Smith Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Postcard - Victoria, British Columbia

"Parliament Buildings, Victoria BC"

Handwritten on back of card: 1945

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A very industrious mole under the walnut tree leaves

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This potato is a real jerk, a dick.

And he wears a crown. He's a ruler. A Monarch. A cruel despot in spite of his smile.

I guess that makes him a Dick-Tater.

Morty Comix # 2658 - Updated!

Morty Comix # 2658 was sent to Buzz Buzzizyk in Butler, Pennsylvania. He made a "bootleg" copy to practice his enhanced dialogue and color scheme (pictured above). Then he worked on the original and distributed it. I don't know what he did with the final copy of this issue. I love the text he added here!

Once again, the mysterious Borpo Deets has a hand in this. What is it with this guy? I tried to visit him when I was in western PA a few months back but never quite connected. Tom Rehm and Mike Hill (check out Mike's very nice Worker Poet blog)  who apparently know him, were constantly changing the subject whenever the name "Borpo Deets" came up. 

There's a story here, but it is too cryptic for me to decipher.

I submit Deets has a hypnotic spell on Buzzizyk, Rehm and Hill and prefers to remain "the power behind the throne" of their artistic public face. Just a thought. I did catch wind that he's an older hermit guru type who actually physically recoils when puns are used in his presence. Also, I understand he basically lives on sauerkraut, calls everyone he initially meets a "douchebag," and enjoys capturing lightning bugs with his mouth.  

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A Strange Story

Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle

Moral of the story: Don't mess with Methodists.

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Tumwater, Washington

Adele Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

She's the same age as my daughter and she's singing a song I remember from when I was a kid. 

Burt endures.

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Postcard - Pincher Creek, Alberta

"Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada."

1970s? Sent to me in 1980.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Edward Scissorhands

"You don't know anything about the wonderful world of teenage girls. They're all crazy."

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Postcard - Little America, Wyoming

"Covey's Little America -- Wyoming. On U.S. Hiway 30 at Junction with 30N. 150 miles of Salt lake City. America's new one stop Travel Center. Coffee Shop, 115 beautiful Motor Lodge rooms, Store, Fountain, Cocktail Lounge, beautiful Rest Rooms, Bus Stop, Super Service Station, Garage, Truck Pit, Giant Paved Parking Areas. Famous Coast to Coast-- Now Even better."

1950s.

The Shirelles Sing Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Favorite Movie Quotes: Desperate Measures

"You want to find out where I stop and you begin? Do you, Frank?"

It Was a Cruel Joke

Tacoma Daily Ledger, July 17, 1890

Postcard - Cheyenne, Wyoming

"Sixteenth street is the main cross business street of Cheyenne as well as the route of the Lincoln Highway thru the city. Cheyenne with its miles of paved streets and its numerous large business and public buildings has all the appearances of a city of 50,000 although its population is less than half of that."

ca. 1930? The Plains Hotel, which is the centerpiece here, still exists.

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Hettie

Cilla Black Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Cilla (short for Priscilla) was married to Bobby Willis for decades, making her legally Priscilla Willis I suppose. Has a nice ring to it. I wonder if Cilla and I are somehow in-laws?

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McCleary, Washington

Crazed by Spiritualism

Tacoma Daily Ledger, July 15, 1890

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Nadine's back trunk lid reveals evidence of feline investigation

Postcard - Cheyenne, Wyoming

"Cheyenne is one of the trans-continental cross roads of the Nation. One of the great stopping points for east and west trains and a junction for north and south travel."

1930s?

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Charlie goes after a mouse in the heather

The John Adams Song

John Adams was a one-term guy.

It took a long time for him to die.

He lived in a place that evokes weird imagery

A town in Massachusetts known as "Braintree."

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