I like Amy Winehouse, psychobilly, the Pipettes, the Acid House Kings, the O Brother... soundtrack, and even that throw-back-to-the-Andrews-Sisters Christina Aguilera song. I have a craving for music produced in the now but inspired by the 1930s to early 1960s, with my favourite era being the 1940s. Can you recommend anymore good contemporary rock/pop bands along these lines, including psychobilly bands I may not have heard about yet? [more inside]
posted by flibbertigibbet on Aug 30, 2009 - 52 answers

MovieFilter: The name of the movie made in the early 1940s that had this "make the twerps want to be the bad guy" scene: the bad guy is traveling down a country road at night, riding in the back seat of his "powerful black car." He touches something on the floor in front of him that reveals a panel with a speedometer and an accelerator pedal. He presses hard on the pedal, and we watch the needle go up and up and his driver desperately struggling to keep the careening car from going off the road.
posted by RichardS on Aug 5, 2009 - 9 answers

Can anyone identify these cartoons? One about two poor kids who dream of a world made of food, then wake up to a feast in their kitchen. Another about a young couple at a future world/technology expo where they see instant houses, get groomed by robots, and ballroom dance? [more inside]
posted by thebellafonte on Apr 28, 2009 - 6 answers

I'm looking for books and/or movies that have a supernatural/fantasy aspect and are set in the era between the World Wars. [more inside]
posted by honeydew on Feb 19, 2009 - 19 answers

Where can I get 1930s/1940s reproduction sweatshirts in the UK? [more inside]
posted by jack_mo on Mar 11, 2008 - 7 answers

Who are the painters and what are the titles of the paintings featured in the backgrounds of the following 1940s fashion magazines: [more inside]
posted by pluckysparrow on Oct 3, 2007 - 3 answers

Where do I find data about 1940s newspaper circulation? I want to see what was going on with newspaper readership in the 1940s, before, during and after WWII. I think that newspaper readership went up during the war and am trying to find data to prove it! I'm looking for 1940s circulation statistics for some of the big newspapers (NY times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune & Christian Science Monitor). I am finding very little reliable information. Is there a reference librarian in the house who could point me towards a reference book or source?
posted by pluckysparrow on Sep 6, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm looking for a rather odd rugby-related photograph. [more inside]
posted by synecdoche on Mar 17, 2007 - 3 answers