lost & found vintage toys

mister rogers

continuing with yesterday's theme, today i'd like to remember fred rogers & the pbs show mister rogers' neighborhood ~

another signed photo that is actually one of my favorite items, as much as i poked fun at mr rogers in my youth (i even used quotes from him in my demented highschool mixtapes..) honestly i think he was one of the finer people on the planet, & am sad that he is gone now. i can hardly believe it's been over 10 years now since he passed ~

this little neighborhood snowglobe sits on my wall unit & we have several of these magnetic postcards up on the fridge ~

i also have a bunch of his books from over the years as well ~

i even received the neighborhood puppets one birthday years ago ~

king friday & queen sarah ~

about queen sarah saturday ~

about king friday the 13th ~

& lady elaine fairchild ~

x the owl & henrietta pussycat (strange, it looks like they used the same eye just turned upside-down on x the owl?) ~

about x & henrietta ~

& daniel striped tiger, who now has his own show on pbs ~

somehow his tag was misprinted as x the owl again? ~

i also found this signed poster ~

this vintage vinyl lp from 1973 features songs from the mister rogers show ~

although they're sung by jerry whitman ~

a disneyland record ~

dvd ~

you can watch episodes of mister rogers' neighborhood vintage & newer at the pbs website or on amazon, i still hope one day i'll be able to purchase a full collection of all of his shows.. this youtube is one of my very favorites..

ghost & toxic

p.s. !!!!!

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flashback friday - elliott smith

flashback friday post since i've found myself thinking about elliott again <3 xo..
well, it's vinyl friday again, & this time i'm sharing my love for the late elliott smith ~

like so many others, i first saw him back in the 90s on the oscars, where he performed his nominated song, miss misery, from gus van sant's movie good will hunting ~

i was absolutely struck by this sort of unknown indie oddball & i soon picked up either/or to try.. by the second song i was in love forever ~

the rest is history as i went on to find every cd, every album, every rare track, i even joined the old sweet addy forum where for years i talked daily with thousands who also love elliott smith, who we lost way too soon ~

tomorrow marks the 14th anniversary of his tragic death ~

here are a few of his vinyl singles, including one with heatmiser, his first band here in portland where he lived ~

man, how we all obsessed on figuring out all his lyrics back in the day on sweetaddy! maybe no one more than me? i still host my own elliott smith lyrics page here ~

from a basement on the hill was elliott's last album ~

a double album set recorded in la where he lived at the time of his death ~

& yes that's a tiny ostrich <3 ~

i believe the term genius is aptly used to describe this beautiful lost talent, if you have yet to discover his music you should consider yourself deprived until you do ~

new moon is a good place to start, released after his death, it is another double album set full of gems.. when i first left socal & my home of 40 years & left everything i'd ever known behind me to come up here to portland i used to have mr smith whispering these songs in my earphones as i explored the rainy portland streets where he grew up ~

that's when i began my portland album, which is full of elliott smith haunts.. (if you're oldschool like me & are on a pc or laptop rather than a phone you will hear an elliott smith mix playing here) ~

& i even have my own elliott smith fan album here ~

amongst the skeletons in my closet you will spot an elliott smith new moon poster just above my guitar & keyboard ~

along with notebooks full of elliott smith tabs (tucked under my great grandma's old bible, now that's love!) ~

cds, & the elliott smith songbook ~

i've been known to wear elliott smith t-shirts as well ~

the one on the right is my own design, done for the big t-shirt design contest on sweetaddy back in the day.. (mine came in second place) ~

i highly recommend heaven adores you, the dvd & the soundtrack, shown here with another elliott smith dvd called strange waltz ~

i have more smith related art up at my own gallery  ~

i must say i miss the old sweetaddy forum, i was known there as ghost or friendlyghost, & was even asked to be mod goddess once..lol but nowadays elliott smith fans have alphabet town to share memories, rares, photos & news ~

tomorrow i will be leaving one of my portland rocks hidden somewhere in rainy portland for someone to find, maybe someone who doesn't know about elliott smith will have the joy of discovering him new? ~

i started my original ghost blog here on typepad back in 2006 to post smith lyrics & ponder my life..lol
both blogs are named after his lyrics.. the assorted links in this post go to my art albums up at my ghost gallery, if the music does not play for you there using these links please try going directly to gumbyland to visit the gallery..

here i am getting my elliott smith book signed by photographer autumn dewilde at powell's books here in portland.. (that's her daughter arrow in cool boots, she's in her own band now i hear..) ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from october 2017. be sure to check out the new 25th anniversary book & vinyl coming out in just one week!

bren

meow

i mentioned how i ordered some items from powell's books here in portland recently ~

well it was all because i had to get this new novel! ~

meow, by sam austen ~

table of contents ~

what a fun read :D ~

a must read for any true cat lady ~

i can hardly wait for the audiobook!! ~

powell's books in portland is my favorite book store ever ~

it encompasses several buildings & is the largest on the continent ~

it's booknerd heaven & it has alot more than books ~

i'll always remember having my elliott smith book signed there by autumn de'wilde ;) ~

meow monday! ~

bren

flashback friday - grickle

for this flashback friday a weird wednesday post from months ago..:D a look at grickle art by graham annable ~

some of the oldest youtubes on my page are on my favorites playlist here ~

grickle's halloween madness & joy to the weird! ~

& i only recently realized he's on instagram & followed him there ~

i've always loved his fun artstyle & have made stickers of much of it to add to my own journals ;) ~

so imagine my joy when i found myself in one of his live drawing events on insta ~

& seeing him & his co-artist friend julian narino choose my request to draw eraserhead kermit! lols ~

& they did not disappoint! :) ~

then i came back later to another live drawing & made a different request ~

which resulted in an insane mashup of gumby & pokey in bladerunner scenes!! :D ~

this made my day!!! ~

so glad to have this kind of fun back after all this time ~

i love his cats & vampires ~

muppets & other classics reimagined :D ~

be sure to check him out!! <3 ~

update!! ~

grickle picked another one of my requests for him & his friends to draw! :D ~

lololols <3 ~

bren

happy birthday sid krofft !!

i want to wish a very happy 95th birthday to my favorite vintage kid, sid krofft! ~

who gave us hr pufnstuf & my earliest antifashion influence, witchiepoo ;) ~

as well as land of the lost & sigmund & the sea monsters & others ~

i've posted many fun related toys & items here at the lost & found over the years ~

just click the links in this post for much more ~

Sleestak!! avoid eye contact!! ~

& be sure to check out sundays with sid over on insta ~

especially if you are also a judy garland fan as i am <3 ~

bren