Murder Shadow Box
Photo by AES of LA.
WTF
California State Bird: The Fruit Fly
For the record, it is actually the aborbable California quail (Callipepla californica). But for a time in the late 1980s the Mediterranean fruit fly was… Read More »California State Bird: The Fruit Fly
Mushroom Plaque
I don’t get it. I don’t want it. Photo by Grasons.
Medieval Monkey Mandolin Musician
Photo by Tall Rob.
Four Eyes
Photo by Raincross.
Vogue Picture Record – Mean to Me by the King’s Jesters (and Louise)
This thing is great! Click through for photo of side B. Oh, and the Internet Archive offers a listen.Naturally there is a Vogue Picture Record… Read More »Vogue Picture Record – Mean to Me by the King’s Jesters (and Louise)
Jackie Gleason Presents Lonesome Echo – LP art by Salvador Dali
TIL that in 1955, Jackie Gleason had a #1 record of mood music with unusual instruments featuring cover art by Salvador Dali. Wikipedia has the… Read More »Jackie Gleason Presents Lonesome Echo – LP art by Salvador Dali
Hasbro Think-a-Tron — The Machine that Thinks Like a Man
A nice explanation of the Think-a-Tron. It was basically something of a trivia game with 300 punchcard questions and answers. Photo by California.
Is it a hat with a doll on top with its own hat? Or a doll with a very full skirt?
Either way I want nothing to do with this. Photo by HR UR.
Ice Cold Beer non-video Arcade Game
It looks like an arcade videogame, but the proportions are not quite right. Per Wikipedia, it’s a mechanical game from 1983: Two joysticks on the… Read More »Ice Cold Beer non-video Arcade Game