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Jefferson City Doll Club

The Jefferson City Fashion Doll Club features Modern Dolls from 1960 onwards up to the newest dolls of Today.

Laurel Zito dolls, Internet Culture Leave a comment June 14, 2022 1 Minute

The Runaways and Cherie Currie Book Review

My impressions after reading and listening to the “Neon Angel Book”. I found the book to have a serious creditability issue. I never knew who the Runaways were at the time in which they were famous.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Book Reviews Leave a comment February 2, 2022February 9, 2022 11 Minutes

Lost in the Valley of Death: Book Review

Book Review Harley Rustad’s , “Lost in the Valley of Death.” Justin Alexander Shetler disappeared in India in 2016 while on a spiritual quest.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews Leave a comment January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 2 Minutes

Juana Leno Pig Acoma Pottery

Juana Leno was born and lived in Acoma Pueblo where she was a respected pottery master. Did she make this pig?

Laurel Zito Art and Craft Leave a comment November 25, 2021November 27, 2021 1 Minute

Like his name sake Mr. Gone is Gone

What happened to the actor who played Mr. Gone in the animated series The Maxx by Sam Kieth. What does The Maxx have in common with The Prisoner?

Laurel Zito TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment November 8, 2021November 11, 2021 4 Minutes

Caffeine

I love the feeling of drinking coffee or tea but ultimately there is a price to pay.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Burroughs and Friends Leave a comment July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 2 Minutes

Malibu P.J.

Repo Malibu P.J. has been released but do I want to buy her?

Laurel Zito dolls Leave a comment July 15, 2021November 8, 2021 1 Minute

Oblivion Book Review

I found an essay by author Andrew Altschul on the story “The Suffering Channel” from the Book Oblivion by David Foster Wallace and it inspired me to take the essay a little bit farther with extrapolation.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, David Foster Wallace, Literature, Writers who committed suicide Leave a comment July 1, 2021July 2, 2021 6 Minutes

Bose Hearphones

Why did they stop making Bose Hearphones? They were better than hearing aids.

Laurel Zito Blogging Leave a comment June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 2 Minutes

Parodies Can Exceed The Original Song

These songs are not really song parodies., They were imitations which exceeded the singer’s original material. The song are “Long Cool Woman” and “Stuck In The Middle.”

Laurel Zito music Leave a comment June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 3 Minutes

Why did Brad Delp Commit Suicide?

We look at the cause of Brad Delp’s suicide and consider the words in his note.

Laurel Zito music, Twin Peaks Leave a comment June 9, 2021 1 Minute

Audible Returns

Today I got banned from Audible Returns for 6 months in spite of being promised unlimited reviews book younger then one year. Audible invented this return policy and now they blame me for using it. How much time does one have to read and listen to book anyway in the modern age?

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment May 26, 2021June 19, 2021 7 Minutes

Buttercup Ivy

We consider how difficult it is grow buttercup ivy because it can not take the cold.

Laurel Zito Gardening Leave a comment May 23, 2021June 10, 2021 1 Minute

Composting with Coffee Grounds

In 2015 Starbucks was giving away coffee grounds. They stopped because of Covid. Hopefully they will start up again. How to keep composting without coffee grounds.

Laurel Zito Gardening, Internet Culture Leave a comment May 22, 2021May 28, 2021 3 Minutes

Track Listing for Untitled

Track Listing for Woodleaf’s latest musical creation.

Laurel Zito Fictional Stories Leave a comment May 6, 2021July 10, 2021 1 Minute

Hunter Toys

Not much is known about the Hunter Doll Company. This is what I have on them.

Laurel Zito dolls Leave a comment April 19, 2021 1 Minute

Integrity Fashion Dolls

Integrity Fashion Dolls. There is no good explanation of these dolls anywhere online, so I had to make up these ideas by looking at the lines of dolls.

Laurel Zito dolls Leave a comment April 9, 2021June 10, 2022 10 Minutes

Warhol by Blake Gopnik

My thoughts on the Andy Warhol Biography by Blake Gopnik titled "Warhol".

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature, Modern Art Leave a comment April 1, 2021April 14, 2021 6 Minutes

Dedo Sutton Doll

These early Blythe type dolls are from the 50s and feature moving eyes.

Laurel Zito dolls Leave a comment March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 1 Minute

Dime Store Dolls

Dime Store Dolls vs. Dress Me Dolls how are they different? What are Souvenir Dolls? What about Pee Wees and Trolls?

Laurel Zito Art and Craft, dolls, The 70s Leave a comment March 17, 2021April 9, 2021 3 Minutes

Erin Moran Death Mystery

Erin Moran was a 70’s TV Star on the Show Happy Days which I watched as a child in afternoon reruns. But what was her cause of death?

Laurel Zito Blogging, Internet Culture, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment March 6, 2021April 24, 2021 4 Minutes

Jan and Dean

Jan and Dean considered what they were and what they could have been. Jan and Dan as the Monkees? Jan and Dean as The Beatles? Psychedelic Jan and Dean?

Laurel Zito music, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 8 Minutes

Shannen Doherty Badass Book Review

Shannen Doherty Book Badass is a Self Help Book published in 2010 and this is my review of it. Doherty played the iconic role of Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, Literature Leave a comment February 25, 2021May 1, 2022 3 Minutes

Living In The Past

I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going: The Art Scene and Downtown New York in the 1980s Book Review

Laurel Zito Art and Craft, Book Reviews, Literature, The 70s Leave a comment February 21, 2021March 11, 2021 4 Minutes

Argument Against Tourism

I love to see new places. I wish to see as many places as possible before I die. But there is an argument against tourism.

