Freaky Friday - 2 for 1 Retro Album Cover sale

Buy Randy California and get Hans Edler for free!

Randy California looks like another 

Will Ferrell movie waiting to happen.

I never had a thing for Cumberbunds until I saw Hans.

Happy Friday!!

Images via - rateyourmusic

Skate Days

"I still have this board" - R Sandman

Rich Sandman was a member of the Pepsi Skateboard team back in the 70’s on the East Coast of North America. The team put on shows in various locations in New England and surrounding areas.

Some info on his 70's skate days from Rich himself...

“We went to New York a few times for a few parades including the Macy’s parade, where we skated with Tony Alva during his heyday. Shawn Mulhulland and Steve Ellis AKA Woody Woodflow and later known as Cholo (of Hawaii) were also on the team.  We would end the show jumping the team and then we would pull kids in from the crowds and add them in the middle. We would get up to 12 for the show if we had enough room to get the speed.”  (pictured in the set below)

“Some of the great parks we skated in this era were Cherryhill in NJ, Shooting Star in Mass, Vernon in CT, Centrifical Force in RI and of coarse Yawgoo Valley Ski resort of RI (our roots).

These photographs are mine from the 70’s doing what was the most enjoyable thing we could do back then. Besides skiing, party’s, girls and cars : ).  Some were taken by me, others by my friends, but most by my girlfriend and future wife of 35 years.”

Here's a few of my fave shots from Rich's 'Skate Days' set, along with their original captions by Rich.

You can view more fantastic photographs from the 'Skate Days' set on Flickr here.

Huge thank you to Rich Sandman for allowing me to share his photographs here, 

and for being so easy going and an absolute pleasure to deal with.

 Life in the 70's.

Pepsi board jump practice

 R Sandman/D Gladstone - David doing the flange as I jumped over him in front of his house.

Nose wheelie on stacked boards.

 1977 Pepsi team

 Steve Ellis aka Woody Woodflow

A local at Shoot Star Skate Park, Mass.

Houston Pipeline 1980

Freaky Friday - Fright Night

Budgie looks as frightened as this dear little girl!

Creepy!

This one belongs in my clown special a few weeks back.

The original killer 'Chucky' doll. Complete with butchers apron.

Just a regular Friday night at Ma & Pa Baker's house.

The Screaming Nun.

Happy Friday!

Images 1) pleatedjeans 2) wackyowl 3) whyIfearclowns
4) x-weird 5 & 6) Awkward Family Photos

1970's Jamaica Tourist Board Poster

I have been slowly re discovering Pinterest and have been pouring 

over some fantastic 1970's posters on there.

This one caught my eye - perhaps for obvious reasons (kinda hard not to notice it!), 

but also because I remembered it from a scene in the 1988 film Cocktail.

 I found some information on the beautiful model Sintra Arunte-Bronte,

 on a site called Jamaica Gleaner...

 ***

Sintra Arunte-Bronte caught the eye of a photographer who had been commissioned 

by the Jamaica Tourist Board to do the poster in 1972.

The photographer had been scouting for a woman to portray the beauty of an 

island woman. It took seven and a half hours to capture the right effect.

Sintra said at the time she never thought the poster would have such an international impact.

The poster now graces the walls of airports, Jamaica Tourist Board offices worldwide, 

hotel lobbies and travel agencies internationally.

Other than the few dollars she was paid to model, Sintra never received any royalties.

***

Here is the short clip of the poster in the movie Cocktail...

I used to dig Tom Cruise back then.

Long before Katie, the couch incident and beyond...

Freaky Friday - Mixed Bag of Freakiness #3

Just like a mixed bag of lollies from your local milk bar, only less sugar.

Save yourselves - look away!!

Little Miss Sunshine

Chris likes his jumpsuits in Denim. Tight Denim.

Elna bringing the house down with her accordion's magical music.

Tony - putting the 'P' in "Phwoar!"

Forget the rest - Neil's God's Best.

Will the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up...

Happy Friday!

Album covers via Rate Your Music 

and Others by Awkward Family Photos

Tiny Dancer - Almost Famous

One of my favourite scenes from the movie "Almost Famous".

The film is loosely based on writer & director Cameron Crowe's real life experiences
writing for Rolling Stone magazine, touring with bands such as The Who, Led Zeppelin,
The Eagles & Lynyrd Skynyrd.

In this scene of the movie, the relationships in
the band "Stillwater" had become fractured, with egos and tempers flaring.

Guitarist Russell spends a night away from the band partying, and receives a
frosty reception when he's collected by the tour bus the following morning.

Elton John's song "Tiny Dancer" indirectly reconnects the band and clears the air.

I think of this particular scene every time I hear this tune on the radio.

1970's Blue Jeans Patches

Sunny days, girls and blue jeans patches in the 1970's
photographed by Daniel - dcxdan .

Many thanks to Dan for allowing me to share his photographs here. : )

Busted by the girls dude.

Decent stache on him!