Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Project for THR Volume 1

Logo by Bindlegrim for The Halloween Retrospect

Okay, okay, so brushing past the fact that Bindlegrim made the mistake of waking up in the real world  (with things like stale coffee, office banter, and dangerous commutes) seems it all just put hin back to sleep, dreaming about the garden at Ichabod's Cottage to see if there's a pumpkin vine or two still crawling along the ground. And so this little project came to be...

First of all, for sure, Bindlegrim loves vintage Halloween! With so many direct influences from vintage objects on Bindlegrim's artwork for lanterns, postcards,  etc., there was destined to be some kind of project that involved that olde stuff more directly. Looks like this is it. An archive library, The Halloween Retrospect, houses a whole bunch of vintage information objects (including content from nearly 500 vintage catalogs) and decided to put together a small digest of research from those sources. Of course, that's going to need some work on the book (particularly the cover), and then there's the website, creating a logo, and on and on. But, well, it's all ready now, and here to share. 

So, Bindlegrim had fun at first revisiting some old ghouls from an early lantern, and found this witch face from the very first lantern prototype in 2011.

Original lantern artwork from 2011 by Bindlegrim
4 sides of Bindlegrim prototype lantern from 2011

Once in a layout, she took over and let the scene coalesce around her..., and here is the cover for the book which should be available around end of July and/or beginning of August. (It's ready but has a layout bug that needs fixing). 

Cover art by Bindlegrim for a vintage Halloween collectibles digest The Halloween Retrospect
Cover art for The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 1 by Bindlegrim

That offered a chance to do something more with the art, to offer the books a little extra something to go with them. From out of the cover art, four bookmark-tallies were created to accompany the mailer. Here they are below:

Four vintage-style bookmark tally cards included with copies of The Halloween Retrospect
Set of 4 bookmark-tallies, an extra with official copies of the book.
Vintage style Halloween bookmark tallies by Bindlegrim as an insert to official copies of The Halloween Retrospect

The book also comes with an 11"x17" fold out poster featuring a 1926 Halloween ad of products for schools (very fun stuff), and has some nice color and black and white illustrations across 32 pages. It's a 9"x6" publication, much like those old novelty catalogs, and is sure to have some good info for those into vintage Halloween collectibles. Here are some sneak peek images:

Vintage Halloween collectibles magazine to be printed in volumes, shown here with volume 1, poster, and Bindlegrim tallies
The Halloween Retrospect Vol 1, with poster and 4 tally cards.

Open page for The Halloween Retrospect, a vintage collectibles digest magazine with extras by Bindlegrim
The Halloween Retrospect Vol 1, with poster and 4 tally cards.

Oh, and last but not least, Bindlegrim put together a little website for the project: https://halloweenretrospect.com, and the logo below is a link there. Hope you enjoy the return of Bindlegrim, and the book...! 

Logo by Bindlegrim for The Halloween Retrospect

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Bindlegrim's 5th Hallowe'en Anniversay Box Set

Vintage-style art lanterns, books, and postcards for Halloween by artist Bindlegrim.

The 2016 Bindlegrim Summer Sale is still active into early Autumn with 25% off items on Bindlegoods, and a big thank-you to those cool ghouls following on facebook and/or twitter who participated in the two auctions that closed tonight (shown below).

12-sided German inspired lantern with vintage-style honeycomb roly-poly characters. 12-sided German inspired lantern with vintage-style honeycomb roly-poly characters.
Bats & Mice (left) with Spooksville Road (right) - auctions complete.

The final 2015 auction offers a pandora's box of past Bindlegrim work. It's a 5th Hallowe'en Anniversary (one-of-a-kind) Box Set with transparency logo, and filled with a selection of items from the past 5+ years (some pre-Bindlegrim) with at least one Artist Proof lantern never previously available.

Update Sept 5, 2016 (tentative content list at bottom of this post):

Vintage-style art lanterns, books, and postcards for Halloween by artist Bindlegrim.

Vintage-style art lanterns, books, and postcards for Halloween by artist Bindlegrim.

Vintage-style art lanterns, books, and postcards for Halloween by artist Bindlegrim.

Vintage-style art lanterns, books, and postcards for Halloween by artist Bindlegrim.

