This is "Postcards From Italy" by the band Beirut, a fav of mine. The imagery seems to be a collection of 60's family home movies from front man Zack Condon who grew up in Santa Fe, NM. At 2.55 in the vid, there looks to be a group of African Americans in plantation gear, dancing in circles in a stadium. Rerunning this grainy series of images, it appears to be one of the oddest examples of Blackface I have ever encountered. Instead of makeup, it looks like they are wearing hatted and scarved headdresses atop a hood of black mesh that is tucked into their collars.
Did this take place in Italy or NM? If in NM, then what was the event in a stadium? Old school US history depicting "those darkies who whoop it up every night cuz they're so happy being slaves?"
I'm curious to know the origin.
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As seen on TV: an ad for Cologuard, a colon cancer screening kit for adults 45+, depicting men and women in that demographic dancing down their streets and in the market to the tune of an unknown yet familiar Broadway show. Ta Da!
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If you live in northern climes and all your people have done so since leaving Africa, the cold seasons are eased by a hearth and candles. (and for us, cats as well)
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My brother was with Special Forces in Vietnam during the mid-60's. He established passwords to be used by his team based on Slovak words he learned from his Grandfather. The reasoning was that confidence was quite high that none of the Viet Cong or NVA they encountered would know Slovak. It was yet another strategy employed to keep the team alive. Alas, despite their efforts, he was the only one who made it home.
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How an armadillo defends itself from predators.
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Missouri House Republicans have just adopted a new dress code for its members...just the females only. Professional business attire with one significant feature: No bare arms. And y'all thought I am hyperbolic when I refer to these people as the Christian Taliban. Turn back the clocks and cue up "Anything Goes."
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We were watching The Simpsons the other night and in one episode, Mr. Burns refers to someone as a Mooncalf. I was not acquainted with the terms but luckily, I am married to an EM whose knowledge base is much wider than mine.
The term comes from European folklore blaming abortive fetuses in livestock on sinister influences by the moon. Shakespeare uses the term to refer to any monstrous or grotesque thing. A more modern use is to indicate a foolish or not very bright person.
In the Harry Potter series, a mooncalf is a magical creature who dances in the moonlight and is responsible for crop circles.
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How to deal with bullies, kids, in the early 60's! Updated version for 2023, a Hawaiian Punch is replaced with a 9mm handgun that stupid Mommy bought and left, loaded, in her nightstand.
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Rewards systems that retail companies offer their customers are a giant PIA for those working in the stores. Anyone who has shopped at Kohls can attest to witnessing "professional shoppers" gatorwrassling cashiers or return clerks over Kohls rewards, holding up the line for those wanting to simply buy a pair of socks.
My final job as a worker was at a Health & Supplement Store that was family owned. The owner, being both cheap and stupid, would buy systems that were either barely operational, non-updated and buggy. Of course this applied to the members reward system which, as in other businesses, became a major cudgel for a certain type of difficult asshole customer to beat the workers with. We loathed the owner for setting up these circumstances, which he, being a cheap bastard, would not fix. "You fucking bastard" we seethed, "you let us suffer and use your customers to do your beatings for you. You don't respect us enough to do it yourself. You fucking coward."
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