Songs of the Russian Street Urchins

A few cheerful gulag ditties.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 28, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Music, Children, 1960s, Russia

Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 50

The artist's Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 24, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Art, Avant Garde, Statues and Monuments, 1960s, Russia

How To Keep Your Husband Happy

Alas, you will listen in vain for anything risque.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 22, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Exercise and Fitness, Innuendo, Double Entendres, Symbolism, Nudge-Nudge-Wink-Wink and Subliminal Messages, Television, Husbands, 1960s

The Wonderful World of Tupperware

Say it ain't so, Ma! How have the mighty fallen....

Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 15, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Domestic, Advertising, Documentaries, 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #561

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 14, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Cryptozoology, Human Marvels, Hygiene, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s

ESP Girl

In November 1964, 5-year-old Kenneth Mason went missing. The police searched the river where he was last seen, but failed to find him.

Then 15-year-old Linda Anderson came forward and offered to use her psychic powers to help the police find Kenneth. Her father put her in a hypnotic trance, to activate her powers, and she declared, "The boy is not in the river, but is in a house." So the police began searching houses in the area.

Charlotte Observer - Nov 14, 1964

Linda Anderson, ESP Girl

In addition to being able to locate missing children, Linda also claimed to have the power of "dermal optical perception." She could read through her skin (as opposed to through her eyes). The media dubbed her "ESP Girl."

Lewiston Daily Sun - Nov 14, 1964

A skeptical physics professor, James A. Coleman, doubted that she could see through her skin and challenged her to prove it.

Bangor Daily News - Feb 11, 1965

She lost the challenge.

Nashua Telegraph - Feb 15, 1965

And then Kenneth Mason was found. Sadly he was dead and in the river after all. So much for the powers of ESP Girl.

Daily Kennebec Journal - Mar 12, 1965

Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 04, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Crime, Paranormal, Predictions, 1960s

Glenda Lawrence, “America’s First Space Housekeeper”

Now that NASA has selected a new crew for the Moon mission, I hope they have not neglected to fill this role.

Glenda Lawrence America's First Space Housekeeper. She Will Be Preparing Food For The Apollo 11 Astronauts Armstrong Aldrin And Collins Whilst They Are In Quarantine.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 04, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Domestic, Food, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1960s

Wailing-Activated Rocking Cradle

Mister Muzzey had a good idea way back in 1962 and was actually ahead of his time--his patent also references a baby monitor to transmit the cries to the parents' room--but I wonder if his device ever went into production? As you can see below, there are modern versions today.





Amazon link.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 03, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Babies, Domestic, Inventions, Patents, Parents, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults

Peter Gunn Theme—With Lyrics

A very famous song, in one of its lesser known, more wild-eyed versions.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 02, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Music, Television, Adaptations, Reworkings, Recastings and New Versions, 1950s, 1960s

Eight Songs for a Mad King

Essay detailing history of the piece here.

The creator's Wikipedia page.

Let us know when you bail.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 31, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Eccentrics, Music, 1960s, Mental Health and Insanity, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults