Lenin would be proud. Over.

June 27, 2005 7:37 AM

Commies with headphones.
posted by crunchland (18 comments total)

Commies with headphones.

"Hello, all you svingers! This is Go-Go Radio Moscow!"
posted by jonmc at 7:50 AM on June 27, 2005

Another commie with headphones
posted by -harlequin- at 7:54 AM on June 27, 2005

Taking that server down in 3...2...1

The first rule of MeFite Club is, you do not talk about MeFite Club.
posted by spock at 7:54 AM on June 27, 2005

How gracious of the commies to use such homely females in all their propaganda.

I guess that kept everything non-threatening for women or something.
posted by redteam at 7:59 AM on June 27, 2005

How gracious of the commies to use such homely females in all their propaganda.

Maybe they wanted to portray more of an "everywoman" or maybe they wanted more matronly women? But maybe your decadent, imperialist eyes have distorted your image of beauty?
posted by Pollomacho at 8:11 AM on June 27, 2005

What the heck is this guy doing?
posted by smcniven at 8:16 AM on June 27, 2005

redteam: I imagine the propaganda producers wanted women to aspire to be industrious, rather than chase vanity. The women on the posters are probably meant to be role models.
posted by -harlequin- at 8:21 AM on June 27, 2005

smcniven:
He's trying the hear the game. Wife and kids won't shut up so he's taken matters into his own hands. :)
posted by -harlequin- at 8:28 AM on June 27, 2005

Aha! Proof that cell phones are a Russian plot.
posted by davy at 8:54 AM on June 27, 2005

I'm no expert on this sort of stuff, smcniven, but I think what he's doing has something to do with locating the source of a radio signal by using triangulation.
posted by crunchland at 9:37 AM on June 27, 2005

Taking that server down in 3...2...1

Coral Cache
posted by fake at 10:08 AM on June 27, 2005

...great posters for your college dorm
posted by Francesnash at 11:54 AM on June 27, 2005

smcniven: The caption talks about "fox hunting," in quotes, but I'm guessing it's a metaphorical term for what crunchland says. The part in red urges "fox hunters" to take part in the competition for the championship of the USSR.

Nice find, crunchland!
posted by languagehat at 12:13 PM on June 27, 2005

Yeah, this is great. (And jon: nice one!)
posted by scody at 5:26 PM on June 27, 2005

Marvelous find crunch, great images and great colors. Oh and thanks for the coral cache, fake - I keep forgetting about that - it made a huge difference.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:33 PM on June 27, 2005

Yeah, this is great. (And jon: nice one!)

Heh. Have you actually heard the song? And do you know who's name "Nikita The K" is a riff on? I've endeared myself to a lot of old guy bartenders by knowing the answer.
posted by jonmc at 7:35 PM on June 27, 2005

I'm guessing Murray the K? And/or Nikita Kruschev?

Naah, if ol' Kruschev had a nickname, it was probably Nikita the Shoe.
posted by arto at 9:11 PM on June 27, 2005

I'm guessing Murray the K? And/or Nikita Kruschev?

Give that man a cheroot. Or a kewpie doll. Or a kewpie doll smoking a cheroot.
posted by jonmc at 7:11 AM on June 28, 2005