March 2014
March 23, 2014
Manhog
)I have no explanation for this micro-video. It might be the work of this fellow. But whatever the source, whatever the intention, it sure is weird.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 23, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Video, Surrealism
March 22, 2014
Life in America: 1948
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 22, 2014 -
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Category: Customs, 1940s, North America
Tarantula
Body artist Emma Fay transforms a person into a tarantula. More info at the Leicester Mercury.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 22, 2014 -
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Category: Video
March 21, 2014
Art of the Insane
In early 1946, the St. Anne Insane Asylum in Paris exhibited some of the art work of its inmates. Collecting the art of people identified as insane seems to have been a trend at the time. See, for instance, the book of "Poetry of the Insane," published in 1933, that I posted about back in Feb 2013.The Associated Press caption on the top picture notes, "The writing is a miscellany of seemingly unconnected Gibberish, with no apparent relationship to the drawing."
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 21, 2014 -
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Category: Art, 1940s, Mental Health and Insanity
Forest Fire Lamp
[Click to enlarge]
Favorite illumination of arsonists everywhere!
Original ad here. (Page 25.)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 21, 2014 -
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Category: Destruction, Appliances, 1940s
March 20, 2014
Gelato Go Home
GELATO GO HOME (Director's Cut) from Trunk Animation on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 20, 2014 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Natural Wonders, Trucks
Eat More Sugar
An advertisement run in 1959 by "Sugar Information Inc.", which was an organization created by sugar producers in order to convince Americans to eat more of their product. All indications are that they succeeded. [via Backstory Radio]
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 20, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1950s
March 19, 2014
Mouse: A Taxidermy Workshop Manual
"If you've ever fancied enlivening your mantelpiece with dancing, singing, pipe-smoking or motorbike-riding mice, then this book is for you."Available as an ebook from Amazon
. Or you can get the book and a taxidermy workshop kit from the author's website.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 19, 2014 -
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Category: Books
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
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Some particularly weird J-pop from "the David Lynch" of that medium.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 19, 2014 -
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Category: Aliens, Body Modifications, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, Pop Art, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Asia
March 18, 2014
Holds Hands, Heat Up
As a marketing stunt, Duracell created a bus shelter up in chilly Montreal that would heat up, but only if the people in the shelter were holding hands.Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon, but I would find it a bit annoying if I had to remove my gloves in the freezing weather to get the heater to work... and then stand there, arms spread apart. Plus, what if you really didn't want to be touching whomever had stumbled into the shelter with you? And what if you were there alone?
More info at HuffPost.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 18, 2014 -
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Category: Publicity Stunts
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