The slide of the week is on vacation while I’m on a classic car road trip to TULSA for the unearthing of a 1957 Plymouth after 50 years of being buried in a time capsule. Beginning Sunday, June 10th I will be blogging about the trip which begins in Las Vegas where I will marry […]
On June 16, 2007, a brand spankin’ new 1957 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe will be unearthed after spending the last fifty years in a time capsule buried on the front lawn of the county courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And someone, whoever then, in 1957, guessed closest to what the population of Tulsa would be in […]
Light daiquiri ice colored walls behind them. Linoleum printed with a modern motif below them. Four men drink beer in a Wisconsin turkey farm house. Overalls are clearly a major fashion trend. Purple shirts are in too.
The room is as unpretentious and unselfconscious as they are. The table cloth and curtains are […]
A man dons a rain slicker, smokes a cigarette and cradles a little girl sporting a hooded rain cape over a coat and dress combo who sips sweet, delicious boysenberry juice from a wax-paper cup through a straw. They are prepared for wet weather but the lady is not. She has no rain gear to […]
ALL NEW SHOW!
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
TONIGHT Friday, May 11, 2007 8:30PM in Hollywood
THE UNITED STATES
of
CHARLES PHOENIX
A Live Comedy Retro Slide Show Performance…
celebrating mid-century space age style, theme parks,
tourist traps, car culture, people, parties and much more…
under the stars (open air) at…
JOHN ANSON FORD AMPITHEATER in Hollywood
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Hollywood, CA 90068
(just off the 101fwy, […]
For experiencing the craze that’s sweeping the nation, this man sports
a cool weather plaid wool work shirt with double patch flap pockets over thin-belted jeans with navy socks and green thongs –a perfect ensemble to experience the ultimate exercise accessory- the hula hoop.
Spinning a hula hoop is an essential human experience quite unlike anything […]
A brave pedestrian jay walks across the legendary and very busy Sunset Strip. Behind him a man hangs his arm out of a two-toned 1960 Chevrolet Station Wagon. It has gull-wing fins, cat-eye tail lights and a two-tone paint that coordinates with one of LA’s greatest coffee shops in its first year of business. Ben […]
THREE WEEKS FROM TONIGHT…
Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls,
I present to you…
THE UNITED STATES
of
CHARLES PHOENIX
A RETRO SLIDE SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA
CELEBRATING MID-CENTURY AMERICANA…
…COOKING LIVE ON STAGE ‘N MORE
The F A S H I O N The P […]
A forward thinking new car owner poses with pride sporting a buttoned-all-the –way-up blouse, shoulder-riding cardigan and lady-like-length full skirt. She is as prim as she is proper; as proper as she is progressive. Few Americans were buying foreign cars in 1958 unless they were sports cars. And this is definitely foreign but it’s not […]
This is one of my all-time favorite slides!
Mary-Charlotte transforms a quaint motel bathroom into a makeshift cocktail bar. The luscious lass, with her striking strawberry blond hair and exquisite peaches-and-cream complexion, smokes a cigarette perched between her perfectly painted lips as she carefully mixes Tequila and Kahlua with a squeeze. I don’t know if she […]
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