The ghosts of Google Street View

Wednesday, January 23, 2013


Artist Paolo Cirio takes the images of random people photographed on Google Street View and then uses wheatpaste posters to recreate those images in the real world. The results are intriguing to see online, but I suppose they must be rather confusing when you're driving by. (Especially if you were the subject of the original photo. Imaging going for a stroll in your neighborhood, only to encounter yourself going for a stroll in your neighborhood!)

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The bear sleeping bag (that is, a sleeping bag that looks like a bear, not a sleeping bag for bears)

Friday, January 18, 2013

Hey, campers! What could be more cozy than snoozing under the stars in a sleeping bag that makes it look like you've been swallowed by a big freaking bear?

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Johnny Cash's THUNDERBALL theme

Friday, January 4, 2013



Thunderball does not feature one of the more memorable James Bond movie opening themes, despite the best efforts of Tom Jones. (Jones reportedly fainted while belting out that final high note.) But had the producers gone with this proposed theme by Johnny Cash, the Man in Black himself, it's safe to say that nobody would ever forget Thunderball!

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About This Blog

"Science fiction plucks from within us our deepest fears and hopes, then shows them to us in rough disguise: the monster and the rocket." - W.H. Auden

Who is he, this one who is called "Greg Stacy"?

Greg Stacy began the MONSTERS AND ROCKETS blog in April of 2009. Prior to that, he was editor of the popular sci-fi/horror news website DARKWOLDS.COM. He has also written for LA WEEKLY, OC WEEKLY, UTNE READER and LOS ANGELES CITYBEAT. He always feels weird writing about himself in the third person.

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