Laurel Zito Blogging, history 1 Comment February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 1 Minute

Worse Plastic Surgery List

My list of the worse plastic surgeries undergone by celebrities.

Laurel Zito Blogging Leave a comment February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 2 Minutes

John Wellington Wells

Prologue or spoken part of My Name is John Wellington Wells from The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan

Laurel Zito Blogging, history, music Leave a comment February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 2 Minutes

Idol Truth Book Review

Idol Truth is the story Leif Garrett's life and this is a book review.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Book Reviews Leave a comment February 12, 2021February 13, 2021 5 Minutes

Ranger Rick Magazine

Ranger Rick is a talking Racoon who teaches children about the environment. And why I missed the Super Bowl on TV this year. Clearly I did not care that much about the Super Bowl or I would have tried harder to see it.

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment February 7, 2021February 8, 2021 3 Minutes

Herman Pecker Dolls

Herman Pecker Dolls are impossible to define because they lack a trademark.

Laurel Zito dolls Leave a comment February 6, 2021March 17, 2021 1 Minute

Cabbage Patch Dolls

Cabbage Patch Dolls had a remarkable line of clothes made by Totsy in 1982 and 1983.

Laurel Zito dolls 1 Comment January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 2 Minutes

Project Gutenberg is illegal

Project Gutenberg has gone off the rails. See why in this blog post.

Laurel Zito Blogging, Internet Culture, Literature Leave a comment January 23, 2021 1 Minute

King Woodleaf

An altered version of the poem by A. A. Milne, and a short story about Woodleaf.

Laurel Zito Fictional Stories, Literature, poems Leave a comment January 20, 2021May 1, 2022 6 Minutes

Remain In Love Book Review

Book Review of Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club by Chris Frantz who was the drummer in both bands. He is married to Tina Weymouth who was the bass player for the band.

Laurel Zito Book Reviews, music Leave a comment January 6, 2021March 19, 2021 5 Minutes

Time For Timer

Time For Timer PSAs. In the 70’s along with junk food commercials on TV there were also health food PSAs. Cheaper foods with low quality were passed off to children who were willing to eat them.

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment December 30, 2020 4 Minutes

He Who Dies Last Wins

Book Review Michael Kinsey on Competitive Longevity and Parkinson's Disease

Laurel Zito Book Reviews Leave a comment December 26, 2020March 26, 2021 5 Minutes

Salt Dough Art

Salt Dough projects from the 70's

Laurel Zito Art and Craft Leave a comment December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 1 Minute

Spill The Wine

Spill The Wine by Eric Burdon and War may be one of the best Psychedelic Era songs of all time. But by 1970 the hippy thing was not working anymore.

Laurel Zito 70s music, music Leave a comment December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 1 Minute

WPOD

I breakdown the song “White Punks On Dope” by the Tubes which came out in 1975. Affectionately known as WPOD some kids wanted to be that.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Internet Culture Leave a comment December 22, 2020December 25, 2020 5 Minutes

Hello Kitty Land

Discussion of the Hello Kitty Sanrio Brand and the corresponding theme park in Japan.

Laurel Zito The 70s Leave a comment December 22, 2020 1 Minute

Triki Miki Dawn Clone

Triki Miki was a Dawn Clone Produced by Uneeda. Dinah Mite was a clone of Triki made by Mego. Both of these were jumpsuit dolls.

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s Leave a comment December 16, 2020April 6, 2021 4 Minutes

Madonna

I look at what went wrong with Madonna’s Career in my opinion.

Laurel Zito music Leave a comment December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 2 Minutes

Candy Spelling Dolls Blog

Candy Spelling's collection of Madame Alexander Dolls was sold at Auction. What can we learn about these dolls?

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s 2 Comments November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 3 Minutes

GM Dagy Doll

Everything I know about Dagy Dolls. How can you find a Dagy Doll? How much should you pay for her?

Laurel Zito dolls Leave a comment November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 2 Minutes

We need to go to simply short names

Long complicated unusual names are hard to remember if that person were to become missing.

Laurel Zito Internet Culture Leave a comment November 23, 2020November 26, 2020 1 Minute

Taxi Song 1972

“The Ballad of Harry and Sue” or “I’m Flying in my Taxi” was a popular song from 1972. Read about how an archive of 70s stories was created.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Internet Culture, The 70s Leave a comment November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 1 Minute

Lou Reed and Nico

I examine the career of Lou Reed in terms of his best songs. Nico is compared to Adrian in the Movie Liquid Sky.

Laurel Zito 70s music, Blogging, music, The 70s Leave a comment October 24, 2020April 23, 2021 6 Minutes

The Exxon Cartoon Tiger

Tony the Tiger is not the only cartoon tiger, there is also the Exxon Tiger. We examine the use of the Tiger in vintage tv commercials.

Laurel Zito 70s music, The 70s, TV Shows and Movies Leave a comment October 12, 2020October 13, 2020 7 Minutes

Angela King

Angela King was married to Eric Burdon in 1967, she left him for Jimi Hendrix in 1968. 20 years later she was murdered. But who was she really?

Laurel Zito Internet Culture, Literature, music 6 Comments September 17, 2020November 14, 2020 1 Minute

Allison Katzman Deserves More Recognition

Allison Katzman invented the Blythe Doll About Collecting Blythe

Laurel Zito dolls, The 70s Leave a comment September 3, 2020September 12, 2020 4 Minutes

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