Tradition: Happy birthday Carl-Gustaf
Carl-Gustaf Multi-Role Weapon. The 84 mm Carl-Gustaf recoilless, multi-role, man-portable weapon for direct fire can be used in almost any combat situation.
The King's 60th birthday
Music blog: monone's library
I'm not sure what library music means (is it music produced to be used when needed on tv and movies and such? But for no particular program? *See update at the bottom of this post) but Monone's library of library music is french, cool, instrumental and groovy 60s and 70s stuff. Full original records and his own compilations. At least one of those has a song by/with Swedish guitar man Janne Schaffer! get into the groove!
Thanks to Seidrik of Seidrik Contemplatif Actif. Check out his artwork. Some of it works fine with the music!
*UPDATE
Martin Klasch reader Tyler Lord of Destruction (Thanks!) sent a Wikipedia link describing music library. As suspected it has more than one meaning. I guess the quoted description below is what comes closest to what monone is dealing with. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
"It is not uncommon to find special libaries in for-profit ventures. These might be either for companies that specialize in providing music and music resources to departments of music and conservatories or for companies involved in the more commercial/pop music industry. These last collect and commission music for use in media productions, generally TV, film, advertising, radio and new media. They license this music on a royalty-free basis."
Photo: Mushroom Clouds
Disturbingly beautiful mushroom clouds.
Via Jaf Project
UPDATE
Audio-History posted, a couple of weeks ago, an excellent compilation of sounds and songs from the atomic years of the 50s and 60s. The tracks are all, in the styles of the time, about war and peace and "the bomb". Go here and yes there's a link in there. (Thanks Muse!)
Retro: La Vie À Bord
La vie à bord Air France. Movie clips, photos and more showing the history and look of Air France through the years. Beautifully made.
Thanks to Anonymous
Illustration: Abner Graboff
I've linked to some of his work before by referring to Eric Sturdevant's Flickr collection and his amazing blog Fun All Around. Now here are some more in Cartoon Retro's forum. Get in there and let Abner Graboff's work uplift you.
Via The Cartoonist
Blog: datajunkie
Visit datajunkie for vintage paperback covers, sci-fi, audio crime stories, horror comics etc.
Vintage: Chinese Calendar Cards
"Break the "Gang of Four", protect the Party, support the great leader Chairman Hua."
Vintage Chinese Calendar Cards
Also see Vintage Chinese Propaganda Posters
Via A Best Truth
Photoshopping: Britney as Christina's stand-in
Ta da! Mrdantefontana at PCL LinkDump dared Johnny to photoshop Britney Spears as Christina Lindberg. Johnny wouldn't do it so I just had to try.
By the way, you did read my post on eye-patches, didn't you?! I want more suggestions!!
(See the original lobby card for Thriller aka Thriller - en grym film aka Thriller - A Cruel Picture aka Hooker's Revenge aka They Call Her One-Eye) IMDb
Stuff: Everything Python
Look At This has done a great job vacuuming the web for things related to Monty Python and he has then produced an extensive list of links which he kindly shares with us:
Look At This...: Monty Python videos and stuff
The Merry Band of Brownies
"A brownie, brounie/Urisk (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around Scotland and England (especially the north). He is the British counterpart of the Scandinavian tomte, the Russian domovoi or the German Heinzelmännchen. Customarily they are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, brownies do not like to be seen and will only work at night, perhaps in exchange for small gifts or food."
The Brownies is also the name of "series of humorous verse cartoons about the mischievous but kind-hearted Brownies. The cartoons were published in several books, such as The Brownies, Their Book (1887). Due to the popularity of Cox's [Palmer Cox(1840-1924)] Brownies, one of the first popular handheld cameras was named after them, the Eastman Kodak Brownie camera."
Quotes from Wikipedia
Links
Brownies in Wikipedia
Palmer Cox in Wikipedia
Palmer/Brownies site
The Merry Band of Brownies (pictures)
Brownies collections (Cameras, books and dolls)
Article with pictures of Brownies items
Read "The Brownies canoeing"
Read "The Brownies: Their School"
Design: How about some fun looking cars?
...check some out at Barris...
...and more at Jet Set Modern.
Animation: [ airport ]
Short animation made with public domain airport symbols:
[ airport ]
Via Boing Boing
Photo: Square America
I've posted this before but I was just reminded of how great this collection of lost and found vintage photos is. So here's the link once more: Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography
Photo: Christer Strömholm
Homepage for Christer Strömholm
Swedish photographer 1918-2002
Selfportrait, 1988 (a pretty egg-shaped head, right?!)
Via Coudal Partners
Illustration: Yamauchi Kazuaki
Yamauchi Kazuaki (re-post)
Happy Easter to all Martin Klasch readers, contributors and Martin Klaschians! I've just noticed that Martin Klasch has had over 50.000 visitors and we have almost been running for a full year. On the 2nd of May we'll be celebrating our birthday by opening the big Re-postorama - a week of glorious re-posts!
Quiz: Know your eye patches
Do you know your eye patches? And do you have any other favorite eye patch carriers?
Who would you add?
Reader patches:
Space Debris would like to add 
G.X. Jupitter-Larsen (performance artist)
I didn't know him, thank you, Space!
Secretly a Terrific Whistler nominates 
Nadine Hurley Queen of the Silent Drape Runners!!!
Yes, of course! Mad Nadine (Wendy Robie) from Twin Peaks who was obsessed with silent drape runners and suddenly thought she was a high school student again and somehow gained super powers!
Desoto's candidate is Ryan Cawdor (Vincent Spano) from Deathlands.
I hadn't heard of this show. Thanks for enlightening me, Desoto!
Music: Sing-a-long with The Carpenters
Why do birds
Suddenly appear?
Everytime you are near
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Why do stars
Fall down from the sky?
Everytime you walk by
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
(*) On the day that you were born
The angels got together and decided
To create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
Of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue
(**) That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Repeat (*)
Repeat (**)
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you
Woo... Close to you...
(Music & Lyrics Burt Bacharach and Hal David)
Uploaded to YouTube by Bibi
Photo: Shark pics
Scary shark pictures! Are they for real? I don't know and I don't particularly care... I just know the are scary.
Via Look At This
Illustration: Space Art in Children's books
"In post-World War II America anything seemed possible, even going to the Moon! There appeared in 1949, a book The Conquest of Space , which led to a new trend in children's books. These books outlined the future the children of the "baby boom" would grow up in, the world of space..."
Space Art in Children's books 1950's to 1970's
Via Look At This
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