“Awkward Vintage Japanese Movie Monster Posters”
Please enjoy this gallery of Japanese monster posters. (Thanks, Colin!)
“The Largest Vocabulary in Hip-Hop”
“Rappers, ranked by number of unique words used in their lyrics.” See the chart and the analysis at The Pudding.
“La Mariana Sailing Club: Honolulu’s Last Old School Tiki Bar”
The Gutter’s own Keith has a mai tai at Honolulu’s La Mariana Sailing Club. “At first you might think you’ve taken a wrong turn. Somewhere between the H1 and Nimitz Highway, you must have missed something, because here you are, closer to the airport than the beach at […]
“Scary 1970s British Public Information Films”
Please enjoy–or really stare in horror–at these 1970s British PSA films. “Sensible children–I have no power over them…”
“Anamorphic Adventures in Hong Kong”
David Bordwell writes about Shaw Brothers Studios particular use of the widescreen format in film. “The Shawscope blazon opens onto a world of one-armed swordfighters, beautiful woman warriors, and kung-fu masters with very long white eyebrows. Without denying the peculiar pleasures of these sagas, we can peer behind […]
The Perils of Little Orphan Annie
Smithsonian Magazine discusses the dangers to children parents saw in Little Orphan Annie. “These days, when Annie is known mainly as the little girl who sang brightly about ‘Tomorrow,’ it may be hard to picture her radio series as the Grand Theft Auto of its day. But the […]
The Cultural Gutter 