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Fiesta de Kustom Kulture in Old Town, San Diego by MotorCult – Sept. 10th

Darkman — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:32:34 +0000

The “Fiesta de Kustom Kulture“, Car and Low-Brow Art Show, is expecting to cause a major jam on the streets of historic Old Town, Saturday, Sept. 10. this FREE TO THE PUBLIC event will be held on San Diego Avenue, Harney Street and Twiggs Street will be lined with hot rods, street rods, customs, muscle cars and trucks of the pre-1972 era as the public rolls through from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All show cars are entered to win trophies and people will cast votes for their favorite ride.

Attendees can also enjoy live entertainment as they soak up the works of world-famous low brow artists and pinstripers right up Artist Alley. A charity auction and raffle will be held among the festivities to benefit Old Town San Diego’s own “Meals-on-Wheels, Greater San Diego” and feature original art items donated by Fiesta de Kustom Kulture artists, collectibles from participating vendors, and certificates from local restaurants, boutiques and businesses.

The Old Town Chamber of Commerce and MotorCult, event producers of Fiesta de Kustom Kulture, anticipate the free show will draw automobile fans from all over the Southwestern United States and hope to make it an annual occurrence for Old Town San Diego. “Between the car show on Saturday and the first-ever Tequila Trail
event on Sunday that will kick off the annual Spirits of Mexico Festival, this week in September is going to be a non-stop party for Old Town,” said Richard Stegner, executive director of Old Town Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, visit www.fiestadekustomkulture.com

MotorCult - Fiesta de Kustom Kulture

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Bunny Yeager – Pinup Photographer

Darkman — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:18:56 +0000

Article by Mike at Glamour Photographers

For most people, Bunny Yeager is best known for her photography work involving Bettie Page. Bunny has many tasteful collections of many other models she’s photographed, but most don’t know she started herself as a model for US Camera and it wasn’t long before she decided to go on the other side of the lens.

In 1956, Hollywood glamour photographer Danny Rouzer had written this regarding Miss Yeager: “One of the finest pin-up photographers is Bunny Yeager, who is highly successful because she knows exactly what the procedure is for profitable pin-up work. A former model herself, she makes her own bikinis and pin-up costumes, but she gives her models the opportunity to select a costume that doesn’t conflict with their personalities. Bunny is a pin-up photographer who goes so far as to create something new in the way of costumes for every girl she photographs.”

I assume this kind of high compliment coming from a fellow glamour photographer would not be that impressive, apart from the reality that merely 4 years previous, Bunny Yeager had been a glamour model with very little practical experience behind the camera. She had only just recently begun taking a photography class right after watching a friend develop and print the pictures he’d taken of her. She was fascinated with the entire process, and wanted to learn, partially since it was relevant to her own work as a model. When Roy Pinney, a photographer she’d worked with the year before, learned that she was taking the class, he recognized it would make for a great photo write-up which he could submit to a magazine. The resulting article, featuring Bunny shooting a model on the beach, came out in a magazine supplement to a large number of nationwide and local newspapers, and she became famous over night. A similar write-up came out in U.S. Camera in Aug. 1953, in which she was announced “The World’s Prettiest Photographer”. Soon, she was receiving offers from several agencies, and after selecting one, sold her very first photo to Eye magazine, for their March 1954 issue. Her first photograph sale as well as her first magazine cover being a real pin-up photographer!

In an incredibly short time, Bunny had perfected the technical elements of photography, lighting, and had quickly obtained the professional photographic equipment she’d need. 1954 also was the year in which Bunny met Bettie Page, and the photographs they produced collectively were destined to become legendary glamour images. That same year, she took pictures of a Christmas themed pin-up of her new model, intending to submit it to a calendar company. Not knowing where to find one, she chose to send it to Playboy instead. Hugh Hefner immediately grabbed it up and released it in the January 1955 Holiday issue. In under 2 years after being thrust into the position of a glamour photographer, Bunny had photographed her first Playmate of the Month, where there were more to come:

Lisa Winters (Miss Dec. 1956)

Myrna Weber (Miss Aug. 1958)

Joyce Nizarri (Miss Dec. 1958)

Cindy Fuller (Miss May 1959)

Sandra Settani (Miss April 1963)

