Thu Tran is a mixed media artist who has a show on IFC called Food Party. Aside from The Mighty Boosh, this is my favourite show on TV right now. Visually this show is what I only dream of being able to one day do with my photo shoots. Call it ‘advanced DIY’ (*cough*- read:budget). I have been living in Thu’s fantasy world of slightly horrifying cardboard friends and living inanimate objects since about 1979 when I became entranced with Sid & Marty Krofft.

Artisan status aside, Thu is also naturally hilarious. Her delivery, cadence, and choice of words are being siphoned directly from the marrow of my funny bone. Some highlights of the show consist of a baguette having sex with a hamburger bun (complete with climax), a carnal representation of peanut butter and jelly finding each other to be soul mates, and crazy recipes like the noodle and ham pancake made in the video above.

Miss Evelyn Leigh Ralliston, of Teaneck, New Jersey winner of the costume contest at the first annual Ectomo Halloween Masquerade Ball, a 1919.

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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]

She Touching Bottom…In Efficiency [Flickr] uploaded by Fun House : phantomoftheradio

Man that pisses me off. Just the thought of it chaps my ass. Who the fuck do they think they are? I mean, really? Fucking really? They think they’re so fucking cool with their goddamn cool names and pretentious fucking initials. Fuck them; fucking cocksuckers. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK, they piss me off so much. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT WHAT DO THEY HAVE THAT I DON’T! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU ALL! FUCK YOU AND YOU AND ESPECIALLY YOU, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!

Seriously, I’m out. I’m going the fuck home. You can all blow me.

VINTAGE ADVERTISING OF 50′s AND 60′s [retro_futurism]

It has been a constant struggle in our relationship for my other half and I to reconcile our respective environmental proclivities. I, for example, abhor nature and would not shed a single tear should it be decided that the verdant fields and sweltering jungles be paved over, where she finds the bustling, concrete hives of cities to be a sensory apocalypse of which she wants no part.

This becomes especially evident when we travel. I simply cannot think of a more uninteresting vacation destination than Pangaea. Really, I ask you, besides cowering in fear from the vicious flora and fauna, what is there to do? Lounge around the resort? No, thank you, give me the Outer Colonies. Even future Tokyo, with its loathsome, robot denizens, wins hands down over the unpopulated super continent.

Whichever you prefer, you can remember your trip with these retro-styled time travel posters. 826LA, McSweeney’s non-profit student writing center, is offering five of them. Perfect for you, or the time machine enthusiast in your life.

826LA Store [826LA] : Laughing Squid : your monkey called : Josh Spear

As much as I appreciate the work that has come out of Pixar, Wall-E is the first of their films that I have anticipated. These fantastic, and pricey, retro prints — featuring illustrations by Eric Tan — only increase my desire to see it.

Wall-E Limited Edition Artwork [Acme Direct] : Signalnoise : Monoscope