eFanzine is exhibiting a vastly entertaining collection of photographs from the 1957 London WorldCon science-fiction convention. Not only are there are a whole host of mid-century SF luminaries on hand, like Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock, and Robert Silverberg, there's also a plethora of folks parading around in extremely silly spaceman costumes made out of aluminum foil, football helmets, and rabbit-ear TV antennas, along with what appears to be an early filk-singing session. Nice to see that, except for the quality of the costumes, things haven't changed much in the last 50 years.

[Link: London WorldCon 1957][via The Cartoonist]

Posted by MrBaliHai at 8:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

I'm really digging Glyph Jockey's (extremely) limited series of Punk Baseball Cards, and I want more more MORE! May I humbly suggest the following players for your next set?

Joey Ramone: New York Yankees
Stiv Bators: Cleveland Indians
Darby Crash: L.A. Dodgers
Jello Biafra: Colorado Rockies

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Producer Marty DeBergi (Rob Reiner) has reunited the world's loudest heavy-metal band, Spinal Tap, to help save the planet from global warming in his new, 15-minute "mockumentary".

[Link: Spinal Tap reunites for Live Earth!]

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"A collection of all things related to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, with an emphasis on humor."

Mmm'kay.

[Link][via ToM]

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