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  1. V.C. Brunswick

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Actually I missed Season 3 and was watching it on youTube.
  2. V.C. Brunswick

    What are you listening to?

    The Harry Simeone Songsters -- It's A Beautiful Day For A Ball Game (1960) Anyone in Southern California will remember this as the intro to the Dodgers pregame show on the radio.
  3. V.C. Brunswick

    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    83 Years Ago Today... Legendary tango singer Carlos Gardel surrounded by well-wishers in Bogota, Colombia on June 24, 1935. That day he would die in a plane crash at a stopover in Medellin, Colombia. This is among the last images of Gardel.
  4. V.C. Brunswick

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Hunting Hitler
  5. V.C. Brunswick

    Russian Sailor Shirts

    Basically Russia's FEMA though firefighters and paramedics are also part of Emercom.
  7. V.C. Brunswick

    Russian Sailor Shirts

    Dark blue navy version. :P
  8. V.C. Brunswick

    Russian Sailor Shirts

    Royal blue is supposedly worn by FSB (Federal Security Service, formerly the KGB) but there is no real information to confirm it. The telynyshka and matching beret are generally associated with Russia's elite forces, and if royal blue is indeed worn by FSB the most likely wearers would be...
  9. V.C. Brunswick

    Russian Sailor Shirts

    The color of the stripes on the telnyashka denote different branches of the Russian military and security forces: Blue -- Airborne Black -- Navy (particularly the Naval Infantry, aka "Morpekh") Maroon -- National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardia), formerly Internal Troops of the Ministry of the...
  10. V.C. Brunswick

    What are you listening to?

    The version of Ride Of The Valkyries from the movie in its entirety.
  11. V.C. Brunswick

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Finding that a book (or anything else for that matter) that you're looking for appears to be exceedingly rare even though you wouldn't think that it is because it only came out a few years ago. And you know that it's rare because it doesn't even turn up on eBay!
  13. V.C. Brunswick

    My "fave" fedora flicks

    Guys and Dolls (1955)
  14. V.C. Brunswick

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Did I mention the latest youTube irritations? Namely the increased use of computer-generated robot voices for narration and now instead of the one ad that plays before the video they've crammed several ads that interrupts the video throughout.
  15. V.C. Brunswick

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The helmet in question is the Spanish M1926 helmet which predates the WWII German M35 by about a decade.
  16. V.C. Brunswick

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    The Classic Footlocker of Toy Soldiers The Hype The Reality
  17. V.C. Brunswick

    What's for Dinner?

    Turkey chili and cornbread.
  19. V.C. Brunswick

    girls in guy's garb

    Spanish singer and TV personality Maria del Monte as Carlos Gardel
  20. V.C. Brunswick

    What are you listening to?

    Gardel's original performance of Volver in the movie El Dia Que Me Quieras (Paramount, 1935)
  21. V.C. Brunswick

    Vintage Interiors

    Silent film star William S. Hart's mansion in Newhall, California which has been preserved as a museum.
  22. V.C. Brunswick

    Show us Your Vintage Police Gear

    Watch commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Ukrainian traffic police (1996).
  23. V.C. Brunswick

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I recently sold the Quantas lapel pin and it's gone to a new home in Australia.
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