drunk kid

came upon this and almost wet my pants. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

Sunday morning dose of Rudolph

Independent. Whoooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

Saturday morning dose of Shindig...

with a Christmas-themed show featuring the Beach Boys circa 1965.

still hooked on looking at...

old footage of cars. Here's the Sunset Strip circa 1958.

beautiful old cars

I'll take a 1959 Oldsmobile convertible please. And the beach house!

Saturday morning Beatles fix

Here they are performing on The Ed Sullivan Show from 1965.

Christmas music I dig...

from Sinatra to James Brown. Merry Christmas! Yahoooooooooo!

beautiful color footage of Los Angeles...

during the holidays from 1946. Here's Part One and Part Two.

take a cruise down Sunset Strip...

from 1964 and check out the groovy cars. Vrooooooooooooooooom!

Saturday morning dose of...

the Soul Train dance line with Get Down by Curtis Mayfield. Get down!

Sunday morning dose of the tropics...

with Johnny Nash singing Hold Me Tight from 1968.

Black Friday dose of Sly Stone...

with a superb live performance of If You Want Me To Stay.

speaking of the 1960s organ...

here's Earl Van Dyke and the Funk Brothers, the backbone of Motown, with All For You, Come See About Me and Don't Mess With Bill.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year I'm thankful for many things, particularly, the 60s organ like at 1:33 on Comin' Home, Baby by Dee Dee Sharp. It was previously done by Mel Torme. Whoooooooooooooooooaaaaaaahhhh!

Saturday night dose of authentic...

mid 1950s Mambo music by Perez Prado doing Mambo #8. Woohoo!

still hung up on the British

with The Kinks. There's even a dancing chef at 1:10.

Early British Rock and Roll

Here's another version of What I'd Say by Tom Jones from 1964.

Early British Rock and Roll

Two versions of What I'd Say from Vince Taylor and Cliff Richard.

Saturday morning dose of Shindig!...

with Donna Loren doing a great version of Shakin' All Over.

Friday night dose of the jitterbug

too bad this isn't done anymore! Swing it yea!

twistin' by the indoor pool

Huh? Check out this cool short film from 1962. Whoooaaaahhh!

Sunday morning dose of The Beach Boys...

singing Wendy on an unusually snowy day in October.

vintage Halloween costume patterns

is your evil panda costume done yet?

drive-in theater refreshment movies

so scary and bizarre... I love them! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Sunday morning Sly Stone medley

Yahooooo! More here. And then more. And then some more.

Saturday morning dose of Shindig!...

with The Rolling Stones. I just can't get enough of Shindig!

Saturday morning dose of Shindig!...

with lots of Motown. Whoooooooaaaaaaahhhhh!

Sunday morning dose of Motown...

with Martha and the Vandellas live at The Apollo from 1963.

James Hunter

Like rhythm and blues with lots of sax, a stand up bass and a swingin' guitar? Check out James Hunter. Beautifully animated video Carina.

Institute of Contemporary Art

Check out some art and watch the boats cruise by. Woohooooo!

Boston Public Library

hanging out in Copley Square on a beautiful October day

The Beatles on Ed Sullivan...

with commercials at the beginning. Check out the pizza. Yum?

Friday morning get-up-and-go-go...

to The B-52s. S'in a giant clam! I want a fog machine! More! More!

Wednesday morning dose of Shindig!...

with the Animals. Another version with hair-flipping screams at 1:36.

Sunday morning dose of blue-eyed soul...

Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers singing See See Rider

Saturday morning dose of go-go-ness...

with Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers plus Sandy the go-go girl.

smell ya summer!

check out the hysterical "smush dance" at the end of this clip.

put on a disguise...

and let it all hang out baby! Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!

Sunday morning dose of color...

with the incomparable Otis Redding on Upbeat from 1966.

crazy man, crazy!

groovin' on The Munsters with The Standells covering The Beatles.

Sweet Soul Music

Arthur Conley singing Sweet Soul Music from 1967. Nice, clear footage of the band groovin' and folks in the audience diggin' it.