“Yes, I have actually mined coal, and distilled liquor, as well as seen a girl in a pink dress, and seen her take it off. I am 54 years old, weight 220 pounds, and look like the chief dispatcher of a long distance hauling concern. I am a registered Democrat. I drink.” JAMES M. CAIN LOS ANGELES, CALIF. AUGUST 6, 1946Tumblr (3.0; @bummerandlazarus)http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ac698f1649ba4b6d67b0e8b5db856bd2/tumblr_mmmteuQ3su1rs6pwpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Times Square, 1990s</p>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/50158686891http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/50158686891Sat, 11 May 2013 07:32:54 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UuszDqPhEL0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Richie Barrett - “Some Other Guy” (1962) prod. by Leiber & Stoller</p>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49596243801http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49596243801Sat, 04 May 2013 11:04:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a14f737defe1da7d40e703edec1cdac/tumblr_mm7vgg7eEZ1qll1ero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rootsnbluesfestival.tumblr.com/post/49502897449/clarence-gatemouth-brown" target="_blank">rootsnbluesfestival</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Clarence ‘Gatemouth” Brown</em></p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49509326419http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49509326419Fri, 03 May 2013 08:58:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/830abe997efa411d13cefe74607279d0/tumblr_mlvukarREm1qmmr9io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://burleskateer.tumblr.com/post/49207161490/blaze-starr-catches-up-on-her-reading" target="_blank">burleskateer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Blaze Starr</strong> catches up on her reading..</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49252945748http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49252945748Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:43:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2a227e2a9c9633da48e761f6d143f86/tumblr_mm2gav5Nxf1rs6pwpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>National Geographic, 1939</p>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49252751428http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/49252751428Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:37:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6aa65e5021e5113b8d9526feaf4eb65d/tumblr_mlkmb9ULmf1qbwvhpo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lostsplendor.tumblr.com/post/48464600131" target="_blank">lostsplendor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Hangout: “Teenage boys hanging out on the steps of building”, Iowa, 1948 (via <a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/9139b095c925c9c5.html" target="_blank">LIFE</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/48608438942http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/48608438942Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:37:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c83260576f9dca0a589d5123a39a250b/tumblr_mlmd7b1M781qmvy8zo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Les visiteurs du soir, 1942</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/48608147903http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/48608147903Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:29:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4194f86aeea5c07b15b66c090dd60c4c/tumblr_mkqvysDrcw1rs6pwpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/47124614662http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/47124614662Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:11:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c6f7d481418fbe3fe1244033a08d7b3f/tumblr_mkjstnIiMS1qzk2apo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rrrick.tumblr.com/post/46798475328/babe-ruth" target="_blank">rrrick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/2013/03/adventures-in-national-pastime-19.html" target="_blank">Babe Ruth</a></p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/46841572278http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/46841572278Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:04:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4fcec0ad2b34eab55cd9ef9dd33e3ca5/tumblr_mk8xp8k5tJ1s7rlnmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kylemarffin.tumblr.com/post/46306333622/noir-art-by-steranko" target="_blank">kylemarffin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Noir art by Steranko</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/46395268264http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/46395268264Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:36:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/279ee5e2280f74a212061822e034339a/tumblr_mji923iEzj1qa42jro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://terrysdiary.com/post/45766881631/greyhound-bus-station-in-oakland-ca" target="_blank">terrysdiary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Greyhound Bus station in Oakland,CA.</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/45830932598http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/45830932598Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:21:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f720526a483f86f396acfb6f668cc754/tumblr_mjj0kpbyD71qzk2apo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/45498081865http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/45498081865Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:24:07 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmtu73nrJA1qeq102o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/44854474714http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/44854474714Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:52:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b71b26d5e459b54f3ca719bc16258d75/tumblr_mj5ihxJSSX1ronatdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.losangelespast.com/post/44555939498/norman-bailey-of-lawrence-welks-orchestra-sounds" target="_blank">losangelespast</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Norman Bailey of Lawrence Welk’s Orchestra sounds taps near roller coaster as lights go out on Ocean Park Pier. It signals the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new life for the pier.”</p> <p>- <em>Los Angeles Herald-Examiner</em>, March 18, 1957</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/44839896085http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/44839896085Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:42:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2425e81b9694975518bb4c845baf4d5d/tumblr_mh2wo3Bg251rs6pwpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/41273597151http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/41273597151Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:43:15 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7bbdbf5ad8d24b69086094431320afc3/tumblr_mh07w8l9Ln1rb6v9oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://distortmag.tumblr.com/post/41158039604/black-market-6-san-diego-86-featuring-danzig" target="_blank">distortmag</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>BLACK MARKET</strong> </em>#6 (San Diego, ‘86)<br/><br/>Featuring <strong>Danzig, The Ramones, Motorhead</strong>. Comic art by Mad Marc Rude.<br/><br/>The best issue of this mid-80’s punk / metal / comics zine. Weird <strong>Motorhead</strong> interview where Lemmy seems to be fucking with the interviewer (“we fuck homosexuals a lot when we can’t be together”), long ass <strong>Ramones</strong> interview, cool interview with Danzig rapping about <strong>Samhain</strong> and <strong>The Misfits</strong>.</p> <p><a href="http://distortmag.bigcartel.com" target="_blank">Buy it here.</a></p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/41190590181http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/41190590181Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:35:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b760dd2bf76f880649b15237c881984/tumblr_metsq92vV41rkki82o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/41162947057http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/41162947057Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:48:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo6t2teh3E1qzi1ujo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote> <div><small>Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe and Milton Greene celebrating Sammy Davis Jr.’s return to show business after his accident, 1955.</small></div> </blockquote></p>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/40839446244http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/40839446244Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:33:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgex9u00vP1qejrqso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://5to1.tumblr.com/post/40813715730/keith-richards-patty-hansen-get-to-work-on-a" target="_blank">5to1</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Keith Richards & Patty Hansen get to work on a second bottle of Jack Daniels at Hisae’s in New York…</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/40838978369http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/40838978369Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:20:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1bdf4fc169db74d31d3b3d02a26b23b/tumblr_mgbkfiWRjk1qzcwkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://monkeypants.tumblr.com/post/40024006700/william-shatner-yvonne-craig-1968" target="_blank">monkeypants</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>William Shatner & Yvonne Craig 1968</p> </blockquote>http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/40092260721http://bummerandlazarus.tumblr.com/post/40092260721Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:46:04 -0500