Look at this thing.

If your first thought was “AAAA MUTATED JAPANESE BEETLE INVASION,” you are not alone.

So what the hell is it? Okay, let’s start simple: It’s a car. I know, I know. But it’s a real car, like one a person could get in and drive around and be seen driving by other people in public.

It’s a 1937 Schlor Pillbug. It seats 5-7. It has a Cd of 0.13. And EcoModder.com’s Neil Blanchard says it is the car of the future.

With the exception of the comedy rock band, “The Upper Crust,” once powdered wigs went out of fashion at the end of the 18th century, men kept their hair cut short and neat until the early 1960s. When the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 with their mop-tops it sparked a revolution in men’s fashion and the youth of America began to forsake their crew cuts in favor of long hair. The mop-top was so named because it reminded the older generation of a wet mop.

Dear Loyal Tango Echo Readers,

Tango Echo is proud to announce the launch of a new weekly column called “Lost & Found.” Contributor John Flagler has been researching long forgotten accounts of greatness to offer our readers educational and interesting content that digs up people, books, theories, and an array of other subjects that have become lost in history books. While education remains a primary reason for this column, we also hope the topics provide inspiration in the lives of our readers, with a promise to you that we’ll try to always keep the emphasis on important topics with themes relevant to today’s society. With so much going on in today’s world we feel that it’s our civil duty to offer a column such as this, that emphasizes the goodness in the world and beauty human kind has to offer.

Thank you all so much for your readership.

John Flagler & Tango Echo

Of all the rock hairstyles, I find the mullet the most fascinating. No other haircut has transcended so many genres, from being worn by virtually everyone to being completely reviled. Somehow this style moved fluidly from Tom Jones in the 60s to Glam rockers like David Bowie in the 70s and then on to the antitheses of glam rock androgyny, machismo heavy metal. I myself had my hair cut into a mullet in the fall of 1986 just in time for kindergarten. I remember bursting into tears when the beautician turned me to face the mirror. Not only had she cut it into a mullet but she’d blown it out into a giant bouffant. Even at that tender age, I knew I looked ridiculous.

Katherine Montallo is the “Monkey Wrangler” behind the gruesome label Killmonkies, under which she hosts her “We Are All Monsters” collection.

As you’ll see from her images, Montallo would prefer to challenge tradition, rather than obsess over it. Check out this Q&A to truly understand what goes on inside Katherine Montallo’s head.