Category: Ephemera
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Cafeteria plan
One promising thing to come out of this pandemic is the return (hopefully) of cafeterias and cafeteria-style dining.
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Trouser Press Thursdays – May 1979
Nobody told me there’d be lots of cool ads in this issue. I’ll be honest – I’m not a John Lennon fan at all. Yeah, he did some great music, but I don’t like how he treated people (including his own son.) But surprise – I don’t hate Yoko. Yeah, I use the term “Yoko-ing”…
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Trouser Press Thursdays #3 – April 1979
This week we join Trouser Press Magazine as they celebrate their 5th Anniversary. There’s lots of reminiscing, good and bad, and I enjoyed their “Five Year Calendar” that marked important things that happened in music. There’s also a lot of bitching and complaining, which I was totally expecting. Overall, a pretty good issue with lots…
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Trouser Press Thursdays #2 – February 1979
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Let’s take a walk on the mild side with this issue from February 1979. And when I say mild, I mean meh. I’m not a big Lou Reed fan and I’m fine with that. But this entire issue is kind of meh. Not a lot of bands I’m into and the new bands sounded like…
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Trouser Press Thursdays #1 – January 1979
Fun Fact #1: Devo is one of my favorite bands, so it’s great to see them kicking off the New Year and this blog series. Fun Fact #2: I wasn’t alive when this issue came out. I was born in March 1979. With the headline of this issue being “DEVO: Future of Rock or Total…
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Let’s Blow the Dinnerhorn
My first introduction to a Dinnerhorn restaurant wasn’t even the restaurant itself, but what it became after. Back in the late 90s, I hung out a lot in the Artist Colony area of downtown Pomona. Back then and even today, there is/was still quite a bit of great vintage buildings, signs, etc…and although it was…
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Wiping it Up – My Collection of Vintage Southern California Napkins
Like most of my collections, I don’t remember how this one started. But I assume I just picked up an old napkin because I thought it was “neat” or I could pair it with something else from my collection. Now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure it started with collecting vintage Las Vegas…
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Movin’ On Up: Part One of Los Angeles 1925
I don’t consider myself a “vintage paper snob”, but since I’ve been balls deep in it for so long, it takes something truly spectacular to take my breath away like Berlin. But I picked up this Los Angeles apartment guide from 1925 and it’s so great, I have no more words like Berlin!
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Rustling Up Some Grub at the Steak Corral
As you know, I’m a sucker for a cheap steak. Not that I haven’t had (and liked) expensive steak. But sometimes you just need your meat desires met in the most efficient and inexpensive way possible. And that’s why Steak Corral is pretty rad.
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Wherehouse Whednesday – The Frequent Video Renter Program
Growing up in the 80s, video rental stores were plentiful and a vital function of any families Friday night. I remember it being a BIG deal to get to the video store early enough on a Friday (or even the night before) to get a hot new release before they were all gone. My family…
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