Ken MacLennan (@historiken) · DIRTY

Ken MacLennan

@historiken

But History moves mysteriously, and nothing stays here for too long. Museum curator, tabletop gamer, history guy. Late-adopting Blink, somehow: bias Jisoo. He/him. Operator of @copshowtunes.bsky.social This account fights fascism.

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Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jul 14

luv piet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pi...

piet mondrian's VICTORY BOOGIE-WOOGIE (1942-4), like most famous mondrian works an abstract arrangement of rectangular shapes in primary colors, black, and white. Canvas is square but displayed at a 45-degree angle, with the shapes perpendicular/parallel to the ground and not the canvas

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jul 10

update

flip book from jisoo's AMORTAGE reel edition, cover closed :(

viewmaster from jisoo's AMORTAGE reel set, shot drom in front. black casing with AMORTAGE in white at bottom right and "jisoo" in lower case whire text on the lever knob. White -rimmed disc sits in the slot.

Jisoo's AMORTAGE reel set in the box. Transparent plastic container with viewmaster visible, flip book and download card underneath in bottom of box.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jul 5

not my usual catposting but you don't see this every day

a full-scale model of Derpy Tiger from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, rendered in full color and i would guess in papier-mache

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jul 3

you'd never catch trump being photographed riding a water buffalo

william howard taft, then the u.s. governor-general for the philippines, mounted on a water buffalo. barbara holland was right, this doesn't look like a photo op, it looks like he's ready to go somewhere on a water buffalo, like right after they took the photo he applied his switch and the buffalo took him to the office to start his work day

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jun 6

maximum mike pondsmith's TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE

the front cover of the third edition of Mike Pondsmith's TTRPG TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE, festioned with portraits of anime-styled humans and aliens

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 29

update

a pair of black Vans slip-ons with repeating patterns of the lead characters from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS rendered in chibi style

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 23

not me, i caught mine

a bag of spicy sweet chili doritos in a pretty purple bag

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 16

post a meme made by you

wayne thiebaud's painting "cakes" (thirteen cakes in pastel colors, even the browns are soft, in three rows on cake stands) with the superimposed text:

WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING, WAYNE THIEBAUD PAINTED THIRTEEN CAKES

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 12

this is mary jane, who lives with my mother when she is not wandering

a medium hair tabby cat with white tummy, legs, chin and neck, sitting on top of a couch cushion behind the shoulder of a balding middle -aged white man with a beard and mustache

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 12

atomic robo

panel from an atomic robo comic. the previous panel depicts some sort of kaiju ravaging a cityscape. cut to a scientist and atomic robo.
elderly scientist (white, male, glasses, balding white hair and goatee w/o mustache, lab coat): "a biomega beast! but *how*?!"
atomic robo (gray metal, large blue eyes w/o pupils, pink collared sport shirt) says "why do we even *have* the square cube law?"

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 7

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: INVASION OF THE DRAGON MEN, a collection of five dramatized Spidey stories

Record jacket for a collection of five dramatized Spider-Man stories entitled THE INVASION OF THE DRAGON MEN. In addition to the title story, the album includes "The Mad Hatter of Manhattan," "Return of the Conquistador," "The Abominable Showman," and "The Bells of doom."

The cover art features Spidey swinging into action among New York rooftops against a pair of dragon-men wearing Flash Gordon style runics and wielding fire guns. An elderly white man in a blue suit shouts "Save me, Spider-Man!" as a dragon man grips him by the front collar of his shirt.

The title track was later sampled by Man or Astro-Man for their song of the same name.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· May 2

been watching a lotta docs lately

Poster for the 1996 PBS documentary THE 1964 WORLD'S FAIR: WHEN AMERICA MET THE FUTURE, produced for Connecticut Public TV.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Apr 16

atomic robo's nemesis dr. dinosaur, a Jurassic Park style velociraptor in a grey suit jacket, white dress shirt, blue tie and blue porkpie hat. He packs an attache case over the base of his tail

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Apr 14

poster for the 1979 film adaptation of Goethe's GOETZ VON BERLICHINGEN, about a historical turn-of-the-sixteenth-century imperial knight who wore an iron prosthetic hand

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Apr 3

intervention

A small black cat wearing a veterinary collar to keep her from scratching the sore on the back of her ear.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 31

tonight the role of frank cannon will be portrayed by larry csonka i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JDw...

