Day: October 16, 2021

What Is a Rat Rod?

January 31, 2023

Is the term ‘Rat Rod’ nsulting or aspirational? Join us as we delve into the who, what, when, and why of one of hot-rodding’s most

Joan Jett at home in L.A., 1977

January 31, 2023

This picture is of Joan Jett in her home in Los Angeles, in 1977. She was born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958. She

How to survive a rattlesnake bite… or better yet, avoid one

January 31, 2023

Talk about a heavenly day: The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, temperatures in the low 70s and low humidity. Scott Vuncannon, a 58-year-old real

The forest hides from the world

January 30, 2023

The forest hides from the world, enveloped in a cloak of mist. Silence permeates through the cold. The trees look in from the darkness, for

Iconic Moments From The 1970s

January 30, 2023

The 1970s were a wild and crazy time. There were disco balls and platform shoes, bell-bottoms, and mustaches galore. It was a decade of freedom,

Orion: The Man Who Would Be King

January 30, 2023

John Updike’s comment about celebrity being a mask that eats into the face occurred to me watching this desperately sad film. It is the story

Starcourt Mall

Ah, the shopping mall: It’s a dying beacon of ’80s consumerism, the inspiration for legions of ruin photography and films, and now, improbably, the star

Weird Stores: Jafco

Jafco Co. was a multimillion-dollar chain of American catalog show room retail stores founded by Sidney Z. Jaffe in 1957. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the

Goodbye Blue Sky

“Look mummy, there’s an aeroplane up in the sky!” Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder

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