Sunday, November 16, 2008

burma-shave



"IN 1926 THE BURMA-VITA COMPANY, WHCH WAS LOCATED AT 2318 CHESTNUT AVENUE WEST IN MINNEAPOLIS, BEGAN TO PLACE SIGNS ON RURAL ROADSWAYS IN MINNESOTA WITH CATCHY SLOGANS TO SELL BURMA-SHAVE, A SHAVING CREAM."




Courtesy of The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.


"Take Down Notice" ? There is always somebody far worse off.

"Burma has jailed a blogger for 20 years and handed down even longer sentences to other activists who criticised the regime."

- sub-headline, The Daily Telegraph, Thomas Bell.


I only heard this news today, so forgive me for reiterating bad shit already in circulation.

BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE WEIRD REVOLUTION from "Weird Revolution" CD (Hollywood) 2001 (US)

PURCHASE WEIRD REVOLUTION (ENHANCED)
BUTTHOLE SURFERS.COM

2 comments:

Peewit said...

Thanks,ib. I would normally ignore any Butthole surfers links in blogs but I had the your page on in the background whilst I was doing other stuff and Suddenly "fuck me that's good what is it!"
Clearly I need to investigate more

ib said...

It's always better when you stumble onto something good unannounced! Butthole Surfers are great, but sometimes uneven. Seldom dull, though.