in C Major, Music, New piano piece by W.A. Mozart, Piano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart