I think this ad is kind of misleading. “Werewolf ring” makes me think of a ring that a werewolf wears, or a ring you wear in order to turn into a werewolf. And what does it mean by the “secret club” comment?
Werewolf Siren Ring
It’s a ring! It’s a siren! Blow into it and it sounds like a police car. Sounds like cry of werewolf, too. Great for fans and secret clubs. Only 75 cents plus 39 cents for postage and handling.
This is from the era when a transaction for beer meant bestowing a hearty handshake on your bowler-hatted supplier; an age when any good advertisement should contain a smattering of arbitrary capitalization (because when you capitalize, it’s like someone is turning the volume up to 11), and the claim that beer is not just alcohol, but a “tonic” that soothes frayed nerves.
IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME GOOD OLD SCHREIER’S
Hops and Barley – the mere mention of these products must suggest to you the splendid nourishing and tonic properties obtained in good BEER.
Schreier’s Edelbrau Beer
For over SIXTY years on merit. Think of it. All these years “SCHREIER’S” has held fast to honest, uniform quality. Small wonder then that the various Schreier brands are so popular to-day – that the demand is ever increasing.
HAVE A CASE SENT TO YOUR HOME. Mail orders solicited. Phone 48, write or call
THE KONRAD SCHREIER COMPANY
The Timothy Leary Estate is seeking private donations to help pay for the digitization of the Timothy Leary Papers. Contained in his archives are personal papers and memorabilia such as report cards and other schoolwork, photographs, correspondence with luminaries such as Allan Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, Jack Kerouac, Abbie Hoffman, Robert Anton Wilson, and research materials from his time at Harvard University. Additionally, there are thousands of documents detailing the entire psychedelic movement. Apparently the archives will go to the Library of Congress or another suitable repository upon completion of this project.
Donate here if you have some cash to spare.
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Today Monster Brains highlights a really cool Flickr photoset of some exquisite painted covers for old sci-fi pulps done by Ron Turner. Check ‘em oooout…
From the Appleton Post Crescent, Nov. 13, 1929
How to Feed Banana to a Baby
This is another shared bathroom timewaster from my days in the Daisy House in Urbana, IL. Basically, my roommates and I would tape up pieces of paper and write on ‘em while spending any quality time in the john. This particular sheet was a fun exercise of word associations.
Web application Wowbrary sends you emails (or RSS feeds) when new books, DVDs, or CDs arrive at your local library—so you can grab them before anyone else. It’s a great idea….I’m all for anything that gets people into my workplace.
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From Better Homes and Gardens, Feb, 1958
Continue reading ‘Children Hypnotized by our Giant Penguin Overlords’
This is a flier for a 1970 Milwaukee benefit show/concert for John Sinclair, the one-time manager of the MC5 and leader of the White Panthers. Sinclair was sentenced to 10 years in prison after handing off several joints to an undercover officer. The show featured local bands Furry Quim Slash, Rain, Trapped in Amber, and others. The benefit was held at the Holy Rosary church basement. The flier features Thor fighting the system “for all victims of pig injustice!” This appeared in the Feb. 1, 1970 issue of The Kaleidoscope, a Milwaukee underground newspaper.
After a day spent dealing with lovely sewage issues at my house, this web site just really spoke to me.
Some UC-Berkeley scientists just conducted a study and have found that rich people are self-absorbed jack-offs. As if we needed a pseudo-scientific study to tell us this!
English translations of Eastern bloc LOLcats. Hopefully, someone will do Engrish LOLs next!
In May 1995, my senior class went to St. Louis for our class trip. We’d saved up funds from selling snickers bars at ballgames or some crap, I honestly can’t remember. The school may have kicked in a pittance, too, and hell, they may have even had us contribute towards the whole affair. I’m hazy on those details for some reason. But what I’m NOT hazy on, is the itinerary, because I SAVED IT! And now you can get a sense of the MADCAP FUN that we had in the big city:
The best part? Probably Six Flags, because I got to ride roller coasters. The second best part? Obviously the LASER SHOW. I saved my ticket stub:
Yep, it was a STONE TEMPLE PILOTS laser show. Man oh man. We wrote a review of it for our zine INSOLUBLE:
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS LASER SHOW….st louis science center…may 1995…we were treated to this ‘grungetoberfest’ (even though it was in May) by the funds of our senior class trip (well, stacey, kari, justin and bill saw it). yes indeed. a full hour of stone temple pilots set to dancing beams of pulsating fun (lasers). this experience was comparable to ingesting a pint of expired mayonnaire. yum. expired mayonnaise. oh yeah daddy. so many a zine member could be seen rockin’ out to such favorites as “Vaseline,” “Plush,” and “Micked Mofo Garden.” and we all achieved orgasms when they offered us “Sex Type Thing” as an encore. in conclusion, stone temple pilots, like all bands with coke monkey lead singers, is best when set to lasers. kick ass
From LIFE Magazine, May 4, 1962.
Don’t Guess About Your Breath
Gargle Listerine and Be Sure
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