Sunday vibes via American street photographer Joel Meyerowitz. Pictured: “London, 1966.” #joelmeyerowitz #lobotomyroom #streetphotography #streetphotographer #sundayvibes #sundaymood #sundayfeels #sundaythoughts #sundaymood #feelinkindasunday #bighair #london1966 #sundayfeeling #retro #bouffant
January 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sunday vibes via American street photographer Joel Meyerowitz. Pictured: “London, 1966.” #joelmeyerowitz #lobotomyroom #streetphotography #streetphotographer #sundayvibes #sundaymood #sundayfeels #sundaythoughts #sundaymood #feelinkindasunday #bighair #london1966 #sundayfeeling #retro #bouffant
Happy New Year! Via: www.flickr.com/photos/elect... #happynewyear #newyearseve #newyearseve2025 #lobotomyroom #retronewyearseve #vintagenewyearseve #kitschmas #foundphoto #foundphotography #happynye2025 #nye2025
December 31, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Words to live by ... via old showbiz grande dames Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford. #lobotomyroom #oldshowbiz #barbarastanwyck #joancrawford #kitsch #oldhollywood #goldenagehollywood #classichollywood #diva #fierce #tenthingsthatmakemyheartbeatfaster
December 4, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Words to live by ... via old showbiz grande dames Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford. #lobotomyroom #oldshowbiz #barbarastanwyck #joancrawford #kitsch #oldhollywood #goldenagehollywood #classichollywood #diva #fierce #tenthingsthatmakemyheartbeatfaster
Happy Valentine's Day! #valentinesday #valentinesday2025 #happyvalentinesday #themunsters #lobotomyroom #lilymunster #hermanmunster #retrovalentinesday #vintagevalentinesday #kitsch #classicsitcom #yvonnedecarlo #badtaste #shockvalue #macabre #relationshipgoals
February 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I hope everyone's Christmas was as serene and elegant as Lady Penelope's from Thunderbirds. #christmas #lobotomyroom #ladypenelope #thunderbirds #christmasday #christmastree #kitsch #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #xmas
December 26, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I hope everyone's Christmas was as serene and elegant as Lady Penelope's from Thunderbirds. #christmas #lobotomyroom #ladypenelope #thunderbirds #christmasday #christmastree #kitsch #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #xmas
Born 80 years ago today (6 April 1945): inspired street photographer Charles H Traub. Pictured: one of his lunchtime portraits of a subject with a fiercely original fashion sense. These photos are compiled in the 2015 book Lunchtime. #charleshtraub #lunchtime #streetphotography #lobotomyroom
April 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Born 80 years ago today (6 April 1945): inspired street photographer Charles H Traub. Pictured: one of his lunchtime portraits of a subject with a fiercely original fashion sense. These photos are compiled in the 2015 book Lunchtime. #charleshtraub #lunchtime #streetphotography #lobotomyroom
Buon Natale via Italy's gift to the world and the personification of Mediterranean sensuality - Miss Sophia Loren! #christmas #sophialoren #lobotomyroom #merrychristmas #kitschmas #buonnatale #christmas2024 #christmasday #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #italianactress #italiancinema #christmastree
December 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Buon Natale via Italy's gift to the world and the personification of Mediterranean sensuality - Miss Sophia Loren! #christmas #sophialoren #lobotomyroom #merrychristmas #kitschmas #buonnatale #christmas2024 #christmasday #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #italianactress #italiancinema #christmastree
Light a black candle! The fabulous Finnish American actress and pin-up model Maila Nurmi (11 December 1922 – 10 January 2008) – better known as cadaverous wraith cheek-boned 1950s horror movie hostess Vampira – died on this day. #vampira #mailanurmi #lobotomyroom #glamourghoul #plan9fromouterspace
January 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Light a black candle! The fabulous Finnish American actress and pin-up model Maila Nurmi (11 December 1922 – 10 January 2008) – better known as cadaverous wraith cheek-boned 1950s horror movie hostess Vampira – died on this day. #vampira #mailanurmi #lobotomyroom #glamourghoul #plan9fromouterspace
Today (6 March) is World Book Day! Commemorate the occasion by reading some wholesome fine literature. #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2025 #lobotomyroom #vintagesmut #vintagesleaze #vintagehomoerotica #kitsch #lgbtqia #crotchbait #bobcochran #beefcake #onehandedreading #queerpulp #pulpnovel #paperback
March 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today (6 March) is World Book Day! Commemorate the occasion by reading some wholesome fine literature. #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2025 #lobotomyroom #vintagesmut #vintagesleaze #vintagehomoerotica #kitsch #lgbtqia #crotchbait #bobcochran #beefcake #onehandedreading #queerpulp #pulpnovel #paperback
