Friday, April 26, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Bardot Quarterly
She knows she's going to appear on Shades of Gray in half-a-dozen or so posts this year, so she knows there will be more people watching than usual in these parts. She's practicing extra hard and studying the routines, so she can make the best possible impression on visitors!
Um... maybe we spoke too soon. But at least she'll be driving home the unifying theme of the blog today!
Saturday, April 20, 2024
It's National Record Store Day!
Friday, April 19, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Happy Birthday, Jennifer Garner!
We celebrate Garner's birthday with a few pictures taken of her over her over three decades she's spent in front of cameras (so far)!
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Happy birthday, Shu Qi!
Monday, April 15, 2024
Musical Tax Day with Joe Bonamassa
Musical Monday with Elbow
Whether or not this will mark the return of a steady stream of Musical Mondays is anyone's guess... but this a video that's as fascinating and engaging as the song it supports. Ladies and gentlemen: We bring Elbow, in their first appearance here on Shades of Gray, with their latest and greatest, "Lover's Leap".
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Pay your taxes... or there will be Hell to pay!
Friday, April 12, 2024
Friday, April 5, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024
Welcome to April!
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Eiffel Tower Day at Shades of Gray
Saturday, March 30, 2024
International Dance Day is coming...
... and Vera Ellen has a difficult decision to make: What shoes to use.
Will she be ready by April 29? Time will tell!Friday, March 29, 2024
Sunday, March 24, 2024
A Sunday Funny by Gilbert Shelton
Here's a little down-home verse with the great underground cartoonist Gilbert Shelton. (Click on any panel for a larger, more easily read version.)
The preceding appeared in a few different forms in underground comics anthologies during the 1970s. This particular version was published in "Feds 'n' Heads" (1978).
Friday, March 22, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Ramadan Kareem!
How can you make the Holy Month of Ramadan even better? Shades of Gray's main sponsor has the answer!
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Lucille Ball is here to show you how a proper lady celebrates this glorious day!
Not everyone necessarily thinks this holiday should be celebrated, nor that St. Patrick should be honored. In the interest of fairness, we're giving those people equal time and space this year.
Friday, March 15, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Sunday Funnies!
From the Golden Age of the Underground Comix, we present this little gem by R. White!
(Originally printed in the pages of Nobody's Bizness Funnies #1)
Saturday, March 2, 2024
March is underway
(And if we were put in charge of marketing adult beverages today, we'd follow the lead of ad executives of yore and rely on fantasy elements, too!)