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Or so hoped Oscar Schmidt.

heck-yeah-old-tech:Things that do not happen: mistaking an Autoharp for a musical instrument.

[Via Beatnik Daddio]

“Real music never played this easily!”

Incidentally, they still make autoharps.

BONUS MATERIAL

Here's a list of famous autoharp players.

Here’s a video of June Carter Cash playing one.



Strum if you know the words,

This is dF


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Indeed, who?

1970s ad (via Found in Mom’s Basement)

[Via Weird Vintage]

Power doesn’t run on nothing,

This is dF


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I get emails. 

Sometimes they’re about bombs.



There’s even demo GIFs.

Without Glass Gard:


WITH Glass Gard:


And this paragraph:

Special Offer:
To protect your Car against Blast, Explosions, Terrorist activities; moreover it also protects from Heat as UV rays form skin diseases, fire, & to some extent decreases velocity of bullet fired too.

Which would be funny except that it’s from a Glass Gard reseller based in Karachi, where bombs tend to go off frequently.

So, yeah, in some parts of the world this is an actual issue people have to deal with daily.

For yr protection,

This is dF


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My word. How times do change.

Ironized Yeast ad, 1930s

[Via Weird Vintage]

Get yr weight on,

This is dF


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1954

[Via Vintage Ads]

Minty fresh,

This is dF


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There’s also a sniper joke here somewhere.

mudwerks: Romance is in the Air (by paul.malon)

[Via Hollyhocks And Tulips]

Light my fire,

This is dF


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Cutty Sark - 1971

[Via Too Much Soul]

Pass it around,

This is dF


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Because’s someone’s gotta clean the moon. 





[Via Weird Vintage]

Mars needs women,

This is dF


KEEP COOL

Dec. 8th, 2012 11:14 am
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Guaranteed 7-second cooling relief from prickly heat

[Via Mostly Forbidden Zone]

Apply liberally,

This is dF


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Topical!

what-floats-my-boat: 1960sRIPVia Found in Mom’s Basement 

[Via Mudwerks]

DISCLAIMER: I never liked Sno-Balls, personally. I was more of a Ding Dongs man, myself.

More on that later.

Snowballed,

This is dF


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You heard me.



[Via Paco Camino]

Who loves ya,

This is dF


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But you knew that.



Extra credit for the eye-chart guy.

Holiday glamour,

This is dF


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That’s why they call him Mr Giggles. I reckon.



[Via Vintage Scans]

Free recipes,

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But of course there is [via PSFK]: 

The Wonderbra Decoder app, available on the App Store as well as Google Play, allows viewers of the luxury lingerie brand’s print, outdoor, and video ads to ‘undress’ [21-year-old Slovakian model Adriana Cernanova] to see which of the company’s garments work best beneath various modern fashions. As Cernanova walks between screens, and states of undress, viewers are able to expand the ad to see related product details and purchase options.

Video is available [SFW – sorry about that]:



As a primarily straight guy, I’m all for cleavage and women lounging around in lingerie and stuff, but I’ll admit there’s a sexism angle here, as I’m pretty sure the app is aimed at straight guys who fantasize about making it with supermodels, as opposed to women shopping for push-up bras.

So how it’s going to lead to more Wonderbra sales, I’m not sure. Then again, Wonderbra advertising has almost always been aimed at straight guys, from what I can tell. (As a straight guy, I mean.)

That said, where’s the “undress the model” app for male underwear models? Surely 2xist, Cocksox or even Aussie Bum could come up with something. And don’t tell me there’s no demand for that.

So yeah, there’s arguably a marketing double standard here.

On the other hand, the primal part of my brain wants to know: “Dammit, where was all this technology when I was 15?”

Cos I’d have run up a bill with an app like that, let me tell you.

Undress for success,

This is dF

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Good morning, humans.

Peel potatoes with a crank!

[Via Mostly Forbidden Zone]

Keep on turning,

This is dF


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It certainly did with me.



[Via Suicide Watch]

Neat neat neat,

This is dF


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Re: Horse Under Water, that Len Deighton book I just reviewed

One interesting point: I got my copy from a used bookstore, and the back-cover blurb made it sound like a sex novel. Seriously. Look.



Believe me when I tell you the book is pretty much nothing like what the copy implies. Not even close, really.

Well played, Dell Putnam.

BONUS MATERIAL: Here’s the cover art while we’re at it.



Judging a book by its cover,

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Meanwhile, just outside the Satay King in the basement of the Prudential Centre:

SATAY PIRATE BABES FOR OBAMA, At the entrance of the Satay King restaurant, Jordan, Kowloon, April 2012

PRODUCTION NOTE: The Obama statue is a recent addition to the Satay King foyer décor. The pirate babe has been there for quite awhile. 

Say what you will about Obama as a US president, but as a global cultural icon he’s clearly made his mark – even if it’s just inspiring people to cash in on his name and likeness.

Which, as far as I know, no one ever did with Junior Bush.

Apart from Americans, I mean.

Sit yrself on down with yr POTUS,

This is dF


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What?



[Via RetroSpace Zeta]

Pant and mate,

This is dF


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Somewhere in America circa 1970:



[Via Paco Camino]

Yes indeed. We had blueberry cigarettes once.

Watch her smoke,

This is dF


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