Fads
The Dionne Quintuplets
Today, we have the "Octo-mom."
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 07, 2009 -
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Category: Babies, Body Modifications, Celebrities, Drugs, Fads, Family, Human Marvels, Obsessions, Pop Culture, Technology, 1930s
Bertillon Measurements
You've probably heard of the Bertillon System, one of those discredited "scientific" theories detailing how body measurements indicated racial and/or criminal aspects of a person.Well, here's how the NYC Police Department went about securing Bertillon measurements, circa 1908--courtesy of the George Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 06, 2009 -
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Category: Crime, Fads, Science, Anthropology, Experiments, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1900s
1979 Disco Riot
With these hard times, who's to say that anti-disco riots will not spontaneously break out again?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 05, 2009 -
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Category: Fads, History, Music, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, 1970s
Star Trek Convention, 1986
"Today Trekkers have appeared in Buffalo... A Trekker is almost anybody. Not only does it span all ages from 8 to 80, but all walks of life as well, all career endeavors."
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 17, 2009 -
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Category: Fads, Science Fiction, 1980s
Psych-Out
Once you have experienced the 1968 film PSYCH-OUT, you will be unable to return to your square, plastic, uptight lifestyle. Just the sight of Jack Nicholson's fake ponytail alone will trip you out!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 16, 2009 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Costumes and Masks, Drugs, Fads, Fashion, Hair Styling, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, Music, Regionalism, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Posters, Dance, Body Painting, Facial Hair
Princess Girls
The latest weird Japanese fad: hime gyaru, or princess girls. They're grown women (in their 20s and 30s) who spend lots of money trying to look like fairytale princesses. They speak in soft chirpy voices, apply mascara on top of fake eyelashes, strive for "supervolume hair," and decorate their bedrooms with rococo furniture. One 36-year-old princess-girl housewife estimates she spends between $2000 to $3000 a month on dresses, which doesn't leave a lot of money for groceries. Luckily her parents help support her princess habit by sending food to her and her husband. Link: Wall Street Journal.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 22, 2008 -
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Category: Fads, Fashion, Asia
Follies of the Mad Men #46
"Dig this crazy mixed-up ice cream!" "Man, it's real cool!"
Yeah, because beatniks like Maynard G. Krebs eat a lot of ice cream!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 20, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fads, Food, Pop Culture, 1950s
Sarah Palin Zombie
Have a zombie-rific Halloween!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 31, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Fads, Music, Politics, Strange Candidates, Historical Figure, Posters, Fictional Monsters
Follies of the Mad Men #39
The other day, watching that commercial of Lucky Strike cigarettes square-dancing, I speculated on how one could distinguish female from male cigarettes. Twenty years after that commercial, Madison Avenue had the answer! Female cigarettes are "pretty" and have decorative floral emblems on the filters!
Wasn't it wonderful that "women's lib" allowed tobacco companies to sell more cigarettes to a previously under-served population?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 19, 2008 -
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Category: Addictions, Business, Advertising, Death, Fads, Gender, Women, 1970s
Bacon Bloody Marys
Well, what about Bacon Bloody Marys?
For some reason I am reminded of Lisa Simpson asking Bart to please stop stirring his lemonade with a sausage.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 23, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Fads, Food, Inebriation and Intoxicants
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