Monday, 2. November 2009, 18:14:53
Internet Junk Drawer
Well it's been a while since I've done one
of these. But getting the new laptop gives
me the perfect opportunity to go through
some old files, and a few new ones.
Carole Lombard and Clark Gable.
Hey, people, get a room!
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg
in Breathless (1960).
One of my favorite movies.
Valentina Tereshkova
The first woman in space.
(Vostok 6, 1963)
Billie Holiday and her dog, Mister.
Comedian Soupy Sales.
(d. October 22, 2009)
Marilyn Monroe and Groucho Marx, 1949.
Boy you can really tell she was a
redhead in this one.
Is it just me, or was Morticia Addams HOT?
Yvonne Craig as Batgirl.
A still from Mars Needs Women (1967).
Yvonne Craig (above) was in this movie too.
Natalie Wood.
No, Natalie, don't go near the water!
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER!!!
(Sorry, just had to do it!)
The BMW Isetta.
The one BMW doesn't like to talk about.
Andy Warhol at The Studio.
William S. Burroughs in a sleazy hotel
in Paris, 1959.
The Theramin, one of the first electronic
instruments. The photo is from 1927.
A nurse during the great Influenza pandemic
of 1918-19. The epidemic killed between 50
and 100 million people worldwide.
London, England, 1940.
Wesel, Germany, 1945.
I and the schoolboy know
What every schoolboy knows –
That those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
– W.B. Yeats.
As is the custom, we conclude with some
sleazy photo of an actress or celebrity.
This time it is Oksana Baiul, 1994 Olympic
gold-medal ice skater.
I'm speechless.
Wednesday, 8. July 2009, 18:36:54
Internet Junk Drawer
I have been getting perilously low on memory on
my laptop lately. I went through and deleted all
the programs and files that I reasonably thought
I could, but that only lasted so long. As a result
I had no choice but to transfer 24 file folders,
mostly containing images that I got off the internet,
over to the external drive I used when I transferred
files from my desktop.
All that was left to do then was to delete the
files on the laptop to free up some memory. But
before I did that I decided to go through and
cull some photos from the folders for a Junk
Drawer post.
When all you got is lemons you make lemonade, yeah?
A very hot photo of Marguerite Churchill, 1933.
The young Diana Rigg (aka "Mrs. Peel").
Farah Fawcett hanging ten.
Must be with "The Mongrels" biker club.
A curious cat. A little too curious.
No comment.
Don't even ask!
The great bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs.
Kirsten Dunst seeing what develops in
Crazy / Beautiful.
Paris Hilton in Dubai.
I think she looks very nice in this one.
In Dubai, Paris is probably considered
to be a poor person.
Marilyn Monroe in the subway.
I love this photo, with the guy turning
in the distance.
Natalie Portman as MM in The Professional.
Natalie again.
(This one for Allan.)
Miranda Richardson.
I love ginger bread!
From a film festival in Seattle.
A Belgian Egyptologist, date unknown.
Temple of Edfu, Egypt, date unknown.
Kangaroos at the pyramids? Sure, why not.
World War One has come and gone. The pyramids
are still there.
A statue of the great geologist Louis Agassiz
fallen off a building at Stanford during the
great earthquake of 1906.
Photographer Ansel Adams and Virginia Best
getting married, 1928.
"I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and
water, air and soil, people and their future and
their fate." (A. Adams)
A beautiful photo by Nina Leen that appeared
in Life magazine in 1949.
As is the custom, we conclude with a sleazy
photo of some actress or celebrity. Here it
is Natalie Portman again, talking on the
phone and...well, jeez, I don't know what
she's doing.
Monday, 6. April 2009, 21:57:41
Internet Junk Drawer
With my USB drive on the fritz, it seemed like
a good excuse to do another Junk Drawer post.
Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.
Poet Elizabeth Bishop.
Composer and virtuoso pianist Ferruccio Busoni.
Corporate CEOs "do lunch."
(Hummmph! That'll be the day.)
Chloe Salaman, the redheaded princess who
gets eaten by the dragon in Dragonslayer.
Actress Judy Greer.
Judy again, this time with the incredibly
talented Hugh Laurie on House.
And, as if that weren't nearly enough redheads
for one post, here's a young Marg Helgenberger,
currently of CSI: Vegas.
And a little something for the ladies, actors
Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz of Numbers.
If I were a woman, I'd be all over Rob Morrow.
Or if I were gay. Which I'm not.
Actress Melora Hardin. This is one business
meeting that I actually wouldn't sleep through.
And since Easter is coming up, here's the
Easter Bunny. Sort of.
As is the tradition, we conclude with a
sleazy photo of some actress or celebrity.
This time it's actress Natalie Portman.
I don't know if this would really be a
sleazy photo. In fact, I think it's rather
artsy. Yeah, that sounds good, "artsy."
