Sketchbook: Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Television drawings in red and black.

Ushering in the season by watching Irving Berlin's White Christmas  with Scott and Steve.

1980s: Francesco Clemente @ Palladium

Another batch of images from the Art Skool Archives: Francesco Clemente murals that graced the upper vestibules of the rather majestic and sadly long-gone Palladium nightclub on East 14th Street in NYC.

Westbound Lanes

On the way to a holiday party with Scott.  Driving into a Saturday sunset.  4 December 2010.

Frostie Root Beer

A fun vintage flea market find from my thoughtful buddy Steve:

1950s Frostie Root Beer bottle with illustrated graphic fully intact.  

From The Art Skool Archives

1950s Virginia Smith collage.

1930s Clock Face Toy.  Designer Unknown.

1950s Charles Eames Sculpture entitled "Solar Toy".

Andy Warhol "Time Caspsule 44" from 1973.

All items taken from my 1990s - 2000s books of selected reference, which were comprised of postcards from exhibits, ads for museum shows and clippings from art magazines, both vintage and current.

Dead Stop: Ski Shop

Another commercial abandonment on Route 23 in Franklin, New Jersey.

4 Seasons Motel: Electric Sleaze

Notes from a Friday Afternoon drive:
iPhoto graphics from a couple of my photos of a roadside eyesore.
(What's left of) The Four Seasons Motel in Franklin, New Jersey.
    

Found Objects In Rocky Sand

I find the strangest things outside my workplace.  Damn...

1972: Double Take

Five images from a rather small but very entertaining (and out of print) book called Double Take which chronicles some of the visual puns and surrealist photos of Bill Binzen (1918-2010).

Asbury Park 1940s: Wesley Lake & Casino

A recent eBay find: An 1940s image of the Asbury Park Casino and power plant tower in the far distance.  Wesley Lake is in the foreground and the side of the long-gone Mayfair Theatre is visible in the middle distance.  Squint after clicking the image and you will see the ferris wheel of Palace Amusements just over the Mayfair's shoulder.  I've never walked the entire length of Wesley Lake back toward the inland side but perhaps I should sometime so I can take some comparison shots.