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ivybgreenflower) wrote2006-08-01 02:25 am
ivybgreenflower) wrote2006-08-01 02:25 am
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My first try at "blogging" like a real blogger
Okay, I promised that things would be changing around here, so they are.
Today's random thing is a website recommendation.
The Institute of Official Cheer is a website set up by some guy (James Lileks) who scans old copies of magazines and cookbooks.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/
My personal favorite is The Gallery of Regrettable Food (http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html). Basically, what makes the food regrettable is that 1. It's the 30s/40s/50s/60s/70s and people lied to sell things; 2. The photography and illustrations are poor quality; 3. The recipes were merely intended as advertisements, no one really expected you to put evaporated milk in your hamburger meat; and 4. Things from other decades just aren't edible, and women didn't work so they had time to spend concocting crazy meals. The whole focus is not the pictures, but Mr. Lileks' commentary, which is nothing short of hilarious. I've visited his pages 9237737 times and cackled like a madwoman every single time.
...or at least what the Knudsen company wanted them to believe.
But also in the Institute is "Compu-promo", where he mocks ancient computers. (http://www.lileks.com/institute/compupromo/index.html)
There's nothing I can say about this that he didn't already say; let me tell you, though, in the 60s, if you had to own a computer, you also had to have several women in knee-length dresses with bouffant hair styles. It was standard-issue.
Interior Descecrators shows you what pot and LSD will do to you. (http://www.lileks.com/institute/instart/70s.jpg). Apparently, everyone in the 70s was colorblind, because the thought of living in houses like these makes my head hurt from the color explosion. "Psychedelic" doesn't even begin to describe what these houses look like. (Groovy, man.)
You can tell that since I love the past, and love to see things through the eyes of people in the 60s, etc., that this website appeals to me. Well, I can safely say that although I probably belong in another decade, I'm glad I live in a time where food is edible and computers come without the bouffanted secretaries.
-2:40 AM
Today's random thing is a website recommendation.
The Institute of Official Cheer is a website set up by some guy (James Lileks) who scans old copies of magazines and cookbooks.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/
My personal favorite is The Gallery of Regrettable Food (http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html). Basically, what makes the food regrettable is that 1. It's the 30s/40s/50s/60s/70s and people lied to sell things; 2. The photography and illustrations are poor quality; 3. The recipes were merely intended as advertisements, no one really expected you to put evaporated milk in your hamburger meat; and 4. Things from other decades just aren't edible, and women didn't work so they had time to spend concocting crazy meals. The whole focus is not the pictures, but Mr. Lileks' commentary, which is nothing short of hilarious. I've visited his pages 9237737 times and cackled like a madwoman every single time.
...or at least what the Knudsen company wanted them to believe.
But also in the Institute is "Compu-promo", where he mocks ancient computers. (http://www.lileks.com/institute/compupromo/index.html)
There's nothing I can say about this that he didn't already say; let me tell you, though, in the 60s, if you had to own a computer, you also had to have several women in knee-length dresses with bouffant hair styles. It was standard-issue.
Interior Descecrators shows you what pot and LSD will do to you. (http://www.lileks.com/institute/instart/70s.jpg). Apparently, everyone in the 70s was colorblind, because the thought of living in houses like these makes my head hurt from the color explosion. "Psychedelic" doesn't even begin to describe what these houses look like. (Groovy, man.)
You can tell that since I love the past, and love to see things through the eyes of people in the 60s, etc., that this website appeals to me. Well, I can safely say that although I probably belong in another decade, I'm glad I live in a time where food is edible and computers come without the bouffanted secretaries.
-2:40 AM
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hehe...:D
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I started posting on this subject then decided that I would post my thoughts in my own journal because I had too much to say about all of this.
Let's just say I don't recognize any of the above foods as anything I served in the 60s or 70s on my family's dinner table.
Since this is not my journal I've posted the rest of my feelings on this topic on my journal.
It did bring up a lot of things that have bothered me about the diet/food industry for quiet some time I will say.
Thanks for the interesting subject.
Hugs, Christina
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You're welcome :)