Practical Kitsch: At-Eze Head Hammock (1963)

It was sealed in plastic for 48 years until I rescued it from a flea market dollar box. 

Ya know what?  It actually works quite well for a vintage piece of 1960s kitsch.

Vinyl Therapy: Radiohead "King Of Limbs" (2011)

Extremely adept at reaching all levels of their fan spectrum (from the casual fan to the rabid completist)  Radiohead have once again presented their newest album in several formats.  They've offered everything from quick and easy digital downloads of "King Of Limbs" to traditional CD packaging to this... The super-deluxe "Newspaper Edition" of the album.  Radiohead have (once again) seen fit to present several versions of a release so that each listener can choose the level at which they wish to engage with the recorded material.  They've taken the best parts of the 1970s and '80s "deluxe double album" model with a nod to the digital immediacy and versatility that a music fan in 2011 demands.

Clipped: 1940s-1960s Advert Spots

Instagram Vintage

A few snippets from my drawers of source material for collage (as seen by the iPhone Instagram app).

Close Cover Before Striking

Images from a collection of matchbooks that my friend Janie surprised me with at Christmastime.  

(Excellent stuff, my friend... You know me far too well!)

In The Kitchen With Steve

On a shelf above the entrance to Steve's kitchen:

 An array of beautiful vintage items that date from the 1940s through the 1960s.  

Quite the collector and curator he is.