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.

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?

Like his namesake 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?

Caffeine

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

Malibu P.J.

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

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.

Bose Hearphones

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

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.”

Why did Brad Delp Commit Suicide?

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

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 books anyway in the modern age?

Buttercup Ivy

Buttercup ivy can not take winter cold and has to be green house grown. I got mine from The Glass House in Ohio and now its a rare plant.

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.

Track Listing for Untitled

Track Listing for Woodleaf’s latest musical creation.

Hunter Toys

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

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.

Warhol by Blake Gopnik

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

Dedo Sutton Doll

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

Dime Store Dolls

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

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?

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?

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

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.

Worse Plastic Surgery List

My list of the worse plastic surgeries undergone by celebrities.

John Wellington Wells

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

Idol Truth Book Review

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

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.

Herman Pecker Dolls

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

Cabbage Patch Dolls

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

King Woodleaf

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

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.

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.

He Who Dies Last Wins

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

Salt Dough Art

Salt Dough projects from the 70's

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.

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.

Hello Kitty Land

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

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.

Madonna

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

Candy Spelling Dolls Blog

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

GM Dagy Doll

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

We need to go to simply short names

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

Allison Katzman Deserves More Recognition

Allison Katzman invented the Blythe Doll About Collecting Blythe

Woodleaf Becomes an Artist

Woodleaf becomes and an artist. Fictional Story

Charles Bukowski

Book Review of Charles Bukowski’s Hollywood

Crybaby Video Utopia Video Meaning

I examine the Utopia Music Video “Crybaby” to see what is going on in this video production. It’s a kind of short movie with actors and outfits based on the Movie Logan’s Run. Please watch the video on You Tube before reading this post.