this is really wierd, rap song about arizona iced tea, might i direct you the 1938 classic “if your a viper” by rosetta howard.

alekzia:

Nat King Cole - On a Bicycle Built for Two

another nat king cole gem for you:

http://youtu.be/w0EQCaKzlkQ

this post leads me to a few things, the film CHINA GATE by sam fuller is very good, and i think one of his less known films. nat king cole plays a french legion guy.

also peep the sun ra cover of this.  i hve been on a sam fuller kick latly watching WHITE DOG recently too.

iwishforanother:

did-you-kno:

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i license the f word in these cases.  it has become useless in everyday life as it means NADA!

the word scumbag means used condom, and the word golly means gods limbs, golly at one time was super obscene as it was a decleration of god haveing  a physical body and thus a anti catholic slur.

ghengisyan:

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caravaggista:

fyeaharthistorymajorcat:

And some more proof that:

1. There are art history references in Hey Arnold!
2. I’m a dork. 

afraidofme:

In the Hey Arnold! Episode of “Helga and the Nanny”, Big Bob hires a housekeeper and nanny to care for Helga and the house since Miriam is starting community service at the animal shelter. As some people may or may not know, Miriam (Helga’s mother) is an alcoholic. Yeah; those smoothies were a little more than just that. So it can be assumed why she has to do community service. Anyway, Inga the nanny arrives and enters the kitchen where Helga and Miriam are seated:

Inga: Good morning, everyone. I’m Inga. Oh! And you must be Helga. 

Helga: No. She’s Helga and I’m Toulouse-Lautrec. 

Here is where it becomes interesting. Helga switches herself and her mother. But Toulouse-Lautrec isn’t Helga’s mom! Yes. I know this. But Henri de Toulouse-Leutrec is one of the great Post-Impressionist painters of France. Many of you may know him for his paintings of the Moulin Rouge, a swanky French bar for artists. 

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Moulin Rouge
1892-1895

A little known fact about Toulouse-Lautrec was that he was an alcoholic for most of his life. Do to inbreeding in his family, his legs did not develop completely leaving him crippled and of considerably short stature. Depression over his condition led to promiscuous drinking. 

And so, as you may have already connected, Toulouse-Lautrec is Helga’s way of calling her mother out on her drinking problem. 

Then again, this isn’t the first time Helga Pataki seems to know a thing or two about art. She easily identifies an Edward Hopper print while at the psychologist’s office in “Helga on the Couch”. 

I am always impressed by finding such small moments in shows like Hey Arnold!, where I may not have noticed it before. 

edit: And let’s not forget this little gem: 

Omg this is the BEST!!! I’ve seen every episode of Hey Arnold and loved it as a kid. Win!

check out the jeff koons sculpture in the background

historiated:

Detail of the front of the Bury St. Edmund’s Cross, also known as the Cloisters Cross, with attached crucifix; walrus ivory cross c. 1140. Created by Master Hugo at Bury St. Edmund’s, England. This altar cross measures approximately twenty-two and three-quarter inches in height. Currently in the collections at the Cloisters in New York City, New York.
The front of the cross depicts the cross as the Tree of Life and includes carvings at its base of Adam and Eve, in which Christ is to be interpreted as the second Adam. The central medallion, also called the Moses medallion, features a scene taken from Old Testament texts in which Moses raises a serpent on a staff, which was interpreted by medieval Christians as a typology for the crucifixion of Christ. Image taken from ARTstor.
Click here to read more about the cross and its imagery and to view alternate images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s online collections.