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.

Blind Owl Book Review

Blind Owl died from an overdose on September 3, 1970. He is a member of the 27 Club.

Keeping a Poinsettia Alive

I kept my Poinsettia alive for two years after Christmas. Here are my tips.

Flickr is Where Your Photos Go to Die

Flickr was a brilliant startup that was ruined by big corporate business, because they wanted to throw their weight around and force everyone to pay up.

As Needed For Pain Book Review

Who was the Rockstar in As Needed For Pain by Dan Peres? As Needed For Pain is a good book to read if you want to know more about addiction.

Return To The Origins

We look back at the story of Woodleaf by reviewing it from its humble beginnings. With a nod to Art Hoppe, whose collected works are out of print.

Dumping Trash

Here is a joke flyer that was making the rounds online. I posted part of the text.

Looking for the Lost White Rabbit Letter

Who was the White Rabbit and what does this information mean?

Searching for Vanity

My search for egg cartoon art created by Vanity the singer.

Why not fill out the Census

2020 Census Commercials are misleading. What happens if you don’t fill out the Census. How to view the 1940 Census.

Shade Loving Plants

About Buttercup Ivy, Hostas, Coral Bells, Coleus, and Begonias.

Woodleaf Doll Story

Woodleaf Story told with Dolls A doll storyboard with movie options

Macy Wrote A Book

Macy wrote a book about Woodleaf

The Think Pink Panther Show

The Think Pink Panther Show was another way they mixed the older cartoons around to make them seem like a new show. I was looking for the “Think Pink Panther Show” song and I could not find it Youtube. I thought I remembered the words, but I really don’t very well. Someone else posted other words online, but I don’t remember them that way.

Joelle Van Dyne based on Savannah

Was Infinite Jest Character Joelle based in part on Savannah?

Foghat

What happened to the band Foghat known for the song Slow Ride from 1975.

The Vanity Problem

Vanity was really crazy and ruined her life with drugs

Danzig Comics

A funny story happened at Lit Quake. Lit Quake was a collection of writers and artists who would meet the public in arranged events or happenings in San Francisco.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The Shadow Over Innsmouth by HP Lovecraft and The Blue Fugates
The Blue Fugates of Kentucky may have been an inspiration for Lovecraft.

Led Zeppelin Rumors

Crazy Led Zeppelin Rumors: Back in the 70s Led Zeppelin was the most popular band in America. But what I knew about them was based on rumors

Adam Henderson McNally Mystery

Reader Adam Henderson of McNally’s Mysteries Book Series is hard to find. I listened to him read audio books in the 90s.