Bronx Banter » Advertising http://www.bronxbanterblog.com Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Thu, 23 May 2013 20:38:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Fill in the Blanks http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/03/26/fill-in-the-blanks/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/03/26/fill-in-the-blanks/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:48:29 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=100134

Vernon Wells’ father, Vernon (the artist known as “V”) Wells, is an illustrator.

Check out his site.

 

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/03/26/fill-in-the-blanks/feed/ 1 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/12/21/morning-art-255/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/12/21/morning-art-255/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:14:40 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=96795

“Tribune De Lausanne,” by Herbert Leupin (1955)

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/12/21/morning-art-255/feed/ 0 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/07/13/morning-art-152/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/07/13/morning-art-152/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:04:02 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=88448

Some Covers…

 

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/07/13/morning-art-152/feed/ 1 Afternoon Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/10/afternoon-art-198/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/10/afternoon-art-198/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:05:25 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79803

Blue Note Album Cover Week ends with a couple of gems.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/10/afternoon-art-198/feed/ 3 Afternoon Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/09/afternoon-art-197/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/09/afternoon-art-197/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:25:25 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79772

More Blue Note, More.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/09/afternoon-art-197/feed/ 6 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/08/morning-art-85/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/08/morning-art-85/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:12 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79726

Blue Note Badness…

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/08/morning-art-85/feed/ 2 Afternoon Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/07/afternoon-art-196/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/07/afternoon-art-196/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:27 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79670

More Blue Note Goodness.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/07/afternoon-art-196/feed/ 2 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/06/morning-art-84/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/06/morning-art-84/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:33:55 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79619

More Blue Note goodness.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/06/morning-art-84/feed/ 2 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/03/morning-art-83/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/03/morning-art-83/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:09 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79480

More Blue Note Covers.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/02/03/morning-art-83/feed/ 5 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/01/31/morning-art-82/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/01/31/morning-art-82/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:33:16 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=79402

More Blue Note covers.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/01/31/morning-art-82/feed/ 3 Afternoon Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/09/13/afternoon-art-149/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/09/13/afternoon-art-149/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:02:10 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=66915 Dig this most cool photo gallery of American restaurants, cafes, and dinners of the 1950s and ’60s over at the even cooler site, Retronaut.

(Peace to Brad for showing us the way to this one.)

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/09/13/afternoon-art-149/feed/ 3 Morning Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/07/27/morning-art-27/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/07/27/morning-art-27/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:12:57 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=63697

Dig this bitchin’ gallery of book cover art by Robert McGinnis.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/07/27/morning-art-27/feed/ 1 Afternoon Art http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/07/26/afternoon-art-136/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/07/26/afternoon-art-136/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:11:33 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=63632

Dig these cool Raymond Chandler book covers by Tom Adams over at Scott Dutton’s most excellent blog.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/07/26/afternoon-art-136/feed/ 2 Taster's Cherce http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/04/13/tasters-cherce-231/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/04/13/tasters-cherce-231/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:25:15 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=52635

Look what I found, another dope site.

Hmmm, toaster bacon.

Bacon’s a fruit.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/04/13/tasters-cherce-231/feed/ 8 Baseball Player Name of the Week http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/08/baseball-player-name-of-the-week-16/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/08/baseball-player-name-of-the-week-16/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:32:10 +0000 Emma Span http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=50808 I guess he was sort of the Coco Crisp of his day. Too bad he played so long ago, or he might have made himself some nice endorsement deals. Presenting:

Bud Weiser.

Bud Weiser not shown.

Weiser came about his nickname honestly – he was born Henry Budson Weiser in 1891 (about 13 years after Adolphus Busch, who had quite a name in his own right when you think about it, started his famous brewery). That was in Shamokin, PA, where Weiser also died, in 1961, and is buried in the fantastically named Odd Fellows Cemetery.

He never made it to the majors, but he had a long minor league career, playing with a few pauses here and there from 1911 to 1928, with 10 different teams from Scranton Wilkes-Barre to Dallas, the Charlotte Hornets to the Scottdale  Scotties. I bet Bud Weiser could have told a few stories.

Bonus names: Among his teammates were Ezra Midkiff, Wheat Orcutt, Norwood Hankee, and Bunny Hearn.

Norwood Hankee!

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/08/baseball-player-name-of-the-week-16/feed/ 5 Leaner, Faster, Strong http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/07/leaner-faster-strong/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/07/leaner-faster-strong/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:46:13 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=50769 Dear Alex, please don’t break.

In the Daily News, John Harper has a piece about Alex Rodriguez.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/03/07/leaner-faster-strong/feed/ 4 Oooo La La http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/28/oooo-la-la/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/28/oooo-la-la/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:09:19 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=49938

Riding on the Metro…Picture taken outside of Brussels by my uncle with his iPhone.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/28/oooo-la-la/feed/ 0 So This Is What It Feels Like To Go Insane http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/28/so-this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-go-insane/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/28/so-this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-go-insane/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:18:37 +0000 Emma Span http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=50037 Last night I got home around 2 AM and still had some work to get done; this ad came on at about 3:30. You will note that it’s for a personal injury law firm and that it features a crudely drawn rapping, dancing squirrel.

I don’t think they should be allowed to air something like this at that hour. If it wasn’t for YouTube, which confirmed for me that this is a thing that exists, I might have checked myself into Bellvue.

1-800-VICTIM2 YOU CALL!

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/28/so-this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-go-insane/feed/ 6 Taster's Cherce http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/23/tasters-cherce-209/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/23/tasters-cherce-209/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:38:22 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=49627

Thanks to the good people at Saveur, I found this great site, that is digging through the old Gourmet Magazine archives. Food Porn at it’s (dated) best.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/02/23/tasters-cherce-209/feed/ 3 Minor Threat http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/01/31/minor-threat/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/01/31/minor-threat/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:38:11 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=47876 According to reports, the Yanks have signed Freddy Garcia to a minor league deal.

]]> http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/01/31/minor-threat/feed/ 5