August 2011
August 6, 2011
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #4
Imagine walking into the opera house today with this in hand.
From the 1930s catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 06, 2011 -
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Category: Inventions, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1930s
August 5, 2011
The Theme from DEEP THROAT
I'll bet you never even knew there was a theme!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 05, 2011 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Music, Sexuality, 1970s
Follies of the Mad Men #154
Four decades of commercials for the medicinal tasting soda. Which one would convince you to drink it?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 05, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Junk Food, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
August 4, 2011
Raymond Scott
You heard Raymond Scott backing Jim Henson yesterday. And cartoon and music fans are well aware of composer Scott for his famous tune POWERHOUSE.
But did you also know he was an early pioneer in weird electronic music?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 04, 2011 -
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Category: Inventions, Music, 1940s, 1950s
August 3, 2011
Far-out, Man!
Muppet man Jim Henson takes a psychedelic voyage to inner space.
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 03, 2011 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Music, 1960s, Brain
1920s Perpetual Motion Machine
More fascinating stuff at the original article.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 03, 2011 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Technology, 1920s
August 2, 2011
Good Neighbors
A man living in a Melbourne, Australia suburb sculpted the above as a lovely gesture to let the neighbors know just what he thinks of them.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 02, 2011 -
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Category:
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #3
From the 1930s catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 02, 2011 -
Comments (3)
Category: Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1930s
August 1, 2011
Toto Coelo
total coelo - i eat cannibals from alexei glowakz on Vimeo.
If you didn't live through the 1980s, you would not believe they happened.
Toto Coelo info here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 01, 2011 -
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Category: Cannibalism, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1980s
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