Category: Yesterday's Tomorrows
Jesus Freak Documentary
A fascinating time capsule from 1971. Thirty minutes long, but watch at least the first five or so.Family of the Mystic Arts
I have a friend who's a couple of decades older than me. Recently, he happened to mention that his daughter, when a teenager in the Sixties, had been a member of a hippie commune in Oregon, the Family of the Mystic Arts. He recalled that Life magazine had done a photospread on the commune back then.I remarked that all of Life's photos were now online.
We found several photos. (Alas, his daughter is not pictured.)
One is posted below.
For the other two, I'm directing you to the Life archives, rather than reproduce them here.
Why?
Because they feature bare-breasted female children.
Yes, that's right. Due to the prevailing cultural insanity, this blog cannot safely feature photos which a general-interest G-rated magazine that sold millions of copies each week could show forty years ago.
So here's a little tribute to a more innocent and less paranoid time, when "weird" was almost the dominant cultural mode.
Offending Photo No. 1
Offending Photo No. 2
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Eccentrics, Hermits, Family, History, Pop Culture, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Hair Styling, 1960's
Category: Eccentrics, Hermits, Family, History, Pop Culture, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Hair Styling, 1960's
Soviet Space Stamps
These were sent to me by my Belgian pal Peter Dans-saert.
Click on the image twice, to get them really big!
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Art, Communications, Postal Services, Stamps, Futurism, Patriotism, Technology, Space Travel, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Russia
Category: Art, Communications, Postal Services, Stamps, Futurism, Patriotism, Technology, Space Travel, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Russia
The Golden Years
A look at the glory days of Homer Simpson's favorite sport. At least from the point-of-view of a certain manufacturer....
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Sports, Documentaries, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Category: Sports, Documentaries, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Century 21 Calling
I've never seen a young girl get so excited about a large model of DNA before!Even if you don't watch all of this, be sure to fast-forward to about the 12-minute mark, for the great closing theme song.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Nov 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Futurism, Parades and Festivals, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Category: Futurism, Parades and Festivals, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Preparation of Foods
If our readers plan on cooking animal testicles, they'll need to know all about the history of food prep, including that new discovery--microwaves!
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Oct 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Food, Documentaries, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Category: Food, Documentaries, 1960's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
The 10th Victim
This article in today's NEW YORK TIMES tells us about "Street Wars," a game played in urban environments by players determined to "kill" each other. Several precedents for this game are cited in the article, but the writer misses the most important and primal one: A 1953 story by famed and beloved SF writer Robert Sheckley, titled "The Seventh Victim."The story was later filmed as THE 10TH VICTIM. Its most famous scene: Ursula Andress using guns concealed in her bra, as seen in the second clip below.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Sep 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Explosives, Games, Roleplayers and Re-enactors, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Guns, Literature, Science Fiction, Movies, Sexuality, Sex Symbols, War, Weapons, 1960's, 1950's, Women, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Category: Explosives, Games, Roleplayers and Re-enactors, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Guns, Literature, Science Fiction, Movies, Sexuality, Sex Symbols, War, Weapons, 1960's, 1950's, Women, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Survival Under Atomic Attack
A reader named John, commenting on the WHY STUDY SCIENCE? thread, asked to see a film about surviving atomic attack. Here it is, John!(There's no static image on the screen, but just click the PLAY button on the bottom of the viewing window.)
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Disasters, History, Military, Movies, Patriotism, Technology, War, Weapons, Reader Recommendation, 1950's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Disasters, History, Military, Movies, Patriotism, Technology, War, Weapons, Reader Recommendation, 1950's, Yesterday's Tomorrows
Why Study Science?
Has science ever looked duller than in this video?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Boredom, Education, Family, Children, Parents, Futurism, Pop Culture, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Science, Technology, Video, 1950's
Category: Boredom, Education, Family, Children, Parents, Futurism, Pop Culture, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Science, Technology, Video, 1950's
The Isetta
A car designed and built by a refrigerator company? Yes, that was the Isetta.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Sep 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Category: Business, Products, Cars, History, Inventions, Collectors, 1950's, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Europe
Category: Business, Products, Cars, History, Inventions, Collectors, 1950's, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Europe

Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Drugs, Eccentrics, Family, Children, Parents, Hygiene, Nature, New Age, Pop Culture, Yesterday's Tomorrows, Religion, 1970's, Facial Hair