This rare first edition of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was used to conceal a .32-caliber pistol (1941)

A blued Wheellock Pistol with a rotating cylinder fabulously decorated in gold,

Length: 29.5 in/75 cm

Weight: 4.4 lbs/2 kg

Germany, late 16th century, housed at the Kunsthistorischesmuseum, Vienna.

A Chip off the Old Block by Laslett John Pott

fantastic article from original London punker Vivien Goldman about the not-so-secret but often forgotten Jewish role in the early UK punk scene

In a classically angst-ridden Jewish ambivalence about identity, the New York punk Richard Hell – of Television, the Heartbreakers and the Voidoids – has said he doesn't like to be defined by the fact that his father is Jewish. But he's one of many Jewish (or Jewish-ish?) artists on the New York scene, such as Joey Ramone, Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group and Blondie's Chris Stein, who overcame his Holocaust paranoia by collecting Nazi artefacts. (The concerns of punky American Jews are documented by by Steven Lee Beeber in his book The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's). In a documentary I made for BBC 6 Music, A Tale of Two Punk Cities, Talking Heads bass player Tina Weymouth recalled that New York punks thought people who talked politics were a bore. But to us, the ideas expressed in Anarchy In The UK and White Riot were real. The G2 or Second Generation theory, whereby children of Holocaust survivors are often socially conscious activists, could have had something to do with it, however it was never discussed. But the Yanks were trying to forget Vietnam, while we were still living among bombsites in our own civil war zone, fighting teds, skinheads and rockers as well as the sus law and the National Front. Our punky Jew experience was also different because British punk mostly inhabited a shared political landscape, as well as views of the kind that McLaren and Rhodes helped to spread, which manifested in organizations such as Rock Against Racism.

Sid Vicious by Bob Gruen 1978

On their very brief tour of the United States, the Sex Pistols were magnets for abuse. At this show in Dallas, Texas, a female fan gestured to Vicious to lean down for a kiss — and then punched him in the nose, causing it to bleed profusely. Reveling in the gore, Vicious spit blood on her. Then he smashed a beer bottle on his amp, using the shards to slash his chest, tearing open a previous (self-inflicted) arm wound.

Jamie Reid

Pretty Vacant

1977

Vivian Marten-Gwilliam’s Pipe Pistol

An intriguing take on the concealable ‘pipe pistol’ concept developed by inventor Vivian Charles Eric Marten-Gwilliam. His patents included on for a breech mechanism, another for a torpedo launching mechanism, a torpedo tube door and another for a clip to hold paper to boards.

This pistol, however, was designed as a weapon for members of the Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), the initial name for the Home Guard. According to the Imperial War Museum Marten-Gwilliam’s Pipe Pistol was designed to “be produced in quantity as a 'means of dealing with isolated enemy paratroopers in country districts whereby certain plain-clothes members of the LDV would be trained in its use'.”

The weapon appears to be of all metal construction with the pipe’s acting as the barrel. The Imperial War Museum describes it as being chambered in “.22 calibre cartridges”, it is not stated if the pistol can hold more than one round. There is a small trigger at the base of the stem, with the pipe bowl intended to be used as a small pistol grip. Apparently the pistol could be smoked, like a real pipe, even when loaded. The pistol was apparently not adopted, the need for a concealed weapon to take on enemy paratroops was somewhat outlandish and impractical. I would love to examine the pistol to see how it works.

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The Three Caballeros as the Three Wise Men along with their nephews as shepherds visiting the Savior - Duckverse in History - My Version

 "And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh."(Matthew 2:11)

I haven't done Three Caballeros for a long time, but since the survey showed me to draw Three Caballeros, it will be.

Yes, in the Bible, more precisely in the New Testament and the Gospel according to Matthew, three wise men (according to some three kings) who are supposedly astrologers and magicians, went to visit the Holy Land to bring gifts to the Savior, that is, Jesus Christ who was born in Bethlehem, in stable, swaddled in a manger by his mother Mary. The three wise men brought them gold, incense, and myrrh. And those wise men are called Gaspar (or Caspar), Melchior, and Balthasar. The symbolism of the three is very well known so I used that for our heroes the Three Caballeros to be in those roles. Except in the Bible, they are not mentioned anywhere else, so it is uncertain who is who. Donald is Gaspar and wears gold, Panchito is Melchior and wears myrrh and Jose is Balthazar who wears incense, at least in my version or how they play the part. And they take it to the Savior Jesus Christ. I drew them wearing traditional clothing as worn at the time of Jesus' birth (1st century BC and 1st century AD) in Judea, in the Middle East. Donald is said to be from Persia, Panchito is from Yemen or Arabia, and Jose Carioca is from Ethiopia, which is where the three wise men supposedly came from.

Besides them, I also drew their nephews, Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck and Jose's nephews Zico and Zeca Carioca as shepherds, that is, they play the role of shepherds. Luke's Gospel from the New Testament mentions that the angels told the shepherds to come and worship the Savior and the shepherds went to the Savior and worshiped him. So both Donald's and Jose's nephews will go and they are wearing shepherd's clothing as worn at the time (yes even though they are teenagers and these versions are from my version of the Quack Pack, they are still wearing the clothing of Jesus' time). There are also sheep and lambs from the Middle East accompanying them, and the wise men riding a camel and an elephant standing behind them. And there is the Angel Duck (to take from Donald's Better Self who is Donald's conscience and Donald's guardian angel) who leads them to the manger where the Lord Jesus Christ is. Glory to God who was born and who came to save us from our sins! Amen.

And I'm sorry if I offended you with something and it's not my intention to do so, this is just a drawing and some alternative and playing cosplay. Yes, the Three Wise Men are celebrated on January 6, ending the Christmas season, and with this I also marked the 800th anniversary of the Christmas Nativity tradition, which was introduced by the Catholic saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan order, who did it in 1223. Once again I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well as a Happy Epiphany! And sorry about some things I did wrong in this drawing and just to say that I am a believer and I believe in God the Savior! And yes, I'm not the only one who drew the Three Caballeros as the Three Wise Men, there are already those drawings on the subject, I just did it in my own way.

I hope you like this drawing and feel free to like and reblog this!

28th October 1977

Sex Pistols release their first and last studio album Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols.

▪︎ Garniture of Flintlock Box-lock Pistols and Accessories.

Maker: Jacinto Xavier (Portuguese, active 1794–1808)

Date: 1799

Place of origin: Lisbon, Portugal

Medium: Steel with engraving, gilding, bluing, and silver inlay; walnut, iron and tortoise shell.

songs from musicals that are the same but also one of them is a good person and one of them is my personal enemy something something anyway it’s Hard to Be the Bard from Something Rotten and Moving Too Fast from The Last Five Years have such similar energy??

A beautiful Spear decorated with copper, silver, and gold with two miniature Wheellock Pistols atatched directly to the head, France, ca. 1600, housed at the Kunsthistorischesmusuem, Vienna.

On April 2, 1987, Sid and Nancy debuted in Australia.

GET PISSED & DESTROY 🇬🇧🤘Honestly, ever since I watched Pistol a few months ago, I’ve wanted to draw the Sex Pistols and I wanted to do a mock band poster. The show was so good and the story behind the band is very interesting. Also punk kids are fun to draw.

GIMME A FIX !

Sid🩸

Ref - that one Sex Pistols live show in Texas...