Porn Movie Novels
Mir ist natürlich klar, dass es auch literarische Pornographie gibt und mir war klar, dass es Bücher über Pornographie gibt. Aber mir war nicht klar, dass es Romane gibt, die nach den „Drehbüchern“ von Pornofilmen gedreht wurden. „Deep Throat – Das Buch zum Film“. Und warum liegt da Stroh rum? Wie auch immer: Das tolle Trash-Blog Zontar of Venus hat eine hübsche Galerie mit Covers oller Bücher-zu-Pornofilmen: 1970′s Porn Movie Paperback tie-ins.
First electronic Pin-Up, 1956
Der Atlantic hat die wahrscheinlich erste Computer-Grafik entdeckt: Ein Pinup als Vektorgrafik, Teil eines Diagnoseprogramms auf alten Rechnern der Air Force.
When loaded, the pin-up image would be visible in flashing pulses that synchronized system-wide with the incoming flow of real-time radar data. A long exposure on Tipton’s Polaroid camera would have assured the steady image of the pin-up you see here. (The pin-up lady has a spot on her thigh because that is the center of the circular display, which is where the electron gun in the CRT naturally aims when it is idle.)
When contacted, dozens of SAGE veterans who worked in the program between 1958 and 1983 (the approximate lifetime of SAGE) recalled witnessing this pin-up program firsthand. Not surprisingly, the pin-up’s role changed over the decades as the technological culture shifted around it. While Tipton insists the pin-up had a diagnostic purpose, SAGE operators in later decades remember it as a lighthearted way to pass the dull hours of the late shift when traffic was slow or the standby machine was not in service (“At no time was the primary mission of air defense compromised to my knowledge,” wrote one veteran in an email to the author.)
The Never-Before-Told Story of the World’s First Computer Art (It’s a Sexy Dame) (via Waxy)
Vintage Mag for Peeping Toms: Girl Watcher, 1959
I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo: Ein 1959er Magazin für den angehenden “Put-the-lotion-in-the-basket”-Typ inklusive Artikeln mit Headlines wie “Collection Pretty Girls”. Ermm. “Girl Watcher” magazine, 1959 [update] Der Girl Watcher war ein Satire-Magazin.
Windows ’95 with Greta
(Youtube Direktwin, via Superlevel)
Learning Windows 95 with Greta: „Let sexy Greta teach you the ‘how to’s’ of Windows ’95. She will give everything you need to make your Windows ’95 programs purr. Greta will share all of her sexy secrets with you. Take advantage of many shortcuts, setups, and tricks Greta has to offer.“
Swimming Cap Fashions (1950s)
(Youtube Direktcap, via Dangerous Minds)
Hübsche Damen präsentieren vintage Badekappenmode aus den 50ern in einem Kasperletheater.
The Snogometer!
(Youtube Direktknutschen, via Publique)
Knutschen! Vintage! DIY-Electronics! Fun! Whooohoo! Von Youtube: „The Snogometer! British teenager Malcolm Pickard has built a fantastic contraption to measure the voltage of snogs. Eccentric Invention. Filmed in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK, 1965.“
Cavegirls in Fur Bikinis
Yes, there’s a whole Blog dedicated to Cavegirls in Fur Bikinis, obviously NSFW. You’re welcome. (Danke Paul!)
Pigalle Nightclub London in 3D
Retronaut hat ein paar Seiten eines alten 3D-Specials über den Pigalle Nightclub in London, inklusive „the first-ever 3D advertisement for a toothpaste“.
The most interesting woman on Reddit
Auf Reddit lief vorhin eine Ask me Anything-Aktion mit dem Sohn einer Dame, die unter anderem mit Alan Ginsberg in den 60ern die Unruhen in Chicago erlebte, als Kind 2 Klassen übersprang und 10 Instrumente spielte, in der David Johnny Carson-Show auftrat, Weltklasse-Falkonierin war, in einem Büro des Playboy gearbeitet hat und damals durch den Lake Michigan auf die Arbeit schwamm, nach der ein Insekt benannt wurde, eine preisgekrönte Werbeagentur gründete und nun im hohen Alter einen Hunter auf Level 85 in World of Warcraft spielt. Und einen Ameisenbären namens Claude besaß sie auch. Und anscheinend ist das tatsächlich alles wahr.