Forty years ago this month: punk diva Nina Hagen graced the front cover of the November 1985 issue of German Vogue magazine. Photo by Tony Viramontes. #ninahagen #lobotomyroom #voguemagazine #germanvogue #1980sfashion #highfashion #fashionphotography #punkdiva #punkchanteuse #motherofpunk #newwave
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Forty years ago this month: punk diva Nina Hagen graced the front cover of the November 1985 issue of German Vogue magazine. Photo by Tony Viramontes. #ninahagen #lobotomyroom #voguemagazine #germanvogue #1980sfashion #highfashion #fashionphotography #punkdiva #punkchanteuse #motherofpunk #newwave
The only thing more fun than a movie starring #BetteDavis – is a movie starring TWO Bette Davises! Join us on 16 January when the FREE #LobotomyRoom cinema club presents twisted 1964 thriller Dead Ringer – featuring Davis as identical twin sisters who despise each other! Info: tinyurl.com/4756fsn8
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The only thing more fun than a movie starring #BetteDavis – is a movie starring TWO Bette Davises! Join us on 16 January when the FREE #LobotomyRoom cinema club presents twisted 1964 thriller Dead Ringer – featuring Davis as identical twin sisters who despise each other! Info: tinyurl.com/4756fsn8
The temperamental and intense Eartha Kitten "helping" me change the sheets on Friday morning. #earthakitten #thatbadeartha #britishbluecat #britishblueshorthaircat #catsoftheinternet #lobotomyroom
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The temperamental and intense Eartha Kitten "helping" me change the sheets on Friday morning. #earthakitten #thatbadeartha #britishbluecat #britishblueshorthaircat #catsoftheinternet #lobotomyroom
On this month in 1977, striking “disco sizzler” #GraceJones graced the front cover of After Dark magazine. Note it also includes features on Kenneth Anger and Holly Woodlawn. Was there ever a more kinky, hedonistic, and confrontational “Christmas issue” in the annals of publishing? #lobotomyroom
December 2, 2024 at 5:40 PM
On this month in 1977, striking “disco sizzler” #GraceJones graced the front cover of After Dark magazine. Note it also includes features on Kenneth Anger and Holly Woodlawn. Was there ever a more kinky, hedonistic, and confrontational “Christmas issue” in the annals of publishing? #lobotomyroom
Thirty-five years ago this month, showbiz personified - Ms Liza Minnelli! - graced the October 1990 front cover of Vogue Italia! Photographer: Steven Meisel. Stylist: Brana Wolf. Hair: Garren. Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin. #lizaminnelli #vogueitalia #italianvogue #voguemagazine #lobotomyroom #kween #glamour
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thirty-five years ago this month, showbiz personified - Ms Liza Minnelli! - graced the October 1990 front cover of Vogue Italia! Photographer: Steven Meisel. Stylist: Brana Wolf. Hair: Garren. Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin. #lizaminnelli #vogueitalia #italianvogue #voguemagazine #lobotomyroom #kween #glamour
Happy International Cat Day (8 August)! Pictured: dark princess of pop Lana Del Rey and feline friend, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth (I know - ugh! Gross!) in 2012. (I could just have easily captioned this image “Priscilla Presley circa 1968”). #internationalcatday #lobotomyroom #lanadelrey #cat
August 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Happy International Cat Day (8 August)! Pictured: dark princess of pop Lana Del Rey and feline friend, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth (I know - ugh! Gross!) in 2012. (I could just have easily captioned this image “Priscilla Presley circa 1968”). #internationalcatday #lobotomyroom #lanadelrey #cat
Died on this day: debauched, bourbon-saturated wild woman of American stage and screen, that sophisticated lady with the soul of a hillbilly who once declared “I am the foe of moderation, the champion of excess” - Miss #TallulahBankhead (31 January 1902 – 12 December 1968)! #lobotomyroom #fierce
December 12, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Died on this day: debauched, bourbon-saturated wild woman of American stage and screen, that sophisticated lady with the soul of a hillbilly who once declared “I am the foe of moderation, the champion of excess” - Miss #TallulahBankhead (31 January 1902 – 12 December 1968)! #lobotomyroom #fierce
Wishing everyone a Very Brady Christmas! #bradybunch #merrychristmasfromthebradybunch #lobotomyroom #janbrady #eveplumb #marciamarciamarcia #merrychristmas #christmas #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #merryxmas #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #thebradybunch #classicsitcom #christmasday #christmas2024
