Inside Gloria's Mind

A Book By Captain Obvious

 

For one awful second, I thought it said "mammogram books."

All of Claude's Love #vintagephoto

Make up your own story about Claude and the person who received his heartfelt and revealing photograph.

Let's Make with the Happy Times!

Coming up from a relaxed state of mind in San Francisco....a kaleidoscope of vintage oddities, erotic and strange, to begin the slow dance towards a glorious weekend....

 

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omfg am I happy

Today's for Fun-Lovers

I have a little extra time today here in lovely San Francisco...so I thought I'd spend it making a crazy salad of sexy strange and fun finds.....

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Whatever you're doing today, I hope you're doing it with passion

What Have You Seen on Your Travels?

Hello Old Girl! (manstyling)

Don't know anything about this great vintage (1910-1930) photo beyond the inscription on the back (below). Looks like they were having fun, though.

 

 

Tonight's Show Brought to You by

J. Dourif, Depositaire (Paris, ca. 1920s)

 

and Seafoam, to keep Englishmen from losing sleep over a crumbling Empire

Today is Brought to you by a Girl's Guide to Getting a Man

Is it just me or is there something super-creepy about an organization that specializes in raising cows publishing advice for girls?  Did the Beef Council put out a companion volume for boys?

 

The Breast Humor of Our Ancestors

dream and desire make the ride wilder

Are you Secretly Sadistic? classic Pageant

Darling, you're darling

Of Moneybags and Marigolds (2 wild vintage postcards)

 

(A play on the British slang "marigold," a derogatory term for a gay male.)

 

Let's Get High

Shakin' it up with some classic vintage sex and girly magazine covers.

 

Who Gets to Define Normality?

Was Jolly Jere Really Jolly?

Jolly Jere, professional fat-man

Madness is Open to Interpretation

Rosco, the snake eater

Humans Are Remarkably Adaptive

Have you noticed?

 

Reality is a Cold Shower

An important question (vintage sex rag)

Boobs in the News (vintage tabloid)

Analyze this, Dr. Freud

 

Extra points if your eyes went straight to the disembodied arm.

Anyone know the meaning of all the oddities on top of that cabinet?  Wondering if it's a pagan shrine or just someone's collection of ghoulish curiosities.

Fly the Topless Skies

a modest proposal published in a vintage issue of "Best for Men."

 

issue cover....kind of intrigued by "the painted posterior"

It's Fun to be Strange

unusual ear drops

For those days when regular ear-drops won't do....

 

 

via Poorly Placed Stickers (funny or die)/a>

Oh So Centurion

A long-time reader just sent me these wonderful scans from an old (expensive in the day!) Centurion catalogue.  Don't know if they still exist but they were publishing in the 80s, and their devices were a wonder to behold.

 

 

 

 

 

Woman, thou art mystery (#nude)

The Gloria Brame Show for July 1, 2012

In case you didn't hear us live, listen now.

I know just how he feels

Hope your evening is Supremely lovely

The Supremes (with Diana Ross on left, not center)