Lazy Sunday Time Wastage
For those of you who haven't discovered him, James Lileks' Institute of Official Cheer is almost insanely cool. Here are some highlights:
Meat! Meat! Meat!, Part II: Lileks has published the original Meat! Meat! Meat!, but this section still shows what happens when you apply artistic criteria and a sick mind to 1970's cookbooks.
The Art of Art Frahm: A testament to the horror of 1950's cheesecake art. Featuring inappropriate celery.
My personal favorite: The Permanent Collection of Impermanent Art. Lileks deconstructs the hidden meanings of ads from the fifties and sixties.
Depending on the section, Lileks has an MPAA rating that ranges between G and a hard PG-13. No bukkake here.
Meat! Meat! Meat!, Part II: Lileks has published the original Meat! Meat! Meat!, but this section still shows what happens when you apply artistic criteria and a sick mind to 1970's cookbooks. 
The Art of Art Frahm: A testament to the horror of 1950's cheesecake art. Featuring inappropriate celery.
My personal favorite: The Permanent Collection of Impermanent Art. Lileks deconstructs the hidden meanings of ads from the fifties and sixties. Depending on the section, Lileks has an MPAA rating that ranges between G and a hard PG-13. No bukkake here.
Labels: Lileks, time-wastage
posted by Crankster at
10:57 AM
11 Comments:
That is a scream. Thanks. :-)
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Anonymous, At
November 5, 2006 at 12:18 PM
That guy on the top picture with the girl, looks like Ralph Fiennes. At-least somewhat!
And pictures like that ad. pictures like at the bottom, so much look like : representing a society's collective past; what was interesting, exciting , useful or at-times irritating, once. Now it is just past. But our past. And that is the charm!
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Anonymous, At
November 5, 2006 at 1:11 PM
Wow, am I ever glad to not have been born a few decades earlier! At least nowadays we have strong elastic that can stand up to the likes of celery. :)
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Anonymous, At
November 5, 2006 at 5:19 PM
D-
I keep coming back to Lileks whenever I need a recharge. It keeps me smiling.
Ramo-
After reading through Lileks' analyses of advertisements, I can't help but see my own culture differently. All of a sudden, I start noticing the disturbing trends in contemporary media.
And you're right, he looks a little bit like Ralph Fiennes. Or Tobey Maguire.
Parlancheq-
Still, there's a certain romance in vegetables that have the power to cause "clothing malfunctions." Oh, if only celery or the right eggplant had the power to disrobe people!
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Crankster, At
November 5, 2006 at 5:39 PM
LOL...great stuff...(especially when you're home sick from work and can't do much of anything)...
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Anonymous, At
November 5, 2006 at 6:54 PM
Odat-
Have you been able to wander through much of it? If so, what's your favorite thing that you've found?
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Crankster, At
November 5, 2006 at 11:20 PM
I love meat.
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mist1, At
November 6, 2006 at 12:24 AM
That came out all wrong.
I was vegetarian/vegan for too long. I have lots of animals to eat.
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mist1, At
November 6, 2006 at 12:24 AM
Mist-
Now, what did you really mean?
Naked Nerd-
I love your read on this. Of course, we also have to consider the dangers of trans-fats, which undoubtedly cause short haircuts.
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Crankster, At
November 6, 2006 at 7:49 AM
I particularly liked the Story of Bread with Mr. Slice O'Bread
and the Dayalets.....Enough to scare the shit of you instead of what it was meant to do..i.e. make you take your vitamins and eat right...lmao...it's very entertaining!
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Anonymous, At
November 6, 2006 at 7:42 PM
When I read the bread thing, I couldn't stop thinking about Hitler and his "blood and bread" speeches. It just adds that extra touch of creepy.
By
Crankster, At
November 6, 2006 at 10:45 PM
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