December 24, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Countdown to Kitschmas … festive pinup via the late great glamour model-turned-photographer Bunny Yeager (1929 – 2014). #christmas #lobotomyroom #christmaspinup #bunnyyeager #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #xmastree #christmastree #merrychristmas #glamour #pinup #kitsch
December 24, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Countdown to Kitschmas … festive pinup via the late great glamour model-turned-photographer Bunny Yeager (1929 – 2014). #christmas #lobotomyroom #christmaspinup #bunnyyeager #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #xmastree #christmastree #merrychristmas #glamour #pinup #kitsch
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Pictured: festive “glamour shot” of young Angie Dickinson, 1961. #easter #easter2026 #happyeaster #eastersunday #retroeaster #vintageeaster #easterkitsch #easterbunny #easterbonnet #easterpinup #angiedickinson #lobotomyroom #oldshowbiz #buggsbunny #kitsch #pinup
April 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Pictured: festive “glamour shot” of young Angie Dickinson, 1961. #easter #easter2026 #happyeaster #eastersunday #retroeaster #vintageeaster #easterkitsch #easterbunny #easterbonnet #easterpinup #angiedickinson #lobotomyroom #oldshowbiz #buggsbunny #kitsch #pinup
Adieu to joyous, pioneering out-and-proud English artist David Hockney (9 July 1937 – 11 June 2026), whose death aged 88 was announced yesterday. Pictured: behold the glory of my favourite Hockney painting – his 1979 portrait of Divine. #DavidHockney #Divine #popart #lobotomyroom #lgbtqia #portrait
June 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Adieu to joyous, pioneering out-and-proud English artist David Hockney (9 July 1937 – 11 June 2026), whose death aged 88 was announced yesterday. Pictured: behold the glory of my favourite Hockney painting – his 1979 portrait of Divine. #DavidHockney #Divine #popart #lobotomyroom #lgbtqia #portrait
Happy New Year – via French actress Yvonne Furneaux (1926 – 2024)! (You will remember Furneaux from Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1959) and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965). #newyearseve #happynewyear #yvonnefurneaux #lobotomyroom #newyearsevepinup #glamour #ladolcevita #frenchactress
December 31, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Happy New Year – via French actress Yvonne Furneaux (1926 – 2024)! (You will remember Furneaux from Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1959) and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (1965). #newyearseve #happynewyear #yvonnefurneaux #lobotomyroom #newyearsevepinup #glamour #ladolcevita #frenchactress
Born on this day: the wondrous Cindy Wilson (née Cynthia Leigh Wilson, 28 February 1957), one of the founding members of essential post-punk party band the B-52’s (and one of Athens, Georgia’s finest exports)! Pic by Lynn Goldsmith, early 1980s. #lobotomyroom #theb52s #cindywilson #newwave #postpunk
February 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Born on this day: the wondrous Cindy Wilson (née Cynthia Leigh Wilson, 28 February 1957), one of the founding members of essential post-punk party band the B-52’s (and one of Athens, Georgia’s finest exports)! Pic by Lynn Goldsmith, early 1980s. #lobotomyroom #theb52s #cindywilson #newwave #postpunk
Born 105 years ago today: scandalous golden age Hollywood screen diva and glamour icon Lana Turner (née Julia Jean Turner, 8 February 1921 - 29 June 1995). Pictured: Turner as pagan priestess Samarra in 1955 MGM biblical epic The Prodigal. #lanaturner #lobotomyroom #biblicalepic #exotica #kitsch
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Born 105 years ago today: scandalous golden age Hollywood screen diva and glamour icon Lana Turner (née Julia Jean Turner, 8 February 1921 - 29 June 1995). Pictured: Turner as pagan priestess Samarra in 1955 MGM biblical epic The Prodigal. #lanaturner #lobotomyroom #biblicalepic #exotica #kitsch
Died one year ago today: twisted visionary, high potentate of cult cinema and the man Mel Brooks famously once labelled “Jimmy Stewart from Mars”, #DavidLynch (20 January 1946 – 16 January 2025). Pic: portrait of Lynch and Isabella Rossellini by Helmut Newton, 1988. #lobotomyroom #cultcinema
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Died one year ago today: twisted visionary, high potentate of cult cinema and the man Mel Brooks famously once labelled “Jimmy Stewart from Mars”, #DavidLynch (20 January 1946 – 16 January 2025). Pic: portrait of Lynch and Isabella Rossellini by Helmut Newton, 1988. #lobotomyroom #cultcinema
The Countdown to Kitschmas … happy holidays via The Addams Family. #christmas #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #theaddamsfamily #lobotomyroom #shockvalue #badtaste #classicsitcom #merrychristmas #xmas #christmas2024
December 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
The Countdown to Kitschmas … happy holidays via The Addams Family. #christmas #kitschmas #christmaskitsch #theaddamsfamily #lobotomyroom #shockvalue #badtaste #classicsitcom #merrychristmas #xmas #christmas2024