Tentative content list as of Sept 5, 2016:

Spook Box (2016) Content List Envelope (with card and Boo! transparency print)

The Pumpkin Dream, signed copy (orig. 2011) 
Untitled artist proof #2/3 box lantern, signed - (2011)
The Cornish Litany, carnivorous tree, signed postcard #14/25 (2011)
The Cornish Litany, chamber spooks, signed postcard #14/25 (2011)
The Cornish Litany, keyhole set of 12 postcards (2012)
Spooklights, Pendant Lamp Shade #1 (2014)
Spooklights, Candlestick Lamp Base, #1 (2014)
Spooklights, Candlestick Lamp Base, #2 (2014)
Spooklights Creature Votive (2014)
Beasties, candy basket version (2015)
Beasties, set  of 4 postcards (2015)
Dodeca lantern #10  Bats & Mice , signed limited edition (2015)
Dodeca lantern #11 Spooksville Road, signed limited edition (2015)

Additional Oddities:
Halloween Trunk Show 8, 9, & 10 postcards (2013-15)
Hallowe’en set of 9 greeting cards with 1 place holder, 1 place holder alternate (2004)

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Postmortem Playlist - Bindlegrim Radio

Skeleton at Ichabod's Cottage where Bindlegrim began micro-casting a selection of Halloween themed jazz from the 1910s to the 1950s.

Former haunt for 1910-1950's Halloween jazz, Bindlegrim's vintage music station (airing since early 2012) bids farewell, the sounds of past broadcasts drifting into the ghostly ether of space following the Jan. 2016 death of live365. For the curious, here are some links discussing the loss of this (and future) micro-casting internet stations, as we enter the era of big-name computer-algorithms:





It's always been a challenge to discover music - in large part because of the music industry itself. I can at least, as promised, now share my old working playlists here on the blog. This is most of the music that was either played, or sat in waiting, yet sadly doesn't include some of the vintage tunes I had planned to add... in hopes I would continue to expand selection and features of the station.

I do thank everyone who took the time to offer words of support at this loss of vintage vibes! I am absolutely thrilled to hear that the station offered a soundtrack for so many spooks. Happy future hauntings all you cool musical ghouls!

Final screenshot of defunct online radio station Bindlegrim's vintage Halloween music station

