March 26, 2011

Rocket Girl

These are things that pertain to my interests.

1930s

Fan Out

I hear military service is mostly just intense boredom, no matter what the era.

1910s
(be aware, that site is more penisey
than you might think from this photo)

legal aliens

Now this is what you call a diverse society.

London, England
1960s

March 25, 2011

The Shape of Adventure

I want this one to be an image from my movie. This picture contains thousands of stories. Maybe millions. 

Photographer Viktor Kolar
but I saw it on the excellent (OvO)

Not SCUBA

Can you imagine if underwater exploration was actually like this?

The Maracot Deep by Arthur Conan Doyle
1929

March 23, 2011

No More Ladders

How long did the paint last? I suspect this was more about going to hang out with your friends and being attended to for a little while. I bet this was a Friday.

1940s

Dick Dale, cat lover

If my psycho cat were as large as this kitty, I'd have to shoot her in the face.

Newport Beach, California
1960s
from Last FM

Chomp

It seems that in the 70s they got pretty creative with the whole virgin sacrifice thing.

California Museum of Science and Industry, LA, CA
1970s

Bum Violence

When we were kids, my mom regularly threatened to shoot people's butts off; it always made us laugh.

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Banzai

At no point in my life have I been able to do this. At no point in my life did I not sort of wish I could.

Anaheim Convention Center
1977

The Flock

The faces on the young'uns make this one for me. Especially the fellow over on the left. Keep ahold of those birds, kids!

Butler County, Ohio
pre-1945
(not actually mine, you know, that's the flickr name)

March 22, 2011

muscle mama

Anything can be a bonding experience.

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Nuit de Noël

Heads together, bodies apart. Half a kiss.

Mali
1963, by photographer Malick Sidibé

apparition

She's thinking, "I hope I'm not the only one who can see him."

Probably Hawaii

March 20, 2011

Mamas' Boys

I really only have one thing to say about this.

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Touching

If I have a favorite pop-culture referencing visual artist, it may be this one. I love that they included Buster.

Hands
2011, artist Fro

March 19, 2011

A Long Flight

The golden age of airline travel looks great in the old ads and photos, but you just know that it must have made for some really annoying work days for stewardesses. These two look like they're doing what they can to keep humor up after a thousand miles of butt pinches and drunken businessmen.

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putting it all out there

Who looks at a naked woman and doesn't smile? These stiffs need to loosen up.

New Orleans Postcard

Invisible History

How much was playacting? How much was real? I run across so many of these sorts of photos, and I always wonder. Sometimes you can tell it was all for a laugh. Sometimes - like this one - it's far more genuine.

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Animal Rescue League

That cat is officially not interested.

1930s

March 16, 2011

proud papa

This one's for the ladies.

Flint, Michigan
1941

March 15, 2011

Sin Orgies and Reefer Brawls

Like: the tagline, that the fellow looks so satyric, "an evening reader" (nudge nudge wink).
Dislike: her diaper-like panties.
Also, I debate the existence of "reefer brawls".

Beatnik Wanton
1964

sport

Okay, so, what? Someone took a photo of two dudes in their skimpies and cut them out and put them in a field to do a little bowling? Do you suppose this was advertising or a fetish?

1909

the development of a bird

It's amazing how much it takes to make one creature. They look so pleased to be free from their shells in the end.

Das Meer by M. J. Schleiden
1869

March 8, 2011

dive

Be careful out there, fella. That other guy already got his arm bit off.

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Shark Lady

I'm not sure I altogether understand what's going on here. Is she feeding the sharks? Admitting them into the pen? But they look surrounded by water. I dunno, I just think it looks cool.

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March 6, 2011

Field Office

Like normal army marching isn't enough of a pain in the ass, can you imagine having to tote one of those old work beast typewriters up to camp?

Camp Carson, Colorado
1943, photographer Pfc. P. J. Petrony

Freddie Ambrose and his concertina

Swagger, farm worker, mountaineer, explorer of the Upper Rakaia, Ashburton, Rangitata and Waitaki valleys. There are certainly worse stories to leave behind.

Manuka Point Station, New Zealand
1933, photographer John Dobree Pascoe

The sex! The humor! The violence!

I was someone scarred by an early exposure to R. Crumb's work - the Cheap thrills album cover, for instance, is seared into my brain for life - but I love his style.

From Underground USA
late 1960s, illustrator R. Crumb

Coal Tar Oils

I may play with printing this on a shirt. I love the style. I love the typography. I love the little skull and crossbones.

Classified Ad

Billy Bounce Saves the King

Wild hair and devil horns: the interplanetary signs of anarchy.

Billy Bounce Comics
1906, illustrator C. W. Kahles

Transit of Venus

"I don't quite see what we shall do it for! It's really only jumping off the world and back again."
"Surely! For example, one might go to the moon."
"And when one got there? What would you find?"
"We should see—Oh! consider the new knowledge."
"Is there air there?"
"There may be."
"It's a fine idea," I said, "but it strikes me as a large order all the same. The moon! I'd much rather try some smaller things first."

Greenwich Park, London, England
1874
(dialog from The First Men in the Moon by HG Wells)

Not of this Earth

This is some of the most awesome fear-face I've ever seen. The clutching hands, the bulging eyes!

Movie Poster
1957

March 1, 2011

napnic

All that glamor and beauty must be exhausting.

Anita Page, Joan Crawford, and Dorothy Sebastian
1928

Babysitter

Wait, what? I fail to understand how this is possible.

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