Vintage Travel Posters

I saw this posting on BBC Travel, which then linked to a collection of 1930's travel posters from the Life archives.  There are some nice images in this set.

Sunrise Serenade: Nagasaki

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Nagasaki" by the Benny Goodman Sextet.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Playlist For June 29, 2011

The playlist for the June 29, 2011 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has just been added to the playlist filing cabinet.

More Swing Dance Music Video

This entry in the 2011 Seattle Vintage Jazz Dance (SVJD) Swing/Jazz Dance Music Video Contest is a spin on a sequence from the 1949 film noir classic, The Third Man, starring Orson Welles.  Enjoy The Dancing Man.

Sunrise Serenade: Seven Come Eleven

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Seven Come Eleven" by the Benny Goodman Sextet.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Red, White And Blue Hot Lindy Hop

The Red Hot Lindy Hop continues its weekly lesson and session this Friday with a lesson by Angela and Kirk with music by Josie and Kirk.  Free admission before 7:00 p.m., and $5 at the door afterwards. 

Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

Sunrise Serenade: There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin" from a V-Disc by Frank Sinatra.  Enjoy the song in the YouTube video blelow. 

Memphis Postcards

Last summer, while visiting an antique shop in Mississippi, I found an old set of Memphis postcards.  The cards were printed on both sides of one, long strip of cardstock.  They folded, accordian-style, into an envelope to which they were attached, the front and back of which also carried postcard images of Memphis.  The only damage to the set was where someone removed the postage stamp.  The postmark is from 1938, but judging by some of the images (particularly the cars in the scenes) it is possible the cards were published in the late 1920s to early 1930s.  For only $10, I could not resist them, and I thought I would share some of them with you from time to time.

The above images are the front and back of the envelope.  The flap on the back tucks into a slot, and it is printed to match the image underneath when closed. 

Sunrise Serenade: Rhythm Is Our Business

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Rhythm Is Our Business" by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Herr Meets Hare

There is nothing like a little good, old fashioned, American propaganda from World War II.  In this Warner Bros. short, Bugs Bunny forgets to make a left turn at Albuquerque (again), and winds up in the Black Forest, face to face with Luftwaffe commander Herman Goering.  There are elements of other WB cartoons in this film, including Bugs dressed as a Valkyrie, and doses of Strauss and Wagner.  The last scene is very interesting, with an apparently favorable portrayal of a certain international leader.  From the Internet Archive, here is Herr Meets Hare.