Bunny’s fast achievements might have been partly as a result of her previously being a model first. She undoubtedly knew posing and the ways to get the best from her models, but regardless of being hesitantly pushed into the job of photographer, she also had a great artistic eye and sense of style. She was obviously a born photographer if ever there was one. Actually, in Rogue magazine she was quoted as stating “I took up photography because I’m a frustrated painter who was never good enough to be the best, and photography is the closest thing to being an artist”. You can only hope if she had not been prodded by Roy Pinney, she’d have realized this goal on her own. When Bunny was initially starting out, two of her big influences were Andre de Dienes and Peter Gowland. Bunny, nevertheless, had launched a style like no other. With the sunny beaches of Miami among her backdrops, she uncovered and captured images of among the most gorgeous models in south Florida. She famously approached one young woman who’d turn out to be her second Playmate, Lisa Winters, on a Miami bus, and after a little coaxing, persuaded her to pose. Miss Winters turned out to be among the list of favorites with the readers with the then three year old Playboy magazine, as well as one of Hef’s as well.

One of the numerous photographic skills that Bunny had at her fingertips was the cabability to get the proper backdrops for her glamour photos. She’d often get approval to photograph in glamorous bachelor residences, and even utilized the model’s own apartments, whenever she believed they had the appropriate style. Constantly in search of new and interesting backdrops, she got permission occasionally to use the home of well-known Miami sculptor Sepy Debronyi and created some extremely eye catching photographs there.

Right after being prompted by her agent, Bunny authored the first of her numerous photography books in 1957 (Photographing the Female Figure). This became not just a showcase for her glamour photos, but also an informative tome for all those thinking about pursuing a similar career. Additional books followed, including:

Bunny Yeager’s Photo Studies (1960)

Bunny Yeager’s Art of Glamour Photography (1962)

How to Take Figure Photos (1962)

How I photograph Nudes (1963)

How to Photograph the Figure (1963)

How I Photograph Myself (1964)

Bunny Yeager’s ABCs of Figure Photography (1964)

Bunny Yeager Photographs Famous Models (1965)

100 Girls (1965)

Bunny Yeager’s Camera in the Caribbean (1965)

Bunny Yeager’s New Photo Studies (1966)

Bunny Yeager Photographs 50 New Models (1967)

Bunny Yeager’s Camera in Mexico (1967)

Bunny Yeager’s Camera in Jamaica (1967)

Bunny’s Honey’s (1996)

Bunny Yeager’s Pin-up Girls of the 1950s (2002)

Photographing Girls in Jamaica (2003)

Bunny Yeager’s Bikini Girls of the 1950s (2004)

Striptease Artists of the 1950s (2007)

Bunny Yeager’s Pin-up Girls of the 1960s (2007)

Bikini Girls of the 1960s (2007)

Bunny Yeager’s Flirts of the Fifties (2007)

Femmes Fatales of the 1950s (2008)

Bunny Yeager’s Bouffant Beauties (2009)

Bunny had been the topic of two semi-documentary films by Barry Mahon entitled Bunny Yeager’s Nude Camera (1963) and Bunny Yeager’s Nude Las Vegas (1964). Even though films are in no way a true portrayal of her photography because of the setups and lighting being controlled by producer/director/cameraman Barry Mahon (who seemingly had very little understanding of motion picture or still photography lighting), it’s still a pleasure to be able to watch Bunny work together with a few of her models, which includes an uncredited Lisa Winters in Nude Camera.

As the title of one of her books in the above list indicates (How I Photograph Myself), Bunny frequently merged her talents and took glamour photographs of herself, as well as her lovely models. It was this particular book that got the interest of the producers of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and she was asked to appear on the program as a guest in the mid 1960s.

Camera gear used by Bunny in those years included her Rolleiflex (with the Zeiss Tessar 75mm f/3.5 lens), a 4×5 Speed Graphic, and her Burke and James 8×10 camera which she used to shoot her Playboy centerfolds. For b&w medium format (her Rolleiflex), she used quite a lot of Tri-X and for medium and large format color, It looks like she used Ektachrome transparency film.

Apart from her work with Playboy, Bunny’s photos were presented in numerous other men’s magazines for the day. One of the higher quality magazines that frequently used her work had been Rogue.

