Some Cool Cats That I Admire

These are all men that I find intriguing. Whether it's their style, attitude, talent, etc., there's something I admire about all of them.

Michael Caine:



Marcello Mastroianni:



Mick Jagger:



The Rat Pack:



Jean-Michel Basquiat:



Steve McQueen:



Errol Flynn:



Nat King Cole:



Miles Davis:

Coolness Is Timeless Is Back In Action

It's been quite some time since I've posted on my blog. I'm finally ready to start back blogging. While I did enjoy my time away, I have missed blogging and all my friends here. I did need the rest and the time to concentrate on certain goals I wanted to accomplish. I have been able to achieve some of the things I wanted to do during my hiatus. Some of the other items I am still currently working on.

When I took my break, I wasn't really sure how long I would be away. I had figured at most that I might be gone for six weeks to two months. I never would have imagined I would have been away this long. I heard from quite a lot of people who did miss this blog, as well as my Sugar & Spice blog, and wondered when I was coming back. I was never quite sure. I think I got burned out and overwhelmed with my blogs. It got to be where it felt like a job. It just got to a point where I felt stressed out.

There are going to be some changes. One of the biggest changes will be in the amount of postings I do. Before I was doing a post every weekday, but I won't be doing that this time around. One thing is that I don't want to feel the stress and tension I felt before. Plus I no longer have internet access at my house. I don't have the time and so forth these days to do that many posts. I plan to do around two posts per week. They will generally be posted on Mondays and Wednesdays. They will probably be posted around 9AM Eastern Standard Time. Some weeks I might only do one post on this blog, while other weeks I might do three. Two will be the normal amount for this blog though. The same goes for my other blog as well.

While my blog originally focused on Dean Martin and the Rat Pack, I plan to mix it up this time around. You've noticed that I'm now calling this blog Coolness Is Timeless. That was always part of the previous title, The Dino Lounge: Coolness Is Timeless. I did do posts back then that focused on other men I admire from both the past and present. I covered everybody from Cary Grant to Fonzworth Bentley. I want to do more of that. I plan to still cover Dino and those cool cats this time around, but I want to expand the blog out to share some of my other interests. That's the main reason why I didn't feel it was right to continue to keep the previous title since the main focus would no longer be on Dean Martin. I'll continue to do posts on him and the Rat Pack, but there is so much more I want to post about now. Coolness is truly timeless. It never goes out of style. I have a lot of retro interests, but I also embrace the best of our modern times as well. I want to try to find the right balance between the past and the present.

This blog is a work in progress. This is a time of evolution for this blog. I'm really excited about the future here. I've got some great ideas about what I want to do here. I can't wait to start having fun again. I do hope that all my readers from before will return to read my blog. I've missed all of you. I am sorry for going away so long. I also hope that you will enjoy what I do with this blog. I know things are going to be different now, but I do hope you will stick around. Thanks for all your support, encouragement, friendship, etc. I have appreciated all of it so much. Cheers!

P.S. I hope that you will link to my blog. If you add a new link, please let me know so I can add a link to your blog as well. If you already linked to my blog, please change the title of the link to Coolness Is Timeless instead of The Dino Lounge. Thanks.

Some Of My Favorite Christmas Album Covers

These are some Christmas album covers throughout the years that I like. Many of them I posted last year at this time, but I thought I would share them again. So which do you like the best?





























I thought I would end this post with a video of Nat King Cole's Christmas classic The Christmas Song.



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Some Random Photos of Frank Sinatra & Friends

Here are some random photos of Frank Sinatra and some of his pallies back in the late 50's to mid-60's. I hope you enjoy them. Cheers!



The Rat Pack together in action.



Dean Martin, Judy Garland & Frank Sinatra are rehearsing in Las Vegas in 1958.



Frank's sitting at his piano in his home. That's a model of his personal jet on top of the piano.



Frank's cracking up after falling out of a chair at a Miami party.



Frank's doing what he does best - perform under the spotlight.



Frank's wiping his face off with a towel.



Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra point down at some other guy's shoe.

