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Monday, November 9, 2009

13 Images, Hopefully Lucky, Definitely Good & Borrowed, Returned with Thanks...

From: http://community.livejournal.com/adski_kafeteri/1445968.html

Vikki Dougan - Nicknamed "The Back" because of her dresses that were more than backless - they were cut down to just above the gluteal cleft, causing quite a commotion. The Limeliters wrote a song titled "Vikki Dougan" to commemorate this phenomenon, in which they sing of her "callipygian cleft" ("callipygian" meaning "having shapely buttocks") and beg her, "Vikki, turn your back on me". Measurements: 36-20-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

From: http://lpcoverlover.com/2009/11/01/time-and-space/

Sun Ra and his Arkestra featurig John Gilmore on Tenor Sax I don’t have any information about this as I don’t have the disc, just the cover, which is “homemade.” The back is all pasted over with gold foil and the front has hand-coloring and some stickers. I think that this covered one of Sun Ra’s records on Saturn. Any Sun Ra followers out there that can shine some light here?
#1 philipp says:
November 1st, 2009 at 7:10 am
It’s Super-Sonic Jazz, Sun Ra’s first record on his Saturn label. The title has been covered by the blue tape in your scan. The record originally came out in 1957 with a different cover. This one is the 1968 edition. Details, plus lots more Sun Ra minutiae, found here — http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/sunra.html. Look about half-way down the page for a minty fresh scan of this record cover.
#2 Carl Howard says:
November 1st, 2009 at 7:42 am
All of that is right, and this is also a fairly early release on El Saturn, with the band still in Chicago. For most of his career, Ra favored private releases and even favored raw, primitive recording conditions – even though, being the consummate jazz outsider, these conditions were as frequently motivated by finances as by design.
Because records like this were sold by The Arkestra at shows, and because they were hand covered like this, copies and track lists varied widely for years, making documentation sometimes quite difficult.
#3 lpcoverlover says:
November 1st, 2009 at 9:17 am
Fantastic! Thanks Phillipp and Carl. Carl, so perhaps the hand-crafted cover with the foil and stickers was sold this was at a concert? (Vs. the god-forbid thought that some kid at home defaced his dad’s valuable record?

From: http://violaviolet.tumblr.com/post/237199027

From: http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2009/10/apes-in-bikinis.html

MOST BEAUTIFUL APE? -- Dominique Green, contestant No. 2, won the title of Most Beautiful Ape and a role in "Battle for the Planet of the Apes," the 5th "Apes" film for 20th. Gary Owens crowned the winner at Century City ceremony. (1972)

From: http://www.lostateminor.com/2009/10/07/geordan-moore/

I don’t really have a preoccupation with death, but for some reason I am endlessly compelled by the image of a skull. That said, most artistic renderings of skulls can be quite cliched. Illustrator Geordan Moore is the first person in a while who I’ve seen draw a skull in a way that I’ve never seen before.

From: http://kvetchlandia.tumblr.com/post/221266548/robert-mapplethorpe-grace-jones-1984

Robert Mapplethorpe - Grace Jones - 1984

From: http://nickdrake.tumblr.com/post/232020625/verushka

verushka.

From: http://tartanspartan.tumblr.com/post/234780101/robert-crumb-baron-wolman-1969

Robert Crumb — Baron Wolman, 1969

From: http://txwldflower2.tumblr.com/post/233538308/incredible-shadow-art-created-from-junk

Incredible Shadow Art Created From Junk - More art/photos at: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-shadow-art-created-from-junk/12265

From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/6514909/Science-Photo-Library-photos-of-the-week.html?image=9

Human tongue surface, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The tongue is covered in many backward facing projections called filiform papillae, which sense pressure
Picture: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

From: http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/235096059/wrestling-ladies

Wrestling ladies.

From: http://crappytaxidermy.com/post/237037833/rat-kings-are-phenomena-said-to-arise-when-a

Rat kings are phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with blood, dirt, ice, excrement or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails. The numbers of rats that are joined together can vary, but naturally rat kings formed from a larger number of rats are rarer. The phenomenon is particularly associated with Germany, where the majority of instances have been reported. Historically, rat kings were seen as an extremely bad omen, particularly associated with plagues. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_(folklore)

From: http://benjaminhilts.tumblr.com/post/237653880/personality-manifestations-in-psychosomatic

Personality Manifestations in Psychosomatic Illness - Heart: Emotions can affect heart rate and rhythm. (via Kroninger)

Friday, October 30, 2009

A double dose of late October few, good, borrowed images; most Halloweenie, some not...

From: ???

Lab Partners

From: http://thesweetestpsychopath.tumblr.com/post/214944360/humphrey-bogart-in-the-return-of-dr-x-warner

Humphrey Bogart in “The Return of Dr. X” (Warner Brothers, 1939) via Heritage Auctions

From: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/12/license-plates-now-with-more-skulls/

Special License Plates Tag Careless Drivers Special license plates for traffic violators are being considered as a safety measure by Cliff Davis, commissioner of public safety in Memphis, Tenn. If the measure is adopted motorists who persistently break traffic laws will be required to run in their regular licence plates for special tags, similar to that shown in the photograph above, bearing a skull and the words “traffic-law violator.” - Popular Science Mar, 1939

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajourneyroundmyskull

Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943)

From: http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/myg2001/view/156303?page=0

