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BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 20m

Saguaro Motel - Aguila, AZ

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1h

Harmony Motel
Twentynine Palms, CA

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 2h

A deserted bar on Route 66 in Cubero, New Mexico {📸 Martin Smith}

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 3h

Old Route 66 bypass between Flagstaff and Kingston, AZ

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 4h

Betty Beavers Truck Stop & Diner
Lewis, NY

The truck stop, opened in 1975, is named in honor of a legendary female trucker named Betty Beaver, who ran a small diner in Beaver, PA, in the 1960s.

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 5h

Junkyard Dog | San Antonio, TX

Bob “Daddy-O” Wade built this canny canine out of cars in his junkyard: a 1966 Plymouth Fury, a Volkswagen Beetle and the hood of a Cadillac.

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 6h

The Eastern Columbia Building
Downtown Los Angeles

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 7h

Ark Nova is an inflatable 500-seat concert hall designed by Anish Kapoor + Arata Isozaki, after the Fukushima tsunami.

Made from a stretchy plastic membrane that could be quickly inflated or disassembled to be transported to a new location.

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 8h

"Geometry of Light"
Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar
{📸 Grit Meyer}

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 9h

“Symphony of Strings”
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas
{📸 Jacquie Matechuk}

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

Ace Frehley of Kiss grabbing a hot dog by Central Park, NYC 1974.

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

Tanya the Punk Rock Teen made her first and only appearance on Sesame Street in 1986.

She ends the episode catching a hot performance from Grundgetta and her punk-haired pals, who do a rollicking rendition of “Grouch Girls Don’t Wanna Have Fun.”

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

In 1961, Jim Henson made this papercut animation which visualized jazz drummer Chico Hamilton’s “Drums West.”

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

Roy Harper and Jimmy Page appeared together on BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test on November 16, 1984, performing the song "Hangman" from the summit of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain.

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

The 13th Floor Elevators, Conqueroo, and Shiva's Head Band at the fabled Vulcan Gas Company in Austin, Texas (Nov. 3-4, 1967)

Poster by Gilbert Shelton, creator of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics.

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

Poster for Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention concert at Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA, on Sunday, October 18, 1970

BadSpit @badspit.bsky.social · 1d

Japanese actress Yuriko Hishimi, best known for "Godzilla vs Gigan" and various "Ultraman" films/shows.