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  1. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    Van Morrison Astral Weeks. My kids and I were riding the aural wave this weekend! http://blogs.bayviewnow.com/life_at_33_rpm/archive/2009/03/01/astral-weeks.aspx
  2. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    Buddy Holly 50 years later 50 years after the gig in Clear Lake Iowa, Here's a little tribute to Buddy Holly! http://blogs.bayviewnow.com/life_at_33_rpm/ Brown-eyed Handsome Man! 1959
  3. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    Lightening is a serious fav!
  4. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    St. Thomas In the depth of winter, nothing like Max Roach's calypso drums on Sonny Rollins's St. Thomas---Side B, track 1 on Saxophone Colossus. I wrote this piece about it...http://blogs.bayviewnow.com/life_at_33_rpm/
  5. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    Good to see a fellow Milwaukeean on the lounge! Don't know Big Crawford. If only there was some kind of global data base, where people shared information, that I could look to to find this kind of information. sigh...
  6. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    St. Louis Blues I've been listening to Blind Connie Williams and a lot of Muddy Waters since I got this 1930's Regal Dobro from my wife for my birthday. I wrote about my new toy here: http://blogs.bayviewnow.com/life_at_33_rpm/archive/2009/01/11/st-louis-blues.aspx
  7. PapaSimone

    What are you listening to?

    Django Reinhardt--All of Me http://blogs.bayviewnow.com/life_at_33_rpm/archive/2008/11/16/all-of-me.aspx
  8. PapaSimone

    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    VINTAGE SEARS MAD MEN CHARCOAL FEDORA HAT 7 1/2 I just won this and am excited to receive! I've been collecting 7 3/8 because they are so much cheaper but I need to accept my big head! Let freedom ring!
  9. PapaSimone

    Songs That Express Your Philosophy of Life

    St. Louis Blues This is what I am listening to: http://blogs.bayviewnow.com/life_at_33_rpm/archive/2009/01/11/st-louis-blues.aspx
  10. PapaSimone

    The Blues

    Blind Willie Johnson
  11. PapaSimone

    Milan Mania

    Milan Futbol! Here is my vintage Dobbs Milan 5th ave. which started out it's life in Birmingham, Alabama (store name Odum Bowers and White) now leading soccer practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! Any idea on the age? I got it last fall through ebay. Look how attentive the children look! Must...
  12. PapaSimone

    Fellini's 8 1/2

    and this
  13. PapaSimone

    Fellini's 8 1/2

    more pix
  14. PapaSimone

    ...Grab your hat let's go

    Quixotic hat rack I keep my hat on a bust of Don Quixote. Keeps me tilting at windmill monsters.
  15. PapaSimone

    Fellini's 8 1/2

    One of my favorite movie's is Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. Any idea what hat Marcello Mastroianni is wearing in the flick? Some pics when I can figure it out.
  16. PapaSimone

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    IWW Dig the wobblie button!
  17. PapaSimone

    Hat Sellers in the SF Bay Area

    previous post Hi, I wrote this for another Lounger who was getting to know San Francisco. Hope it is helpful Dude! You live in San Francisco! The best way to discover your hat size and check out some amazing vintage stuff is to follow this 10 point plan for vintage success! 1. Take a...
  18. PapaSimone

    The confidence for the hat

    I see part of the point is to stand out. When I walk around the 'hood bare headed I'm completing anonymous---not always a bad thing. When I wear a fedora, people remember me. It's easier to be a part of the community. If you plan on not tipping your server.....don't bring your hat!
  19. PapaSimone

    Still Life with Hats . . .

    Nice! I especially appreciate the porch playing!
  20. PapaSimone

    Best use of a Fedora today in Milwaukee

    Snow day today in Milwaukee! Teachers and kids didn't have to go to school! Here is my 30's vintage Stetson pork pie, previous owner rumored to be Lester Young! After a bit of snow. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat!

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