The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on April 29, 2015

Today happens to be the birthday of one of my most favorite people in the whole wide world, Heather Drain. Besides being an amazing writer and critic of fringe culture, she is my number-one cohort in the Timothy Carey Estrogen Brigade. I dedicate today’s video, another one from the archives,...   read more

The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on April 21, 2014

Turner Classic Movies seems to be in the middle of a beach party movie marathon today. They will be showing Bikini Beach (1964) and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) very shortly, so get those DVRs fired up! You don’t want to miss a minute of South Dakota Slim and his antics. See...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on December 24, 2012

It's three Carole Lombard photos in one as part of this rotogravure montage from 1933. (Actually, the term "rotogravure" is usually synonymous with newspapers; this sepia image measures 8.25" x 11.25", and I'm going to guess this came from a magazine.) The dominant photo was taken by Eugene Robert R   read more

The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on July 11, 2012

Now this be more like it! Our video for this week is Timothy’s wild Cajun dance from Bayou (1957), set to “Tule Ton Son Ton,” a classic Clifton Chenier tune performed here by the awesome Swedish R&B band Honeyboy Slim & The Bad Habits. This is exactly the kind of...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on February 23, 2011

As many of you know, GlamAmor is influenced by both the costumes of classic cinema and the combined color and conservatism of WASP style. Not surprisingly, Jacquie Kennedy, Grace Kelly, and Audrey Hepburn are considered the triumvirate of WASP style. But there is even more inspiration to be found f   read more