Friday Ephemera
April 07, 2017
Actually, it makes a lot more sense when you see it upside down. (h/t, Damian) // The adventures of Department S. (1969) // The ladies of the Hell’s Angels. // He likes to move it, move it. // Artificial menstruation. // Welcome to the world, little human. // Woof. // Making cassette tapes. // Meet Alan. // That’s not a flashlight, this is a flashlight. // Because you’ve always wanted to see a gummi bear in a vacuum chamber. // Robot punishment. // Raccoons versus soap bubbles. // Kenneth Williams visits Bloomsbury and the Brentford Piano Museum. (1975) // The various interviewees of Unsolved Mysteries. // How to make gravel. // Springs being made. // Marketing campaign of note. // And finally, his homemade kerosene-powered personal jet suit prototype is better than yours.
Don Rickles, 1926-2017.
Posted by: Ted S., Catskill Mtns., NY, USA | April 07, 2017 at 00:52
Good thing we didn't have safe spaces, microaggressions and professional offense-takers when Rickles started out. RIP, ya hockey puck.
Posted by: PiperPaul | April 07, 2017 at 00:58
“That’s not a flashlight, this is a flashlight.”
No, this is a flashlight. (Same idea, more than double the power: 162,000 lumens. For comparison, a 60w-equivalent household bulb is around 800. Oh, and this guy mounted 250,000 lumens on a drone.)
Posted by: Sam Duncan | April 07, 2017 at 01:21
The ladies of the Hell’s Angels.
Hell's Angel: The Autobiography Of Sonny Barger
Posted by: Hal | April 07, 2017 at 02:12
Raccoons versus soap bubbles.
Raccoons vs cotton candy
Posted by: Hal | April 07, 2017 at 02:13
Rickles and Sinatra
Posted by: WTP | April 07, 2017 at 02:58
From The Hedgehog Review: (Spring 2017) "The Strange Persistence of Guilt" by Wilfred M. McClay
Which one of you reprobates is McClay?Posted by: dicentra | April 07, 2017 at 04:07
I am SpartaMcClay!
Posted by: Hopp Singg | April 07, 2017 at 06:16
Welcome to the world, little human.
Some of those are brilliant.
Posted by: Mike | April 07, 2017 at 06:22
Some of those are brilliant.
They do rather catch the eye.
Posted by: David | April 07, 2017 at 06:35
Real-life Jungle Book.
http://nypost.com/2017/04/06/meet-the-8-year-old-girl-raised-by-monkeys/
Posted by: [+] | April 07, 2017 at 08:18
Corbyn supporters demand 30 pages of free publicity from the editor of the New Statesman.
Posted by: David | April 07, 2017 at 08:42
Posted by: Sporkatus | April 07, 2017 at 17:18
The adventures of Department S.
Although Peter Wyngarde was primarily known as an actor, he also had a brief career as a recording artiste and sang some lovely tunes.
Posted by: Trevor | April 07, 2017 at 18:44
Peter Wyngarde... also had a brief career as a recording artiste
Blimey. It’s an awful lot to process in one sitting.
Posted by: David | April 07, 2017 at 18:57
The Hell's Angels thought Hunter S. Thompson was a poseur.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccyu44rsaZo
Posted by: Steve E | April 07, 2017 at 20:26
Tom Hardy Grunt counter.
Posted by: Jonathan | April 08, 2017 at 18:14
Fun bunch of Friday Ephemera.
Some random thoughts:
1. It's surprising how many people were surprised when Peter Wyngarde came out as gay.
2. It really does make more sense upside down.
3. Write out ten thousand times, "I will not try to kill Sarah Connor."
4. Real life Iron Man? Good luck, but rather you than me.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Fruitbat44 | April 08, 2017 at 18:47
Tom Hardy Grunt counter.
A labour of love. Or a very specific kink.
Posted by: David | April 08, 2017 at 18:52
Real-life Jungle Book.
Posted by: [+] | April 07, 2017 at 08:18
Update: not real. http://nypost.com/2017/04/08/girl-raised-by-monkeys-was-likely-abandoned-by-family/
Posted by: Nate Whilk | April 09, 2017 at 03:56