P.S. I hope you liked all those photos. I wanted to let you guys know about this poll, "Sinatra & Jay-Z: Two Generations Of Cool," at the website of Madison Square Garden.

Here is the promo information sent to me:

Two BIG musical legends,one BIG CITY, MSG asks: Who sang New York City's true anthem better? Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z both have recorded sensational hits declaring their love for the city that never sleeps. Sinatra's 1980's hit, "New York, New York" still lives in on people's hearts today while Jay-Z's catchy hip-hop tune, "Empire State of Mind," has become the anthem for all celebrated NY sport victories. Jay-Z claims he's "the new Sinatra" in the hit song also, but does the Hoboken-native Frankie still hold the title for the city's anthem. YOU DECIDE who the king of NY is here:

Also, be sure to tune-in on Friday, December 4th @ 10:30 PM when MSG airs two iconic performances. Leading off is Jay-Z’s Answer the Call September 11th performance, followed at 11:30 p.m. by Frank Sinatra: The Main Event, a concert which originally aired live Oct. 13, 1974.

For more info, exclusive photos, and video on Jay-Z, click here: http://www.msg.com/jay-z/



For more info and exclusive photos on Frank Sinatra click here: http://www.msg.com/sinatra/

*Also, you can purchase at the website a box-set titled: Sinatra: New York containing 70 previously unreleased songs and includes four compact discs and one DVD featuring concerts Ol’ Blue Eyes’ performed between 1955 and 1990 in venues all around the city, including Radio City Music Hall. If you purchase the box-set there, you'll receive an exclusive CD of the Main Event concert.

I hope you'll check out the website. Make sure you vote in the poll on whether Frank Sinatra or Jay-Z has the true anthem for the Big Apple. Thanks.

P.S.S. I received the Beautiful Blogger Award from the Wabi & Sabi blog. I greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much.

The Rat Pack At The Sands

Here is a really cool picture of my favorite hip cats in the world.



This photo comes courtesy of my pallie Timmy.

Have a cool and swingin' weekend. Cheers!

The Rat Pack As Trash Men

I'm not sure how many of you guys get your trashed picked up. Mine gets picked up on Wednesdays. While I'm thankful for the trash men who do collect my garbage, I would be delighted to see these cool cats pull up curbside to empty my trash cans.



This photo comes courtesy of my pallie Timmy.

Your Favorite Member Of The Rat Pack Is!?!

I wanted to thank everybody who voted in the poll. This is the first time I've ever done a poll on this blog. I think it was a smashing success.



And the winner is!?!

Of course, Dean Martin! Dean Martin had 68 votes. I was thinking that he probably would win this poll, but I actually thought it might be closer than it turned out to be. Wow. That is so awesome. It definitely shows he's the King of Cool.



Frank Sinatra came in second place with 26 votes.



Sammy Davis Jr. came in third with 17 votes.



Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford rounded out the list. I hate to admit it, but I wasn't sure if anybody at all would vote for either one of them.

Peter Lawford had only two votes.



Poor Joey Bishop came in last place. He had only one vote.



The results were in the order that I thought they might end up in. I figured Dino and Frank would take the top two spots. I did think it would be more neck and neck than it was. Dino blew away the competition. I was pretty much Sammy would be in third place. It doesn't surprise me that Joey and Peter barely even registered in this poll.

Thanks again for voting. I really appreciate it.

The photos of the Rat Pack and Dean Martin come courtesy of my pallie Timmy.

Who Is Your Favorite Member Of The Rat Pack?

Here's a really cool picture of the Rat Pack. These hip cats are so stylish. They look to be having a good time chatting with each other, while enjoying some drinks and cigarettes. I so wish I could go back to this era.



I've been wanting to do a poll for some time now to find out who is everybody's favorite member of the Rat Pack. I decided to do a poll now. It's at the upper right corner of the blog. You can only select one person. I'm running this poll for a week. I'll then reveal the winner. Please cast your vote for your favorite member of the Rat Pack.

For those who aren't sure they know all the Rat Packers, I'll list them by order in the picture above. From left to right is Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop & Dean Martin.