Spitball Army

Card is untitled on front.

Printed on back of post card:

OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA
This beach resort is located on Highway 101, 36.4 miles north of San Diego. Its early inhabitants were composed largely of a group of English gentry who had first settled in the San Luis Rey Valley for miles inland. Inland is located the Rosicrucian Fellowship and the Mission San Luis Rey that was founded in 1798. The United States Marine Camp Pendleton is located nearby….M.P.

Publishing information:

Photo-color by Merle Porter.

Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California. SB736. B-358.

[This Christmas music playlist was originally posted on this blog on 28 November 2010.]

Christmas music. Everyone has their own idea about what the best Christmas music is, how reverent it ought to be, how early in the season one should be allowed to begin playing it. My favorite Christmas recordings tend toward those made before I was born, especially from the 1930s and 1940s; I give equal time to Santa and baby Jesus; and I can’t abide Christmas music being played until after Thanksgiving. There you have it.

Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

1. Eric Reed “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” (2003)
2. BBC Dance Orchestra “The Santa Claus Express”
3. Tex Williams “The Winter Song”
4. Al Bowlly “Ev’ry Day’s a Holiday”
5. Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
6. Yogi Yorgesson “I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas” (1949)
7. Harry “The Hipster” Gibson “The Only Thing I Want for Christmas / I Don’t Want a Lot for Christmas”
8. The Louvin Brothers “The Friendly Beasts” (1961)
9. Garrison Keillor “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (1994)
10. Linda Ronstadt “Xicochi Xicochi” (2000)
11. Nat “King” Cole “A Cradle in Bethlehem” (1961)
12. Bing Crosby “Happy Holidays (Beef Wellington remix)” (2003)
13. Mr. Bob Francis “That Swingin’ Manger” (1995)
14. Josh Rouse “Christmas with Jesus” (2002)
15. Teddy Thompson “Christmas” (2008)
16. Ron Sexsmith “Maybe This Christmas” (2004)
17. Harry Nilsson “Remember (Christmas)” (1972)
18. Simon & Garfunkel “Comfort and Joy”
19. Chris Thile “Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella” (1996)
20. Hem “Peace at Last” (2006)
21. Mary Chapin Carpenter “Hot Buttered Rum” (2008)
22. Butch Thompson “Deck the Halls” (1994)
23. Fats Waller “Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells” (1936)
24. Kate & Anna McGarrigle with Rufus Wainwright “Some Children See Him” (2005)
25. The Cambridge Singers “Myn Lyking” (1987)
26. Edward Gerhard “Coventry Carol” (1991)

Card is titled: “OCEANSIDE, CALIF. B-18.”

No publishing information provided.

Compare this to last week’s postcard of Oceanside’s “Main Street” (eventually to be named Hill Street), from roughly the same era.

“Anna Karenina” in House 10 at The Vestavia Hills 10. This screening room has a weak or non-existent center channel, and the majority of the dialogue whispered out of the surround speakers. Horrendous. I am sure it influenced my view of the film.

Card is titled: “Main Street, Looking South, Oceanside, California – 203.”

Printed on back of post card:

Famed for its excellent bathing beach and fishing pier, Oceanside is a thriving, modern city located on the Coast Highway between Los Angeles and San Diego. Nearby is Mission San Luis Rey.

Publishing information:

Published by Hopkins News Agency, San Diego, California. A “Natural Color Card” made by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. EJY

Card is untitled on the front.

Printed on back of post card:

PIER & BEACH – Oceanside, California
The pier is a popular spot for fishermen where sport fishing boats take the sportsmen to the fishing banks. The beach is popular with swimmers and those who love to lay in the sun. The town of Oceanside was first settled by a group who were largely composed of English gentry who had first settled in the San Luis Rey Valley four miles inland…M.P.

Photo-color by Merle Porter.

Publishing information:

Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California.

Essential historical primer on policy, activism & bureaucratic hypocrisy. But: “Age of AIDS?” We’re still in it.

One won’t vote for POTUS, who’s pro-Palestine & pro-gay. Other’s voting for POTUS because he’s not anti-Palestine or anti-gay.

I wonder how many people living in Trussville, Alabama, actually know what a truss is?

I ALWAYS get the lyrics right when I just move my lips without making a sound.