Ma.gnolia: Voyou's Bookmarks

One In The Jungle Archive

2008-08-14T00:17:30-07:00

Recordings from BBC Radio 1's One in the Jungle show, 1995-7.

Telling the truth about class

2008-07-19T14:27:39-07:00

Analysis of Marxist class theory based around an intresting, if probably ultimately not completely teneble, distinction between Marxist and Rouseauist socialism.

Tomorrow Museum » Archive » Rules for an American Fantasy Road Trip

2008-07-13T20:55:19-07:00

True that - I don't have a car (or indeed a driving license; I lost my license before moving to the US, and have never got round to replacing it), but I've always liked the idea that, in principle, I could head off on a road trip some day.

Call for Papers: Feminism, Fashion and Flair: Confronting Hegemony with Style

2008-07-11T13:13:13-07:00

Interesting CFP, another opportunity to try and put together my hypothetical Girls Aloud/Walter Benjamin paper.

Lazar Lagin. The Old Genie Hottabych

2008-06-22T21:31:17-07:00

A Young Pioneer discovers a genie, and teaches him about socialism

Michael Medved Owns The Holocaust | Jewcy.com

2008-06-14T12:19:21-07:00

Must remember to call Medved a holocaust denier if the opportunity arises

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Chesley Bonestell, 1954

2008-05-25T21:40:46-07:00

The cosmic as advertising

Ashley Script

2008-05-25T21:40:02-07:00

1950s script font

Mistral (typeface)

2008-05-25T21:39:31-07:00

1950s script font

Kaufmann (script)

2008-05-25T21:38:18-07:00

30s script font reminiscent of the lettering on 1950s ads

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Hunt Foods, 1952

2008-05-25T21:30:16-07:00

The script font here has just the right level of informality

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: House of the Future by H. Miller, 1956

2008-05-25T21:13:17-07:00

The phalanstery reborn as suburb.

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Pete Hawley, 1954

2008-05-25T21:07:07-07:00

White/pink/blue color scheme. Also interesting composition - grid layouts made sexy.

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Pete Hawley, 1954

2008-05-25T21:06:01-07:00

Interesting font choices. Modernism as glamor

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Glenn Grohe, 1953

2008-05-25T21:03:23-07:00

Completely realist image, extraordinarily constructivist composition.

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Jo Kotula, 1960

2008-05-25T21:01:47-07:00

America's bizarro-constructivism

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Clarence Holbrook Carter, 1956

2008-05-25T21:00:43-07:00

Surprisingly constructivist composition for Cold-War-era America

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Larry Baranovic, 1954

2008-05-25T20:59:30-07:00

Oddly avant-garde composition hiding in a realist/fantastic image

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Woodi Ishmael (1914-1995)

2008-05-25T20:56:31-07:00

Saturated pinks and powder blues

Plan59 :: Vintage Ads :: Mid-Century Modern :: Easy Combomatic, 1958

2008-05-25T20:55:09-07:00

Bright pastel blue background