TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM: There is so much great music for free on the Internet Archive… today we have one of my favorite bands introduced to me by The Old Codger on WFMU (which, incidentally, is the greatest radio show of all time… and is all available for download). I bring you the one and only Hartman’s Heart Breakers, for your listening pleasure… there are two pages of music here and here.

• Titles from Little Nemo in Slumberland
  from Boing Boing
• Popeye Circle
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• More Thoughts on Ditko and Blake Bell’s Strange and Stranger
  from Myrant
• LOOK INTO MY EYES…
  from Gorilla Men
• Jack Benny interviews Isaac Hayes (1973)
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• Mom accused of stealing daughter’s identity to attend high school and become a cheerleader
  from Boing Boing
• CR Sunday Interview: Scott McCloud
  from CR Briefings
• Louise Brooks, Muse of Artist, Guido Crepax
  from Little Hokum Rag
• Sarah Palin: spammer and digital secrecy scofflaw.
  from Boing Boing
• Monkeynonymous has posted the Alan Moore interview
  from The Fate of the Artist
• UNMOVING PICTURE
  from Gorilla Men
• Seeking Virgil “VIP” Partch Cartoon
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Interview: Jay Lynch Pt. 2 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• ALL-STAR BATMAN once more: That’s gotta hurt
  from THE BEAT
• Alan Lee *The* Cygnus Portfolio
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• W. Russell Flint 1880 ~ 1969
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Taken For A Ride
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Ryan Finally Snaps
  from Introspective Comics
• Sept. 15, 2008: Repeat as necessary
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Byron Marshall’s Website
  from byronmarshall.com
• Five For Friday Special Results: The CR Readers Confessional…
  from CR Briefings
• Fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener
  from Boing Boing
• Keep Smiling 2
  from Shorpy :: History in HD – ShorpyBlog
• Stop motion film by PES: Western Spaghetti
  from Boing Boing
• Martin K. Tytell, Typewriter Wizard, Dies at 94
  from Boing Boing
• hartmans Heart Breakers-07-14
  from Internet Archive – Collection: 78rpm
• Peter Thompson
  from Inkstuds
• What are the origins of Faile Dreams?
  from I’m Learning To Share!
• More 1920s Fable Goodness
  from CartoonsOnFilm

Looks like I just got Boing Boinged… this should be interesting. Thanks much to Amy Crehore at the delightful Little Hokum Rag blog for sending Boing Boing my way! Welcome new readers!

Today’s Featured Item: Music galore by the Ink Spots recorded from 78rpm at the Internet Archive! Here is the formula for a typical Ink Spots song:

1) Dumba dum-a dumba dum-a dumba dum-a dum.
2) Guy with high voice sings verses.
3) Guy with low voice talks same lines with some mild funny added.
4) Guy with high voice comes back for one more run of the verses.

It may be formulaic, but it sure does work well…

• Vintage monkey cartoons
  from Boing Boing
• The death of Jerry Siegel’s father: part 2
  from Noblemania
• Reviewing the Cintiq 12wx
  from Tom’s MAD Blog
• InkSpots Collection
  from Internet Archive – Collection: 78rpm
• Kill (yourself), again! – Time Waster
  from Download Squad
• Monkey Escapes Ontario Sanctuary, Again
  from Monkeys In The News
• 10 Things About the Large Hadron Collider You Wanted…
  from Neatorama
• Tonya Harding shot JFK?
  from Boing Boing
• Marc Deckter Challenge Day Three
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• HUG ME
  from Gorilla Men
• How to Draw Lively Poses – SpongeBob Tip Sheets
  from Cartoon SNAP
• What Sex Brings to the Girl
  from PCL LinkDump
• 9-12-72
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Hit the Fan
  from Blog Posts for Bob Levin
• Lying In The Gutters
  from CBR Columns
• Go, Look: Rediscovering Ron Cobb
  from CR Briefings
• Sept. 12, 2008: Terrible and glorious
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Maurice Sendak’s Concerns, Beyond Where the Wild Things…
  from The New York Times
• Dash Shaw
  from Inkstuds
• That’s it I’ve had it!
  from Mattias Inks
• Your Papers, Please…
  from ACLU Blog: Because Freedom Can’t Blog Itself
• Alberto Vargas 1896 ~ 1982
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Go, Look: Rediscovering Ron Cobb
  from CR Briefings
• Where Demented Wented: Nadel on Rory Hayes
  from Comic Book Headlines
• Be-bop story and dance
  from Boing Boing
• 1930s:Cartoons
  from xroads.virginia.edu
• The Seven Lively Arts by Gilbert Seldes
  from xroads.virginia.edu
• The Importance of Mini-Comics The Isotope Award
  from iFanboy
• Matt Taibbi (RollingStone.com): Obama on the Trail
  from FAIR Media Views