Track
Artist
Album
A Ghost Of A Chance
Mildred Bailey
The Mildred Bailey Collection
Abercrombie Had A Zombie
Larry Clinton
Feeling Like A Dream
Autumn Leaves
Cannonball Adderley feat. Miles Davis
If You're Willing
Back To Back, Belly To Belly
Lord Foodoos And His Calypso Band
Mister Calypso
Bewitched
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
Sugar Foot Stomp
Black Cat Moan
Tiny Parham And His Musicians
Tiny Parham 1928-1930
Bogey Wail
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
The Haunted House
Boogaboo
Jelly Roll Morton
Oh, Mister Jelly!
Boogie Man
Johnny Long & His Orchestra
Big Band Classics
Boogie Woogieman
Brian Sisters with the Will Osborne Orchestra
Haunted History of Halloween (VHS)
Candy (2000 Digital Remaster)
Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers With Jo Stafford
The Capitol Rarities 1943 - 1950
Celery Stalks At Midnight
Les Brown & His Orchestra with Doris Day
Dance Coach Standard Dance
Chain Gang
Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
South Rampart Street Parade
Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are
Baby Rose Marie
Legendary Voices of Vaudeville
Creature from Black Lagoon
Lord Melody
50's Calypso Music from Trinidad, Vol. 3
Dancing The Devil Away
Vaughn De Leath, The Don Voorhees Orchestra
Dancing The Devil Away
Dancing the Devil Away
Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra
Dance! Dance! Dance! Vol. 5: Popular Dances of the 1920s
Ding-Dong, The Witch Is Dead
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
50 Swing Classics - Glenn Miller King of Swing, Vol. 1
Dracula
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa & His Orch 1939
Dry Bones
Fats Waller
Last Years
Dry Bones (Head Bone Connected To The Neck Bone)
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
Early Autumn
Ella Fitzgerald
Early Autumn
Early Autumn
Woody Herman
The Hits Of Woody Herman
Feelin' Devilish
Fess Parker
Up Jumped The Devil
Get Cannibal
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
Red Nichols: A Tribute to His Music
Ghost Dance
Truett And George
Vintage Novelty Songs
Ghost In The Graveyard [Album Version]
Prairie Ramblers
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Gloomy Sunday (feat. Pauline Byrne)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Gloomy Sunday (The Bluebird Recordings in Chronological Order, Vol. 6 - 1939 - 1940)
Great Pumpkin Waltz (Album Version)
Vince Guaraldi Trio
The Definitive Vince Guaraldi
Hallowe'en
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians Bill Flanagan
Guy Lombardo #5 CD208E Recorded 1941 - 1950
Hallowe'en Dance
American Symphony Orchestra
10132
Haunted Heart
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
Haunted House Blues
Helen Gross
Helen Gross (1924-1925)
Haunted Nights
Duke Ellington
Haunted Nights
Haunting Blues
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
1926-1930
He's A Demon - He's A Devil - He's A Doll
Betty Hutton
The Very Best Of
Heebie Jeebies
Boswell Sisters
Sweet Harmony - Hot Rhythm
Hell's Bells
Dick Robertson with The New Yorkers (Sid Peltyn & His Orchestra)
Halloween Stomp
Hell's Bells
Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
For Dancers Only
Hell's Bells [Album Version]
Art Kassel
Music Maestro Please
Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Bogey Man
Henry Hall & His Orchestra, Val Rosing
Hello Children - Vintage Childrens Classics
I Gotcha
Don Redman & His Orchestra
On the Sunny Side of the Street (In Chronological Order 1934 - 1937)
I Put A Spell On You (Album Version)
Nina Simone
I Put A Spell On You
I Want To Be Evil
Eartha Kitt
The Very Best of Eartha Kitt
I'm a Ghost (Scrappy's Ghost Story)
Charles Mintz's Krazy Kat Studio
Hipster Halloween
Jack Your Dead
Steve Gibson and The Red Caps
Boogie Woogie Ball 1943-1955 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD Set
Jangled Nerves
Original Teddies
European Swing Giants, Vol. 8: Teddy Stauffer & His Original Teddies, Vol. 1 (Recorded 1936-1939)
Jeepers Creepers
The Mills Brothers
Brothers 'Til The End
Jumpin' Punkins (1999 Remastered - Take 2)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Lucky Strike Ad (music: The Ghost Dance)
Jack Benny and The Sportsmen
Jack Goes Trick or Treating
Me & My Shadow
Whispering Jack Smith
My Blue Heaven (The Sound of the Prohibition Era, 1919-1933)
Me And My Shadow
Rose Murphy
Essential Jazz Ladies Vol 8
Me and the Ghost Upstairs
Fred Astaire
Cheek to Cheek: The Very Best of Fred Astaire
Minnie The Moocher At The Morgue [Album Version]
Smiley Burnette
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Mr Ghost Goes To Town
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Tea For Two Cha Chas
Mr Jinx Stay Away From Me
Bea Wain
Jubilee
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town
The 5 Jones Boys
Vintage Novelty Songs
Mr. Ghost Goes To Town
Louis Prima & His New Orleans
1935-1936
Murder At Peyton Hall
Charlie Barnet
Jazz Masters - Charlie Barnet
Mysterioso
Artie Shaw
1945-1946
Mysterious Mose
Harry Reser and the Radio All-Star Novelty Orchestra
The Charleston Chasers Vol. 2 & New York Studio Gro
Mysterious Mose [Album Version]
Rube Bloom
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster (Remastered LP Version)
Duke Ellington Orch.
Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings
Night Owl
Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination
Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
