These Aviation Geeks painstakingly Re-Created a 1970s Pan Am Flight

Remember that time I told you about the guy who built a 1970s Pan Am airplane in his garage? Self-confessed “airplane nerd”, Anthony Toth as you may recall, spent nearly $100,000 on a partial replica 1970s Pan Am ‘747 that includes all the bells and whistles of a real 1970s Pan Am 747, from the powder blue seats…

Elvis Presley’s Abandoned Tiki Paradise

The moment Elvis Presley floated down the lagoon at the Coco Palms Resort with Hawaiian flowers around his neck, serenading his new island bride in 1960s panavision technicolor, the hotel had solidified its place as one of the most desirable couples’ destinations on the planet. It would forever be the setting of the classic mid-century…

The Obscure World of Kitschy Christian Vinyl

Bob Dylan nearly crossed over to the Christian music industry in the late seventies. He had just announced his conversion to Christianity in ’79 and proceeded to release a total of three albums based on his newfound faith. He spent several years touring and preaching from stage, but was never fully accepted by Christian music fans…

A Brief Compendium of Vintage Caravan Brochures

There’s a certain “je ne sais quoi” about the kind of person who owns a caravan, isn’t there? So you would expect the sales brochures for a caravan to be a little more … let’s say colourful than your average marketing material. In fact, they’re kind of a blast. I’ve spent just about my whole afternoon trawling through an online…

Staying Classy with this Kinky 70s Underwear Brand

Disclaimer: These images cannot be unseen. But also, am I the only one that kinda wants to be at this roller disco party? In the name of good journalism, I decided to track down this “British Bulldog Ltd”, the company that produced these magical undergarments, and to not a huge amount of surprise, I found that the…

A Brief Compendium of the American TV Dinner

It could be said that Thanksgiving gave birth to the American TV dinner. The executive of Swanson TV dinners, Gerry Thomas, claimed he conceived the idea after the food company found itself with a huge surplus of frozen turkeys because of poor Thanksgiving sales. In 1952, Swanson introduced their first dinner consisting of a turkey, cornbread…

The Retro Radio Farm

I‘ve had my eye out for the perfect vintage radio for a while, scouring Paris flea markets and antique shops, but never finding a real beauty that actually makes decent sound and certainly nothing that can connect to an iPod. But today, as I was roaming the pages of Etsy I stumbled upon Retro Radio Farm, a music…

Winter is Coming, so please enjoy this Insane 1980s Book of Knitted Sweaters

There are treasures to be found at second hand book sales, you never know what out-of-print gems you might unearth. Take for example, this 1986 book of knitting patterns called “Wit Knits”… The contents of the book has been scanned and given its own Tumblr site by George Hostler who “found this knitting pattern book in…

Exactly what Your Next Dinner Party Needs: Nuclear Reactor Porcelain Plates

To save your next dinner party (and its guests) from the curse of politically-correct small talk, set the table–and your ambiance– with a radioactive sense of irony. I’ve gone a little gaga for this collection of hand-painted porcelain plates which replace folkloric windmills and country farms with hand-painted nuclear reactors and power plants… Created by a German…

For Sale! Kitschy Time Capsule Pad, Perfect for Drinking Martinis All Day Long

Nancy Sinatra is playing on the record machine, there’s half a can of hairspray holding her chignon in place, the sound of kitten heels echo as she walks out of the kitchen with a fresh Martini in hand, swaying her hips in those tight, brightly patterned capri pants, heading outside where she lights a cigarette and…