Or '66, or '59. or '48 or anytime other than now, although perhaps that's the fag end of a dank wet August Bank Holiday Monday speaking.... I'm probably way behind the times and you almost certainly all got there a long while ago, but one small thing I stumbled over on this gloomy non-starter of a day has renewed my faith in the internet for keeping me amused with frivolities andf trifles and general time wasters. If I lose my job tomorrow I'm going to have to own up and blame it on this - Retronaut is such a huge and inspired archive of pictures scans and films that it should by all rights be compulsory cultural studies for anyone growing up today - go visit and your spare time may never be spare again.
Of course that only applies if you like, for example, Nico and Andy dressed as Batman and Robin (and note who gets to be the Boy Wonder) -
Or Katherine Hepburn skateboarding....
David Bowie as The Sphinx....
Appallingly sexist ads (I do like the enlightened view that 'most husbands' have stopped beating their wives...)
And of course a crucified Raquel Welch
And who isn't entranced by 'rubbish superpowers' ?
And there's wonderful old film clips that of course you can find elsewhere but this handily brings them right together and surprises you with some things of rare beauty too - THIS isn't one of those films, but startling nevertheless - I should have had that job....
Lazy post I know, but it does give me the excuse to post some Barracuda's - so much more than a novelty band but this doesn't help convince I guess !
Of course that only applies if you like, for example, Nico and Andy dressed as Batman and Robin (and note who gets to be the Boy Wonder) -
Or Katherine Hepburn skateboarding....
David Bowie as The Sphinx....
Appallingly sexist ads (I do like the enlightened view that 'most husbands' have stopped beating their wives...)
And of course a crucified Raquel Welch
And who isn't entranced by 'rubbish superpowers' ?
And there's wonderful old film clips that of course you can find elsewhere but this handily brings them right together and surprises you with some things of rare beauty too - THIS isn't one of those films, but startling nevertheless - I should have had that job....
Lazy post I know, but it does give me the excuse to post some Barracuda's - so much more than a novelty band but this doesn't help convince I guess !
Retronaut is brilliant - the latest post at the time of typing is 'Planet of the Knob Heads'. Marvellous! Who needs a telly?
ReplyDeleteAlso recommended for losing hours of your life is The List Universe. You'll smile, you'll scratch your head, you'll scream at your laptop. All human life (and much more besides) is there.
Dangerous stuff. Fantastic but dangerous. And you expose me to this while I'm supposed to be knuckling down and finding some work? ;-) We're all doomed...
ReplyDeleteThanks both - I'm inclined to agree about its danger - and now The Swede you've pointed me at something else that's going to override cleaning, cooking, you know all those things that seem less useful than staring at old pictures of fall out shelters and Klaus Kinski in a jet pack (haven't actually seen that but I bet it's there somewhere....
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