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Just watch him play Smokestack Lightning.
I can’t wait to get Mark Frauenfelder’s new book, Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World
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How to play Modest Mouse’s Float On on ukulele.
Mad Mad World Beach Bum Dance. Thanks, Pat!
COOP is sending back lots of great photos of this year’s La Carrera Panamericana.
I hope you enjoy seeing all these microcars as much as I did.
A demo of a Stylus controlled GUI CAD program in 1963!
Brilliant song and animation by Bill Barminski.
Do watch this video of some amazing water rockets in action. Catchy soundtrack to boot.
My friend Pat has a deep interest in automobiles. He has a new car-spotting concern called cars I have seen.
How to ask quality skeptical questions. Show this to your kids. Via BB.
Remixed War Propaganda
Pull that T-stick baby!
Amy Crehore has been letting the paint dry on Tickler No.2 for about the last 2 years. It’s now available for viewing, and its a STUNNER!
A Rolling Stones fan does a nice one-man Satisfaction Cover
Here’s a great mid-century illustration depicting a really fun looking beer bash, 1956 style.
I wonder if the design committee expected most beer drinkers to be able to sight-read the chart for the jingle, and hear the music in their heads while they dreamt of throwing thier own Schlitznic , or if they thought maybe they would step over to the piano with the ad in hand and play it while taking in the Schlitznic scene.
At any rate, it’s a cool drawing.
What is the font they’re using for the taglines (e.g., “Schlitznic in the park”? It just screams “LATE 50s!”
Every time I try to have a schlitznic, I usually end up getting arrested.
Steve
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I did a little googling and although I didn’t identify the font yet, I believe the artwork is by Joe Kaufman. There’s not a lot on the web about him, but his artwork brings to mind scores of ads and bookcovers lying around my grandparent’s house when I was a kid. For some reason the “Better Homes and Gardens” gardening book comes to mind.
Rob –
Yeah, I dont know about the font, but the illustration is signed BALET in the lower left of the top pane, which would make it the work of Jan Balet.
Nice find! I did some searching and someone actually put up a Flickr set of some of his work, including another Schlitz ad.
Is it possible to say “Schlitznick” without sounding like you’ve already emptied a couple six-packs? I’ve tried a couple times and I don’t think it is.
Your question about the jingle is a great one. I could not “slip over to the piano” because your blog is upstairs and the piano is not, and I could not get the four flats right a capella. Dunno, but maybe the printed jingle is a subtle clue that Schlitznicks” belong in every home, somewhere near the Steinway. Anyone still living who had a hand in that ad? Of those, anyone still undementiated? I would love to know why the printed jingle.
mcewanj