Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Shock Asylum
One of my college courses this year is called "Posthumanism in Science Fiction" (it actually counts towards the core classes needed to graduate). The instructor, Dan Dinello, used to work with Stephen Colbert back in the 1990s, and recently he decided to show the class one of the short films he made with Colbert, a strange dark comedy called Shock Asylum. Like everything else, it happened to be on YouTube (though this version is shorter than the one I saw), so enjoy:
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Mon Nov 02, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Psychology, 1990s, Parody, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
30 Dumb Inventions
This has been making its way around the internet over the past few days, but it is still interesting. The Life website has a photo gallery of 30 dumb inventions. Most of them are just terrible, like an external baby cage for your (high rise) apartment window or a phone answering robot (who just happens to be mute), but this one in particular just strikes me as a great idea: Illuminated tires.
If these were actually available, which doesn't seem likely, I would definitely buy some. They just look so cool, especially on vintage cars like the one pictured above.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Tue Oct 06, 2009 -
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Category: Technology, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
What Were They Thinking? #2
I don't know, to me large amounts of DDT and small glass boxes don't seem like a good combination...
(from the May 1963 issue of Popular Science)
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Tue Oct 06, 2009 -
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Category: Products, 1960s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Key to Our Horizons
As we contemplate Peak Oil and other scary scenarios, here's a look back at a time when the automobile was king.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 01, 2009 -
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Category: 1950s, Cars, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Mother Takes a Holiday
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 10, 2009 -
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Category: Domestic, Marriage, Family, Children, Husbands, Teenagers, Wives, Movies, Documentaries, Advertising, Products, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Max Fleischer’s News Sketches
Was this one of Chuck's inspirations for NEWS OF THE WEIRD...?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 08, 2009 -
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Category: Art, History, Cartoons, 1940s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
SelectaVision
Once upon a time, before laser-read discs, there was SelectaVision: movie discs that were interpreted by a mechanical stylus, just like vinyl records.Read about the technology here.
And there are plenty of players and discs for sale cheap on eBay, if you want to go retro!
The first four minutes of the video below show lots of period films offered in the medium. Starting at the four-minute mark, you see the player and how it works.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 28, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Television, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Follies of the Mad Men #68
Yes, yes, this is precisely how we are all living, here in 2009!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 02, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Domestic, Family, Technology, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Funky Space!
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 27, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Music, 1970s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Monorail!
Or listen to this:
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 27, 2009 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Futurism, Music, Technology, Cartoons, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
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