Авторизуйтесь, чтобы оставить свой комментарий или оценить фото. (via trixietreats)

From: http://janitoroflunacy.tumblr.com/post/180723511/via-nononoknow

(via nononoknow)

From: http://monstercrazy.tumblr.com/post/189083320/monster-public-service-announcements-by-rob-kelly

Monster Public Service Announcements by Rob Kelly http://robkellyillustration.blogspot.com/

From: http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/202617421/screamin-jay-hawkins-crazy-man

Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an African-American musician, singer, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Constipation Blues," Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, probably making him the first shock rocker. From Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamin%27_Jay_Hawkins

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — I Put A Spell On You “Hawkins originally envisioned the tune as a refined ballad.” The entire band was intoxicated during a recording session where “Hawkins screamed, grunted, and gurgled his way through the tune with utter drunken abandon.” The resulting performance was no ballad but instead a “raw, guttural track” that became his greatest commercial success and surpassed a million copies in sales. Listen here:
http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/202616070/screamin-jay-hawkins-i-put-a-spell-on-you

From: http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/210203654/maria-montez-aka-the-queen-of-technicolor-in

Maria Montez aka “The Queen of Technicolor”, in black and white. They named an airport after her in the Dominican Republic, you know. Maria Montez International Airport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Montez

From: http://janet-r-olunacy.tumblr.com/post/209035021/dali-barcelona-sphinx

Dali ~ Barcelona Sphinx

From: http://kvetchlandia.tumblr.com/post/220640287/robert-mapplethorpe-louise-nevelson-1986

Robert Mapplethorpe Louise Nevelson 1986

From: http://extranuance.tumblr.com/post/221263337/ad-for-a-widow

Ad for a widow

From: http://lacontessa.tumblr.com/post/220885438/hannes-bok-mambaloa-1947

Hannes Bok, Mambaloa, 1947. Hannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Woodard (July 2, 1914–April 11, 1964), was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for various science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds of black and white interior illustrations. Bok's work graced the pages of calendars and early fanzines, as well as dust jackets from specialty book publishers like Arkham House, Llewellyn, Shasta, and Fantasy Press. His paintings achieved a luminous quality through the use of an arduous glazing process, which was learned from his mentor, Maxfield Parrish. Bok was the first artist to win a Hugo Award. - from Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Bok

From: http://pignouf-vintageposter.blogspot.com/2009/10/cocorico.html

Cocorico était un journal bi-mensuel humoristique, littéraire et artistique. "Artistique" c'est peu dire lorsque les signataires des couvertures ont des noms prestigieux ; Mucha, Kupka, Widhopff, Steinlen, Grün, Wély, Roubille, Wilette, Kienerk...
Une fois n'est pas coutume, j'ai glané sur le net l'ensemble des couvertures présentées.

From: http://amanoutoftime.livejournal.com/1248018.html

Members of The New York Dolls stroll up theChamps Elysées toward the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, November 1973. © Alain Dister. Rock n' roll photo ops trump traffic regulations and common courtesy. That's covered in Rock Entitlement 203. This Dister shot was probably staged like a 1000 other shots on the Champs, but when I was holed up in the Hotel Astrid down at the end of avenue Carnot (off camera to the right) back in '06, it never occurred to *me* to do such a thing. I mean negotiating the traffic around and approaching the Arc is not for the faint of heart.

From: http://nickdrake.tumblr.com/post/221860548/audrey-hepburn-chopping-wood

Audrey hepburn chopping wood.

From: http://community.livejournal.com/adski_kafeteri/1450921.html

Koo Koo The Bird Girl (via a Contessa)

From: http://bebelestrange.tumblr.com/post/227693008

arthur brown via gocontinental.com

From:http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/2009/10/treading-boards-3.html

Treading the Boards #3-Photos of Bela Lugosi (then Bela Lugossy) in The Passion Play, 1909.

From: http://drakecaperton.tumblr.com/post/212946782/ghost-breakers-2-december-1948-dr-neff-breaks

Ghost Breakers #2, December 1948
Dr. Neff Breaks the Voodoo Hoodoo
From the Grand Comic-Book Database: http://www.comics.org/

From:

Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon.

From: http://bebelestrange.tumblr.com/post/218640132

Yinka Shonibare

From: http://crappytaxidermy.com/post/219872520/photographed-by-jadeeey

Photographed by Jadeeey from CRAPPY TAXIDERMY (I think the cat is unstuffed & alive)

From: http://community.livejournal.com/adski_kafeteri/1430944.html

straus

From: http://www.sydbarrettpinkfloyd.com/2009/10/syd-barrett-opel-magazine-button.html

Check out this Octopus pin that was an addition to the Syd Barrett Opel fanzine. The button was only available to the subscribers of the Syd Barrett 'OPEL' Fanzine. The year of this was 1984. The name 'OPEL' came from the name of an unreleased song from the Madcap Sessions. The button has the Octopus logo from the song of the same name released 11/14/1969 on the Harvest label.

From: http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/2009/10/poets-are-both-clean-and-warm-and-most_28.html

George Sterling The San Francisco poet who wrote about "My cool, grey city of love." If you're looking for a precursor of the psychedelics, look for his long poem "A Wine of Wizardry." Killed himself at the Bohemian Club in 1926. There is a nice website dedicated to him: http://www.george-sterling.org/

From: http://tartanspartan.tumblr.com/post/228001247/iceberg-antarctica-joan-myers-2001-whos-up