More retro, modern or slightly off-topic stuff we love or hate. It’s beyond Beyond the Roots of Lounge var sc_project=3956333; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=46; var sc_click_stat=1; var sc_security="762641fc"; Get the Beyond The Roots of Lounge widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!Tumblr (3.0; @rechercher)http://rechercher.tumblr.com/<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku2ld9QB3U1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ad for what became known as as the Elvis 68 Comeback Special, original airdate Dec. 3, 1968.</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/267508823http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/267508823Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:36:45 -0500Elvis Presleytvvintage advertising<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku25yi8bsZ1qzpvrro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Recently on our dashboard…</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/267188006http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/267188006Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:03:54 -0500metaslightly off-topic<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjojpjMpa1qzlnx8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Still <i>more</i> LP record abuse, via</p> <p><a href="http://retrospace.tumblr.com/post/253920226/via-retro-vintage-modern-hi-fi" target="_blank">retrospace</a>: via <a href="http://itishifi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">retro-vintage-modern hi-fi</a></p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/265765209http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/265765209Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:44:35 -0500vintageretrovinyl<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktg9gomxRn1qzquyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The stars just <a target="_blank" href="http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/205254288/fire-up-the-nitty-gritty-machine-the-wham-has-his">didn’t take very good care of their LP records</a> back in the day, <i>why didn’t they realize these albums would be valuable collectors items in the future? </i>Natalie Wood mistreats her record collection, via</p> <p><a href="http://junpoco.tumblr.com/post/251784324/hushaby-natalie-wood" target="_blank">junpoco</a>: <a href="http://hushaby.tumblr.com/post/251703315/natalie-wood" target="_blank">hushaby</a>: <a href="http://carabaas.livejournal.com/1629345.html" target="_blank">Ветхие страницы</a></p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/252048105http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/252048105Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:36:00 -0500retrovintageNatalie Wood<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktez5qGlmL1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Lance Rock(e)s: from <i>Beyond the Valley of the Dolls</i> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/arts/television/20gabba.html"><i>Yo Gabba Gabba</i></a>.</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/250875287http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/250875287Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:32:14 -0500kitschtvmovieLance RockeDJ Lance Rock<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdvkonBXs1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bullwinkle wristwatch offer, c. 1968. (Over $150 in today’s money, BTW.)</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/250227304http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/250227304Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:17:12 -0500BullwinkleJay Wardkitschretro<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdf3txYmc1qzpvrro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://journalstar.com/entertainment/article_850c3126-d499-11de-95a7-001cc4c03286.html">Fifty years of moose and squirrel</a>—<i>Rocky and His Friends</i> premiered November 19, 1959.</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/249889290http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/249889290Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:21:00 -0500BullwinkletvretrovintageRocky<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt9251Lqih1qzp3szo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>French postcard of a receptionist, via</p> <p><a href="http://junpoco.tumblr.com/post/247209375/none00-popcards-fr-cartes-postales-pop-et" target="_blank">junpoco</a>: <a href="http://none00.tumblr.com/post/247124538/popcards-fr-cartes-postales-pop-et-kitsch" target="_blank">none00</a>: <a href="http://popcardsfr.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-09-30T11%3A12%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=3" target="_blank">popcards.fr : Cartes postales pop et kitsch</a></p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/247352798http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/247352798Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:00 -0500Frenchit's French kitsch bitchkitschretro<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt80jllDSO1qzpvrro1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40275.html" target="_blank">mental_floss Blog » 9 Muppets Kicked Off Sesame Street</a></p> <p>Sing it: <i>Roose-velt Frank-lin, Ele-mentary School…</i></p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/246356589http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/246356589Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:18:00 -0500tvretro<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt41m0sUlp1qz4jelo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Andante! Allegro! And Joan Collins as The Siren, <i>Batman</i>, 1966. via</p> <p><a href="http://feastingonroadkill.tumblr.com/post/243804809/joan-collins-is-the-siren-batman-1966" target="_blank">feastingonroadkill</a>:</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/246161041http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/246161041Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:12:34 -0500tvretrovintage<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7ba4bnYJ1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Herculon fabric ruining the Berkline chrome pedestal chair and the whole room (shag, supergraphic), 1971. <i>(Why was this not printed in color?)</i></p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/245941682http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/245941682Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:13:00 -0500retrovintagewhat-were-they-thinking<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt20ygjv9r1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Good coffee is like friendship</i>, 1961</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/242640714http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/242640714Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:42:16 -0500vintage advertising<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt09piTqXQ1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Five lipsticks free with Helene Curtis GayTop hairdressing, 1961</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/241611275http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/241611275Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:56:06 -0500vintage advertising<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksynhxP3kN1qa2qlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Booth’s House of Lords gin, mid-60s, have seen this in <i>The New Yorker</i></p> <p>(via <a href="http://madadmen.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">madadmen</a>)</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/240654861http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/240654861Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:17:47 -0500liquorvintage advertising<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksxjejC7Nc1qa3j5zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beatnik “Miss Coffee House,” 1960, via</p> <p><a href="http://mogadonia.tumblr.com/post/240285096" target="_blank">mogadonia</a>: <a href="http://theswingingsixties.tumblr.com/post/240246147/lacontessa-beatnik-miss-coffee-house-1960" target="_blank">theswingingsixties</a>:<a href="http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/239957286/beatnik-miss-coffee-house-1960-via" target="_blank">lacontessa</a>: (<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/57271361@N00" target="_blank">via</a>)</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/240355238http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/240355238Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:32:41 -0500beatnik<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kswisnH6XR1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wish they were in full color here. From 43 years ago, big-eyed youth for your home.</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/239246895http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/239246895Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:21:00 -0500vintage illustrationLeebig-eyes<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksuqlePfcu1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Draper marriage is (finally) dead, long live Don Draper…maybe next year, <i>Mad Men</i> can get back to the glory days of Season One with much ado about advertising and carousing in the city, not Don’s life in the suburbs sucking all the air out of the show. We wish January Jones the best of luck with her film career and look forward to her very occasional recurring appearances as the no-doubt still unhappy pampered housecat, re-married to yet another man she barely knows. (It’s called <i>The Feminine Mystique</i>, Betts, and an anthropology major such as yourself could have visited the non-fiction section of a bookstore occasionally.) Onward into the Swinging Sixties, with plenty of secrets still left to fester among the core regulars.</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/238215508http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/238215508Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0500Mad MentvJon HammJanuary Jones<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspg4ggCSe1qzlnx8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another day, another bunny. Hef and the fabulously politically incorrect gang, c. 1960. (With the butler’s outfit, yikes.) Only Hugh Hefner could manage to look so blase in such a setting.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://retrospace.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">retrospace</a>)</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/235936326http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/235936326Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:08:00 -0500vintagePlayboyretro<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspksuXZJH1qa3j5zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Strings for a Space Age</i> (1962), Bobby Christian and His Orchestra. (What’s “Autumn in New York” doing in the “Space Suite?”) via</p> <p><a href="http://theswingingsixties.tumblr.com/post/235577625/lacontessa-its-not-quite-moog-but-its-right" target="_blank">theswingingsixties</a>: <a href="http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/235320354/its-not-quite-moog-but-its-right-up-my-alley" target="_blank">lacontessa</a>: (<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one" target="_blank">via</a>)</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/235927732http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/235927732Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:54:30 -0500vintage illustrationretro<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp47ll3cu1qzpvrro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gilbey’s Vodka, 1962</p>http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/235062561http://rechercher.tumblr.com/post/235062561Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:00 -0500vintage advertisingliquor