Hoops

Check out a post I did for Teenage blog here.

A clip of Shaq playing in the McDonald's High School All-American game in 1989.

I remember watching the game with my brother and being amazed by that play.

"Based on a groundbreaking book by the punk author Jon Savage, Teenage is an unconventional historical film about the invention of teenagers."

Santa Lucia

Did you observe St. Lucy's Day?
My parents used to belong to a church with a penchant for Scandinavian culture, and December 13th is the only saints day they recognized. I used to love the white robes and candle-wreath, but it was a girls-only affair so I never got to wear a pointy wizard hat. These days I'm more interested in the pre-christian origins of the celebration.

Photo credits:

Stockholm Club Lucia Fest, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Herman Larson, 1932 (from the Minnesota Digital Library)

Female students dressed for Bethel's Festival of Christmas in St. Lucia costumes, St. Paul, Minnesota
Kurt Christenson, 1980 (from the Minnesota Digital Library)

Luciafeier in einer schwedischen Kirche
Claudia Gründer, 2006 (from Wikimedia Commons)

W.I.T.C.H. - 1969

Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell

Miranda mentioned this group a few weeks ago and I just realized that I had these photos.
They were taken by Lee Balterman for LIFE magazine at a protest in support of the Chicago Eight.
Photos of a different W.I.T.C.H. protest (they called them hexes) are available at Jo Freeman's site, a really great resource for first-hand information about social movements of the sixties and seventies.

Freeman says:

The following Halloween (1969) the target was the trial of New Left leaders, arrested for conspiracy after protests disrupted the 1968 Democratic Convention.
Slowly, solemnly, the Witches filed around the Federal Building in Chicago's Loop, faces painted white, staring straight ahead, flowing black capes swirling around them. "Our sister justice lies chained and tied," they chanted. "We curse the ground on which she died."

Everyone's An Artist

Masks, costumes, botany lessons.
Kids television show "Everyone's An Artist" - Philadelphia 1952
source:life

Robot Detective - 1973

Robotto Keiji was a live action tokusatsu television series produced in Japan in 1973. The protagonist, named "Robot Detective K", was a well dressed robot with a human-like personality. Twenty six episodes and a feature film were produced.

photos from Henshin Hall of Fame

Mali Dancing - 1973

Dogon Dancers - Mali 1973
First and last images "dancer dressed as woman"
Photos by "Sills"
Source: Anthrophoto

Vintage Leigh Bowery Costume

Vintage Leigh Bowery costume recently purchased at Camden Market.

As seen on Diane Pernet's blog.
Via DC's.

Danza de los Voladores de Papantla

"A long drought covered the Earth so five men decided to send Xipe Totec, the God of fertility a message, asking them for the rain to return. They went to the forest and looked for the straightest tree, cut it, and took it back to their town. They removed all branches and placed it on the ground, then dressed themselves as feet/birds and descended flying attempting to grab their god's attention."

from Wikipedia

Ceremonial Robes

Vintage robes from various fraternal organizations up for auction on ebay.
These are mostly from the International Order of Oddfellows.