The Art and Models of Pin Up Artist Gil Elvgren
Gillette (Gil) Elvgren (March 15, 1914 – February 29, 1980). My favorite pin up artist. His paintings and models were sexy as hell but not overly sexual or ‘dirty’. Something of the hot girl next door,...
View ArticleLet Me Sell You Something – Beautiful Movie Posters
Sorry about this, but here’s a shameless promotion and some sweet movie posters for sale. They’re all cool art and would look smashing on your wall. We just opened on online store specializing in...
View ArticleDrivers Licenses of the Rich, Famous and Infamous
Not really a lot to be said here. It’s interesting to see something as simple and everyday common as a drivers license … with Charles Manson’s name on it Johnny Cash Robert DeNiro Charles Manson Alfred...
View ArticleAbandoned Amusement Parks
Beautiful photography of amusement parks that for one reason or another have called it quits. Whether by economic problems (Detroit), disaster (Chernobyl) or just a weird non-commercial concept...
View ArticleVintage Nude LP Covers
Great covers from around the world. The sixties were a great time for this stuff. Japan seemed to lead the way with some truly beautiful covers and models. The combinations were a bit weird. Why not...
View ArticlePainted WWII Bomber Jackets
The Type A-2 leather flight jacket is an American military flight jacket originally invented and developed for and closely associated with World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and...
View ArticleIggy’s Keyboard Player 1977
David Bowie and Iggy Pop first met at NYC hotspot, Max’s Kansas City, in 1971, while Bowie was on tour with his album The Man Who Sold the World. The then-largely unknown Iggy made a deep impression on...
View ArticleBonnie & Clyde – Lovebirds
What’s odd is that Bonnie and Clyde took so many pictures. Pictures of themselves, their gang, their guns, their loot. They would have been social media sensations had it been 40 years later. What’s...
View ArticleVictorian Xmas Cards – WTF
By the time of the Victorian age Christmas was not really an established holiday. There was no Santa Claus, no identifiable iconography, no stocking hung by the chimney with care. The Victorians were...
View ArticleRoxy Music – The First Five
Roxy Music has always been about style. Formed in 1971 from a bunch of art school dropouts (Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzenera, Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson, Eddie Jobson, Brian Eno, et al) they would record 5...
View ArticleHand Painted Jackets (and some are for sale)
Always loved hand painted coats and jackets – bombers, motorcycle cuts, hippy band jackets, etc. I’ve been painting them off and on for years – painting more now. I love commissions so If you’ve got...
View ArticleHow ’bout a Little Love
We all know there’s deeper, darker more important events happening right now – and goddamn that orange turd, but here’s a bit of rock n roll love to get you through the day. Stay strong, love when you...
View ArticleVictorians Posing w/ Skeletons! (?)
The Victorians got up to a lot of shenanigans and had some pretty odd customs and past-times. They made elaborated brooches and dioramas from the hair of a dead loved ones. They photographed the dead...
View ArticleAnders Petersen and The Cafe Lehmitz
Anders Petersen is a Swedish photographer born in 1944 and still active today. From 1967 – 1970 he photographed the regulars (street hustlers, pimps, prostitutes and crazy people) of the Cafe Lehmitz...
View ArticleFrancoise Hardy – Queen of Ye-Ye and more
Françoise Madeleine Hardy found immediate success with her first song “Tous les garcons et les filles”. As a leading figure of the Ye-Ye movement (naive pop songs sung mostly by beautiful young women....
View ArticleIggy’s 70 today. Happy Birthday Man!
James Newell Osterberg, Jr – Born April 21, 1947 James Osterberg High School photo – Ann Arbor MI 1964 You wear it well – Iggy at 70
View ArticleHappy Birthday Bettie Page
Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) I’ve posted a ton of photos of Bettie over the...
View ArticleThe Handsomest Man in Rock & Roll – Bryan Gregory
Bryan Gregory (Gregory Beckerleg, February 20, 1951 – January 10, 2001) Bryan Gregory was an interesting guy. Standing not much more than 5’6″ in heals and hair Bryan made a splash on stage w/ his...
View ArticleThe Ladies of Burlesque – Signs and Posters
Burlesque, Burlesk, Burly-Q. However you spell it it’s still all the same – Great! Burlesque as a form of entertainment lasted a good long time. Starting in the 1860’s and sort of ending in the 1960’s...
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