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Great Movie Quotes As Told By Archie Comics

Great Movie Quotes As Told By Archie Comics

  This quote from Conan the Barbarian (1982) is a well-loved movie line; yet, now it's even ...
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In 1980 The Advert Told Us: ‘Atari 800 Will Never Become Obsolete’

In 1980 The Advert Told Us: ‘Atari 800 Will Never Become Obsolete’

In 1980 Atari was hot. The Atari 800 was futeuproofed. As the advert said: “It will ...
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When Intrepid Spacemen Sold Cigarettes:  Tobacco Advertising In The Cosmos

When Intrepid Spacemen Sold Cigarettes: Tobacco Advertising In The Cosmos

Once upon a time, tobacco was taste of space and the future.     (more…)
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‘The House That Jell-O Built’ In California, 1934

‘The House That Jell-O Built’ In California, 1934

  SOURCE: Oakland Museum of California
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The 5 Niftiest Gadgets of 1970s Sci-Fi TV that aren’t from Star Trek or Doctor Who

The 5 Niftiest Gadgets of 1970s Sci-Fi TV that aren’t from Star Trek or Doctor Who

In the decade after Star Trek left the air, science fiction television programming branched off ...
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Selling the Sizzle: 10 Sextacular Music Ads From the 60s, 70s and 80s

Selling the Sizzle: 10 Sextacular Music Ads From the 60s, 70s and 80s

Want to get your new single on the charts?  If your record company believes in ...
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In The 1960s The ‘Warminster Thing’ And UFOs Terrorised Wiltshire

In The 1960s The ‘Warminster Thing’ And UFOs Terrorised Wiltshire

IN 1967, flying saucers were spotted in Chippenham, Wiltshire. On Christmas Day, 1964, Arthur Shuttlewood reported ...
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Manchester City V Manchester United 1970: Defensive Wall Arthur Mann, Alan Oakes, Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee

Manchester City V Manchester United 1970: Defensive Wall Arthur Mann, Alan Oakes, Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee

March 28, 1970: Soccer - Football League Division One - Manchester United v Manchester City. The ...
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Beauty and the Buffoon: Implausible TV Couples

Beauty and the Buffoon: Implausible TV Couples

  Throughout the history of television, you could always count on one thing: an abundance ...
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Vinyl 2 of a Kind: A Study Of  Album Look-a-Likes

Vinyl 2 of a Kind: A Study Of Album Look-a-Likes

  With hundreds of thousands of records released over the years, you’re bound to wind ...
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In 1972 Bhutan Relased These Vinyl Stamps That Played The National Anthem

In 1972 Bhutan Relased These Vinyl Stamps That Played The National Anthem

IN 1972, Bhuton released a set of “first talking stamps”. Stick the needle on these vinyl postage ...
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8 Movie Sequels that Wrecked a Franchise

8 Movie Sequels that Wrecked a Franchise

How many times has a movie, which has all the makings of a lucrative franchise, ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    There is a moment in every one of those tacky beauty pageants when the sweaty, middle-aged host asks each young swimsuit-clad contestant "If there was one thing you could do what would it be?" The answers are always the same: "I would bring about world peace." It's a nice thought--though ...
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