Science is trippy
October 21, 2011 10:36 AM Subscribe
That's not science. That's 70s.
posted by DU at 10:45 AM on October 21, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by DU at 10:45 AM on October 21, 2011 [5 favorites]
Oh man. I'm pretty sure I had a late 80s or early 90s edition of Psychology Today in high school, but wow did it not live up to... whatever is going on in some of these pictures.
How is babby made? And more importantly, how do we make sure he doesn't have a unicorn head? These are important questions.
posted by deludingmyself at 10:56 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
How is babby made? And more importantly, how do we make sure he doesn't have a unicorn head? These are important questions.
posted by deludingmyself at 10:56 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
I've got one of the books these are from. Incredible graphics, it actually makes you want to learn! Take note modern day lame text book designers.
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:57 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:57 AM on October 21, 2011
I must have seen the picture of the naked guy painted on the naked guy sometime in my sexual-identiity-still-being-formed youth because my response to it was very primal despite myself -- my body and soul say 'fucking hot!' even though my brain says 'that's actually kinda ridiculous.'
Like a Jim Palmer underwear ad., it's like 10 year old me was confused by what it made me feel and it just stuck there shaping who I'd become.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:00 AM on October 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
Like a Jim Palmer underwear ad., it's like 10 year old me was confused by what it made me feel and it just stuck there shaping who I'd become.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:00 AM on October 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
I thought this was going to be about the ones with day-glo green cells or neurons on the cover, which can be pretty trippy themselves. 1, 2 found in quick random search.
posted by dhartung at 11:02 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by dhartung at 11:02 AM on October 21, 2011
Well, I just can't favorite this post enough.
posted by marxchivist at 11:04 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by marxchivist at 11:04 AM on October 21, 2011
Scrolling through these I thought, "wow, this looks like the artist from Yellow Submarine," and then I got down to the Blue Meanie. YAY!
posted by blurker at 11:05 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by blurker at 11:05 AM on October 21, 2011
Several of these artists seem to live in a terrifying reality where everyone is naked, but no one has any genitals.
posted by auto-correct at 11:05 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by auto-correct at 11:05 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is not psychedelic, but it is funny:
Page 843, Figure 41.6,"Two aging prostitutes on the streets of New York." I like to imagine that these two non-prostitute friends were innocently waiting for the bus when a passing photographer snapped the faces of whoredom for students throughout the 70s. Either way, it makes me want to cop some glint and plan a Strangers with Candy marathon.
posted by Kabanos at 11:06 AM on October 21, 2011
Page 843, Figure 41.6,"Two aging prostitutes on the streets of New York." I like to imagine that these two non-prostitute friends were innocently waiting for the bus when a passing photographer snapped the faces of whoredom for students throughout the 70s. Either way, it makes me want to cop some glint and plan a Strangers with Candy marathon.
posted by Kabanos at 11:06 AM on October 21, 2011
And finally my naked alien cyborg muscle-worship macrophilia is explained.
I always thought it was just the clothes-less time travel in the first Terminator but that never explained the giant part.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:07 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
I always thought it was just the clothes-less time travel in the first Terminator but that never explained the giant part.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:07 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
I think it's the period more than the subject. One of my personal favourites is a 1971 textbook called Society Today (CRM Books); chock full of mind-melting visuals and apparently drug-inspired imagery. Better than Cheech & Chong!
posted by stinkycheese at 11:14 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by stinkycheese at 11:14 AM on October 21, 2011
It amuses me is that when you get to things like molecular binding and photon interaction, you can pretty much count on the art being dots, dashes, and shaded regions representing probability density despite the fact that those are exactly the places where psychedelia is just playing catch-up with reality,
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 11:28 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 11:28 AM on October 21, 2011
I'm pretty sure I had a copy of this book back during my "look at this crazy thing I found at the thrift store!" phase.
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:45 AM on October 21, 2011
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:45 AM on October 21, 2011
Group therapy: beatings will continue until morale improves.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 11:56 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 11:56 AM on October 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
Several of these artists seem to live in a terrifying reality where everyone is naked, but no one has any genitals.
Well, it is for school. You wouldn't want anyone to get any "bad" ideas....
posted by ennui.bz at 1:00 PM on October 21, 2011
Well, it is for school. You wouldn't want anyone to get any "bad" ideas....
posted by ennui.bz at 1:00 PM on October 21, 2011
Man, I miss the 70's, where every science text book came with a hit of 4-Way Windowpane gently taped to the inside cover.
Y'know, as trippy as these are, they only partially convey just how fucked up (and occasionally how fucking awesome!) the 70's were. They truly were some strange times.
posted by mosk at 1:13 PM on October 21, 2011
Y'know, as trippy as these are, they only partially convey just how fucked up (and occasionally how fucking awesome!) the 70's were. They truly were some strange times.
posted by mosk at 1:13 PM on October 21, 2011
I can't find any references to that artists being on the yellow submarine team, but he has to be...blue meanies, sea of monsters....the glove?!
posted by Jibuzaemon at 5:34 PM on October 21, 2011
posted by Jibuzaemon at 5:34 PM on October 21, 2011
Oh wow. We had that Life and Health book when I was a kid. I really loved looking at the illustrations - that strange cover image drew me in, and I had to know what was inside, expecting nothing. I was pleasantly surprised to find a goldmine of fascination.
I hadn't seen Yellow Submarine at the time, and didn't until much later, so I didn't make the connection between Heinz Edelman's character designs and , say, these guys.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:44 PM on October 21, 2011
I hadn't seen Yellow Submarine at the time, and didn't until much later, so I didn't make the connection between Heinz Edelman's character designs and , say, these guys.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:44 PM on October 21, 2011
but no one has any genitals.
I put it to you thus: Genitals in a culture's art are directly proportional to the prevalence of mental health in that culture.
posted by Twang at 2:35 AM on October 22, 2011
I put it to you thus: Genitals in a culture's art are directly proportional to the prevalence of mental health in that culture.
posted by Twang at 2:35 AM on October 22, 2011
Previously here and here.
50watts.com is the site of Mefi's own ajourneyroundmyskull.
posted by puddleglum at 11:00 AM on October 27, 2011
50watts.com is the site of Mefi's own ajourneyroundmyskull.
posted by puddleglum at 11:00 AM on October 27, 2011
« Older Try the honey badger! | (I'm Sorry Momma) I'm A Wild One. Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by pemberkins at 10:39 AM on October 21, 2011