I hope you good folks are following me over on Substack, because I'm writing some pretty cool stuff. My ongoing series, "Reading Playboy for the Articles," continues to be a fun and insightful glimps into the pop culture zeritgeist of decades past. Here are links to my most recent additions, in case you've missed them:
August 1977
Fonzie, kit cars of the 70s and A Bridge Too Far
September 1972
The Troubles, Semi-Tough and drugs galore
March 1967
Orson Welles, Sharon Tate and a Fox River bachelor pad monument to MCM excess
If you want to keep up with all of my various goings-on, I recommend subscribing to Gibberish on Substack. It's painless, I promise.
Now Playing: The Jim Cullum Jazz Band Riverwalk Live vol. 5: Hot Jazz for a Cool Yule
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Friday, November 08, 2024
Friday Night Videos
Mood.
Previously on Friday Night Videos... Sixpence None the Richer.
Now Playing: Various Artists Nippon Girls
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Monday, November 04, 2024
A Moment of Tiki episode 73: Tony Canepa
Episode 73 of A Moment of Tiki: Tony Canepa, is now live on the interwebz. I invite you to read all about it on my Substack.
Now Playing: Les Baxter Ritual of the Savage
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Reading Playboy for the articles: December 1965
Reading Playboy for the articles: December 1965 edition, featuring Al Capp, the infamous Red Ryder BB gun, Playboy's holiday shopping guide and so much more is now live on the interwebz. I invite you to read all about it on my Substack.
Now Playing: The Mamas & the Papas The Best of the Mamas & the Papas
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Friday, October 11, 2024
Friday Night Videos
Sixpence None The Richer's not a band I keep up with much. Sure, I recognize their biggest songs but they've never intrigued me enough to dive deeper into their catalog. So why am I featuring them on Friday Night Videos? Because their new single, "Rosemary Hill," has an accompanying video that was filmed in and around New Braunfels. Seriously, the whole thing. I recognize every intersection, every hill, every Gruene Hall... well, that last one's a given, as there's only one Gruene Hall and it's five minutes from my house. So if you'd like a glimpse of where I live (generally speaking) this video will scratch that itch.
Previously on Friday Night Videos... Sergio Mendes.
Now Playing: The Who Thirty Years of Maximum R&B
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Monday, October 07, 2024
A Moment of Tiki episode 72: Pineapple Parlor
Episode 72 of A Moment of Tiki: Pineapple Parlor, is now live on the interwebz. I invite you to read all about it on my Substack.
Now Playing: Don Ralke Orchestra The Savage and the Sensuous
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Monday, September 09, 2024
Armadillocon in the rear-view mirror: 2024 edition

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