Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

ed · Post by ed » Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:21 pm

[quote="Abdul Alhazred"].
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.

Ya think?

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:46 pm

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:50 pm

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:53 pm

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:34 pm

last min 1;45 that odd manly odd making voice
it's great and manful

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:38 pm

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:43 pm

I don't know what this threat is about...but Laura suffers

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:47 pm

hei hei miss finland

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:12 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote:
ed wrote:Ya think?

Indeed.

No modern advertiser would speak so slightingly of vitamins, even in jest.

BTW, that's not actually real, is it? It's someone's idea of a joke.

I do remember Cream of Wheat. It was one of my favorites.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:40 am

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:49 am

For some variety, you might appreciate this:

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It's new, but old.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:06 am

Liked the "Powers of 10" movie in his time (77). Shows how virtual reality, and aesthetics, have evolved…

[youtube]0fKBhvDjuy0[/youtube]

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:11 am

I heard that one above the other day on a daily song podcast I subscribe to. I don't like every song I hear on that podcast, or even most of them, really, but occasionally I find one that I like, and I get to hear a lot of different ones that I might not encounter otherwise.

I just now found a couple more by the same people. I find them relaxing. If you liked it, check these out too:

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They work just as audio too, you don't actually have to watch the video to enjoy.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:54 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote:Now for some real "The past is a foreign country" stuff.

I remember this one from the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The Triumph of Man
http://tluthman.home.mindspring.com/triumphofman/

If there were another World's Fair this one would never fly, and not just because of the sexist language.

You could easily fix that particular problem.
But it would still be way too pro human and non-apocalyptic for modern audiences.

There was some static at the time about graphic violence in the dioramas. I still have a couple of the recordings kicking around somewhere.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:57 am

[youtube]tKFVsgQxVBk[/youtube]

The "Shootin' Shell" line of fine firearms.

In fact any toy guns.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:19 pm

I remember burning the shit out of myself making these things when I was a larval Elder God.

Nowadays, there'd be lawsuits aplenty

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:37 pm

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 1:26 am

Yep, had one of those myself. Does anyone remember the edible version?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 2:11 am

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 2:38 am

That's fucking awesome!

And you damned kids: Get the hell off my fucking lawn!!

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:48 am

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:13 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:41 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:29 am

pillory · Post by **pillory** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:24 pm

you papa's and fathers do unite
sorrow is not strainge to you

ed · Post by ed » Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:54 pm

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:21 am

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lfibbBnlKt8/S ... l_Heat.JPG

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:32 am

ed · Post by ed » Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:22 am

Pyrrho wrote:

Whore.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:22 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote:Ed Emshwiller bookplates available only from Galaxy Magazine.

Really got 'em or just a picture?

Alas no, just a pic. Should I vectorize it?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:39 am

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:01 am

^comment

The talent portion of the contest must have been of far more importance back then.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:34 pm

I have a book here titled, "The Golden Age of Advertising-the 60's" and a scanner.

Name your poison, boys.

For you Dexter fans...

whitefork · Post by **whitefork** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:59 pm

ed wrote:

Mr. McKinley he didn't do no wrong
Rode on in to Buffalo but he didn't stay too long
Hard times, hard times, hard times

The people all can running round to see what had been done
You have shot the president down with your Iver Johnson gun
Hard times, hard times, hard times

"White House Blues"