13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XXXI)

1. Jerry Hall in the 1970s Found on Super Seventies 2. Cola Wine A Bordeaux-based winemaker has just done the unthinkable for French winemakers and launched a cola-flavoured wine. Rouge Sucette, which translates to Red Lollipop, is made from 75 percent grapes and 25 percent water, with added sugar and cola flavoring. With…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LV)

1. Anjelica Huston and Michael Jackson Actress Anjelica Huston met Michael Jackson working on Captain EO, Francis Ford Coppola’s 3-D movie that was shown at Disney theme parks. “I think it was very hard for Michael to express anger. He was, I have to say, one of the most polite people I have ever met in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LVII)

1. A 1970s Shrink-wrapped Time Capsule Apartment Discover the touching story behind this extraordinary shrink-wrapped 1970s apartment in Spitalfields, London, found on AnOtherMag 2. Portrait of a Señorita, 1924 Portrait of a woman dressed in clothing typical of Lagartera in Toledo, Spain, August 1924, found on National Geographic Found. 3. August…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXXVII)

1. Did you hear about the Colossal 3,000-Year-Old Statue just Discovered Under a Cairo Slum? Archaeologists in Cairo believe they have uncovered parts of a temple of Pharaoh Ramses II, including an eight-metre-high statue. Experts are already calling it “one of the most important discoveries ever” that tell an ancient story of the world’s origins, and could start…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXXVI)

1. A Collection of Rare Photos of Men in the 1800s in Surprisingly Intimate Embraces In 2008, Columbia University librarian Herbert Mitchell passed away, bequeathing a trove of curios to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring daguerreotypes, tintypes and ambrotypes of men “enjoying intimate physical contact without any evident trace of the self-consciousness one might…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXXV)

1. The Abbey Road Recording Console used by Pink Floyd is For Sale An Abbey Road Studios EMI TG12345 MK IV recording console used between 1971-1983, housed in Studio 2, the console which Pink Floyd used to record their landmark album, The Dark Side of the Moon. Also used by many other artists including: Paul…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXXIV)

1. The Gritty History of the Elk Hotel, One of Times Square’s Last Pay-By-the-Hour Hotels In February 2012, the Elk Hotel shuttered for good after nearly 90 years in business. Formerly one of the last hourly hotels in Times Square, the seedy flophouse has garnered a rather notorious reputation over the years. Of the three…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXIX)

1. A Bank in Rock River Wyoming For Sale at $80,000 This property is listed on the National Historical Register. Would make a fabulous event centre, or a 3,250 square feet home. Tons of space inside and includes an exterior lot of 13,000 sf. The original vault is still there (also, was used in the old…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXVIII)

1. Victorian Portraits of Women Breastfeeding It may seem strange that the Victorian era with its heavily layered clothing and modesty would have not decried these photographs as obscenity, so it’s important to consider the personal meaning of a daguerreotype. These were not public images, but private mementos, folded in their metal velvet-lined cases and kept…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXVI)

1. A Family discovers an Abandoned Brick Playhouse on their Property In 2000, Matt and Anna Jone purchased a large brick house in New Jersey. They soon discovered that they were sharing their land with a tiny little brick playhouse dating back to the 1960s, and originally built by a couple for their grandchildren… The three and a…