9/17/2023 0 Comments Rat fink hat disneyland![]() ![]() S: A pink satin pillow that said "San Diego" with fringe all around it On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me S: A hammered aluminum nutcracker, and all that other stuff In your ear and a thing on the other end you can't stickĬ: On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me S: And it has a wire with a thing on one end that you can stick Of my insurance man, green polka dot pajamas and a S: A statue of a lady with a clock where her stomach ought to beĬ: A simulated alligator wallet, a calendar book with the name S: And it comes with a leatherette case with holes in itĬ: On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Green polka dot pajamas and a Japanese transistor radio S: It's the Mark 4 model - that's the one that's discontinuedĬ: On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to meĬ: A calendar book with the name of my insurance man, S: A calendar book with the name of my insurance manĬ: Green polka dot pajamas and a Japanese transistor radio S: On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to meĬ: On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to meĬ: On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me Note: "S" is Sherman, "C" is the chorus and "B" is both But it was too complicated and besides, wood and me don’t jive! So I went to the local lumber yard and got some casting plaster (which is gross ’cause it dries so quick) but it was cheap and better’n wood.My Zelda, my Zelda, my Zelda, she take me money and run with the tailor. I knew fiberglas existed but couldn’t get anyone to help me (except Dirty Doug later on) so I was gonna make me a body outa wood like the Shadoff Special guys’d done. “First I had the frame which was your basic ’29 Ford rails and fitted this junk Caddy engine into (junk but ran good). ![]() Shoes was good for about 4 days before I’d throw a coat of black paint on ’em.” My pants are always ruined by the end of each day, but in them days I’d have to throw ’em away each day. I got some of the gooiest messes ya’d ever wanna see. It seemed too far out for my brain so I just dismissed it ’til I saw the LIFE article. It was also very cheap! It could also be done by people with little or no talent and I had both. Ya could’a knocked me over with a feather. ” In Africa I had got this fantastic idea for a fiberglas car when I saw a picture of Henry Ford beatin’ the trunk of one o’ his new ’41 Fords with a sledge hammer and it wouldn’t dent. Roth's Beatnik Bandit - controlled by a central 'Joystick', (no steering wheel) and hand-blown bubble top, 1960 None of these Neo-Artistes sat and lamented on Things ‘Back in the Day’, but completely without the aid of computers or digital devices of any kind, Roth created a FantasyLand of FantasticNess we now Worship as California High Art …and Rightfully So ~ Matisse, Picasso & Dali before him, gazed for the most part Wholly and Phantasmagorically Into the Future. Though we now use any manner of digital technology to create Modern Art, preserve Nostalgia, Pop Culture & Retro-Everything, ( which I am Shamelessly Guilty Of ), One of the Most Iconic California Pop Maestro MasterMinds, Mr. 1963Īlthough this Modern Day Badass Hot Rod was not built in California ~ The Style it Embodies is completely a la Ed “Big Daddy” Roth 1963…Īnd California-Style It Is…Having seen, owned & been exposed to A Lot of Hot Rods, Federico had to admire Blown to Be Wild for the Sheer HotRod Audacity, Craftsmanship & Total Big Daddy RothNess of a Monster Car Come to Life ~.Thou Shalt Drag ~ “Big Daddy” Roth Lives ! A California Genius in his Heyday ![]()
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