let me add that the IUP library has a collection of LIFE magazines dating back to the late nineteen-thirties. and i was reading one from 1942 and then one from the early fifties... many of the advertisements featured women in bathing suits or their underwear, and each issue had at least one three to five page photo spread of a young hollywood starlet, usually on the beach in a two-piece outfit.

i was kind of surprised.

let me also add that the new band i'm in, the harlots, played our second show last night and it was a blast, we were the last band and i figured everyone would be tired and ready to go home... but when we ended our set the angry mob demanded one more song... we actually weren't going to play another one but it became apparent that they were serious and would appreciate one more song. also, a band called the lonely ones played last night, they're from altoona... they're psychobilly, a lot like tiger army, and they absolutely rocked!