Archive for the 'Kitsch' Category

November 17 2008

The Sinatras of Lower Hutt Are Selling
A massive 430m2 gin palace in Lower Hutt is for sale and includes an avocado bench top, wood panelling galore, an aqua–coloured intercom beside the toilet and a vinyl padded bar! I can’t see anything in the photo tour that’s post 1975 – even the tv and stereo are retro!

More after the jump…

November 13 2008

Gay Fabric

posted by Ana Samways at 11:18 am

Totally gay fabricAre you a man who is into men? Need new curtains? How about a matching duvet cover? Check out this range of camp fabric from eQuilter.com. In their ‘Hunky & Handsome Guys’ category, you’ll find oiled-up and posed hard bodies, covering all the themes you could dream of and even some you’d never thought of. The high-quality fabric includes firefighters, cowboys, construction workers, and outdoorsy Types. Plus the shirt-wearing, decidedly mundane, delivery men will play into all the queer stereotypes. Pictures after the jump…

November 28 2007

devoThe Britney Spears “hot pocket” action figure is a bit sick-making, so I didn’t publish the photo, but readers can follow the link. I did however love the Paparazzi Action Playset and…

August 27 2007

Alive Elvis

posted by Steven Shaw at 2:50 pm

AliveElvis From the same people behind the Robosapien, the Alive Elvis® is a singing and talking bust of The King, dressed in a ’68 Comeback Special-era leather jacket. The makers say they’ve used motion capture to replicate facial movements as he operates in the following modes:

Alive mode: Elvis moves, responding to sound and music…

July 05 2007

Frangipani Lights

posted by Ana Samways at 10:32 am

Frangipani.jpg Time and time again people make the mistake of ignoring their party lighting. There’s nothing worse that having to socialise under the glare of a 100-watt bulb, it’s like being interrogated. These Frangipani fairy lights are the perfect lighting solution for a Pacific party…