Friday morning dose of go-go-ness...

...with more American International stuff. Groooooooooooooovy.

American International Pictures

AIP started in 1955, cranking out a ton of double-feature, B-movies aimed at teenagers with lots of music, fast cars and swinging.

Here's Michael Landon in I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Rrrrrr!

Here's the trailer from Riot on Sunset Strip, circa 1967

Candy Johnson during closing credits from 1963

Here's the trailer for Muscle Beach Party for a kooky slice of 1964.

Check out James Brown singing I Got You in 1965's Ski Party.

Here's the trailer for Beach Party from 1963. Get out your bongos.

 Dr. Goldfoot and his Bikini Machine was cinema at its best.

Monday morning pick-me-up...

...with go-go dancing from an episode of Burke's Law circa 1964.

Friday morning dose of Oompa Loompas

I was singing this song this morning and just had to hear it.

traveling go-go party!

Summer isn't over yet. Head to the beach in your shimmymobile.

Simmons Hall at MIT

The weeHouse post inspired me to finally take a bike ride to see this building in person. There are some beautiful old and new dorms in Boston and this one is incredible!

prefab ain't what it used to be...

Thank God. Check out these cool weeHouses. I want one! Yehaaw!

Friday morning dose of go-go-ness...

...from the Whisky a Go-Go on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

put on yer bikini...

head to Surf City and shake it! Whooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Friday morning dose of the yeh-yehs...

...with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. Yeh yeh

Monday dose of get-up-and-go-go...

with Chuck Berry from French 1958 tv. Here's Roll Over Beethoven.

head to the beach before summer ends...

and wiggle wobble! Just beware of those pesky beach monsters.

k.d. lang

I saw k.d. lang last night at the Cape Cod Melody Tent. What a great place to see a show. It's a revolving theatre-in-the-round stage and quite intimate. It's only an hour from Boston if you drive quickly. Just kidding. Not really. Her voice is the best and her show was fantastic.

Darlene Love

Great beach read if you like reading about the music industry, particularly 60s pop and soul. In Darlene Love's book My Name Is Love, her candor is so refreshing, I like her even more. Plus, juicy rock and roll tidbits, but not gross tidbits. Check out some of the characters: The Blossoms,  
Shindig!, The Righteous Brothers, Phil Spector, Sonny and Cher,  
Tom Jones, Nino Tempo, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Ike and Tina Turner. 

If you see this ghoul, play it cool

Making hey-hey in the moonlight while the monster waits, watches.

Such a happy theme song for a movie about killer jello.

Check out Robot Monster from 1953. Whaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

Friday morning dose of go-go-ness...

from a bevy of beauties in Mexico. Wooly Bully en Español.

fireworks over Boston

While taking footage of the Boston skyline, fireworks went off. How groovy was that?! Whooooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

Memorial Day on Boston Common

Found this memorial while bike riding around the city.

skyline time lapse

Day to night and night to day from my window in Boston.

chocolate sky in Boston

Italian parsley...

waiting to go out. Hurry up sun damn it! Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrhhhhhh!

Dusty Springfield live...

... sounding incredible. Kiki Dee was one of her backup singers. 1965.

streamlined designs

A relaxing slideshow of groovy everyday items. More designs here.

Hula Girlguy welcomes spring

Finally. All hail the sun. Swing it Elvis! Whooooaaaaahhh!

don't be a noodle head

Food face by Lucy. Time for a noodle cut and a shave!

The Marvelettes....

in the Motortown Revue at the Apollo. Here's Don't Mess With Bill.

Monday morning pick-me-up

Here you go. You're welcome. Nice colors and Ray Charles too.
As you can see, Billy then grew out his hair a little. Whooooaaahh!

squiggling in unison

I can't get enough of the fuzz tones. Aunt Myrtle is wearing go-go boots. Complete product placement. Here's the movie trailer.

Mister Man

My friend Laura has two cool mannequins, Mister Man and Bobby Boy. We like to take them places, but they can be real stiffs.

good thing I have a huge duffle bag...

to drag his torso down the beach. Big duffle bags come in handy when you need to drag a torso to a wooded area.. I mean somewhere.

we took his head to Mexico...

...and he loved touring the Mayan ruins, especially Palenque.

waiting for him to get dressed...

is such a drag because he has eight personalities. Who am I today? Stylish geek? Russian spy? Biker? Hurry up already!

A Saturday morning Johnny Cash mood

Ring of Fire, The One on the Right, Five Feet High and Rising.