I would like to adopt a veritable army of these Fobots (found object robots). They’ve got a delightful retro-kitsch twist.
See more in the Fobot galleries.
Category: vintage
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I think many of us have at some point seen an image sampled from a vintage Alfred Mainzer Cat postcard (Mainzer was the publisher; the images were painted by Swiss artist Eugen Hurtung).
Recognize the style? Oddly anthropomorphic felines placed in distinctly human situations…
Often, chaos arises.
Ah…they’re incorrigible (I am currently watching a cat in her sixth consecutive hour of napping and increasingly doubting feline willingness to pick up a drill and engage in construction work).
I may send this as my next “get well” greeting:
Some are appropriate for party invitations:
Just wanted to pay tribute to this seminal slice of kitsch history. I captured my images from Card Cow but there is a more official collector site here. Does anyone have originals?
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This album is awful. Intentionally. But the title is bloody brilliant.
Leona Anderson made bad singing a legitimate, if entirely unnecessary, form of entertainment. She reveled in the limitations and deficiencies in her singing voice and her publicity proudly proclaimed her as “the World’s Most Horrible Singer.”
Well, now a lot of hipsters do that…but it was actually interesting in 1957.
Here’s a sample track:
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I have no idea where I saved this from, when it was printed, or what the source may have been.
But give it a try…
My result: Bail Maniac Suicides. I am going into a healing profession, so this makes a perverse kind of sense, eh?
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ENTHUSIASM!
Anatomically correct.
Are you ready to get the wind up?
I spy…
The road (or track) less traveled…
You have the right to remain silent:
Aw, I bet my roommate has had to do this for me…introvert that I am.
I’m not sure why, but I kind of like this. I think it would look great with other species.
Ah, innovation for the skinny girl. I’ll take mine extra pointy, so it doubles as a weapon.
Actually, I think I can “weight” a little…
Til I eat a few of these…
I always renovate my house in an evening gown.
And just so you leave this blog a little smarter today:
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Let’s start with some murderous intent, shall we?
Deus ex Machina.
Because you wouldn’t want to trouble yourself…
I’ll say:
Love this guy. He needs to go on a pendant with the kaiju (bottom of the page if you click here).
Oh Vincent Price, did you fall on some hard times?
Is the fire customary? Or did “Ivy Pete and the Limbomaniacs” go the extra mile here?
You know what this grill needs? More hot dogs.
This is just too much (fun) for my brain to process at once:
A little comic from a collection of “sad animals” sent by my wonderful friend/reader/contributor Jim. It made me laugh out loud.
Clearly, this fellow needs to take a lesson from Li’l Brudder the one-legged dog (whom I proudly wear on a T-shirt from my best friend). He’s a champion.
And now for a couple of art pieces…
A new Ron English piece I’m somewhat fond of:
Beautiful photo by Sabina Tabakovic:
More things…
Sweet.
I adore this picture.
Thomas Edison looking more badass than you, me or anyone we know.
New from Pixar! (via Dan Meth who will surely get a feature post here soon)
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So many great variations of the fruit bat…so little time. I’ve already posted about the Tubular Nosed Fruit Bat, and now I bring you the regal Epauletted Fruit Bat.
It is a tail-less brown bat with large white epaulettes, white on the middle of the belly and white earspots. It has a head and body length 165 to 180 millimetres (6.5 to 7.1 in) and forearm length 74 to 102 millimetres (2.9 to 4.0 in). The body weight of a female bat ranges from 56 to 115 grams (2.0 to 4.1 oz) while that of a male bat ranges from 59 to 160 grams (2.1 to 5.6 oz). Male bats have two pharyngeal sacs and shoulder pouches lined with glandular membranes. The epaulettes are due to white hair tufts and are prominent in dried laboratory specimens but may be concealed due to the shoulder pouches being contracted in the case of live bats. The epaulettes help spread olfactory cues by dispersing chemicals produced in the glandular shoulder patches. -Wiki
Here is a photo:
Spotted here recently.
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Today in the US we celebrate our Independence Day. I’m not exactly the type to throw on red, white and blue and wave an American flag…but I’ll gladly give you some unsettling waxworks of American forefathers.
George Washington’s cold dead eyes welcome you…
These are actually supposed to be Benjamin Franklin:
A little bit o’ Lincoln:
Looking like the sinister cousin of Mr. Rogers (hide your kiddies)…
Group shots!
And two bonus images from Neatorama…
Awesome Statue of Liberty construction shot:
And Lady Liberty herself looking eeeeeevil.
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Are you ready for something incredible, supposedly printed in 1961?
I couldn’t find much info about The Executive Coloring Book, aside from the source (the marvelous Surviving Sophia Walker.
Is it for real? Is it ironic? The world may never know.
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Ah…remember when art and music actually went together? If you’re my age, you do. But here’s something I was not around for: picture records.
From the source:
Vogue picture records are phonograph records on the “Vogue” label which have a picture (an artist’s illustration) embedded in the transparent vinyl of the record.
The illustrations on each side of the record are usually related to the title of the song on that side. Many of the illustrations are mushy romantic themes (see the discography).
The most common Vogue picture records are 10-inch, 78 RPM records, although a few 12-inch, 78 RPM Vogue picture records were also produced.
Vogue picture records were produced by Sav-Way Industries of Detroit, Michigan. The first 10-inch Vogue picture record (catalog number R707) was released to the public in May 1946. Production ceased less than a year later in April 1947, with Sav-Way entering into receivership in August 1947. During this time, approximately seventy-four different 10-inch Vogue picture records were released.
These rare little things are awesome! I wish this idea had gone mainstream.
Read more about picture records here.
Entire discography
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