Nightmare
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
Artie Shaw Fifty Favourites
October's Twilight
Geraldo
Blues In the Night
Ol' Man Mose
Alan Hartwell Band Feat. Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole Hits
Ol' Man Mose [78 rpm Version]
Wingy Manone Orchestra (Wingy & The Boys)
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
Ol' Man Mose Ain't Dead
Nat King Cole
Moonglow
Old Devil Moon (2006 Digital Remaster)
Judy Garland
The Very Best Of Judy Garland
Old Man Mose Is Dead
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 234 - EP: Skyliner Original 1936-39 Recordings 
Pagin' the Devil (Take 2)
Lester Young
The Alternative Lester
Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil
Ella Fitzgerald
Greatest Hits
Putting Salt On The Devil's Tail
Jack Teagarden
Up Jumped The Devil
Satan Takes A Holiday
Larry Clinton
My Million Sellers! (Digitally Remastered)
Satanic Blues
Bud Freeman
Chicago Styled
Shades of Hades
Original Teddies
European Swing Giants, Vol. 8: Teddy Stauffer & His Original Teddies, Vol. 1 (Recorded 1936-1939)
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Ruth Etting
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Shivery Stomp
Frankie Trumbauer
1928-1929
Sing You Sinners
Belle Baker
Personalities of the 1920s
Skeleton In The Closet
Nat Gonella with Nat Gonella & His Georgians
Halloween Stomp
Skeleton Jangle
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Original Dixieland Jazz Band Selected Favorites, Vol. 2
Spooks
Louis Armstrong
Satchmo In Style
Strange Enchantment
Skinnay Ennis with Skinnay Ennis & His Orchestra
Halloween Stomp
Swamp Ghosts
Wayne King
1930 victor78rpm
Swingin' At The Seance
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
A Million Dreams Ago
Taint No Sin
Lee Morse
From The Sony Vault: Silly Scary Songs [Clean]
Taint No Sin (to Take Off Your Skin and Dance Around in Your Bones)
Dan Russo And His Oriole Orchestra
The Haunted House
Taint No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin) [Album Version]
Fred Hall
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
That Old Black Magic (1994 Remastered)
Dizzy Gillespie;Johnny Hartman
Dizzier & Dizzier
That Syncopated Boogie-Boo 1646
Premier Quartet
Archeophone Archives: Edison Blue Amberol Records, Domestic Popular Series, Vol. 5 (1621-1650)
The Boogie Man
Todd Rollins & His Orchestra with Chick Bullock
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
The Boogie Man Is Here
Steve Bowers with Tom Gerun & His Orchestra
Halloween Stomp
The Boogie Woogie Man
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Pee Wee Hunt
The American Big Band Collection Vol 1
The Devil with the Devil (feat. Larry Clinton Orchestra)
The Larry Clinton Orchestra
Hipster Halloween
The Ghost Of Smokey Joe
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
New York 1938-1939, Vol. 2 Disk C
The Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues
Emmett Miller
Minstrel Man From Georgia
The Ghost of the Terrible Blues
Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet
#17944-B
The Ghost Walk
Borrah Minevitch & The Harmonica Rascals
Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma
The Goblin Band
Casa Loma Orchestra
Boneyard Shuffle
The Haunted House
The Three Ginx with The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra & Ray Noble <monologue>
Haunted House
The Head Hunter's Dream
Tiny Parham & His Musicians
Tiny Parham 1928-1930
The Headless Horseman
Bing Crosby
Billboard Presents: Family Scarytime Classics - Memorable Songs From Film And Television
The Headless Horseman
Kay Starr
Halloween Horrorscapes
The House Is Haunted (By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye)
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra With Kenny Sargent
Hipster Heebie Jeebies
The Jitterbug
Judy Garland
The Wizard Of Oz
The Jitterbug
Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
Let Me Off Uptown
The Little Man Who Wasn't There
Teddy Grace
Turn On That Red Hot Heat
The Little Man Who Wasn't There (feat. Glenn Miller)
Glenn Miller
The Glenn Miller Story Vol. 5-6
The Nightmare
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway Vol. 1
The Ragtime Goblin Man (Written By Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling)
Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan
Cylinder Preservation & Digitization Project (Non-Commercial Use)
The Skeleton In The Closet
Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
I Got Rhythm
The Skeleton In The Closet
Putney Dandridge
Complete Recordings Putney Dandridge 1935 - 1936
The Skeleton Rag (feat. The American Quartet)
American Quartet
Hipster Halloween
The Terror
Cliff Jackson And His Crazy Kays
Cliff Jackson And His Crazy Kats
The Walls Keep Talking
Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day
Gene Krupa 100 Years Anniversary!
The Yodeling Ghost (Single Version)
Bing Crosby
Their Complete Recordings Together
There's Gonna Be the Devil To Pay
Willie The Lion Smith And His Cubs
Willie "The Lion" Smith And His Cubs
There’s Going To Be The Devil To Pay
Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'
Trick Or Treat
Count Basie & His Orchestra
50 Juicey Jazz Jems!, Volume One
Witchcraft
Frank Sinatra
Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances 1953-1960
You've Got Me Voodoo'd
Louis Armstrong
1939-40
Zombie
Gene Kardos & His Orchestra
Halloween Stomp
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