Atomic Dining for Space-Age Lovers, and a Resolution?

Well another new year is born and another one bites the dust. It's a time when people often clean out the old to make a fresh start or make new year's resolutions. First of all I'm going to do a slight clean up to my blog by removing the playlist that's been floating at the bottom of the page for far too long - especially since it's been bogging-down the vintage Etch-a-Sketch computer that I use whenever I attempt to load the darned thing :)

The playlist will be kept archived here in this post since there may be someone out there who may still have some fun from it.

Next I need to make a New Year's resolution... hmmmm, that's quite a bit harder. Maybe I should resolve to put away all the Christmas decor before the end of January this year? Nope, that is a challenge for me, but not challenging enough!

The past is history and one should look ahead. It's time for a change. I'm bored of looking at these same four walls. I need something new, something exciting and different. Maybe Mid Century Mod has had it's day, it's dated and out of place today. Should I give this up, sell it all off and start decorating in vintage 70's decor with macrame owls hanging from the wall and some groovy lava lamps? Just as dated. A little Shabby Chic? Not in this man cave. Maybe we could go for a home make-over in all new post-millennial, like in the photo above? Let me think about that one for awhile. In the meantime I'll ask you this:

Do any of you make a resolution for the new year? And if so, just what is it that you're making a pinky-swear to do?

It's a Blizzard Out There, but Inside it's Cool

Yep, it definitely is getting wintry outdoors now. Today the temp dipped from a grand high of 11 degrees (and plummeting), the blizzard winds are making the house creak, and the snow is whipping across the landscape in wispy white torrents trying to snake it's way into every crack and corner. But it's not getting into my home sweet home... Especially not after an emergency call to the furnace man to kick my heater a few times and getting it to work again!


As suddenly as if waking from a dream I realized that Mr. Winter has indeed arrived and Christmas is tagging inevitably along, not too far behind. Maybe I should start throwing a few decorations on the house?

It had all started a week ago with an unplanned visit to a Christmas tree stand and being uncontrollably drawn by a tree which beckoned me to please take it home. From that point on, there was no turning back.


Yes indeedy. Christmas has definitely arrived at the atomic man cave :)

I've clung to my Grandma's genuine aluminum tinsel Christmas year after year (and have incurred some unfair ridicule from friends over it!) Oh the memories of setting it up with her in the corner of the living room and hanging those really old decorations. But this holiday for some inexplicable reason I had a craving to go traditional and trim the real deal. There's nothing in the world like the smell of a real Scotch pine living inside your home, after all...

And Grandma's decorations look just as much at home on a traditional tree, don't ya think?


Oh, and here's the Sputnik lamp, decked out in an appropriately colorful attire of Christmas lights.



I've been waiting almost the whole year to fire up the electric fireplace...


Keep warm and toasty out there. Wear those wool socks and the long underwear, 'cuz Summer's a whole 4 months off yet. Until then, Ho ho ho ...and pass on down another margarita!

Atomic Dining Music for Space Age Lovers

A brand spankin' new Playlist has been added to the blog (you'll find it located waaaay down at the bottom).

Brought to together here for your listening pleasure is an eclectic assortment of melodies to entice you. Here you will find the enchanting strains of yesterday and the exciting new rhythms of tomorrow with the most outstanding musical talents in the field.

There's a little bit of everything, new and old, and hopefully some music you haven't heard for a very long time, if ever! So put it on, play it, live it. Its sure to help get you into the vintage mood...

Click here for the pop out player.

1. Oriental Blues (Ernie's Tune) by The Tony DeSimone Trip
2. Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny
3. Hotrod by Stray Cats
4. Rockabilly Boogie by Johnny Burnette Trio
5. Got My Own Thing Now by Squirrel Nut Zippers
6. Java by Al Hirt
7. Ain't Got No Home by Clarence Frogman Henry
8. Stupid Cupid by Connie Francis
9. Telstar by The Tornadoes
10. Maleguena by The Tornadoes
11. Bumble Bee Stomp by The Tornadoes
12. Rubber Biscuit by The Chips
13. Lolita Ya Ya by Nelson Riddle
14. Mambo No. 5 by Perez Prado & His Orchestra
15. The Astronaut by Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez
16. Mr. Ghost Goes To Town by The John Buzon Trio
17. Hot Cakes and Sausage by Ernie Kovacs
18. Mean Mean Man by Wanda Jackson
19. Rats in my Room by Leona Anderson
20. Angel Baby by lowrider oldies
21. We Belong Together by Ritchie Valens
22. Blue Moon by The Marcels
23. King Kong by Tarantula Ghoul and The Cryptkickers
24. The Third Man Theme by Percy Faith
25. Squatty Roo by John Buzon Trio
26. Indian Love Call by Edie Adams & Ernie Kovacs with The Henry Mancini Orchestra
27. A Taste Of Honey by Jackie Gleason
28. Somebody Loves Me by Jackie Gleason Orchestra (For Lovers Only)
29. For Hi-Fi Bugs by Pete Rugolo
30. Black Panther by Don Ralke
31. Out of This World by Frank Comstock
32. Keem-O-Sabe by The Dave Pell Singers
33. Istanbul by The Four Lads
34. Music To Watch Girls By by Ventures
35. Mr. Peepers Theme by Bernie Green
36. Alley Cat by Bent Fabric
37. Thunderball by Tom Jones
38. Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
39. Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson
40. The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson
41. Hernandos Hideaway by the Johnston Brothers
42. The Comets by Walter Schumann
    

(For the ultimate in listening pleasure, this Long Play Microgroove Record should be played on the new HI-FONIC PLAYER.)