Tag: Retro & Vintage

Glossophaginic Hot Links

Burke’s Law, The Reg Guest Syndicate (1966)
From the album Underworld, the RGS consisted of British studio musicians Reg “Earl” Guest on keyboards with Jim Buck / drums, Jack Emblow / accordion, Eric Ford / guitar, and John Paul Jones / bass.

Cute.

Duck.

Creepo.

Grampa.

Demo derb.

Ray’s Place.
Rays’ place.

Witch killing.

Sloth tipping.

Beaver condo.

The Big Picture.

Paris, Australia.

Kraków Bear Cafe.

Sounds of Silence.

Jack, You’re Dead.

R.I.P. Hōlei Sea Arch.

A wandering mud pot.

Beautiful defacement.

35 tons on a 10 ton bridge.

F.W.A. (Fellas With Attitude).

Pearlfish choose this lifestyle. 

Antidosis [via Memo Of The Air].

The FPPFTAGNCP Research Project.

Pocket flames & bastard fonts [via Thompson, blog].

Astronomy Photograph of the Year Awards 2026 [via Everlasting Blört].

[Top image: A famous scene from the 1949 classic film noir The Third Man, found here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 974 – Face Heater, Tokyo Roachkiller & 4-3-2-1 GO

[Found here, here and here.]

1955 Kitchen

[Found here.]

Five Bugs and a Snail

OH, wonder I much about what this book contains !
Can Insects talk and do they have brains ?
I always thought that these queer little things
Were made up entirely of legs, wings and stings.

[From Comic Insects by The Rev. F.A.S. Reid, illustrated by Berry F. Berry, London, 1872. Found via here; click for larger images. ]

Paranoia Street

Ophthalmology clinic, Tainan City, Taiwan, 1962. Wang Shuangquan photographer.

[Found here, colorized by Grok.]

PLASTICS!

Images from Servants of Modern Industry, Monsanto Plastics’ 1940 product data manual includes properties and applications of various plastics.

[Link found here.]

Food with Hands

The New York Times Magazine asked artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari to interpret the 1971 Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. While photographing the dishes, Cattelan said they styled the food “with humor and without mercy.”

Published in the NYT Magazine Food Issue, 11 November 2015.
[Found here, more about it here, and there’s a video.]

Vaporizing Weaponry

Top: Digital 3D template for a Buck Rogers-style retro ray gun.
2nd: 888 Ray Gun cap pistol, Japan.
3rd: Hubley Atomic Disintegrator Ray Gun cap pistol.
4th: Dr. Grordbort’s SPUTNIK 500, a one-of-a-kind movie prop.
5th: HR Productions Atomatic Space Ray Gun squirt gun, England.

[Found here.]

Retrobots

[From ROBOTS: Tin Toy Dreams, 1985, Teruhisa Kitahara Collection, found here.]

Space Bimbos VI

[Found around the interverse. More Space Bimbos here.]