for a time in early 20th century north america, if group singing with a pipe organ in a church wasn’t your thing, you could group sing in a movie theatre with pipe organ, or a civic auditorium with a pipe organ, or a lodge hall with a pipe organ, or
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thinking about total loss of locally common knowledge within 100yrs vis à vis how goddamn many silent era movie theatres I can’t find a single auditorium photograph from
one more for the late nite nerds only: just after 6:50, before the last note of “Wabash Moon” is even finished ringing out, we hear audible piston KA-CHUNK milliseconds before Helen just starts godzilla stomping everything in her radius
the milfwaukee road@cartilagehead.bsky.social · last mo.(2/3) from a 1931 broadcast of the Royal Typewriter Hour. Helen shares the bill with the Royal Duotones orchestra, but we have the chance to hear some of her signature 🔥🔥🔥 playing on “Hello Beautiful” and “Tie a Little String…” is pure racy swagger 🥵 on.soundcloud.com/BAYYmao5SC9V...
the implication that she didn’t give a rat’s ass about what the men in the audience thought about anything ♥️
the milfwaukee road@cartilagehead.bsky.social · 2mo agoHelen is still known for her “backwards dresses” but with a little more info the whole story feels a bit sad…
Q: is it Helen Crawford’s birthday? A: it is Helen Crawford’s birthday! let’s celebrate by listening to one of this remarkable gal’s rare solo recordings… (CAUTION! HOT!!) (1/3)
I’m afraid only moisturepunk strikes the exact correct balance of optimism and pessimism
Doc Vivi Leandra【 VTC 】- Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️@docvivileandra.bsky.social · 2mo agoSaw someone post an essay on reddit about how "solarpunk" is more punk than cyberpunk because it's daring to imagine a better future and like Okay, but try imagining a better future that's not "Thomas Kinkade painting with solar panels"
count your days, friends. I’m back and I have Fresh Helen Crawford Research and I’m gonna be real annoying about it
guys will be like “I know a place” and take you to the gravel lot behind the Scott Joplin House
sorry for continued cancon posting but “sudbury saturday night” is truly one of the drinking songs of all time and statistically no americans know it??
Snow looks so good when the backdrop is big brick buildings. Makes you feel like you’re living in Muppets Christmas Carol
the first time I ever heard “Barrett’s Privateers” it was being rendered a cappella by a drunk older down-and-out gentleman on the Yonge-University-Spadina line. a truly ideal introduction
"Ham" is short for "Hamtrak"
tough time to be a ballroom enjoyer right now
“wurlitzer” is the perfect name for a company that made Contraptions
There's a video going viral in Chicago right now by a guy claiming large scale raids will start around 2AM in specific neighborhoods. It's BS. The person who posted it has a checkered history of false claims to try to gain followers and drum up business for a private security company he runs.
immaculate heart of mary except instead of the heart it's midland plate 45
Lady Topham Catt@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · last yr.Like any good terra cotta nerd, I always stop for Midland catalog designs. So why not inflict these pics on you, dear reader? Ubiquitous in the 1920s, it's still everywhere in Chicago today, & I love greeting it in its various permutations like an old friend. Seen here in West Town and West Pullman.
I want to “John Henry” the laser cutter at work
when you do your makeup for green mill conditions and end up evoking ivan albright in the harsh light of the red line
gotta figure bad guys hang out here right, cacklin about stuff and eating apples with switchblades. smokin whatever's around. tough customers, no doubt
Theda Bara would’ve absolutely smoked cloves
Pizza & Pipes & Pipes: the theatre organ pizza parlor with attached head shop