some urls of interest

[Doug Millison]

from Yahoo's picks of the week, some sites I know many of you will enjoy:


EphemeraNow.com

	http://www.ephemeranow.com/

An homage to mid-century American ads and illustrations, this site
is more than just a pop art collection, thanks to the vibrant colors
and occasional snarky commentary. The cars section brims over with
the tail fins and white-wall tires of vintage Edsels, Buicks,
DeSotos, Packards, and Cadillacs. But it's the people in these ads
that are particularly intriguing. In 1957's A Lady and Her Cadillac,
one woman seems romantically aroused by her car. Another ad finds
a woman wearing matching hat and gloves in the "futuramic way of
driving." Other ads are startlingly modern -- witness the early
car phone in the 1960 Imperial. For a look at how much the world
has changed, check out the ad depicting a nurse smoking a cigarette
and the healthful beer ad. The life section features ads and snide
remarks about Freudian symbolism inherent in pajamas and Stetsons
with jaunty hatbands. Click around for whiter teeth and fresher
breath.


[I like http://www.ephemeranow.com/life/life069.htm
http://www.ephemeranow.com/life/life071.htm
and the beatnik BBQ, http://www.ephemeranow.com/cars/cars171.htm ]



Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp

	http://www.understandingduchamp.com/

Marcel Duchamp stretched the boundaries of art further than anyone
before him. He practically invented abstract modern art and conceptual
art. And he did all this with a hearty sense of humor -- after all,
this is the man who drew a mustache on the "Mona Lisa" and said a
urinal could be art! In the early 1900s Duchamp began painting,
influenced by Cezanne and the Symbolist movement. He soon turned
to Cubism, but he also took the opportunity to mock its pretensions.
Around this time, he began to ask "Can one make works of art which
are not 'art'?" His "readymades" from 1915-1923 answered the question
by combining prefab objects, assemblages, and altered images in
ways that provoked the observer to participate and think. This site
is as interactive as Duchamp's art -- you can spin the bicycle
wheel, twist the standard stoppages, and immerse yourself in art
that is unconcerned with imitating reality.



Once Were Heroes!

	http://www.yesterdayskids.co.uk/

This little walk down memory lane will charm the stovepipe pants
off anyone who grew up between 1950 and 1990. Dedicated to British
youth culture, the tribute revisits music-inspired fashion trends
and lifestyles of 20th-century teens. The styles are all lovingly
categorized here -- from the original '50s teddy boys with their
mile-high coiffures to the '70s punks and their mohawks to '80s
goths and their dyed-black tresses. Trace the entwined development
of the mod, scooterist, northern soul, skinhead, and rude boy.
Reminisce about the new romantics -- "Great days, whatever Simon
LeBon was doing, we copied." Even if you don't fit in with any one
crowd (or if your scene isn't covered yet), check out the general
comments page for more fun flashbacks. Ah, kids today, they just
don't understand.


[see http://www.yesterdayskids.co.uk/mod.html ]



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