Bunny Yeager

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Pinup and Rockabilly Makeup Book for Vintage Makeup Styling

Darkman — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:43:44 +0000

Pinup and Rockabilly Makeup Book for Vintage Makeup Styling

Lauren Rennells author of Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques, has put out a NEW book on Vintage Makeup Techniques called Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look.

Each book complimenting the other both are great addition and starting places to any pinup or rockabilly hairstylist and makeup artist. Step by step tips and techniques for the everyday user, with lot’s of pictures to illustrate each step.

Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look

Retro Makeup: Techniques for applying the Vintage Look is a history and application guide for vintage cosmetic styles. It is a companion book to Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques. It starts with a brief history on the acceptance of makeup at the beginning of the 20th century and continues to explain in detail the styles, colors and techniques for applying makeup to look like the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Included in each decade are step-by-step directions on full makeup styles inspired by famous women such as Josephine Baker in the 1920s, Jean Harlow in the 1930s, Rita Hayworth in the 1940s, Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s, and Twiggy in the 1960s. The book also includes factual information about what defined the makeup looks of the decades based on popular culture of the time.

About the Author

Hair and makeup artist Lauren Rennells works in the photography and film industry. She freelances providing unique designs for advertisements, films, television and private clients. Her passion for beauty of the past led her to write Retro Makeup: Techniques for Applying the Vintage Look and Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques.

Available at Amazon for $24

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Reno Rockabilly Riot Band Lineup and Info, May 13-15, 2011

Darkman — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:09:20 +0000

The Reno Rockabilly Riot, Reno’s First Ever Rockabilly Event.

There’s a lot going on here at the Reno Rockabilly Riot

From the website:

“Cruise into Reno Nevada May 13th through the 15th 2011 for The West’s Best Rockabilly Fest™. Hot rods, pinup girls, tattoo artistry, gear and culture vendors, competitions, and of course three days of rockabilly sound. The inaugural RENO ROCKABILLY RIOT 2011, presented by A-Bomb Entertainment, takes place at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, and will feature dozens of bands, more than a hundred tattoo artists, top notch pinstripe artists, Car Shows and as many hot rods as can be squeezed into and around the Grand Sierra.

A-Bomb Entertainment, LLC is proud to present the first annual Reno Rockabilly Riot at the Grand Sierra Resort hotel and Casino in Reno Nevada May 13 – 15, 2011.

This is not your typical car show, it’s a celebration of everything Rockabilly!

There will be rockabilly bands, a hot rodz n’ lead sleds car show (with people’s choice voting), tattoo artists and contests, a “Chop-Off” by the Millers Chop Shop, pinstripers, vendors, clothiers, pin up girl contests, a car corral (to buy your next car project), burn-out contests, drag races, loud pipes contests, great food, fastest mechanics in the west… Plus “The Best in the West” burlesque show featuring: HellzaPoppin Sideshow Review.

A-bomb Entertainment is founded on the principle that a weekend of festivals and fun can be affordable for the whole family. Day passes start at just $10, and children 13 or under are free! Plus, the first 100 kids through the gates on Saturday, accompanied by their parents of course, will receive a FREE die cast car, compliments of Flashback Collectibles!

In addition, A-Bomb Entertainment will also be donating money from this year’s show to the SPCA, as well as the Ranger Joe Mobility Foundation, a charity focused on providing wheel chairs for disabled children.

The Grand Sierra Resort was chosen by A-Bomb Entertainment to host the Reno Rockabilly Riot because its Reno’s premier hotel destination offering amenities unseen at any other hotel in Northern Nevada! Visitors will enjoy the Go-Kart tracks, Ultimate Rush Thrill Rides, Mini Golf, Aqua-Range, or perhaps the Bunker offering full swing indoor golf. The arcade features the latest in video games as well as a laser tag arena that everyone can enjoy. And if that doesn’t excite you, perhaps you’ll enjoy the 50 lane bowling alley, movie theater, or top notch gaming and gourmet restaurants!

