Comments on: Extreme space age hairdos of yesteryear http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 02:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ImmutableMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512501 ImmutableMichael Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512501 I'd have so much more faith in the TV news if it were read in the Pathe style.  I’d have so much more faith in the TV news if it were read in the Pathe style. 

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512425 buddy66 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512425 Who knew Henry Kissinger was once a hair salon greeter? Another spritz to add to my party-stopping imitations of him. Who knew Henry Kissinger was once a hair salon greeter? Another spritz to add to my party-stopping imitations of him.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512400 Jake0748 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512400 One of my favorite facts about the Seattle World's Fair:  The Midway was called the "Gayway".  For realz.    :) One of my favorite facts about the Seattle World’s Fair:  The Midway was called the “Gayway”.  For realz.    :)

]]> By: Steve Linberg http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512228 Steve Linberg Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512228 Why aren't we all dressing like that now? It's the future, right? It would be so much easier, and so much more awesome. But everybody would have to do it at once, I'm not going first. Why aren’t we all dressing like that now? It’s the future, right? It would be so much easier, and so much more awesome. But everybody would have to do it at once, I’m not going first.

]]> By: Andrew McKay http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512225 Andrew McKay Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512225 Is that David Bowie with the blond hair? Is that David Bowie with the blond hair?

]]> By: surreality http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512216 surreality Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512216 I don't know if these times take into account where Cory's located - I don't think they do - and he's in England, right? I think the times displayed for me are for my time zone, but I'm not sure. Either way, if they don't account for it, it looks like he got up very early Sunday his time and went on a post spree. Nice for me to wake up to on my Sunday. :) I don’t know if these times take into account where Cory’s located – I don’t think they do – and he’s in England, right? I think the times displayed for me are for my time zone, but I’m not sure. Either way, if they don’t account for it, it looks like he got up very early Sunday his time and went on a post spree. Nice for me to wake up to on my Sunday. :)

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512201 Robert Baruch Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512201 Ah, good ol' Alec Pountney. He was also into <a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/video/poodle-spraying" rel="nofollow">spray-painting poodles</a>. Obviously a man before his time! Ah, good ol’ Alec Pountney. He was also into spray-painting poodles. Obviously a man before his time!

]]> By: Hugh Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512189 Hugh Johnson Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512189 Dammit, I want to wear a cape and smoke cigars at my job now. Dammit, I want to wear a cape and smoke cigars at my job now.

]]> By: GuyInMilwaukee http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512181 GuyInMilwaukee Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512181  Sparklers and hairspray... not a good mix.  Sparklers and hairspray… not a good mix.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512175 Boundegar Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512175  Maybe he's just the one who doesn't get invited to parties?  Maybe he’s just the one who doesn’t get invited to parties?

]]> By: Luke Temple Walsh http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512163 Luke Temple Walsh Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512163 Looks like from this, and the next three main page articles, Cory got the late Saturday early Sunday shift. The arc from tongue-in-cheek retro puff piece to concerns over 1984 style corporate/government control/disdain for the rights of the individual  by 4 a.m. is very telling. Looks like from this, and the next three main page articles, Cory got the late Saturday early Sunday shift. The arc from tongue-in-cheek retro puff piece to concerns over 1984 style corporate/government control/disdain for the rights of the individual  by 4 a.m. is very telling.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512143 Nathan Hornby Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512143 I'm pretty sure that most people in the UK have no idea what the worlds fair is, unless they heard about it in a movie. Space needle or no space needle. I think the whole spacey future thing was quite culturally broad at that time. I’m pretty sure that most people in the UK have no idea what the worlds fair is, unless they heard about it in a movie. Space needle or no space needle.

I think the whole spacey future thing was quite culturally broad at that time.

]]> By: Fred Cairns http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512128 Fred Cairns Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512128 I've been to Wokingham. Recently. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the women there did once, or still do wear their hair like that.  I’ve been to Wokingham. Recently. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the women there did once, or still do wear their hair like that. 

