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Motorola of the Future-Past

Or would that be past-future? “Futuristic” adverts from roundabout the 60s, Motorola making your future-selves more leisurely fantastic comfortable. Fun. (More descriptive, if you like: paintings commissioned by Motorola sometime in the 60s to, like, advertise, showcase, what-have-you.) (via BoingBoing)

by Ben on February 1, 2006 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on February 1, 2006

https://www.swordbilled.com/motorola-of-the-future-past/

Bestselling Books 1950-1998

Not totally up-to-date as far as the more recent years go (e.g., 2002), but interesting for the historical content, or something like that. 1981’s bestselling novel was by James Clavell, and the bestselling non-fiction book was a diet book. 1919’s bestselling novel was The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by V. Blasco Ibanez (which, if […]

by Ben on January 27, 2006 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on January 27, 2006

https://www.swordbilled.com/bestselling-books-1950-1998/

Quentin Tarantino’s Republic Dogs

A fun play, not actually affiliated with Quentin Tarantino (as you might suspect). Socrates: Maybe I should frame my theory a bit more emphatically. [Drawing his gun.] Didn’t you ever hear of the face that launched a thousand… boats? Alcibiades: Uh… Socrates: WELL? Alcibiades: Yeah. Socrates: Well, how’d you like me to launch your face? […]

by Ben on January 25, 2006 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on January 25, 2006

https://www.swordbilled.com/quentin-tarantinos-republic-dogs/

STRVN. LF. DVD.

And a whole host of other postal acronyms you didn’t even know existed. (STRVN = Stravenue, LF = Loaf, DVD = Divide)

by Ben on January 11, 2006 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on January 11, 2006

https://www.swordbilled.com/strvn-lf-dvd/

Panexa

Ask your doctor for a reason to take it.

by Ben on January 11, 2006 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on January 11, 2006

https://www.swordbilled.com/panexa/

2006

…will be a crazily discordant year. Ancient prophecies will allegedly be fulfilled, and new ones will be made, daily, in the papers and magazines and things the kids are reading these days. Fish will fall from the sky, but only where they feel like it. Meaningless statistics will litter television commercials, and commercialism will creep […]

by Ben on January 5, 2006 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on January 5, 2006

https://www.swordbilled.com/2006/

Putting it all away (into perspective, into storage)

Quick: which industry devours more money, Hollywood or Self-Storage? The answer may surprise you. (Or not; it really depends how easily you are surprised.)

by Ben on November 17, 2005 • Permalink

Posted by Ben on November 17, 2005

https://www.swordbilled.com/putting-it-all-away-into-perspective-into-storage/