Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Retro: Kimmer

Retro: Kimmer

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RETROKIMMER: LEAST FAVORITE RETRO TOYS

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:09 PM PDT



Probably going to hear from all the fans of the EZ Bake Oven but.... As far as I am concerned this toy was a whole bunch of work to produce a little flat cake that looked like a hockey puck.



Now how long would a kind be entertained by this dog??



Now the Ouija was completely lame to me. This toy scared little kids half to death. I flipped my board over and stuck stickers on it. So much for contacting dead uncle Charlie...



I really hated this toy... Now little Kimmer was never going to stand and pretend to cook... I still don't cook.. Talk about gender typing. Oh yeah and I used my toy ironing board as a sled. It went really fast down hill on snow!


Hands down a dumb game. We'd play one game then get in a fist fight with the other kids who hit me instead of the colored hands.. (just kidding)



Chatty Cathy? That annoying voice! They should can that voice and play it to elicit confessions out of captured terrorists! I took my doll to the basement and my brother and I gave poor Cathy neurosurgery to find out what made her talk.. I was a big old fashioned spool of metal tape.



This toy could do 2 things... swing back and forth in your hands and climb down stairs...zzzzzzz


Couldn't draw anything on the confounded box..

Will pick some more later... XXOK

VIDAL SASSOON THE ORIGINAL ROCK STAR HAIRDRESSER

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:45 PM PDT


Vidal Sassoon and his models

In the 1960s my young stylish mother took my sister and I to get Sassoon haircuts. The cuts were called 5 point cuts. Basically you short hair with sideburns cut out around the ears and often was asymmetrical as well. We thought we had the coolest hair in school (we did). No more pony tails and ribbons which I always yanked out on my way to school. (sorry Nanna...)


Sassoon blazed the path for new "retro" bob cuts

Of recent layered "bobs" and my favorite the nano "bob are the rage today. It just is plain and simple the best haircut! It is very stylish and easy to care for. Except for you need a trim in at least 6 weeks. I wear a version of the 5 point cut today.


Sassoon and designer Mary Quant

Vidal Sassoon was the biggest genius in all of the hairdressing world!



From Wiki

Vidal Sassoon, CBE (born January 17, 1928) is a widely recognized British hair stylist, credited with creating a geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the bob, a stylish and simple cut. Due to the popularity of his styles, he has been described as "a rock star, an artist, [and] a craftsman who 'changed http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifthe world with a pair of scissors.'"

His "wash and wear" philosophy liberated women from the "tyranny of the salon" and "revolutionized the art of hairstyling." Sassoon's styles became "emblematic of freedom and good health," and their popularity allowed him to open the first chain of worldwide hair styling salons, complimented by his hair-treatment products. He is also remembered for his television commercials in the 1960s. A documentary film about his life, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie was released in 2010.

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MAZINGA KICKS EM OUT!

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:16 PM PDT


Chris Taylor Tony Fero Marc McFinn Al King

Hey gang, spent sometime chatting with Chris "Box" Taylor the hardest working guy on the Ann Arbor Music Scene. Box is in two bands Mazinga and Blue Snaggletooth and I love them both. I am planning on getting with Box soon to film a bit and hang out with T and baby Asheton. Asheton was named for Box's friend and hero Ron Asheton of the Stooges.


Box and Kimmer


Tony Fero Chris Taylor Jef Porkins Donald Blum Marc McFinn

Mazinga draws its inspiration from garage punk and comic books, playing in a self-dubbed style of "maximum cosmic punk." Formed in Nov. 1995, the group (who take their name from a Japanese cartoon robot) have played regionally and completed a small west coast tour. They've released a series of 7"s, and a self titled full length through small indie labels Reanimator and Spasthmatic, as well as two self released EPs. Sounding like our friends punk pioneers The MC5 and Deniz Tek's Radio Birdman, Mazinga features fast tempos, dissonant guitar work, and out of control live shows.

Mazinga on Myspace

THE ENRAGED SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT



Many of my friends and readers called and wrote in asking if Cary Loren was going to bring his Destroy All Monsters Magazine exhibit to the Detroit Area. Cary sent me a gig he is doing here and this art exhibit looks very hot to me.... THANKS CARY XXOOK



THE ENRAGED SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

PUBLIC POOL ARTSPACE
3309 CANIFF
HAMTRAMCK, MI 48212 ･
hello@apublicpool.com ･
313-405-POOL

Special programs run throughout the length of the show, which includes live Michigan noise performances and a talk between artist Cary Loren and art critic Vince Carducci.

The planet is on fire. The best artists range in all corners of this holy, raging mess, bringing to ground work that attacks, combusts, punishes and compels. Subcultural headwinds result. A terrible beauty swarms among us, where it remains active, undisturbed and largely undetected.

The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth features Detroit artists lurking in these fertile borderlands. They bring love from outer space and find inspiration in degraded tree bark. Their art goes right to the core of the human animal. Even before that, in some cases, into more primordial realms. It's wild and free, nervous and brash, fungal and moist, hypnotic and unshakeable.

The group of artists featured here are all involved with music, or have been touched by it, and contribute sound-inspired visual pieces that will hang at Public Pool for six weeks.

There will also be special events associated with the exhibition that include live performances, and a talk between Cary Loren and art critic and Kresge fellow Vince Carducci as part of the Detroit release for Loren's collection Destroy All Monsters Magazine 1976-1979.

Featured Artists and Official Website
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