On Sunday, May 16th, hardcore fans of the suggestive braved suspended subway service and a glorious sunny afternoon to take in some harmless smut at the Ullage Group’s “Not Dirty, Just Spicy” event at Jalopy.
Doug Skinner started things off by reviewing the rhetoric of extended double-entendre. To drive the point home, he performed the Cliff […]
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Not Dirty, Just Spicy: it was good for us, was it good for you?
May 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Bulletins · Cartoons · Clubs and Associations · Diversions · Education · Language · Literature · Stereoscopy · Ukulele
Adventure on Barren Island
March 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
Ancient coral or ancient ladies’ swimming cap?
On the first day of spring, which in New York City was particularly welcome and unseasonably warm, I took a long walk on the sands of Dead Horse Bay, a quiet inlet tucked away not far from Floyd Bennett Field (the City’s very first airport), now abandoned to wildlife, […]
Tags: Ancient History · Clubs and Associations · Diversions · Ephemera · Memories · Places · The Ineffable · Ukulele
Opening “Pandora’s Music Box”
January 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Ullage Group’s sixth public outing attracted our largest turnout yet. We ran out of chairs and pews; some had to stand, fidgeting.
After an introductory sermonette, Lisa uncorked the ullage, and poured out the traditional offering to our hosts at the Jalopy Theater, Geoff and Lynette Wiley. She then discussed the cultural history of toy […]
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The Ullage Group presents Pandora’s Music Box: Odd, Forgotten, and Long-lost Musical Instruments
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
For your listening pleasure, the Ullage Group returns this coming Sunday, January 24th with a cacophonous and fun-filled afternoon of unusual, under-appreciated, forgotten, and one-of-a-kind musical instruments. Part show-and-tell, part performance, all noise! Your ears will never be the same again.
Doug Skinner will discuss and demonstrate some of the patent instruments and “gizmo harps” manufactured […]
Tags: Bulletins · Clubs and Associations · Music
Debriefing: Straight Talk About Hoaxes
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments
A holiday weekend marred by beautiful autumn weather and massive transit disruptions didn’t keep the curious from turning out for the Ullage Group’s presentation, “Straight Talk About Hoaxes.” Anthony Matt’s multimedia exegesis of the 1969 “Paul is Dead” hoax was a rousing success. Original tapes of radio shows and phone calls, furnished by the DJ […]
Tags: Belief Systems · Bulletins · Clubs and Associations · Forteana · Misconceptions · Music · Mysteries
The Biggest Game in the World
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments
If you’re still undecided as to how to celebrate your God-given American Freedoms – in this case, when voting next Tuesday – you’ve always got Politics Party Pun to choose for you. Yes folks, this is indeed “the biggest GAME in the world.”
Like a cross between, Old Maid, craps, dreidel, and gambling, this game […]
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Moose Milk … and Cookies?
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
An article in this Sunday’s New York Times celebrates an organization dedicated to the historical documentation of local ullage (in this case, “local” meaning the 1/3 of the nation comprising the West).
ByJESSE McKINLEY
TWAIN HARTE, Calif. — Strange where a road trip can begin: a dorm room, a bar stool or Page 283 of the W.P.A. […]
Tags: Ancient History · Belief Systems · Clubs and Associations · Eccentrics · Memories · Misconceptions
No Black Pants
June 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I recently indulged in an old childhood pleasure – looking through my mother’s own childhood scrapbook. Its contents are both long-familiar and long-forgotten. But each time I reacquaint myself with the birthday cards, Brownie badges, telegrams, and programs from many Glee Club recitals, something ”new” stands out. Just like memory, we see what we need to see, and are blind to […]
Tags: Clubs and Associations · Ephemera · Memories
The Microlithomania Report
May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Microlithomania” unfurled on a drizzly Sunday; we had a nice crowd. The ullage was uncorked, and shots of Alsation pear brandy were handed to our hosts at Jalopy, Geoff and Lynette Wiley.
Doug began with a few remarks, explaining the Ullage Group a bit, or trying to, and then giving credit to John Michell for his […]
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Microlithomania
May 13th, 2008 · No Comments
The Ullage Group presents its second afternoon of oddities at the Jalopy Theatre: “Microlithomania,” devoted to unusual stones smaller than megaliths. We will have mini-talks on ringing rocks, stone stars, archeological hoaxes, toads-in-holes, pseudo-roads, and other anomalies; from Doug Skinner, Anthony Matt, and Lisa Hirschfield. There will be slides, specimens, a video of the unusual […]