July 25, 2016
October 18, 2014
Cool Poster/Lousy Movie
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, movie posters
October 5, 2013
The Thing
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, 1982, Drew Struzan, horror movies, john carpenter, movie posters, movies, posters, the thing
February 13, 2012
April 3, 2011
July 27, 2010
Music Video: Fred vom Jupiter
Die Doraus & Die Marinas - "Fred vom Jupiter"
The singel cover
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, German, music, Music Video
December 29, 2009
November 6, 2009
September 8, 2009
Gif Animations: The Return of Captain Invincible
Christopher Lee as Mr. Midnight
Gif animation made by myself from The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
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my other gif animations
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, christopher lee, gif, gif animation, movies, mr midnight, my own gif animations, superhero, The Return of Captain Invincible
September 6, 2009
Propaganda: Komsomol Choir
September 2, 2009
Book Covers: India
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, a journey round my skull, Book Covers, india
August 24, 2009
Graphic Design: Stefan kanchev
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1970s, 1980s, bulgaria, bulgarian, graphic design, logos, stamps, stefan kanchev, tv graphics, vintage
Gif Animation: Emperor of Mongo
three frames: Max von Sydow as Ming, emperor of Mongo in Flash Gordon (1980).
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, animation, flash gordon, gif, gif animation, max von sydow, ming, mongo, Sci-Fi
August 9, 2009
Vintage Ads: Those 80s Ice Creams
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, 1984, ad, farbror sid, ice cream, nostalgia, swedish, vintage ads
July 15, 2009
Sport: Ingemar Stenmark
If you are a sports fan you have probably heard of Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg - at least if you are about my age (40). Before Sampras and that Swiss guy many considered him to be the best player ever. He is also said to be the first "rockstar" of tennis.
So you know Bjorn, but do you know the guy in the picture above? If you are a Swede you know. If you are a sports fan from a country where alpine sports are big and if you are about my age you might know.
He is the second Swedish sports superstar of the same era (roughly the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s). He is Ingemar Stenmark - winner in 86 races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup, three times winner of the Overall World Cup title, 8 times winner of the Giant Slalom Cup, 8 times winner of the Slalom Cup, five times Olympic gold medalist... and he didn't do downhill, combined or Super-G. It is said that World Cup rules were changed and Super-G added as a discipline because of Stenmarks dominance. True? Maybe, maybe not.
Unlike Borg Ingemar wasn't the "rockstar" type of sportsman, he was - and I guess is - a shy man who didn't like the media attention. We all got used to his taciturn interviews on the telly. He didn't want to talk about the sport, he wanted to ski and ski well. The Swedes loved him even more for his ways and his northern characteristic dialect.
Many races took place on work/schooldays, with the first run in the morning and the second in the afternoons and in workplaces and schools everything came to a halt. TV sets were rolled into the classrooms and in tense expectation we all followed Ingemar's runs, cheering him on.
And then, in the schoolyards, the kids wore the specially knitted Stenmark-cap talking about Ingemar. We all knew the names of his fiercest competitors; the Mahre brothers, Thöni, Gros, Girardelli, Wenzel, Heidegger, Hemmi, Popangelov, Zurbriggen...
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This list says something: List of Alpine skiing World Cup race winners - Men
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1970s, 1980s, alpine skiing, ingemar stenmark, slalom, sport, Sweden, swedish, swedish sports icon
Sport: The Enigmatic BJorn “Ice Borg”
Björn Borg and John McEnroe in 1980.
The Selvedge Yard: True Wimbledon Legend | The Enigmatic BJorn “Ice Borg”
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1970s, 1980s, björn borg, sport, swedish, swedish sports icon, tennis, wimbledon
February 7, 2009
Vintage Ads: Alien Poker
uploaded to Vintage Ads by sleep debt
Alien Poker Pinball 1980
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1980s, alien, game, poker, vintage ads
November 5, 2008
Ephemera: Those 80s Stickers
From Martin Klasch |
Thrift store finds - Early 80s American design, Swedish names. You know any Ulf's?
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September 24, 2008
Vintage Ads: Models Getting Dirty
Uploaded by volvoracingde
Posted to LiveJournal - Vintage Ads by shep shepherd.
"A Volvo promotional film from around 1982 featuring several 760GLE models getting dirty" (link)
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September 14, 2008
Music: Jorge Ben
"Jorge Ben Jor (born 1942 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian popular musician. His characteristic style fuses samba, funk, and rock into samba-rock, with lyrics that blend humor and satire with often esoteric subject matter."
"In 1963, Jorge came on stage and sang "Mas Que Nada" (or "no way") to a small crowd that happened to include an executive from the recording company, Philips. One week later, Jorge Ben's first disc was launched."
"The hybrid rhythms that Jorge employed brought him some problems at the start of his career, when Brazilian music was split between the rockier sounds of the Jovem Guarda and traditional samba with its complex lyrics. But as that phase in Brazilian pop music history passed, and the entire world became captivated by bossa nova, Jorge rose to prominence."
...continue reading this Wikipedia article
Did that get you interested?
At the excellent Brazilian music blog Loronix you'll be able to find some more of Ben's music. And here are a few shortcuts for you (I'm sure there's more!):
Jorge Ben - O Bidu | Silencio no Brooklin (1967)
Jorge Ben - Historia da MPB (1970)
Jorge Ben - Ben (1972)
Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda (1974)
Jorge Ben - Solta o Pavao (1975)
Jorge Ben - Tropical (1977)
Jorge Ben - Alô, Alô, Como Vai? (1980)
Jorge Ben - Bem-vinda Amizade (1981)
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