The Galactically Hot Women of Star Trek
Polettis Flickr-Sets The Galactically Hot Women of Star Trek, Hammer House of Hotness und The Ladies of “U.F.O” hatte ich vor vier Jahren (oder so) schonmal, machen aber grade wieder die Runde und nette Damen im 70er-Retrofuture-Look kann man nie genug haben. (via Dangerous Minds)
Playboy Bodypainting-Issue, 1968
Nistagmu hat HighRes-Scans aus der Bodypainting-Ausgabe vom Playboy, 1968. Sweet! (via Dangerous Minds)
Burt Reynolds, Hot Line: The Letters I Get… And Write!, 1972
Flickr-Userin Charm and Poise hat ein olles Buch aus den 70s über Fan-Briefe an Burt Reynolds und seine Antworten darauf hochgeladen – ein einziger, großer Knaller. Oh, the 70s.
From Burt Reynolds, Hot Line: The Letters I Get … And Write!, 1972. This is truly a strange book. Both the letters and Burt’s answers are swingin’ 70s in outlook and jargon. From the opening page: “Burt Reynolds is America’s newest Sex Symbol, star of movies, TV, stage, and Cosmo centerfolds. Passion flower to eager femmes from 8 to 80, he is a virile, witty, gracious, warm, lovable, hotter’n firecrackers hunk of male who likes nothing better than reclining his fabulous fanny on bearskin rugs, rapping with his fans and their endless stream of letters.”
Hier der Brief einer Emma an den guten Burt:
Dear Friend:
I am write you a few Lines to Let you here from me. I am OK and I Hope when you get this Letter you will be Likewise. I did like the picture you play on Don August very much and I love you too Burt Reynolds sweet Reynolds but I like to get a Letter Burt Reynolds from you. I like what I see and your hot body I would like to kiss everywhere and I would be so please if you send me some candy and some jules. Hope you find it in your heart to send me them and I no you have a good heart. I like you for your sweet body Burt Reynolds and I wish you would think of me and send me a box of candy and a bracelet and I Do Hope you dont have so many girl friend Burt Reynolds cause I like you sweet body honey and I want you to remember that I Like Everything that tyou do and all so you Burt Reynolds Sweet Body Honey out there in Big Hollywood California. Would love to get anything from your sweet body Burt Reynolds so please send me some nice candy or nice trinket.
EMMA R., GEORGIA
Seine Antwort:
Dear Em:
Thank you for your sweet, sweet, sweet letter.
P.S. You’re a horny, greedy … sweet little devil.
Burt, Burt, Burt (via Coudal)
Apollo 12 Playboy-Bunny from the Moon for Sale
Bei R+R Auctions kann man ein ziemlich tolles Playboy-Kalenderblatt ersteigern, nämlich das mit Playmate Miss August 1967, DeDe Lind, die in gedruckter Form mit Apollo 12 auf dem Mond war – zunächst ohne Wissen der Crew.
Vintage color calendar photo of Playboy Playmate Miss August 1967, DeDe Lind, which was stowed away in the Apollo 12 command module Yankee Clipper during its November 1969 voyage to the moon. Measuring approximately 4.5 x 6.5, the topless image is an original taken from one of the 1969 calendars published by Playboy and features the month and year of the Apollo 12 mission—November 1969. Prior to the mission, it was affixed to a cardboard cue card and, unbeknownst to the crew, secreted onboard their spacecraft. […]
The ‘flight of the Playboy bunnies’ has gone down in astronaut lore as one of the most iconic astronaut pranks. As fellow Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean explored the lunar surface—with small black-and-white photocopied Playboy images pasted into the wrist cuff checklists of their spacesuits—Gordon was left alone onboard the command module to circle the moon. It was there, in the silence and loneliness of lunar orbit, that he discovered his surprise stowaway crew ‘mate.’ This cue card was affixed via Velcro strips to the inside of one of his command module lockers. A uniquely risqué item from a successful risky space voyage—this flown artifact remains one of only two known original Playboy bunny color likenesses to have made it to the moon and back!
Das Ding kommt inklusive einem Autogramm von DeDe Lind, die die Story von ihrer Entdeckung durch den einsamen Richard im Orbit des Mondes so beschreibt: „Pete + Al left me with a great Dick in Lunar Orbit, Nov. 1969! Love DeDe Lind, Aug. Playmate ’1969♥“… Vintage Playboy-Bunny from outer Space. Hach!
The unofficial fourth crew ‘mate’ of Apollo 12 (via Technabob)
