BTC: The Filthy Monkey, It Smokes
The YouTube channel of Michael and Maria Start is chock full of intricate, whimsical, and occasionally very creepy vintage automatons. Here’s a playlist of several of them:
Something about that first clip –featuring a dignified chain-smoking primate puffing away to a slightly drunken rendition of “Air on a G-String”– reminds me of our cherished Uncle Warren. It’s his birthday today (edit: er, in New Zealand… more likely tomorrow where you are). Go give the man some love, comrades. Maybe a foot-rub and some single malt scotch, or the still-beating heart of a virgin goatherd.
February 15th, 2010 at 8:13 am
The eerie music-box tunes perfectly captured the creepy antique feel of those things. Uncanny valley indeed…
February 15th, 2010 at 8:29 am
It’s like they raided J.F. Sebastian’s loft.
February 15th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
What Miss Morgan said!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
What Buchu said! I suddenly have the urge to watch Bladerunner.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
February 16th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I am not sure which one is creepier. Maybe the harpist with cold, hollow eyes and wire limbs which appears more to be cradling the distant memory of an infant or the floating cat heads that are reminiscent of Japanese Yokai, ready to teach a lesson to those not adhering to some ancient cat in barrel ritual.
Poor Warren..
February 17th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
What a bunch of lushes bears are, always drinking!
Although it seems that monkeys have their vices as well.