1960s
Co-Star Records
There were fifteen of these uniquely bizarre records.
The whole story is here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 30, 2016 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Celebrities, Hobbies and DIY, 1960s
Central Premonitions Registry
The Central Premonitions Registry was established by Robert Nelson in New York in 1968 (following the establishment of a similar agency in the UK the year before). It provided a place where people could send in premonitions or predictions about the future. These would then be filed away for future reference, to see if they came true.The Registry claimed to have a three-fold purpose: to identify people with genuine psychic gifts, to see how many premonitions actually came true, and also to serve as a warning system to prevent disaster in case they received "a flux of dreams that seem to refer to the same pending event."
As far as I know, the Registry never actually gave a heads-up about any looming disaster.
Eventually the Registry made its way online, but its website was abandoned around 2008. A copy of it is preserved in the Wayback Machine.
Cincinnati Enquirer - Mar 18, 1973
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 29, 2016 -
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Category: Predictions, 1960s
To Gleep, Or Not To Gleep
Many times, outsiders seeking to chronicle the language of a tribe are lied to. I suspect this was the case with this 1963 article on campus slang. While many of the terms are well-documented, I can find no online references to the act of "gleeping" and suspect some researcher was getting his leg pulled.
Or maybe the reporter felt it would be a prank to make something up and insert it and see if anyone noticed.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 29, 2016 -
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Category: 1960s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia, Slang
The Pretzel Bikini
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 28, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Food, Pop Art, 1960s
Beer Can Launcher
Send beer cans flying
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 24, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Disasters, 1960s, Weapons
Mystery Gadget 37
Why? What for? The answer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 20, 2016 -
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Category: Technology, 1960s, Head
Bop Fables: Jack and the Beanstalk
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 09, 2016 -
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Category: Myths and Fairytales, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Slang
Beatnik Fly & Psychedelic Worm
Johnny and the Hurricanes had one shtick: take a public domain tune and give it the yakety-sax treatment. Here are two of the more outlandish instances.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 03, 2016 -
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Category: Music, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Psychedelic, 1950s, 1960s
Miniature Grand Prix
This is what we did before video games.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 02, 2016 -
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Category: Games, Toys, 1960s, Cars
Beat Girl, aka Wild for Kicks
Full history here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 25, 2016 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Movies, Teenagers, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
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