Twentieth Century
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 31
Love Jan Zrzavý's look!His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 04, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Europe, Russia, Twentieth Century
Dynamite Pete, Nebraska Hermit
A fascinating story in detail here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 29, 2020 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Hermits, Regionalism, North America, Twentieth Century
Les Djinns Singers
Les Djinns were a French choir with a distinctive singing style, composed of sixty girls[1] between the ages of nine and eighteen years, conducted by Paul Bonneau. In 1959, the French government organized a 'Master School' for the instruction of girls in musical subjects in order to ensure a supply of performance talent for the country's radio and television industry. The Master School set a course of study where the girls followed a curriculum of standard academic subjects in the morning hours, then musical courses in the afternoons consisting of scales, vocal techniques, harmony and choral vocalizing. Upon graduation, each girl was accepted into Les Djinns.
Within six weeks of the group's founding, Les Djinns were awarded the Gran Prix of the Academy of Records in France, and their popularity began to proliferate with stage appearances in France and tours in other European countries. Eventually a total of 88 tunes were recorded, including a Christmas album and an album of American favorites sung in French, and released on the ABC-Paramount label. One Les Djinns single recording, "Marie Marie" (1960), made it onto the Top 100 list.
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 01, 2020 -
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Category: Crowds, Groups, Mobs and Other Mass Movements, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Europe, Twentieth Century
Mystery Gadget 89
This was not a mere statue, but served a purpose. What did it do?The answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 21, 2020 -
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Category: Domestic, Twentieth Century
The Galloping Comedians
Symphony orchestra, or the Harmonicats? Your choice.The second movement, the one played by the Harmonicats, begins more or less at the one-minute mark in the first video.
The Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 20, 2020 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Twentieth Century
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 30
The Wikipedia page of the artist.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 14, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Twentieth Century
The Klaudt Indian Family
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 12, 2020 -
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Category: Music, Religion, Twentieth Century, Native Americans
The Germ-Hun
With thanks to Lawrence Person.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 11, 2020 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Hygiene, Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, Reader Recommendation, Europe, Twentieth Century
Henry the Home Run Chicken
No explanation available.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 03, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Sports, Tourists and Tourism, Natural Wonders, Twentieth Century
Muffin the Mule
Non-talking puppets with uninterrupted narration by a weird lady: pure kiddie gold!Or, as the urban legend has it: "There! That oughta hold the little bastards!"
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 30, 2020 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, United Kingdom, Twentieth Century
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