Friday Ephemera - The MC5 and Stooges in Queens 1969

Signed DC over at All the Streets You Crossed keeps obsessively bringing it by scouring the Village Voice archives on Google. Today she posted the two goodies here, vintage 1969 ads for the Stooges debut in NYC, and a different ad for the same MC5-headlined show with the Stooges supporting. Click thru to her site and see MUCH more...

Daily travels

My first visit to Citifield June 10, 2009. It was overcast, and the Mets blew the lead in the seventh, but a good time was had anyway. Great food (expensive) too, especially the black & white shake from Shake Shack. Hearing the full original version of "Meet the Mets" during the seventh inning stretch was excellent! I actually felt a twinge of nostalgia for Shea Stadium which was odd since I never liked it, but that didn't last long. The new place is worth a visit if you can swing it.

I'm calling it Shea t-shirts

I have no connection with the makers of this t-shirt but someone mentioned they'd buy one if they could, so here you go.

Louis Armstrong collage book

About a year ago I posted a story from the Paris Review about Louis Armstrong and his penchant for making collages out of just about anything, but especially on his boxes of reel-to-reel tapes which he traveled with constantly.

Thanks to Disneyrollergirl, I've just come to find out that there's now a book of this wonderful artwork available: Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong

Something else for the ol'Amazon wishlist!

Visit the Louis Armstrong House Museum.