1960s
Music for Robots
Early synth sounds from the legendary Forry.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 28, 2017 -
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Category: Science Fiction, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, 1960s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
The Land of Oz Playground
Alas, for human failure:The Land of Oz playground was located within the Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks War Memorial Park located at 14201 Huston Street in Sherman Oaks. Planning for the playground, which broke ground on November 27, 1964, began as a joint venture between the Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Department, the Van Nuys Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the Valley Children's Play Park Association. However, lack of funding for the 'Wizard of Oz' themed playground caused construction to drag on for more than a decade. In the end, the city withdrew further support for the failed project which was left incomplete and with only a few structures standing, the 'Over the Rainbow' bridge and 'Munchkinland' castle. Over the years, with no funding for maintenance or security, the play area and its structures fell victim to gang and drug activity, vandalism, and decay and were demolished in the late 1980's.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 25, 2017 -
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Category: Disasters, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Government, Fantasy, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #336
Original ad here.
Wow. This sets the bar pretty high, or pretty far out in the hi-falutin' and pretentious end of the spectrum, in order for a person to purchase or own a ring from Zale's.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 24, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Eccentrics, Family, 1960s
Pigeon attacked by clam
Apr 1967: Death match between a pigeon and a clam. And it seems like if a photographer hadn't been there to intervene, the clam would have won.
Terre Haute Tribune - Apr 16, 1967
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 19, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, 1960s
Dali’s CHAOS AND CREATION
I would like to find the whole 17-minute video of Dali's CHAOS AND CREATION, especially after reading the description in the newspaper article. But I can only find bits and pieces. The second clip shows a brief image of the motorcycle in the pigpen.
Original article here.
Foto source.
Foto source, more at site.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 14, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, Surrealism, 1960s, Motorcycles
Picnic Table Pyramid
Was it a prank, or was it art?
Des Moines Tribune - Aug 1, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 11, 2017 -
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Category: 1960s, Pranks
Starved for 11 months
Nov 1959: Helen Putnam, a performer who went by the stage name "The Ten Ton Fun" (her theme song was 'All of me') was accepted into a weight-loss experiment conducted by Frank Tullis of the University of Tennessee. For the next 11 months she was restricted to a liquid diet consisting of nothing but black coffee, tea, water, and 900 calories a day of a milk and soy-based formula."I thought I was starving. I thought the doctors didn't know what they were doing," she said. She wept. Some days she sulked in her room. On others she ranted and raved and several times threatened to leave.
She dropped from 318 pounds to 151, and in doing so became the first woman to ever complete a metabolism experiment of this kind.
I wonder if she managed to keep it off. I haven't been able to find any follow-up info about her.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Jan 21, 1961
Springfield News Leader - Jan 18, 1961
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 06, 2017 -
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Category: 1960s, Dieting and Weight Loss
Driftwood Collection
Whenever I come across stories about collectors of unusual items, I always wonder what happened to their collection after they died. They went to all that trouble to collect it, and then usually relatives end up tossing it all.
Fond Du Lac Commonwealth Reporter - Nov 9, 1965
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 04, 2017 -
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Category: Collectors, 1960s
French Key Ring Craze
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 03, 2017 -
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Category: Fads, 1960s, Europe
Woody Woodpecker, Deconstructed
Thanks to Mark Evanier, who explains.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 28, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Cartoons, 1960s, Parody
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