I am in the middle of reading the book Johnny Cash: The Autobiography and I’ve been inspired to look up some of his old television show recordings. Johnny Cash has always been one of my favorite artists, but I’ve never really explored the music from the Johnny Cash Show which ran from 1969 to 1971. Capitalizing on Cash’s success after his 1968 Live at Folsom Prison album, the weekly program was essentially a variety show including members of his own band, as well as guests such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard and Joni Mitchell.

The following segment features Louis Armstrong in one of his last performances:

Today I feel like celebrating a little girl power!  And what better way to do it then with this Enjoli perfume commercial from the 1970s?

On the one hand, the ad sings the praises of womanhood - as women increasingly began to enter the working world back in the 1970s they found themselves in the position of not only being wage earners but that of a wife and mother too who had to keep their households running.

But on the other hand, the commercial firmly plants women into stereotypical feminine roles - why doesn’t the husband do any of the cooking? The woman is not only working, but having to do all of the work around the house.

Regardless, the commercial is priceless and has perhaps the most (unintentially) hilarious lines in advertising history:  “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never never never let you forget you’re a man!  Cuz I’m a woman!”

Enjoy

Thanks to my friend Nicolle Moser for turning me on to this ad

It’s Music Monday here at the RollerBlog and today’s featured artist is Led Zeppelin.  I discovered Led Zeppelin in high school and I’ve been a fan ever since.  These days I like to exercise to Led Zeppelin, or as I like to call it, Zeppercise.

The following is one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs, Black Dog, performed live in 1973:

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I have a cold.  Bleh.

I feel like the guy in this commercial.

A big thanks to my Entrecard Top Droppers for the month of February 2009:

This week I find myself suddenly in the market for a new (or new to me) car.  Alas, my car was in a small accident over the weekend and sustained just enough damage to be declared a total loss, in other words, the cost of repairing the vehicle is deemed to be greater than the value of the car.  I had a 1997 Toyota Corolla with just shy of 180,000 miles on it, and although it had its flaws, the car was reliable and we didn’t have any car payments.

I don’t tend to care too much about what kind of car that I drive, and now we have 5 days to get a new car until the insurance company will stop paying for my rental car we are scrambling to decide what kind of car to buy.

Here are some of the top contenders:

1977 Plymouth Arrow

1974 AMC Gremlin

1971 Chevy Nova

1971 Volkswagen Beetle

Just kidding!

Ok seriously, what kind of car should we buy? Any suggestions? I am looking for a reliable car to drive 50 miles to and from work every day, hopefully with decent gas mileage, and without breaking the bank.

I just found a new record to add to our collection.  Spaced Out Disco, released in 1978 by The Galactic Force Band, includes danceable versions of movie themes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek, 2001, and Star Wars.

I seriously need to own this.  Too bad my birthday is 11 months away….

Here is the Theme From Star Trek from the B side of the record:

I found this picture of 1980s icon David Hasselhoff in a 2005 Australian Pepsi advertisement and I couldn’t resist sharing it.

Because who can resist the Hoff?  I know I can’t.

This Valentine’s Day, I am celebrating with my two favorite guys RollerReggie and RollerBoy.

On the agenda for the evening?  Heart-shaped cookies, pizza (one half eggplant & goat cheese and one half sausage & mushrooms), champagne (or razzleberry juice in RollerBoy’s case), and a viewing of the 1981 John Carpenter film Escape from New York.

Because nothing says “I love you” like a Kurt Russell sci-fi flick.

Earlier today we saw the movie Coraline in 3-D (highly recommended, by the way) and then went out for Vietnamese Pho soup so it has been quite an exciting day for our little family.

Happy Valentine’s Day!  I hope you are enjoying the day.

They were warned…
They are doomed…

And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!

RollerKaty