Action figure purportedly depicting Frank Cannon of the 1970s detective series CANNON, propped in a doll stand. The figure does depict a white man with receding brown hair and a mustache, wearing a white dress shirt (sans tie), a blue jacket, greyish-brown pants and black shoes; however, the proportions are similar to a GI Joe, Mego superhero, or any other trim and muscular heroic figure, rather than the middle-aged fat guy that William Conrad was when he played the role. Behind the doll is a photo of Conrad as Cannon, printed from the internet on copy paper, cropped from the top of his chest upward; the lack of similarity is apparent even without seeing Conrad's midsection.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 18

A small black cat in a bathroom sink

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 17

ok we're doing this (rolls up sleeves) i believe this is the first record i ever bought with my own money upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...

the sleeve for Steve Martin's novelty single "King Tut," featuring Steve photographed in black-and-white on a dark grey background, wearing a white shirt with the top three or so buttons open and light colored pants, holding a dark guitar and making a rock-n-roll grimace. The artist and title appear in the upper right: "Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons: King Tut"

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 17

i bought a 1978 celica with a cassette player in 1988. this was one of the tapes i bought for it

the front cover to the B-52's self-titled debut album, with the band on a plain yellow background. left to right: fred schneider, keith strickland, kate pierson, ricky wilson, cindy wilson

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 7

Poster from the 1967 black comedy THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, starring James Coburn in the title role

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 6

dice

Five sets of polyhedral gaming dice in flat colors: black, white, red, blue, yellow. White and yellow sets are numbered in black; blue, red and black sets are numbered in white. The dice are staged in front of a Mondrian-patterned zipper pouch and the whole still life sits in a shallow square box lined with dark red felt.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 4

dice

Polyhedral gaming dice in front of a plastic Sucrets box used to store them. One 7-die set in mottled dark blue and black with white numerals, four plain white with black numerals (d4, d8, d10, d20), one red d6 with yellow speckling and numerals, one bright red d20 with white numerals. This is a set I keep at work, originally when there was a real possibility I might have to run a public-play game on short notice but now out of inertia.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Mar 1

so here's chris thile at sonoma state's green center in rohnert park

a man in a gray suit stands on a wooden stage, bathed in spotlight and patterned colored lights. he wears a mandolin on a strap over his shoulder. this is Chris Thile, known for his bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, as well as for the NPR show LIVE FROM HERE

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Feb 28

post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

the interior of a performance hall, shot from a balcony directly facing the stage. the seating, walls, rails, floors and stairs are all made from a dark blond wood. the house lights are up and a pattern, too far away to make out, is projected on the floor at the front of the stage

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Feb 21

post an album that could be an olympic event

the cover of the bananaram album DEEP SEA SKIVING. the three singers are presented at though in an underwater environment complete with fish, corals, seaweed, etc.

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Feb 19

dice

a black moonin-themed zipper pouch with moomintroll and the snork maiden outlined in white. the snork maiden is sniffing a pale pink flower. to the right and below the pouch are three sets of polyhedral dice arranged in a rough curve. one set is flat black with white numbers, one set is sparkly pink with silver numbers, and the third set is marbled pink and black with white numbers. the dice were chosen to match the pouch and i daresay they were reasonably well chosen

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Feb 13

grumpy black cat day?

bellatrix, an eleven year old black cat who is annoyed at having her nap disturbed and is giving the photographer some serious sideeye

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jan 19

uc davis, 2011

a university of california cop casually pepper-sprays a row of protesters who are seated on the ground and covering their heads

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jan 15

here's justin amash on the same event:

a twitter post from justin amash calling for the abolition of ICE

Ken MacLennan@historiken· Jan 12

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Orestes Pursued by the Furries, after Bouguereau