Emotional times for several reasons. Keep an extra tissue handy. Picture does have a great look, by the way.

Haha! Thought the same thing!

Picturing Rick saying, with a grimace: “Yeah….15 is the best I can do…”

This is likely from the visit to New Orleans for the April 5th, 1978 show, in support of their “Grand Illusion“ LP. The big hits on that release were “Fooling Yourself,” which hit US #29 and Canada # 20, and “Come Sail Away,” hit US #8 and Canada #9.

One of several photos taken in Hawaii by Ron Raffaelli (1943-2015), who was hired by Hendrix to cover his tour. This shot is listed as being from October 6, 1968, when Hendrix was shot driving the dune buggy with then-girlfriend Kathy Etchingham. One site (formidable mag) pictures quite a few color and black and white shots taken during that period.

A 2011 episode of “Pawn Stars” featured the photographer selling a collection of unpublished photographs of Hendrix, which were purchased by owner Rick Harrison for $15,000.

As noted above, Dylan is singing, “Only A Pawn In Their Game,” written June 12, 1963, about the death of Medgar Evers. He recorded the song in August, and it would be released the following January, on his third album, “The Times They Are A-Changin’”.

Attributed to photographer Danny Lyon, this photo was taken after a concert Dylan performed with Pete Seeger and Theo Bikel. According to the SNCC press release, it was the first integrated event in the area.

The song Dylan is playing here was called, “Only A Pawn In Their Game,” about the death of Medgar Evers. It was written in June of 1963, recorded in August and released in January of 1964.

Behind Dylan are activist Mendel “Mendy” Samstein, speaking to Wiilie Blue, who served as field secretary for SNCC. With her back turned and listening is Bernice Reagon, a member of The Freedom Singers, and later member of the group Sweet Honey In The Rock. She has had an extensive career which included work for the Smithsonian and a long tenure as History professor at American University in Washington, DC.

Willie Blue, a Navy Veteran, later became an ordained Reverend. He passed away December 28, 2022, at his home in Hernando, MS., aged 83.

Were you rewarded by your silence?

Chucky gave you the tail! Shocking!

What kind of world do we live in!?

The Best stores shown in the link were among the most provocative commercial designs around at the time. The company had a number of stores in the mid-Atlantic area, including several in Northern Virginia where I was growing up. Most were stores built in existing spaces, with no particular special design.

I worked at one store in the late 70’s/early 80’s, and it was a somewhat smaller-sized location, but still had the unique design of a large showroom with sample items on the first (ground-floor) level and the warehouse and stock on the upper floor. Most items were “ordered” from the service desk and paid for at checkout stations. Wait-time was generally less than five to ten minutes, unless it was a particularly busy time of year.

Some sections of the store were called “self-service,” where customers could pick up an item and buy it immediately, like sporting goods, hardware, jewelry, the audio section (excluding items like large TV sets).

Upon opening some of the unique stores, the local managers would promote the new locations, sometimes making trips to visit those locations. Many of my colleagues/co-workers felt the buildings were too “radical” or “impractical.”

We heard this years ago…figured it was a lie.

Haha, best comment!

This is astonishing!

When we were growing up, the Colonel used to say it had “11 herbs and spices,” that made it finger lickin’ good…

Wondering what the 1965 date in the post is referring to now?

And several cars parked below the flock of birds were immediately decorated….

The notable artist behind these works was Margaret Keane, born Peggy Hawkins. The Keane “big eyes” paintings were quite popular in the 1960’s. At one point, her second husband Walter sold her paintings as his own work, and did “knock-offs” of her work, claiming that “paintings by men sold better than those done by women.”

The couple spilt in 1965, and she became a Jehovah’s Witness, later remarried. She continued to work, and amazingly passed away just last year, at age 94.

Tim Burton directed a biopic of her life in 2014, titled, “Big Eyes,” which starred Amy Adams.

I can’t wait!

That was great to watch. Although I did not watch the show, seeing James here was really special. Have enjoyed his work for quite some time.

Picture here is by photographer Lynn Goldsmith, presumably from the Forest Hills Musicourt ‘82 event in August 1982, where Santana, Meat Loaf and Todd Rundgren performed.

There are shots from the event where they are wearing other outfits than these. In a few shots, John is shown onstage with Santana. In other shots, fellow tennis star Vitas Gueritis is shown, wearing a Santana shirt.

In a documentary about the brothers, Chico’s daughter recalled that during a matinee show, Chico and Harpo traded roles.

Jean Shrimpton is sometimes mentioned as the “first supermodel,” coming to fame in the early sixties, prior to the Beatles’ own fame. She was the notable “face” of the Swinging London era, working with (and dating) famed photographer David Bailey.

This 1965 Richard Avedon series is usually shown in black-and-white, and there are about a dozen variants, with Paul and Jean in different poses, as well as some of either by themselves in the shot. This, with Paul looking somewhat bored and Jean behind him, wearing sunglasses, is perhaps most famous of the series.

The following year, the Beatles posed individually for Avedon again, in a series used for Look Magazine’s poster series and later the LP cover for “Love Songs.”

The photo was from a visit to London, where they also played a performance at The Palace Theater. There were other photos from the time, dated 12/31/30, showing Chico at a piano, surrounded by brothers Zeppo, and Groucho, their wives, and Groucho’s kids (Arthur and Miriam).

As others noted, this showed the brothers without their makeup and wigs, for which they were most known.

Clarifying: Chico “chased the chicks,” as he put it. He was known for this at a young age. It wasn’t given for the characters he played.

Zeppo’s nickname was an evolving story. Sometimes Groucho told the “zeppelin “ story, but sometimes they intimated he was called the name after “a circus freak” that they had seen. One website states that the nickname was based on the German word for “kid.”

Chico’s daughter stated on a documentary that they called him “Zeb” when they owned a farm. They would call each other “Zeke” or “Zeb.” and it later changed to Zeppo.

The other brother, (who was in the group before the films), was “Gummo,” named because he used to wear gumshoes.He left to enlist in the service, and later became a well-known agent in Hollywood.

Wow! Most creative!