Friday, 23. January 2009, 22:10:28
Internet Junk Drawer
Well I'm totally out of ideas.
Looks like it's time for another
Junk Drawer post.
Gamera destroying Tokyo.
I guess Godzilla was on vacation.
Salomon Andree's failed 1897 attempt
to reach the North Pole by balloon.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and his dog, 1969.
Chemical pathways in anaerobic organisms.
Uh, it's a long story.
A redhead? A party?
Count me in.
And another redhead who looks like she
knows how to have a good time.
WARNING: If she gives you anything to
sign, be sure to read the fine print.
Not sure, but I think this was my
last dentist.
Come to think of it, no, my dentist was
older. And more sadistic.
If you've ever dreamed of what Joan Blondell
looked like naked in a bathtub -- well,
here ya go.
Andy Warhol.
Seriously.
A Greek poster for an animated version
of Ben Hur.
Marilyn Monroe on the set of Let's
Make Love (1960). She looks pretty
damn serious for someone making a light
romantic comedy.
As is the tradition, we conclude with a
sleazy photo of some actress or celebrity.
This time it's Rie Rasmussen, shown here
getting kinda kinky in the toilet in
Angel-A (2005). Some guys have
all the fun.
Thursday, 12. June 2008, 20:05:03
Internet Junk Drawer
Once again, just some stuff I've found
on the internet recently but didn't use
for any posts. Usually for good reason.
If you've ever wanted to be buried in a
pauper's grave in a cheap pine coffin just
like Mozart, you can get this authentic
Austrian one at Casket Furniture. You could
even go Mozart one better and spray paint it
some spiffy color -- my personal choice would
be candy-apple red.
You can also get a billiard table made out of
a coffin there. Just in case you were in the
market for that type of thing.
The theme music is almost worth the visit alone
-- it's a VERY old bluegrass number called
"Oh Death" sung by Ralph Stanley of the famous
Stanley Brothers. Here's a bit of it:
Oh death, Oh death
Won't you spare me over til another year?
Well what is this that I can't see
With ice cold hands taking hold of me
Well I am death none can excel
I'll open the door to heaven or hell
Kinda hard to dance to. But what can you
say about those beautiful, mournful,
old bluegrass songs?
I think this was an actual book -- though it's
sometimes hard to tell on the internet. Evidently,
the book had to be pulled from bookstore shelves
after animal rights groups protested. It's a shame
to see the old traditions die out, ain't it?
And I have no recollection of where I got this
one (honest!) but it extended somehow from the
Cat Juggling site.
A cool photo of Aleister Crowley.
And of course after that Crowley shot, we have
to have one of Anita Ekberg as Mrs. Satan.
And I might as well throw in one of Claudette
Colbert as Cleopatra, just to make it some
really weird threesome. I'm sure Crowley would
have appreciated that.
It's tough for me to imagine the totally hilarious
Claudette as Cleopatra. "Hey, bring me that snake!
-- Ha! Just kidding! Bring me some more wine!"
FYI, the pagan orgy starts at midnight. I'll be
wearing my best toga. And Fairuza Balk will be
dancing naked with a snake -- if I can talk her
into it.
From the strange and the unusual to 100% American
cheesecake -- Marilyn Monroe in Korea, 1954.
Apple unveils its new computer.
Ha! Just couldn't resist!
At least it has the QWERTY keyboard. I've seen
some of those really old ones that don't.
As usual with the Junk Drawer posts, I conclude
with a really sleazy photo of some celebrity.
In this one it's actress Julianne Moore, who I
can only guess is preparing for her upcoming role
in the movie "Boogie Night Ninjas."
Friday, 9. May 2008, 04:21:49
Internet Junk Drawer
Once again, photos that I have pulled from
the internet but haven't put on any posts -- until now.
Davie Bowie looking remarkably relaxed
for a guy who has just been arrested, 1976.
June Carter and Johnny Cash.
Photo by Annie Leibovitz.
Wow.
A really nice (and rare) photo of
poet Walt Whitman.
"And looked up in silent wonder
at the stars."
Richard Roundtree as "Shaft."
"Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
(Shaft!)
Right on."
A wonderful photo taken by Gordon Parks
in Selma, Alabama in 1956.
Twiggy, Barry Lategan, 1966.
A drop dead gorgeous photo.
If anyone thinks that fashion
photographers can't be artists,
this should dispell that a little.
Nico, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and
the Velvet Underground, 1967.
Don't you just wish you could go back
in a time machine and hang out with these
guys for even 24 hours?
Slap me, I must be dreaming.
Photo by Annie Leibovitz.
(Not a sharp photo, but right off the
Vanity Fair site and as good as it gets.)
As is the tradition with these Junk Drawer
posts, we conclude with a totally sleezy
photo of some hot babe or another. In this
case it is of actress Erica Leehrsen, a total
fox of a redhead.
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