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Holiday Desktop Goodies Part 2

Posted in absurd, advertising, candy coated nightmares, christmas, craft, creatures, decoration, ephemera, food, humor, illustration, kitsch, music, photography, plush, retro, TV, vintage with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 23, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Behold, the Castle Grayskull igloo!

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I vaguely remember this special…

Aww…look at this little gentleman from Handmade Stuffs:

A little metallic minimalism:

And for those who don’t want minimalism, a giant ball of Christmas pudding:

Absolutely no comment here. This blog is a family establishment.

Hey…Santa isn’t supposed to be a rugged lumber jack! If this version of our beloved St. Nicholas showed up at my house, I’d give him yard work to do.

If Santa were a Shih Tzu:

And this one appears to have had a run-in with some pepper spray.

He sees you when you’re sleeping…

Now for some beautiful sweets, a gingerbread typewriter:

If anyone has either of these musical gems, please share!

On the other hand, please do NOT send me this album. Oh Scott Weiland…why? I gave STP quite a few spins in my adolescence, but Weiland’s crooning on this album makes me sad, uncomfortable, and a bit embarrassed for him. Go ahead and listen to some samples if you want to see why this is what the bad children should get for Christmas.

Speaking of sad, it looks like this Santa was just released from the burn unit:

One of a series of Christmas illustrations by Graham Wilson (he does some great Christmas/Halloween mashups too).

Proportion? Never heard of it. Santa is magical. He can do what he wants.

A decoration for the Trekkies!

Kitteh refuses to be your holiday prop (I love the hand on the left, presumably going to help…a little too late).

This X-ray tree by Nick Veasey (whom I could have sworn I posted about before, but is not turning up in my searches) would make a wonderful holiday card.

Or if you prefer a glow in the dark variety:

We’ll finish with this amazing Harold Lloyd Christmas tree, recently posted by my friends at Unusual Life.

Christmas With Colonel Sanders

Posted in absurd, automata, christmas, music with tags , , , on December 19, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

I’ve had the artwork from Christmas With Colonel Sanders saved for a few years now. I was quite surprised that I hadn’t posted it before.

Yes…this exists.

And now a message from the Colonel himself, straight from his heart to yours (click to enlarge photo):

I may have to make a separate post just for creepy Colonel sculptures and automatons, but here’s one to get you in the holiday spirit:

As a special treat I uploaded Christmas Day With Colonel Sanders here! Enjoy these extra crispy tunes.

…I never did get my hands on one of those awesomely absurd KFC Buckets for Breast Cancer.

Happy Halloween!

Posted in absurd, advertising, art, geek, halloween, kitsch, monsters, music, undead, vintage with tags , , , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

This is always a bittersweet day to post, since I know there are about a thousand more things I’d like to add…and even more that will turn up over the next day or two.

YES! On not only do we have this treat from the National Banana Association…but now we’ve got the WEENIE WITCH flying into town!

This sad ghost (found here) is a wonderful sad ghost…as far as sad ghosts go.

I was linked to this sombre EP by Forest Mountain Hymnal. Soft, gloomy atmosphere (really, how many times can you hear “Monster Mash” this time of year?). Pause that party mix and give THIS a try.

And for educational purposes we have this richly detailed Movie Monster chart (click here for the full version):

Yes, I always thought Frankenstein’s monster’s only real trouble was his hair.

I know it’s only “street art,” but I kind of want to crawl inside…

I actually found some new additions to my vintage Halloween ad collection in this post. Cigarettes!

I’ve got to hand it to Heidi Klum for not only being really into Halloween, but opting to show some muscle instead of skin:


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Let these busts from the Haunted Mansion sing you off into a lovely evening.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween Countdown: John Zacherley- Coolest Little Monster

Posted in halloween, music, undead with tags , , on October 19, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

When John Zacherley’s “Coolest Little Monster” came on in a streaming Halloween mix, I stopped everything…chuckling and marveling at the sweet greatness of this song.

Zacherley sings to his beloved little monster about all the delightful gifts he’ll bring her to show his love.

I couldn’t find a youtube video, but I did find it on the wonderful WMFU’s Beware of the Blog.

The lyrics haven’t been transcribed, as far as I can find anyway, but who can resist lines like

I’ll send a lipstick of arsenic
One urn of sunburn
Six cups of hiccups
A binful of sinful
‘Cause you’re the coolest little monster
That ever put the spook on me

Download “Coolest Little Monster and three other songs!

Go ahead…send this little ditty to the one you love this season.

I actually posted about Zacherley before, with his presidential campaign (and yet another spelling of his name, which makes three that I’ve seen so far).

Check out Monster Mash/Scary Tales and Spook Along With Zacherley for more tunes.

Hurricane Fighter Plane

Posted in announcement, music with tags , on August 27, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Quick announcement: I’m not sure what the weekend’s impending hurricane will do to my power lines or internet access, so if I disappear from this blog for any length of time…blame this feisty lady, headed my way.

Just dance to this until I get back…

1970′s Svenska Dansband

Posted in humor, kitsch, music, retro with tags , , , on August 21, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Running low on Scandanavian 1970′s musicians in bright, coordinated outfits this morning? Look no further than this post to remedy the situation.

Preview:

Leona Anderson: Music to Suffer By

Posted in humor, music, vintage with tags , , on August 2, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

This album is awful. Intentionally. But the title is bloody brilliant.

Leona Anderson made bad singing a legitimate, if entirely unnecessary, form of entertainment. She reveled in the limitations and deficiencies in her singing voice and her publicity proudly proclaimed her as “the World’s Most Horrible Singer.”

Well, now a lot of hipsters do that…but it was actually interesting in 1957.

Here’s a sample track:

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Vogue Sav-Way Picture Records

Posted in ephemera, kitsch, music, vintage with tags , , , on June 28, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Ah…remember when art and music actually went together? If you’re my age, you do. But here’s something I was not around for: picture records.

From the source:
Vogue picture records are phonograph records on the “Vogue” label which have a picture (an artist’s illustration) embedded in the transparent vinyl of the record.

The illustrations on each side of the record are usually related to the title of the song on that side. Many of the illustrations are mushy romantic themes (see the discography).

The most common Vogue picture records are 10-inch, 78 RPM records, although a few 12-inch, 78 RPM Vogue picture records were also produced.

Vogue picture records were produced by Sav-Way Industries of Detroit, Michigan. The first 10-inch Vogue picture record (catalog number R707) was released to the public in May 1946. Production ceased less than a year later in April 1947, with Sav-Way entering into receivership in August 1947. During this time, approximately seventy-four different 10-inch Vogue picture records were released.

These rare little things are awesome! I wish this idea had gone mainstream.

Read more about picture records here.
Entire discography

Wishery (a Remix)

Posted in animation, music, music video, video with tags , , , on March 6, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

This song is composed entirely of vocal samples, musical chords and sounds effects from Disney’s 1937 version of Snow White. Who knew Disney movies could be remixed into catchy trip-hop tracks? Well done!

There is also an entertaining Alice in Wonderland Gangsta Rap Mashup if you’re interested.

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Slayer Christmas Lights

Posted in christmas, music, video with tags , , on December 22, 2010 by shewalkssoftly

You don’t have to be a Slayer fan (though it sure wouldn’t hurt) to appreciate this display.

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