Monday, April 27, 2009

Tokyo had Godzilla ...

Paris had this unnamed gargantuan invader. In the foreground, a Van Dyke-bearded, top-hatted anatomical spare part flees from impending carnage, his method of self-propulsion unknown.

Spot illustration, Columbia Coda, Nov-Dec. 1943, having something to do with composer Frederick Delius—but after reading the booklet's accompanying text, we're not certain what.
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4 comments:

  1. J.D. KingApril 27, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    Your text recast as a beatnik poem:

    Paris had this unnamed
    gargantuan invader.
    In the foreground,
    a Van Dyke-bearded,
    top-hatted anatomical
    spare part
    flees
    from impending
    carnage, his method of self-propulsion
    unknown.

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  2. ErnieApril 28, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    I wish I was better at Haiku, because this is just screaming out for haiku-ization.

    Above Paris
    The name-less monster
    Scares Van Dyke

    Well, I told you I was no good. I don't even have the syllables right. :(

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  3. J.D. KingMay 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    "... I don't even have the syllables right. :("

    No, but your emoticon is perfect!

    :)

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  4. Cornelius Cadbury Sr.May 5, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    When I was yore Age laddie we dint have all this emoticons crap. We had to gesture with our FINGERS. And we were always UNDERSTOOD.

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