You and your family can do and see it all at one location!
Reno Rockabilly Riot

Band Lineup and Attendance:

The Chop Tops

Hillbilly Hellcats

James Hunnicutt

Hellbound Hayride

Drift Alley Lobos

Angie and The Car Wrecks

Cowbelleros

The Darlins

Crazy Rocket Fuel

The Vintage Vandals

The Pyronauts

Voodoo Swing

Reno Rockabilly Riot

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The 2011 So. Cal. Hellbilly Fest & Car Show II

Darkman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:43:26 +0000

The So Cal Hellbilly Fest & Car Show II

Part of the Show Proceeds Benefits St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital
Thanks to Gretsch Guitars for Donating a brand new Gretsch hollow body for the St Jude Children Hospital silent auction. This guitar will be signed by Wanda Jackson , Junior Brown and more, along a picture of each person that signs it for authentication . Read more about WHY St. Judes, HERE.

This year will be at the Del Mar Fair Grounds & Horse Race Track
Down in SUNNY San Diego,only 1 mile from the beach.
We have a Grand show planned for you this year with 2 stages and 16 bands.
100’s of pre 1965 rods & this year we are having pre 1971 bikes and plenty of vendors.
This show is all Ages and gates open at 11am bands Start at 12, end at 11pm
There will be Beer & Alcohol sold there with proper ID

Rat Rod TV will also be there shooting the show

MOJO NIXON will be the MC for the whole day.
MAIN STAGE LINE UP
Graceland Mafia
Chris “Sugar Balls” Sprague & his 18 Wheelers
The Palominos
Cash’d Out
The Rocketz
Three Bad Jacks
Big Sandy and his Flyrite Boys
Junior Brown
And the Queen of Rockabilly herself
WANDA JACKSON !!!!

CAR SHOW STAGE
Willie Psycho
Moonlight Howlers,
Johnny Deadly & the Rattle Rockers
Cactus Jacks
Dawn Shipley
HOT ROD TRIO
Roy Rapid & The Rhythm Rock Trio

This IS An All ages show
There will be Beer & Alcohol sold there with proper ID
AND YES YOU CAN WALK AROUND WITH YOUR DRINKS
( NO BEER GARDEN ! )

Tickets will be $30 advance & $40 at the door

Hotel Accomodations:
The Hilton Hotel right across the street from the show!
Room rates are normally $189+ tx and We got them down to $99 a Room and they will go fast!
Go Here to reserve your room.

Way more info go HERE: www.socalhellbillyfest.com

More ticket outlets:

Tickets now on Sale at all Ticket Master Locations or online HERE.
Or:
In San Diego East County go to:
Guitar & Bass Land
172 East Main Street
…El Cajon, CA 92020-3910
(619) 334-9505

In Ocean Beach Ca. go to:
Temptress Fashions
1918 Bacon Street
San Diego, CA 92107-2806
(619) 224-2284

In Carlsbad Ca. go to:
SPIN RECORDS
370 Grand Avenue
Carlsbad, CA 92008-2925
(760) 434-0807

2011 Hellbilly Fest Band Lineup

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Hootenanny 2011 Band Lineup and Schedule

Darkman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:32:27 +0000

Hootenanny 2011 Band Lineup and Schedule

The Hootenanny is July 2nd this year folks. Last year was a great show with Chuck Berry, and this year will be another great show with Dropkick Murphys Headlining. Remember it can get hot there and you should dress for the occasion, drink lot’s of water and have ton’s of fun!

The Hootenanny Band Lineup and Schedule for 2011 is as follows:

Main Stage A
12:00-12:20 Powerflex 5
12:40- 1:00 Rosie Flores
2:00- 2:30 Big Sandy
3:00- 3:30 3 Bad Jacks
4:00- 4:30 Swingin Utters
5:00- 5:45 Murder City Devils
6:45- 7:45 Dropkick Murphys

Main Stage B
12:20- 12:40 Louis & The Wildfires
1:00-2:00 Roger Alan Wade
1:30- 2:00 MoJo Nixon
2:30- 3:00 John Doe
3:30- 4:00 Royal Crown Revue
4:30- 5:00 Supersuckers
5:45- 6:45 The Reverend Horton Heat

Second Stage
1:00- 1:30 OC Marketplace Contest Winner
2:00- 2:30 Viva Hate
3:00- 3:30 Red Devil Squadron
4:00- 4:30 The Moonlight Howlers
5:00- 5:30 The Rocketz
6:00- 6:30 454’s
7:00-7:30 Continental Contest winner

2011 Hootenanny Band Lineup and Schedule

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Ink-N-Iron 2011 Band Lineup and Schedule

Darkman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:12:25 +0000

Ink-N-Iron 2011 Band Lineup and Schedule

It’s that time of year again folks, Ink-N-Iron is just around the corner and it’s going to be another great year of awesome bands. This year looks to be a historic event with the Paladin making their only 2011 US appearance.