]]> By: trondmm http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512111 trondmm Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512111 What do you mean by "actual space travel"? The mention Gagarin in the video, so it's obviously made after he orbited the earth in 1961. What do you mean by “actual space travel”? The mention Gagarin in the video, so it’s obviously made after he orbited the earth in 1961.

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512110 Wreckrob8 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512110 Not very practical for driving those futuristic cars. Not very practical for driving those futuristic cars.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512107 Petzl Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512107 The space-do of SHADO's moonbase women.  Accept no substitute. The space-do of SHADO’s moonbase women.  Accept no substitute.

]]> By: Daniel Earwicker http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512106 Daniel Earwicker Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512106 I bought a salad from M&S in that highstreet a few weeks ago and it now has a spaceport. They wouldn't let me take my droids into WH Smiths though. I bought a salad from M&S in that highstreet a few weeks ago and it now has a spaceport.

They wouldn’t let me take my droids into WH Smiths though.

]]> By: HubrisSonic http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512101 HubrisSonic Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512101  feh, coupla cheesebellies, as we used to say...  feh, coupla cheesebellies, as we used to say…

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512098 SoItBegins Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512098 That's gotta be, as you describe it, “an elaborate piss-take.” Still, it was pretty funny! That’s gotta be, as you describe it, “an elaborate piss-take.” Still, it was pretty funny!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512095 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512095 Weak.  Here's a real space-do. Weak.  Here’s a real space-do.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512093 nixiebunny Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512093 This was long enough before actual space travel that it could live comfortably in the realm of science fiction. You can be sure that if a spaceship were included in this film ,it would have been cigar shaped. This was long enough before actual space travel that it could live comfortably in the realm of science fiction. You can be sure that if a spaceship were included in this film ,it would have been cigar shaped.

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512088 ldobe Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512088 It looks to me like it could be a tie-in to the 1962 world's fair (hosted by Seattle, Washington (Extra-proud resident)) A lot of this kind of drek was produced during the leadup, not just in Washington, but Chicago and other cities in the U.S. got into the "Spacefaring" spirit as well.  I wouldn't be surprised if English towns also thought it was a big deal too.  It was the <i><b>World's</b></i> Fair after all. Edit: Unless anyone didn't know (I'm sure everyone knows, and doesn't care since it was 50 years ago), the Spaceneedle was built for the world's fair, along with the grounds of the Pacific Science Center, and the arches therein. It looks to me like it could be a tie-in to the 1962 world’s fair (hosted by Seattle, Washington (Extra-proud resident)) A lot of this kind of drek was produced during the leadup, not just in Washington, but Chicago and other cities in the U.S. got into the “Spacefaring” spirit as well.  I wouldn’t be surprised if English towns also thought it was a big deal too.  It was the World’s Fair after all.

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Unless anyone didn’t know (I’m sure everyone knows, and doesn’t care since it was 50 years ago), the Spaceneedle was built for the world’s fair, along with the grounds of the Pacific Science Center, and the arches therein.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512083 Boundegar Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512083 The crescent-moon uniforms are wonderful.  How I wish they were still in style. The crescent-moon uniforms are wonderful.  How I wish they were still in style.

]]> By: nox http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512082 nox Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512082 Joke. I love the hair brush/sparkler combo. Joke. I love the hair brush/sparkler combo.

]]> By: Gekko_Gecko http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512077 Gekko_Gecko Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512077 What the....I dont even.... Why do they....what the f*ck? What the….I dont even….

Why do they….what the f*ck?

]]> By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512073 Amelia_G Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512073 The hair is a bit margaret thatcher. The shoes, not. The hair is a bit margaret thatcher. The shoes, not.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/08/18/extreme-space-age-hairdos-of-y.html#comment-1512072 Stefan Jones Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=177037#comment-1512072 That was cringeworthy. I don't "grok" fashion enough to know whether this is a hyped-up twee report on a minor local fad, or  total fabrication. That was cringeworthy.

I don’t “grok” fashion enough to know whether this is a hyped-up twee report on a minor local fad, or  total fabrication.

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