Seattle area gallery Roq La Rue is celebrating its 25th year of presenting Pop Surrealism and lowbrow art. Kirsten Anderson has tirelessly promoted the genre by creating the gallery, curating… Read the rest of the article: Meet lowbrow art maven Kirsten Anderson
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Bob Knetzger Not among the short list of famous female drummers (which would include Shelia E, Karen Carpenter, Cindy Blackman Santana, Velvet Underground's Maureen Tucker, etc.) is the name of a female… Read the rest of the article: Meet the first famous female rock&roll drummer
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Bob Knetzger The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity and the Eames Ranch aren't open right now, but you can still enjoy the on-line collection of virtual exhibits. Many people think of the… Read the rest of the article: A look at the other Eames
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Bob Knetzger One of most popular die cast vehicles ever was the coronation coach of Queen Elizabeth II from 1953. It sold over a million units and gave UK toymaker Lesney (and… Read the rest of the article: Can King Charles' coronation coach compare to Matchbox's die-cast classic?
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Bob Knetzger The amazingly prolific artist and long-time contributor to MAD magazine Al Jaffee is dead at 102. Al Jaffee, the ingenious Mad magazine illustrator who was as adept at creating wacky… Read the rest of the article: MAD artist Al Jaffee dies at 102
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Bob Knetzger Avuncular inventor Tim Hunkin of Cabaret Mechanical Theater and Exploratorium fame shares his explanatory videos of mechanical stuff. His latest is "Secret Life of Components — Pneumatics," a witty and… Read the rest of the article: Unlock the mysteries of pneumatic components with inventor's whimsical & ingenious mechanical clock automaton
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Bob Knetzger That incredible show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is completely sold out…but there are more Vermeers to see beyond its walls, and there's a terrific documentary from 2017, which aired… Read the rest of the article: The Rijksmuseum's Vermeer show is sold out. Here's one you CAN see
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Bob Knetzger Here's a new interview with 102-year-old toy inventor Eddy Goldfarb. He's easily my favorite toy designer (for inventing the Mattel Vac•U•Form), but maybe you have a different favorite classic toy?… Read the rest of the article: Who is your favorite toy inventor?
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Bob Knetzger I seek out good bookstores wherever I travel, and really good ones that specialize in commix/art/illustration can be hard to find. Cool places like Meltdown in LA are gone, but… Read the rest of the article: A good bookstore in Torrance, California
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Bob Knetzger I missed it—did you? Wednesday, March 22, was National 3D Day (celebrated on the 3rd day of the 3rd full week of the 3rd month—get it?) But it's not too… Read the rest of the article: Did you miss National 3D Day?
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Bob Knetzger When president Roosevelt signed executive order 9066, over 100,00 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry were interned in relocation centers, far from the West Coast. In most cases the… Read the rest of the article: The legacy of a Japanese American family's variety store
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Bob Knetzger After reading RJ Smith's insightful book "Chuck Berry: An American Life," I have only one question remaining. In its 400 pages the book covers everything about Berry. Sure, it has… Read the rest of the article: RIP Chuck Berry, who died this day in 2017
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Bob Knetzger Fans of pinball will flip over this new movie "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game." Just like playing a real pinball machine, fanatics will obsess over details (of… Read the rest of the article: Fans of pinball will flip over this new movie
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Bob Knetzger Seattle-area maker jdflyback creates hand-made vacuum tubes and shares his process via amazing YouTube videos. I first learned of jdflyback via Fretboard Journal's "Truth About Vintage Amps" podcast, where the… Read the rest of the article: Modern day MacGyver makes vacuum tubes from scratch
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Bob Knetzger Fans of fine guitars and luthiery will enjoy the recent documentary "The Chisels are Calling." It's a wonderful profile on guitar and mandolin builder John Monteleone, whose works are on… Read the rest of the article: Gape at these gorgeous guitars
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Bob Knetzger After a bump up in sales to families at home during COVID times, toys and games are now flat or even slightly own. The February issue of the toy industry's… Read the rest of the article: Check out this year's "kidult" toys
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Bob Knetzger It all started with a pencil. If you've ever been to Disneyland or Disneyworld you've enjoyed the creations of Imagineer Rolly Crump. He was the key designer for the Haunted Mansion… Read the rest of the article: RIP Imagineer Rolly Crump
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Bob Knetzger Mostly, Christoph Waltz in the title role of Regus Patoff. Like an arsenic-laced Viennese cake he's deliciously dangerous and irresistibly deadly. Without giving it away, I can say he plays… Read the rest of the article: Anazon's new series The Consultant has a lot going for it
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Bob Knetzger 3D BotMaker's King of the Mountain returns for a forth season of head-to-head racing with modified 1/64 scale die-cast cars. This season they are in "Racing City, Japan," a huge… Read the rest of the article: Big fun with tiny car racing
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Bob Knetzger Arizona Sate University in Tempe hosts a hip and smart exhibit Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas. I really enjoyed seeing all the historical artifacts, photos, costumes and masks, toys, posters… Read the rest of the article: Lucha Libre's history and art