Bettie Page Blog
[Bettie Page Blog] Beyonce Owes Bettie
Beyoncé -Why Don’t You Love Me(OFFICIAL FULL MUSIC VIDEO)
Great video, but would it exist without Bettie Page?
[Bettie Page Blog] Dave Stevens-inspired Bettie Page Statue
The thirteen-inch “Bettie Page by way of Dave Stevens” statue (including the base) will come in “deluxe packaging” and include a “certificate of authenticity” in the form of a large print of Dave Stevens pin-up artwork that inspired Melton’s sculpture. DARK HORSE is still in the process of determining how many statues will be made. Fans can start saving now, so they can pay the $150 for one of these limited edition beauties when they hit comic book store shelves this August.
[Bettie Page Blog] It’s Good to Be the Director
Mark Mori and Bettie Page Babes On the Red Carpet! I don’t know if he’s looking to promote his sure-to-be-fabulous upcoming authorized documentary about everyone’s favorite pin-up, BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL, or if he’s just trying to make all the boys jealous. In any event, here’s director Mark Mori, flanked by two “Bettie Babes”, Reina [...]
[Bettie Page Blog] Bettie’s Last Photo
“The Clog”, a blog I really enjoy, focused on Bettie right before Christmas. Check it out.
[Bettie Page Blog] Bettie’s Better in Texas!
The Jigglewatts shake things up in Houston in honor of Bettie Page.
A Christmas Card from “Bettie Page Reveals All”
A Christmas card from Oscar-nominated documentarian, Mark Mori, with holiday-themed peeks at his latest project… “Bettie Page Reveals All”. And the card delivers on the title, so I’m assuming the upcoming feature documentary (authorized by Bettie Page, herself, before she passed) will, as well. Check out the details: http://www.bettiepagemovie.com.
Exclusive Interview with Lenora Claire, Curator of Bettie Page: Heaven Bound
As you know, all of us at the Bettie Page Blog have been positively frothing at the mouth… mainly due to a sudden onset of swine flu, but ALSO over the new World of Wonder Storefront Gallery show, BETTIE PAGE: HEAVEN BOUND, featuring the art of Olivia De Berardinis. The show is curated by the [...]
Pin-Ups for Vets – Gina in the Field
It has been a goal of mine to make a visit to Brooke Army Medical Center ever since I started the project in 2007. Brooke Army Medical Center is the Defense Department’s only burn center. It is able to save people like never before because burn victims get there quickly -– as fast as 36 [...]
Aly Fell:
Aly Fell, a 3D animator, modeller and concept artist for Eurocom Entertainment Software in Derby, UK, is responsible for the above beautiful, classic pin-up, featuring Bettie as an alluring “Miss Muffet”. Aly Fell explains what motivated his cool drawing: A recent “Character of the Week” on Concept Art was Bettie Page, after she passed away. [...]
Bettie in Comics
Teo Jonelli’s Betty in Bondage is profiled at Atomic Avenue.EARTH’S MIGHTIEST FANSITES gives a solid rundown of “The Comic Book Life of Bettie Page”. COMIC VINE has a nice little slideshow of comic book covers in which Bettie “appears”.
Bettie Sets it to Stun
i09 is a crazy popular blog, part of the blogging empire that includes Jezebel, Jalopnik, Gizmodo and other actually successful, well read blogs that, like, get comments and stuff. Anyway, Jesus Diaz, an employee of this bloggantuan group of sites, worked this up. So… enjoy, if that’s your bag. (by the way, I pulled this [...]
Lux Redux Redux
In putting the previous posts together, I came across a song I didn’t know existed — a collaboration between Dee Dee Ramone and Lux Interior, called “Bad Horoscope”. The CD, released in 1997, is called “Zonked” in the US and “Ain’t It Fun” in Europe. Dee Dee Ramone on guitar and vocals, Barbara Ramone on [...]
Aloutte LeBlanc, ‘America’s Greatest Tassel Dancer,’ dies
This, from the The Times-Picayune April 08, 2009 8:30AM: Long before stripper poles cropped up on every corner, Bourbon Street in the 1940s and ’50s was a swanky place. Men in dinner jackets and neckties and women in party dresses and white gloves would fill the smoky dens of the 500 Club, the Sho-Bar, the [...]
Lux Redux
So, last night I was scouring the internet for a great interview with Lux I read years ago, in which he makes the very legitimate complaint that as punk rock is being canonized for history in books like PLEASE KILL ME and movies like Don Letts’ PUNK: ATTITUDE, The Cramps aren’t there — despite the [...]
The Cramps – Monsterous Musicologists
Who here is bummed that they’ll never see THE CRAMPS again? While many obits were fawning with praise for the “craziness” of the Cramps (and Lux’s performances), few people — even the “fans” who toasted his memory, seem to really get what he was about. Lux was a giant vinyl-diving music geek who used every [...]
Dixie Evans
Dixie Evans encountered a few rats in the early 1950s, but not all of them were customers. Some were actual rodents. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES has a great profile of Dixie Evans, chronicling her burlesque career, the history of the Exotic World Museum and the Exotic Dancers League of America, ending with a nod to [...]
Persepolis: A Bettie Page Blog Review
The flu is never fun, but it gave me a chance to catch Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical animated film, PERSEPOLIS. Fare warning: it’s in (stunningly composed) black and white, animated in a limited way, to match the look of the GRAPHIC NOVEL on which it is based. It’s in French, and if you don’t know French, [...]
New Mae West Book: She Always Knew How
I figure Bettie Page fans would also be Mae West fans, especially since Mae West dealt more directly and self-consciously with the issues of sexual equality and sexual power. Here’s what Simon & Schuster has to say about Charlotte Chandler’s new bio, based on interviews conducted with Mae in the 80′s: Actress, playwright, screenwriter, and [...]
Save vs. Death: Rosie the Riveter’s safety bra (1943)
Save vs. Death: Rosie the Riveter's safety bra (1943) More on Rosie — her plastic “safety bra” in full effect!
Save vs. Death: the many faces of Rosie the Riveter (1941-1945)
Save vs. Death: the many faces of Rosie the Riveter (1941-1945) From the same blog as the Carnival Girl, “Save vs. Death”, please do yourself the favor of checking out the amazing “Many Faces of Rosie the Riveter” photo-essay.
Save vs. Death: at the state fair (1950)
Save vs. Death: at the state fair (1950)Another Carnival Girl!
Retro Disney
A recent trip to DISNEYLAND revealed an amazing number of retro-themed products. It seems our community has been discovered by the biggest media company in the world — and judging from the number of Bettie Page bangs, pinned hair, pomps and the like walking through the place, it’s no wonder. The fact that Pixar’s John [...]
Tattoosday – Planet Bettie Tattoos
Fan site PLANET BETTIE has a whole gallery of Bettie tattoos — here’s a few, go HERE to see the rest:
Monsters Vs. Aliens — Gateway Drug to Schlock
The number one movie in the country is a cutting-edge, IMAX-worthy, 3-D, CGI fest that owes its existence to those who toiled in the margins of the film industry back in the day. While the film is funny and frenetic, it is also a great way to lend some contemporary relevance to the monster movies [...]
Forrest J. Ackerman – RIP
Remember that “sick of doing tribute posts” post a while back? Well, Forrest Ackerman’s death, in the wake of Bettie’s, was another one of those losses that was difficult to reflect upon in a tidy, snappy way. For generations upon generations, Forrest Ackerman WAS “fandom”. The internet and all of the millions upon millions of [...]
