Posted in Ephemera, Featured Posts, History To Arms! A Gallery of War Recruitment Posters Chris Holmes posted on November 10, 2011October 3, 2016 3 Comments Here is a gallery of recruiting posters used for various wars and conflicts the United States military was engaged in from the 18th through the 20th Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Happy birthday Lester Young Chris Holmes posted on August 28, 2011May 17, 2013 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Happy birthday Lester Young To celebrate the 102nd birthday of jazz legend Lester "Prez" Young, Sunday Jazz offers two songs from two different periods of Young's Read More
Posted in Ephemera, Featured Posts More Posters of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Chris Holmes posted on August 23, 2011July 20, 2012 Comments Off on More Posters of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) We present another gallery of some of the best posters from the age of the WPA (Works Progress Administration). 11 images featuring cool Read More
Posted in Internet, Links Here’s some stuff I enjoyed this week Chris Holmes posted on August 12, 2011 Comments Off on Here’s some stuff I enjoyed this week We present the latest in a seemingly endless series of excellent internet links that you must see. It is a moral Read More
Posted in Movies Trailer Trash — Red Tails, Johnny English Reborn, and The Ides of March Chris Holmes posted on August 11, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Trailer Trash — Red Tails, Johnny English Reborn, and The Ides of March This week I offer snap judgments of Red Tails, Johnny English Reborn, and The Ides of March based solely on their theatrical Read More
Posted in Blogstuff Cross-pollination: Ruminations on the Norway tragedy (on Popdose) Chris Holmes posted on July 25, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Cross-pollination: Ruminations on the Norway tragedy (on Popdose) Wherein I offer my thoughts on last week's tragic terrorist attacks in Norway, Anders Breivik, and what it means for Christians in Read More
Posted in Ephemera Vintage View-Master: Germany (Nations of the World series), reel 1 Chris Holmes posted on July 12, 2011April 10, 2012 3 Comments Through the magic of View-Master, we travel back to Germany as it was in the early 1960s. This is the first of three reels for your viewing Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Vintage Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for Memorial Day Chris Holmes posted on May 29, 2011October 14, 2011 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Vintage Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie for Memorial Day For Memorial Day, enjoy a pair of World War II-era numbers featuring the legendary Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - "4-F Blues" and "G.I. Read More
Posted in Mental Debris Even though nobody asked, here are my thoughts on bin Laden Chris Holmes posted on May 2, 2011June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Even though nobody asked, here are my thoughts on bin Laden So Osama bin Laden is dead at last. Maybe. Probably. It's been fewer than 12 hours since I saw the news, but here are my thoughts and impressions so Read More