Archives for August 2010
Titanic II: Looks Like History’s Repeating Itself
Countless bits of pop-apocrypha cling (like wailing, frost-bitten, doomed wretches) to the myth and meaning of the RMS Titanic. Vengeful Egyptian mummies in the cargo hold. Captain Smith saving a baby before floating off into the night. Stiff-upper-lippy musicians stoically… continue reading »
Songs for the Bewildered: Nikita
You hipster musos might like to pretend that the first record you bought, with your own precious pocket money, was Music for the Masses. Or Purple Rain. Or Rain Dogs. But it wasn’t. Like me, the first record you bought… continue reading »
Greetings Earthlings Revisited: Hairy Venezuelan Dwarfs
[Part 7 of the reposted Greetings Earthlings archives. Originally posted on July 14th, 2007. See here.] Where: Caracas, Venezuela When: November 28, 1954 Witnesses: Gustave Gonzales, José Ponce, An unnamed doctor. Artist: Simon McGarr Introduction While Greys, Nordics, Reptoids (etc)… continue reading »
Greetings Earthlings Revisited: The Laughing Little Men of Cennina, Pt. 2
[Part 6 of the reposted Greetings Earthlings archives. Originally posted on July 10th, 2007. See here.] Artist: Hannah Byrne-Smith Introduction It appears that the irrepressible jocundity of “The Laughing Little Men of Cennina” has inspired one of the site’s more… continue reading »
Greetings Earthlings Revisited: Mexico City Mini-Man
[Part 5 of the reposted Greetings Earthlings archives. Originally posted on July 9th, 2007. See here.] Where: Mexico City (?) When: March 21, 1949 (?) Witnesses: Unknown Photographer: Unknown Introduction While eyewitness sketches (and artist’s impressions) of alien entities are… continue reading »
Greetings Earthlings Revisited: The Laughing Little Men of Cennina, Pt. 1
[Part 4 of the reposted Greetings Earthlings archives. Originally posted on July 2nd, 2007. See here.] Where: Cennina, Italy When: November 1, 1954 Witness: Rosa Lotti Artist: Walter Molino Introduction At first sight, aliens appear to be a pretty humourless… continue reading »
Greetings Earthlings Revisited: The Solway Firth Spaceman
[Part 3 of the reposted Greetings Earthlings archives. Originally posted on June 29th, 2007. See here.] Where: Burgh Marsh, Cumbria, England. When: May 23, 1964. Photographer: Jim Templeton. Introduction While photographs of UFOs (from Adamski’s “Venusian scout craft” to Rex… continue reading »
