Tag Archives: 1970’s

1971: SHADO

Posted on September 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ed Bishop as Colonel Edward “Ed” Straker of SHADO (Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation) in the British TV series UFO, which aired in 1970 and 1971. The show takes place in 1980.

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1975: Space Ace

Posted on September 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Waring Abbot: Ace Frehley (1975)

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1974: Spirit

Posted on September 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Karoo Ashevak (Inuit): Untitled (Spirit Figure) (c. 1970-74) (source)

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1979: Who’s the Commanding Officer Here?

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francis Ford Coppola: Apocalypse Now (1979)

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1979: James Baldwin’s Inkwell

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Q. How do you see the role of the black American writer in particular? A. Well, you have to understand that presently you’re going to be obsolete, because America is going to be obsolete. But if one substitutes the word … Continue reading →

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1920: Nazi Assholes

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hitler’s doodles for the Nazi symbol. Readers of Kurt Vonnegut will recognize the one on the bottom left as just a picture of an asshole: Sources: “Sketch of Hitler’s from 1920 with the remark: ‘The holy signs of the Germans. … Continue reading →

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1976: Kids and Comics

Posted on August 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

“12-year-old Freddie Lewis, left, and Marshall Beck, both of San Diego’s Normal Heights neighborhood, set aside superhero comics to check out a copy of ‘Howard the Duck’ in 1976. (Dennis Huls / San Diego Historical Society)” (source)

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1977: I am a Passenger / I Stay Under Glass

Posted on July 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Esther Friedman: Iggy Pop (c. 1977); from her book of photographs, The Passenger.

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1971: Earn Your Pay, You Dogs!!

Posted on July 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: Big Barda (1971)

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2002: In the Encyclopedia

Posted on July 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Marc Steinmetz: Radio Receiver (2002) “Sometime in the seventies an inmate of Ludwigsburg prison, Germany, built this radio on the sly and hid it inside an encyclopedia.” From a series of photographs of prison escape tools (here).

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