So with that let’s see the 2011 Ink-N-Iron Band Lineup, Scheduled band times are below the lineup…

The Buzzcocks
The Sonics
The Paladins

13 Cats/Detroit Cobras
Featuring:
Tim Polecat, Slim Jim Phantom / Danny B Harvey, Smutty Smith

The vandals/The Adolescents
Anti-Flag/Fishbone/Skatalites
Batmobile/Creepshow
Turbo AC’s/The Woggles
King Hammond/The Phenomenauts
Stone River Boys/The Hexxers
The Rev Tones/The Wiseguys

INCITERS/LlITLE RACHEL/THE SUGAR DADDYS
VICKY & THE VENGENTS/HARD FALL HEARTS
PEARLS MAHONE &THE ONE EYED JACKS
QUARTER MILE COMBO
CHUM-KIT & THE BRANDED MEN
BIG B & HIS SNAKEOIL SAVIORS/PSYCHOCHARGER
THE HI-RHYTHM HUSTLERS/THE B STARS
JP & THE RHYTHM CHASERS
DEAD RELATIVES/GAMBLERS MARK/COLD BLUE REBELS
.357 STRING BAND /ANGIE & THE CAR WRECKS
TRANSERS/HARD MONEY SAINT/CREEPY CREEPS
RHYTHM ROCKETS/FISHTANK ENSEMBLE

AFTER PARTY BANDS:
PUNK ROCK KARAOKE/SIN ALLEY
DIABLO DlMES/OBSERVATION BAR
D.J.s SATOKI AND ROCKIN VIC
TAKING PLACE IN
SIN ALLEY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
CARNIVAL CABARET-’4 SHOWS
INTERNATIONAL POLE PERFORMERS SHOWCASE-4 SHOWS
KULTURE KLASH ART SHOW

