⛒: the mostly true story of hobo code—see previously here and here
bury the axis: an independent 1943 anti-fascist stop-motion film
blackball: a variation on the grandfather paradox with billiards
cow comes: roundly ridiculed Niu Lai (็ๆฅ) becomes a box-office hit
home taping is killing music: the banality of streaming and the lost joy of music piracy—via Things Magazine—see previously
diesel dazzle: GM archives reveal costume designs from the Golden Age of industrial musicals—see previously
casserole culture: Melissa Joseph’s woollen impressions of Midwestern niceties
lampchop after dark: ventriloquist Shari Lewis‘ raunchier days on the comedy circuit
hailing frequency: a 1951 prototype beeper in the form of a wearable garter buzzer
one year ago: a banger from Midnight Oil (with synchronoptica) plus the Dumbarton Oaks conference (1944)
two years ago: assorted links to revisit
three years ago: Cars by Gary Numan
four years ago: the rules of chess, more links to enjoy plus a banger from Oasis
five years ago: rude toponyms plus The Baltics are Waking Up (1991)
six years ago: limited patronage, Comrade Gulliver, antique ballots, Italy’s Hundred Horse Chestnut plus vintage Japanese boxed meal wrappers
