Not the Same Old Song - Part 84

 Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Of course you know the children's song Row, Row, Row Your Boat.  I accompanied it with some visuals to make it more interesting.

Vintage Military - Part 107

Allied POWS in Germany, World War II

This photo was taken sometime during World War II (1939-1945) showing Allied prisoners using the swimming pool at Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany.  This POW camp for captured Air Force personnel was made famous by the 1963 film The Great Escape.

These are Allied POWs in Frankfurt, Germany in 1945 right after the war ended.  They are lined up to shower or perhaps to be checked out by medical personnel before being released.

The box he is carrying says "Second half of rations", but I suspect he used the empty box to hold his meager possessions.

He turns and gives us a dirty look.  The photographer was Margaret Bourke White for LIFE magazine, and he probably didn't like a woman being allowed to see the naked men.

We end with this photo taken in April 1945 of French POWs taking a shower in the railway station at Orsay on their return from Germany.

Bodybuilders - Part 44

Jack Thomas

Jack Thomas, originally from Maine, got hooked on weight training and fitness at an early age and won the Junior Mr. America contest.

He is best known for a series of photos taken by California photographer Russ Warner in the 1950s showing Jack Thomas and fitness guru Jack LaLanne nude together.  We'll look at those another day.  Today, we look at photos of Jack Thomas alone, also taken by Russ Warner.

I was not able to find specific dates for these photos, but they are from the 1950s.

I know someone who should appreciate the shadow in this photo.

Posing with a fishing net.

Posing with a bamboo pole.

I don't know if it's the pose, the detail, or what, but I really like this photo.

Posing outdoors.

Outdoors on some rocks.

We end with this photo, taken on those same rocks, that was used as a magazine cover for Trim Quarterly, a physique and gay interest magazine.  And it gives us a clue for the date of the photos.

Olympics - Part 26

Kurts Adams Rozentals

Kurts Adams Rozentals was on track to represent Great Britain in Olympic canoe competition until recently.

Born in Latvia in 2002, he moved to England when he was 8 years old.  In 2023, he won a silver medal at the Under 23 World Cup Championships men's C1 final in Krakow, Poland (that's him at left).

But in 2025 he posted some explicit material on OnlyFans to raise money.

And here's a gif from his OnlyFans video.  He also posted the video on Instagram.  When they found out about the Instagram video, Paddle UK, the British organization that had been sponsoring him, banned him for two years and kicked him off their World Class Programme, their program to financially assist athletes to prepare for the 2028 and 2032 Olympics.  Paddle UK claimed the video brought them into "serious disrepute".

Kurts said the ban would not have happened if athletes were funded properly.  His £16,000 yearly grant from Paddle UK was not enough for him to be a full-time athlete, and he had to do something else to raise money.  “While I understand the video could be described as crazy, it was not illegal and certainly shouldn’t be the reason for banning an athlete,” he said.

Events - Part 92

North East Skinny Dip

The North East Skinny Dip is a mass nude event held in Druridge Bay, England, to celebrate the Fall Equinox.  This year the equinox is on Sept. 22, but the North East Skinny Dip is being held today, on Sept. 20, perhaps because it's a weekend so more people can attend.

At 7:00 am, the naked participants wade into Druridge Bay, which is part of the North Sea, at dawn.  That makes for a beautiful picture.  Oh, and the sky is nice, too.

Some participants running toward the water.  They have to buy tickets to participate, and the event raises money for MIND, the mental health charity.

In 2025, 1200 people were said to have participated.

The North Sea in late September is not particularly warm.  In fact, it's downright chilly, so participants don't skinny dip for very long.

Most of the photos of this event show the rear view of people going into the water.  Very few of them show a frontal view.  But what goes in must come out.

Performers - Part 92

Sergey Shnurov

Sergey Shnurov is a Russian rock musician, born in 1973.  In 1997, he created the band called Leningrad.  The band was known for its profane lyrics and scandalous behavior.  Above, Shnurov in the Leningrad band.

An excerpt from a Leningrad concert in Nuremberg, Germany in 2002.  The band had 14 members, all of whom performed naked.  The band had a rich sound, including trumpet, trombone, tuba, saxophone and keyboard as well as the usual guitars, bass, and drums.

Shnurov is the lead vocalist whom the video focuses in on.

Shnurov at the keyboard.

Shnurov pissing from a stage.

A slightly older Shnurov.  In case you're thinking he's not very well endowed ...

We end with this photo of Shnurov.  Remember that some people are growers, not showers.

Photographers - Part 92

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