Line Up Schedule

Friday June 10

Observation Bar Soirée

Diablo Dimes…..12am-1am

MAIN Stage

The Paladins…………10-11:30pm

13 Cats………..…….8:45-9:30pm

The Rev Tones ……..7:45-8:30pm

DJ Satoki………………4pm-10pm

DJiPod…………………11am-4pm

Tiki Drive-In Stage

Movie/???????????…8:30-10:30pm

DJ iPod………………….8am-8:30pm

Sin Alley

IPPS……………………….1-2am

Cabaret……….………12:00-1am

Punk Rock Karaoke……11-12pm

The Wiseguys…………9:30-10:30pm

Red Skunk Jipzee Swing Band 8-9pm

DJ/iPod…………………………..2-8pm

Queens Salon-Promenade Deck

Tattoo Contest…………6:00-7:30

Best Tribal
Best Traditional
Best Japanese
Best of Day Friday………9:00-10:00pm

Saturday June 11

MAIN Stage

The Sonics..……10:10-11:30pm

Detroit Cobras…….9:05-9:50pm

The Woggles………….8-8:45pm

The Hexxers ……………….7pm

The Vandals………………..6pm

The Adolescents……………5pm

Phenomenauts …..…………4pm

Fishbone………………………3pm

Skatalites……..………………..2pm

King Hammond……………1pm

DJ Satoki……………11am-10pm

Tiki Drive-In Stage

Movie/????????????……..8:30-10:30pm

Hard Fall Hearts…..……….7-8pm

Pearls Mahone & The OneEyed Jacks….6-6:45pm

Quarter Mile Combo……5-5:45pm

Awards Ceremony…………4-5pm

The Sugar Daddys………..3-3:45pm

Vicky & The Vengents…..……….2-2:45pm

29 Mules………..……………..1pm

Chum….……………………..12pm

Sin Alley

DJ Rockin’ Vic…………12-2am

InCiters……………11:15-12am

IPPS……………….10:15-11:15pm

Cabaret…………………9-10pm

Stone River Boys….………8-9pm

Kit & The Branded Men…….7-7:45pm

IPPS………………………..6-7pm

Carnal Cabaret……………5-6pm

Big B & His Snakeoil Saviors…….4-5pm

The Hi-Rhythm Hustlers ……………3:00-3:45pm

The B Stars……………..2-2:45pm

JP & the Rythm Chasers………………….1pm

DJ/iPod……………………11-2pm

Queens Salon-Promenade Deck

?????????????………………..4-5pm

????????????????…2pm & 8pm showing

Tattoo Contest………….5:00-7:00pm

Best Black & Gray – SM, Best Black & Gray – LG, Best Arm/Leg Sleeve
Best Portrait Black & Gray, Best Portrait Color
Best of Day Saturday……10pm

Sunday June 12

MAIN Stage

Buzzcocks..…………8-9:30pm

Anti-Flag..…………………7pm

Turbo AC’s …….…………6pm

Pin Up Pageant………5-5:40pm

?????????????……….………4pm

Batmobile…………………3pm

Creepshow…………………2pm

Psychocharger……………1pm

Dead Relatives……………12pm

DJ Satoki………………11-8pm

Tiki Drive-In Stage

Gamblers Mark………..6pm

Cold Blue Rebels………5pm

.357 String Band ………4pm

Angie & The Car Wrecks ……….3pm

Hard Money Saints ……2pm

Transers……………………..1pm

?????????????. …….…12pm

Sin Alley

IPPS……………………………………..7-8pm

Carnal Cabaret……………………….6-7pm

Lil Rachel…………………………..4:50-6pm

Rhythm Rockets …………….3:45-4:30pm

Fishtank Ensemble………2:45-3:30pm

Queens Salon-Promenade Deck

?????????????……………………………3pm

Tattoo Contest…………….4:30-6:30pm

Best Back/Chest Panel, Best Color – SM, Best Color – LG
Best Overall Male, Best Overall Female
Best of Day & Best of Show…………………..7:30-8:30pm

2011 Ink -n- Iron Band Lineup Schedule

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Rockabilly Valentine Gift Ideas

Darkman — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:49:33 +0000

Valentines day is just around the corner and there’s still enough time to get that special someone a gift that says you are thinking of them. For the Special guys in your life you can get anything from tattoo kits to tattoo books, girlie book and posters and for that special lady there are some really cool purses and handbags, shoes and hair and make-up books.

We list what we thought would be cool rockabilly Valentines day gifts for that someone special in your life for valentines day. If you have any additional suggestions we’d love to hear from you in the comments section below.

And for more gift ideas, see what we did for Christmas CLICK HERE.

For the special people in your life:

Super Stylish Rockabilly Handbags and Purses

See the Whole line of Lux De Ville Purses and Handbags HERE

Burlesque Books

See all the Available Burlesque Books HERE

Tattoo Books

Tattoo Kits

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Geraldine Hoff Doyle, AKA Rosie the Riveter, has died at 86.

Darkman — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:06:26 +0000

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, Rosie the Riveter

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration for “Rosie the Riveter,” died on Sunday at the age of 86 due to complications from arthritis, the Washington Post reports.

Rosie’s story began in the 1940s, when a photographer snapped Geraldine Hoff Doyle’s photograph in an Ann Arbor manufacturing plant during World War II, the 17-year-old had no clue she’d inspire many others to contribute to the nation’s war effort.

Ms. Doyle said it took over 40 years for her to find out that her picture from that photograph had been used on the illustrated “We Can Do It!” poster urging women to take on jobs typically held by the men fighting battles in Europe and the Pacific.

Ms. Doyle died Sunday in Lansing at age 86. A memorial service is set for Jan. 8.

“She was definitely one of the Rosies,” said Sandy Soifer, executive director of the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame, in making reference to the fictional “Rosie the Riveter.” Which was the name given to women employed in plants during WWII.

The picture of the headscarf-wearing woman with the flexed bicep underneath a rolled-up shirt sleeve helped prompt lots of daughters, sisters and mothers to trade in the tools of household chores for those of production and take jobs in plants across Michigan and the country.

“It’s our belief that she is the actual model for the illustration that’s most often used in the posters and on the products,” added Soifer.

