Today, I had a visit with my very friendly dentist and said good bye to a loose tooth.
In memory of my tooth, to which I was very attached , I am posting this great Betty Boop Cartoon by the brilliant Fleisher Brothers from 1934. This cartoon was actually banned when it came out and was recently found and released. I always loved how they mixed live and animation in a their surreal world. Decades before photoshop was even a fantasy, the Fleischers coud make any object do anything they wished!
I feel better already......
4 comments:
I think we need to put some of that in the water.
Hey, a friend mentioned Jim Osterburg
http://hughjhitchcock.com/archive/2008/03/19/iggy-pop-was-my-summer-camp-counselor-again.aspx
He's a bit older than I am, but it confirms I knew Iggy.
Wow, I read the link. It was a great story. I know Pickney and I've swum in many of the pothole lakes...
We used to go to Kensington park when I was in the Boy Scouts and stay in the great lodge in the winter.
I met Mr. Osterberg a few years later after having seen the Psychedelic Stooges (that was their original name) at the Grande Ballroom (Grand River and Joy Road).
Your friend talks about the Rationals and Prime Movers...all bands I loved. I was a neighbor of the MC5 at the time I wrote about in '68, when Martin Luther King was assasinated. I am a huge fan of the guitarist, Wayne Kramer. He released a lot of great music in the 90's and toured a lot...
Then he did the MC5 reunion band tour...well, the original led singer and the other guitarist, Fred Smith had died, but they did that for about 2 years... now I think he's slowing down.
Iggy was on French TV when the Stooges reunion happened a few years ago. The reformed Stooges did a great live set.
Then the guitarist, Ron Asheton died last year but I think they ware going to still do shows with James Williamson...
He was on the same show, Le Grand Journal last year when his French record came out...and performed the Jacques Prevert song in very bad but cool French.
Iggy is a few years older than me and gives me inspiration...When he turned 60, he dove off of a stage.
I remember him performing at the Olympia in Detroit in 1969. He walked off the stage onto the hands of the crowd and danced and then back onto the stage...I have never seen another performer do anything like that, ever.
Shakin' Street where all the kids meet.
Kick out the Jams, M________!
What I remember was the MC5's album coming out with Kick Out the Jams and Discount Records on State Street (A2) had this wild cartoon saying that people under 18 couldn't buy it. Being about 9 years old, that had me in the dark (even though I knew the words).
I remember the White Panther House on Hill Street in Ann Arbor, where I was living at that time.
The University had this exeprimental elementary School I was attending during the late 60s. Which meant we saw all the student protests through the eyes of children.
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