1950s
Is Your Mister a Mystery?
I venture to suggest that there is no mystery as to what will appeal to the recipient of such gifts. Most men, if presented with an old dishrag by a Christmas "elf" in such attire, would be quite happy.
Original ad here. (Scroll down and to the right.)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 30, 2013 -
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Category: Holidays, Sports, Sex Symbols, 1950s
New from Cyriak
Bonobo - 'Cirrus' (Official Video) from Ninja Tune on Vimeo.
More on the visual artist here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 28, 2013 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Technology, Twins, Lookalikes & Doppelgangers, Surrealism, 1950s, 1960s
Life Imitates THE FLY
Full article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 18, 2013 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Health, Insects and Spiders, Science, 1950s
Joe Magarac
The steel mill equivalent of Paul Bunyan? Who knew?
Original comic strip here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 10, 2013 -
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Category: Regionalism, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Myths and Fairytales, Superheroes, 1930s, 1950s, North America
Les Baxter
It's never not a good time to contemplate the miracle of Les Baxter and his music.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 03, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, 1950s, 1960s
Patricia McCormick, Female Bullfighter
There haven't been many female bullfighters, and being a female bullfighter back in the 1950s made Patricia McCormick even more of an oddity. Wikipedia offers this brief bio of her:
Wikigender has some info about the history of female bullfighting:
Read more about McCormick here and here.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 28, 2012 -
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Category: Sports, 1950s
One of My Xmas Gifts
Vintage paperbacks are the best!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 26, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Books, 1950s, Europe
Most Disturbing Cartoon Lion Ever
[Click to enlarge]
Source of image in Amazon link.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 20, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Comics, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #195
This one comes courtesy of longtime WU-vie Expat47.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 15, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Junk Food, Reader Recommendation, 1950s
Documenta
I'm sorry I learned about the Documenta Art Festival only just now. The thirteenth one occured this past September, and there won't be another for five more years.We'll have to content ourselves with these videos till then.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 06, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art, Bombast, Bloviation and Pretentiousness, 1950s, Europe, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
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