Wednesday, December 28, 2011

THE MUSIC MACHINE'S SEAN BONNIWELL DEAD AT 71


According to a website called Rock Edition, Sean Bonniwell, lead singer of the influential 60s garage band The Music Machine, has died at age 71. This is about the only article on Boniwell's death on the Internet. Apparently, the mainstream media is more interested in unimportant people like Tim Tebow and Sarah Palin.

The Music Machine had one major Top 40 hit in 1966 with "Talk Talk," followed by "People In Me," which made it to #66 in 1967. They also had two singles in 1967 that became cult favorites, "Double Yellow Line" and "The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly."  When they moved to Warner Brothers in late 1967, they became known as The Bonniwell Music Machine, which was more sunshine pop than early punk/metal.

With Sean Bonniwell and Michael Jackson both deceased (as well as Slappy White), we will probably be forced to listen to some doofus country singer who wears two gloves (probably those Wells Lamont gloves because Paul Harvey advertised them).

The video is of the Music Machine performing "Talk Talk" on Where The Action Is. Along with "Pushin Too Hard" by the The Seeds, "Talk Talk" could be the story of my life.

UPDATE (12/29/2011):  The Los Angeles Times has an article on the death of Sean Bonniwell. Kudos to them.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF DESDINOVA!


That is me, Christmas 1978.

If you are looking for something to read until Santa arrives, here is a Slate article, by Steely Dan's Donald Fagen,  on writer and radio host Jean Shepherd. His book, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, was the basis for the movie, Christmas Story.  Also found a piece on Vince Guaraldi, who composed the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas and other the Peanuts cartoons of the 60s and 70s.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

INTERESTING NEWSPAPER ADS FROM 1959

I featured these in 2008 on the old blog. The two liquor ads come from a 1959 Lebanon Daily Record. The ads for Cranks Drug Store and Woolworths are from 1959 Springfield News Leader. As with anything I did at that time, it upset some people here in Springfield. Lebanon has always had a better sense of humor about this stuff.
Here are somethings I find funny about this:
  • Mr. Magoo pitching beer.
  • Woolworths is having a "gay Xmas."
  • Cranks is also celebrating "Xmas."
  • Cranks and other retail stores in the 50s seem to always have a sale on Milk of Magnesia and women's underpants (3-for-1) the same week. Is there a correlation? 
If you need to make the images larger, right click on them and select "Open in new window." Then click on them again.






BY REQUEST: RETRO SANTA CLAUS COCA COLA AD (1960)

I noticed on FeedJit this morning that someone had landed on this blog after Googling "santa claus retro coca cola."  I assume they were looking for one of the many Santa Claus ads for Coca Cola from the past. I found this one on a 1960 Life magazine. Unfortunately, my scanner is small, but I hope it gives you an idea of what great artwork was involved in this ad campaign.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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