“On June 5, 1951, George’s Coney Island installed their famous neon sign. It was the idea of owner George Tsagarelis. He held up a dog and someone took a picture. Stanislov Romanoff, an immigrant architect was responsible for its design and construction. A 50 feet high neon extravaganza of product glorification.
This photo, taken by George Cocaine, shows the sign being lifted by a crane at the 158 Southbridge Street location - where it still is today.”
The hot dog laden hand has a certain art deco symmetry and is Captain Beefheart approved.
captain beefheart, “tropical hot dog night,”
from: shiny beast (Bat chain puller), 2007
“Tropical hot dog night
Like two flamingos in a fruit fight
Ev’ry colour of day
Whirlin’ around at night
I’m playin’ this music
So the young girls will come out
To meet the monster tonight
Tropical hot dog night
Like two flamingos in a fruit fight
I don’t wanna know ‘bout wrong or right
Yeah, I don’t want to know
I’m anywhere tonight
Tropical hot dog night
Like two flamingos in a fruit fight
Like steppin’ out of a triangle
Into striped light
Striped light, striped light
Tropical hot dog night
Everything’s wrong, at the same time it’s right
The truth has no patterns for me tonight
I’m playing this music so the young girls will come out
To meet the monster tonight
Meet the monster tonight
What do all you women do
When the men get tropical hot dog payday?
What do you do on tropical hot dog day day?
Hey, hey
Step out of a triangle into striped light
Turn around and step back into striped light
Tropical hot dog night
I’m playin’ this song
For all the young girls to come out to meet the monster tonight
Meet the monster tonight
How would you like to be the lucky girl
The lucky one?
To be the monster tonight
Ow, to be the monster tonight
Oh, everything’s wrong, at the same time it’s white!
You get to be, you get to be with me
And also to be the monster tonight
”