Meret Oppenheim

Another fine film from Andrew Jones. A solid mix of several varieties of pulp from different eras, blended in a dynamically quirky style. Better if I don’t say more.

Watch it and other films at Mr. Jones’ website .

Andrew Jones
h/t: Yog-Sothoth.com

Billy Antiseptic, as photographed by Viva van Story.

billy has a pretty mouth [Viva van Story : Twitpic]

If you’re ruptured, John G. Homan, director of the New Science Institute and reformed Moleman, has the solution for you and he wants very much to show it to you. With this simple coupon he will send you a sample of his strange, air-breathing, flesh-soft substance that may or may not leap from the package and force itself up your nostrils, digging through your skull before attaching itself to your brain stem, turning you into a zombie, thereby adding you to the ranks of his unstoppable army which he shall use to rule the world.

Still, it’s got to be better than that horrible hernia pain, right?

If Ruptured… (Sep, 1930) [Modern Mechanix]

For those who like their canine companion but love their car, Popular Mechanics, circa 1936, has this stupendous invention made, seemingly, just for you. Not so much a sidecar but a burlap sack, attached to your vehicle with c-clamps and hooks, it assures a sense of danger and excitement that your pooch is sure to appreciate as you hurtle down the freeway.

Popular Mechanics magazine: June, 1936. [vintage ads]

The San Francisco International Airport is hosting a show entitled Out of this World! The Twentieth-Century Space Invasion of American Pop Culture, a collection of over 300 vintage space themed toys dating from the 1930s to the 1980s. Included in the exhibition is this pictured case of authentic toy ray guns, located right in Terminal 3 in what can only be described as an egregious violation of anti-terrorist security measures. The show is set to run through March 14th but I’m sure the TSA will seize these weapons before then.

Calling Will Robinson! New Exhibition at SFO is Out of This World! [SFO] : bioephemera

J. Peress’s 1 atmosphere diving suit — referred to as Tritonia or “Jim 1″, after Peress’s chief diver Jim Jarrett — preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania in 1935.

Tritonia, Lusitania. 1935 [vintagephoto]