Every day I receive a number of requests from vintage collectors. Most are fairly normal inquiries. A teak wall unit, a Russel Wright completer piece, a set of bar stools, a Murano glass lamp. Normal, practical, wonderful vintage. But there are those requests that are not so easy to classify, let alone find. I'll save...
Back From The Dead: Zombies of Vintage Technology
So now we’ve all seen those JITTERBUG commercials, the cell phone with the oversized numbers and 24-hour support. Clearly marketed to your parents and/or grandparents, their ads are near camp infomercials for the elderly and/or technologically challenged. Every generation laughs at the generation before. Media gives us an even greater stage to make fun...
Is Politics Dirty? Yes, If You’re Doing It Right…
Jane Byrne Was Not A Witch. She was a Democrat. And everyone knows Democrats make terrible witches. Conflict is not their best feature. Plus there are those cat allergies. Now take a flashback in history. A time of upheaval, political instability and-- can you believe it? A snow storm that would change the course of...
Ethel Merman Or Mermaid? Dinosaurs To Dead Gunslingers: Unnatural Roadside Distractions
by Duane Scott Cerny Long before the tabloid freak show of Jerry Springer or whatever trash washed up on that Jersey Shore, one had to actually “go out” to find the oddities of American life. You had to take to the highways and back roads of this sprawling country and be on the lookout...
Northwestern University: Sex Demo, Nude Modeling Or Just An Excuse To Get Naked?
A few years back, the brewhaha on Northwestern University Campus blew a hole into Evanston, Illinois as old as titillation itself. Maybe you were hiding in an adult bookstore at the time and didn't hear about the "power tool sex toy" that was demonstrated in an optional after-class session on "Human Sexuality" conducted by...