Ms. Doyle told the Lansing State Journal in 2002 that she had no idea the illustrated face on the poster commissioned by the U.S. War Production Coordinating Committee was her own until 1984, when she saw a reproduction of it in a magazine.

The forgotten photograph was taken in 1942 at a metal pressing plant about 33 miles southwest of Detroit.

“There were other Rosies. She said she was the model for that poster,” said Gladys Beckwith, former director of the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame.

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, aka Rosie the Riveter

The poster was “symbolic of an active woman who was taking an active part in the war effort, and it was empowering for a woman to see that,” Beckwith said.

“Rosie the Riveter” was the title of a popular 1940s song. Like the woman in the “We Can Do It!” poster, a woman holding a rivet gun in a Norman Rockwell painting was called “Rosie the Riveter.”

Doyle quit after just one week at the factory where her picture was made famous. “She later married a dentist and raised a family in Lansing, Mich.

Mrs. Doyle was unaware of the poster’s existence until 1982, when, while thumbing through a magazine, she saw a photograph of it and recognized herself. Her daughter said that the face on the poster was her mother’s, but that the muscles were not.

“She didn’t have big, muscular arms,” [her daughter Stephanie] Gregg said. “She was 5-foot-10 and very slender. She was a glamour girl. The arched eyebrows, the beautiful lips, the shape of the face — that’s her.”

Doyle is survived by five children, 18 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

Geraldine Hoff Dotle, Rosie The Riveter

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The Pretty Things Peepshow & Vintage Vaudeville Extravaganza

Darkman — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:45:59 +0000

The Pretty Things Peepshow & Vintage Vaudeville Extravaganza is on their 6^th national tour bringing you their biggest and best show yet. These sensational seductresses will give you a peek into the past to a time where beautiful babes and dangerous dames performed acts that are both stunning and strange.

Prepare to have your heart broken and your mind blown when you see them perform classic burlesque, comedy, sword swallowing, human blockhead, whip cracking, animal traps, electric chair, glass walking, straightjacket escape, The Chinese Execution Blade Box and more!

The exceptional cast includes Go-Go Amy; The Gypsy Burlesque Starlet, Miss Heather Holliday; The sword swallowing sensation, Little Miss Firefly; The Midget of Mischief, Donny Vomit, ; The Dapper Dan of Danger and introducing the most beautiful jewel in the crown of Burlesque British Bombshell Miss Aurora Natrix!!

Check out their Promotional YouTube Video:

See the Show & Class Schedule Below!

Pin Up Girl Classes

Along the way they will also be teaching 2 fabulous “How to be a Pin Up Girl Classes”, go to their website to sign up and start on your way to a more glamorous life:
www.prettythingsproductions.com/pinupclass.html

How to be a Pinup Model – Release your Inner Bombshell! Instructional DVD – $15

Pin Up Girl Classes Video:

Tour Dates:

November 6 The Rock Shop Fayetteville NC

November 7 Cahootenanny’s Johnson City TN

November 8 The Nick Birmingham AL

November 10 Nocturnal Memphis TN

November 11 Smoke and Barrels Fayetteville AR

November 12 Bash Riprocks 2 Depot District Lubbock TX

November 13 The Launchpad Albequerque NM

November 15-19 Global Gaming Expo LAS VEGAS, http://www.globalgamingexpo.com/

November 19 Venue TBA Las Vegas NV

November 20 Surly Wench Pub Tucson AZ

November 21 Bombardiers El Paso TX

November 22 The Deadhorse San Angelo TX

November 23 Sin Citi Odessa TX

November 24 HiLo Lounge Oklahoma City OK

November 27 Maxine’s Hot Springs AR

November 29 Cicero’s St Louis MO

December 2 Boobie Trap Bar Topeka, KS

December 3 Lindberg’s Springfield MO

December 4 Knickerbockers Lincoln NE

December 5 PIN UP CLASS Des Moines IA, http://www.prettythingsproductions.com/pinupclass.html

December 6 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines IA

December 7 The Beaumont Kansas City KS

December 9 White Rabbit Cabaret Indianapolis IN

December 10 The Rex Pittsburgh PA

December 11 PIN UP CLASS Harrisburg PA, http://www.prettythingsproductions.com/pinupclass.html

December 11 Stage on Herr Harrisburg PA

December 12 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park NJ

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