Weird Universe Archive
June 2015
June 14, 2015
Marilyn Arsem
If you can last--or fast-forward--to the 3.5 -minute mark, this performance art piece really takes off, with the "artist" blowing some fluff into the air.
Her home page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 14, 2015 -
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June 13, 2015
Calling in the cows
Play trombone. Watch cows magically appear.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 13, 2015 -
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Category: Cows
Ice Cream as Health Food
Original ad here. (Scroll to the left.)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 13, 2015 -
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Category: Advertising, Children, Junk Food, Nutrition, 1930s, Australia
June 12, 2015
Protest over plastic dog
From 1959. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested inclusion of a plastic dog in a toy rocket ship.I assume the plastic dog must have been inspired by Laika, the Soviet space dog, who was sent on a one-way ticket into space. Once people figured out that the Soviets hadn't bothered to plan any way for bringing Laika back from space (except for letting the rocket crash and burn), her launch pretty much turned into a PR disaster for them.
Source: San Rafael Daily Independent Journal - Oct 27, 1959
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 12, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Toys, 1950s
Mystery Gadget 29
Gadget with closeup.
Different model.
What is this thing intended for? Hint: even though it would have had more widespread use a century ago, it could still be useful today.
The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 12, 2015 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
June 11, 2015
Things Stuck On Face
Brazilian artist Edu Monteiro photographs himself with things stuck on his face. Things such as an octopus, lycra and polystyrene, or a container of dirt. Explore more of his "self transformations" at his website: edumonteiro.com.
via Yahoo! News
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 11, 2015 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Photography and Photographers
I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas
Gangsta rap!
Well a pretty little mom tried to put me on the run
But I had to burn her down with a Thompson Gun
I'm a ding dong daddy from Dumas babe
You oughta see me do my stuff
I'm a ding dong daddy baby
And liquor is my racket
Lots of times when things are dull
I deal in other traffic
I can sell you morphine coke or snow
Take a little shot and you're raring to go
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 11, 2015 -
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Category: Drugs, Music, 1930s
June 10, 2015
SEX IN SPACE!
Plans are in motion to produce the first.XXX movie filmed in space.
There is a Indiegogo funding campaign for the project, just in case anyone wants to participate (financially only of course) in the effort.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 10, 2015 -
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Film critic who got it wrong
In the Nov 7, 1977 issue of New York magazine, Bill Flanagan reviewed Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He hated it, and he was certain that everyone else was going to hate it too, predicting it would be "a colossal flop" and almost gleefully forecasting financial disaster for Columbia Pictures as a result, since they had bet heavily on the movie's success. He dismissed the fact that everyone else in the pre-screening he attended seemed to like it, noting, "When you give people free tickets to a movie, most of them are nice enough not to bitch."
Flanagan, of course, couldn't have been more wrong. As wikipedia notes:
"Upon its release, Close Encounters became a box office success, grossing $116.39 million in North America and $171.7 million in foreign countries, totaling $288 million. It became Columbia Pictures' most successful film at that time... Ray Bradbury declared it the greatest science fiction film ever made. Based on 46 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 96% ("Certified Fresh") of the reviewers have enjoyed the film and the site's consensus states "Close Encounters' most iconic bits (the theme, the mashed-potato sculpture, etc.) have been so thoroughly absorbed into the culture that it's easy to forget that its treatment of aliens as peaceful beings rather than warmongering monsters was somewhat groundbreaking in 1977."
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 10, 2015 -
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Category: Movies, 1970s
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #34
[Click to enlarge.]
Very egalitarian to have the female version too.
From the 1950s catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 10, 2015 -
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Category: Certificates, Diplomas, and Other Testaments of Achievement, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950s
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